FastTrack System Status-March 8, 2010, Friday, 7:21 PM Eastern time
The evening update for March 8th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-March 5, 2010, Friday, 7:15 PM Eastern time
The evening update for March 5th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-March 4, 2010, Thursday, 7:14 PM Eastern time
The evening update for March 4th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-March 3, 2010, Wednesday, 7:20 PM Eastern time
The evening update for March 3rd is now available.
FastTrack System Status-March 2, 2010, Tuesday, 7:17 PM Eastern time
The evening update for March 2nd is now available.
FastTrack System Status-March 1, 2010, Monday, 7:17 PM Eastern time
The evening update for March 1st is now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 26, 2010, Friday, 7:19 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 26th are now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 25, 2010, Thursday, 7:30 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 25th are now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 24, 2010, Wednesday, 7:30 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 24th are now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 23, 2010, Tuesday, 7:30 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 23rd are now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 22, 2010, Monday, 7:30 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 22nd are now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 19, 2010, Friday, 7:20 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 19th are now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 18, 2010, Thursday, 7:15 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 18th are now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 17, 2010, Wednesday, 7:15 PM Eastern time
The revisions for February 17th are now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 16, 2010, Tuesday, 7:25 PM Eastern time
The revisions for February 16th are now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 16, 2010, Tuesday, 9:20AM Eastern time
An Online Integrity Check using FTComm seems to be fixing all corrupted
database problems. Try the OLIC even if it failed over the weekend. That
problem is resolved.
If OLIC does not work for you, please call 866-295-0166 x 2 for
assistance.
FastTrack System Status-February 15, 2010, Monday, 2:40PM PM Eastern time
We are doing server maintenance over this market holiday, and this has caused some users to get corrupt data error messages.
This was our mistake. To fix this problem, please use FTComm do an Online
Integrity Check. If this fails to solve the problem, then please use FTComm to install new databases.
If you subscribe to FastTrack's mutual funds services then you should download
- Indexes Database
- Funds Database
- Funds Pro Database
- ETF DataBase
If you subscribe to stocks, please install the
- Indexes Database.
- Stocks1 Database
- Stocks2 Database
We regret the inconvenience, and appreciate your patience. We will reopen for
regular technical support Tuesday at 9:00AM Eastern.
FastTrack System Status-February 13, 2010, Saturday, 11:15 PM Eastern time
The revisions for February 13th are now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 12, 2010 7:15 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 12th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 11, 2010 7:13 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 11th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 10, 2010 7:22 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 10th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 9, 2010 7:12 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 9th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 8, 2010 7:12 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 8th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 6, 2010 11:00 AM Eastern time
The Sentiment data (breadth, New Highs, Up Volume, etc.) has been revised and posted
to the online update. FTcomm 'Data Update" or "Online Integrity Check" will fix the
data. The data was not available from Dow Jones at our regular update time (about 7PM)
on Friday.
FastTrack System Status-February 5, 2010 7:16 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 4th is now available. During our downloads
the Nasdsaq advance, decline , new highs ,and new lows did not provide a price
for the this evening. They will appear as no change in price from the previous
day. We are working through the weekend to correct the problem.
FastTrack System Status-February 4, 2010 7:15 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 4th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 3, 2010 7:15 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 3rd is now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 2, 2010 7:15 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 2nd is now available.
FastTrack System Status-February 1,2010 7:15 PM Eastern time
The evening update for February 1st is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 29 ,2010 7:21 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 29th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 28 ,2010 7:13 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 28th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 27 ,2010 7:20 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 27th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 26 ,2010 7:20 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 26th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 25 ,2010 7:17 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 25th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 22 ,2010 7:18 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 22nd is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 21 ,2010 7:21 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 21st is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 20 ,2010 7:29 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 20th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 19 ,2010 7:25 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 19th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 15 ,2010 7:13 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 15th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 14 ,2010 7:10 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 14th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 13 ,2010 7:10 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 13th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 12 ,2010 7:10 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 12th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 11 ,2010 7:32 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 11th is now available.
Added January 11th 10:30AM
- Our original comments about today's delay, and other recent delays, have
been
inadequate. The data group met today to assure that we post better status information.
- Last night we reran the downloads from the exchanges as 1600 fund prices
did not pass our quality checks. This delayed the download about 20 minutes from our target of
7:10PM Eastern.
- The second download was imperfect as well, but better. We posted it at
7:32PM.
- There have been three issues though the holiday season and including the
11th's delay that have caused data download delays.
- Holiday delays: The fund companies (and their agents) do not
complete their in house processing deadlines and fail to provide prices
to NASDAQ. We suspect many employees leave their offices early or take
vacation during the holidays. Here at FastTrack, we do not schedule
vacation time during the end of year holidays.
- A change in NASDAQ requirements: They now allow funds a second
deadline up to 8:00PM Eastern to report prices . . . this is too late to
make our evening processing requirements. Fortunately, on most evenings,
most funds still keep to the 6:00PM deadline. Late prices are corrected
the next morning from an overnight NASDAQ feed and hand-correction of
remaining issues.
- End of Year Dividends: Dividends are reported on a closing price
basis . . . so the price has to be right. This causes funds to miss
NASDAQ deadlines. In a few cases, the data (this year Rydex data) has to
be collected by hand over the phone. A few funds did not report prices
for three days at the end of the year.
FastTrackers, take this action to ensure correct data
To get corrections, please do an FTComm "Data Update" this
morning, the 12th. Most mornings corrections are available about 10:30AM Eastern time. All
failed range prices will have been
be checked and corrected. It is not necessary to do an Online Integrity
Check to get these corrections (takes much longer than a Data Update). Those
who do not do this additional update will receive corrections in tonight's
download.
10:30A more detail . . .
We get the same downloads as
most providers, for example, Yahoo. As you can see, the ICLLX
for last night is in error in the list of prices at the
bottom-right-center. 11.29 was the price fed data providers last
night. At the top right, Yahoo provides the corrected "real-time" price of
10.64. This matches the price you will get from us in the morning
Data Update.
Over the years there have been major consolidations in ranks of
data providers. We use Interactive Data Corp, the giant of the
industry, who has over the years absorbed a number of other data
vendor. |
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Also this morning the 12th, the NASDAQ site (the original
collection source of all mutual fund
prices) shows a major problem in the ICLLX prices
showing last night at more than 10 x the correct price. Also, the
chart is missing adjustment for the 12/17/09 dividend.In Summary
Price quality is important: 60% of FT revenue goes to the
preparation of data from the best available sources and the hand
work we must do in-house for further correction.
- We call the fund companies directly and get corrections when
needed.
- We also subscribe to institutional services that provide
some, but not all, corrections.
It is surprising that, over the 20-years we have been in
business, that, other than FastTrack, quality mutual fund prices
remain elusive. |
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FastTrack System Status-January 11 ,2010 7:08 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 11th will be late. Please expect the data update at 8:00 to 8:30 PM eastern time.
FastTrack System Status-January 8 ,2010 7:08 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 8th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 7 ,2010 7:10 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 7th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 6 ,2010 7:10 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 6th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 5 ,2010 7:12 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 5th is now available.
FastTrack System Status-January 4 ,2010 7:30 PM Eastern time
The evening update for January 4th is now available.
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