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The Select Data Sources dialog sets the current web site used to retrieve the indicated data. The Quote Data source is used for all charts with a time frame shorter than 1-day. The Daily Data source is used to retrieve data for daily charts. The Weekly and Monthly Data fields are the sources of data for weekly and monthly charts respectively. Click the down arrow besides the selection to choose from a list of currently available sources. Some sources may be faster than others for data retrieval, also be aware that the server on a particular source may be down occasionally, in which case you may need to change the data source to another server, at least temporarily. Some sources adjust prices immediately after a stock split, and others do not. You should be alert to this and cross check the data with other sources before making any financial decisions. The Alias Data File is used to translate symbols between the intraday source and the other data sources. This should only be used when the selected quote source uses different symbols (mainly for indices) than the other sources. If this is not the case, leave --None-- as the selection here. The alias files are text files in the ALIAS subdirectory and can be edited with notepad. You can create new files in that directory with the .txt extension and they will show up in the list here. Make new files in the same format as those provided. Study comments in the existing files for guidance. After changing the Alias file selection, you need to exit and restart SSChart before it takes effect. Please be aware that ALL providers of data, even NASDAQ directly disavow any responsibility for errors in the data. This applies to data you pay for as well. The result of all this is that while most data you will find is accurate, there can occasionally be errors. It is up to you to double check the accuracy with other sources available to you before making any money decisions. SSChart retrieves data from independent sources that provide it on the web for free. Simian Savants LLC has no control over the content of any of these sources, nor the reliability of their data. Sources may occasionally change the format of how they present the data which can cause the program to fail to retrieve data or possible get the values mixed up. When this happens we can adjust control files for the program to correct this. Different data sources update their databases at different times, most seem to take about 3-5 hours after market close to update their historical database. If you are having difficulty downloading chart data from the currently selected source, try one of the alternates. If a source remains non-functional for more than a day, or you find other historical data sources that we don't list, please notify us at: support@simiansavants.com.

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