mb4x4 Posted November 29, 2023 Report Share Posted November 29, 2023 I keep a Detailed Quote window open at all times, helps to quickly view Float when clicking through Portfolio tickers. Recently I noticed the Float data is inconsistent, for example if I click a ticker once it shows the correct Float but if I click away and back to the same ticker, the data is sometimes roughly doubled. Any ideas? Examples... VTVT correct float is 632K incorrect is 1.28M. COCH correct float is 7.10M incorrect is 15.53M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 4, 2023 Report Share Posted December 4, 2023 had to do with getting data from 2 sources. I tweaked some changes. Will be in next update (1.1.9932.145 or higher) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb4x4 Posted December 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 (edited) On 12/3/2023 at 8:07 PM, Jerry Medved said: had to do with getting data from 2 sources. I tweaked some changes. Will be in next update (1.1.9932.145 or higher) Thank you Jerry but it appears this is still happening. Float is bouncing between incorrect/correct when I click through the portfolio tickers. I'm on 1.1.9932.155. Examples... Edited December 15, 2023 by mb4x4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 which values are correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb4x4 Posted December 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 9 minutes ago, Jerry Medved said: which values are correct? Its the lower value of the two that's correct, always. I just checked quite a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb4x4 Posted December 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 It doesn't happen on every single ticker, maybe half of the ones I've tested. Here's another... again the lower value is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 16, 2023 Report Share Posted December 16, 2023 here is the thing. Having MT return a consistent value is a technical issue and I can deal with that. However, deciding which # is right for float seems to be completely arbitrary. For example, I checked multiple sources for the same symbol and got wildly different values. For example symbol HSCS: Yahoo Finance: 56.19M https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/HSCS/key-statistics?p=HSCS Finviz: 8.34M https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=HSCS&ty=c&ta=1&p=d MarketWatch: 8.77 https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/hscs?mod=mw_quote_tab Webull: 38.1M At least for HSCS 2 of them were close. For others, they are all completely different. Of course on something like AAPL, all 4 are identical How do I validate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb4x4 Posted December 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Jerry Medved said: here is the thing. Having MT return a consistent value is a technical issue and I can deal with that. However, deciding which # is right for float seems to be completely arbitrary. For example, I checked multiple sources for the same symbol and got wildly different values. For example symbol HSCS: Yahoo Finance: 56.19M https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/HSCS/key-statistics?p=HSCS Finviz: 8.34M https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=HSCS&ty=c&ta=1&p=d MarketWatch: 8.77 https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/hscs?mod=mw_quote_tab Webull: 38.1M At least for HSCS 2 of them were close. For others, they are all completely different. Of course on something like AAPL, all 4 are identical How do I validate? Ahh yes the wonderful world of small caps, reverse splits, and secondary offerings lol. Yes, free float discrepancy is frequently discussed amongst fellow low-float traders, hell even with premium data feeds you still see discrepancies. I'm quite certain there isn't a single data source that's 100% accurate when it comes to small caps. That said and of those 4 sources you listed, I'd absolutely go with the broker (Webull) value every time as they have an obligation to report correct data particularly on day 1 of R/S trading. NOT to say it'll be perfect but they'll more often than not have the correct values compared to the other three which in my experience can be delayed. I think it's more important to have a consistent source as I'm quite used to comparing float data from multiple places anyhow, would just be great to know that MT is pulling from a single source/broker. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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