Question -- Ameritrade stopped streaming the Philadelphia Indices today, apparently due to a fee increase for the source data... SO now I can't watch the SOX (Philly Semiconductor Index) all day like an obsessed trader ;)
Does this impact StockCharts.com also? You must pay fees for this data -- are they increasing your fees also? How are you reacting to this?
Final question - How does the following press release relate to this issue (I think I know the answer already, but thought I would ask anyway)...
Thanks, and here's the press release:
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PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE TO PROVIDE SECTOR INDEX MARKET DATA VIA THOMSON FINANCIAL
For more information, contact Barbara Sorid at 215-496-5200 or by e-mail
PHILADELPHIA – November 28, 2005- The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that its subsidiary, the Philadelphia Board of Trade (PBOT), will distribute proprietary PHLX Sector Index and PBOT market data to customers of Thomson Financial, including their Thomson One workstation, via the PBOT Market Data Distribution Network.
The first classes of data available will be the PHLX proprietary sector index values that are currently distributed via Network B of the Consolidated Tape Association. After December 1, 2005, the real-time index values associated with indices will only be available through the PBOT Market Data Distribution Network. This network will also be utilized to distribute PBOT futures market data.
“The chance to provide our sector index market data and our forthcoming futures market data to Thomson Financial’s customer base is a very exciting prospect,” said Walt Smith, vice president of business operations for PBOT. “Thomson is a global market data leader, and with the launch of PBOT XL in early 2006, this relationship will provide PBOT with the necessary outreach to distribute its market data to a broad range of constituents.
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