Released 11/14/2001
New Service Combines Quote.com's QCharts with Reuters's Equis MetaStock Pro
WALTHAM MA, November 14, 2001 - Terra Lycos (NASDAQ: TRLY and Madrid
Exchange: TRR), the largest global Internet network, today announced a
premium subscription service that combines real-time streaming charts
and analytics of QCharts, the Ultimate Trading Platform, with the
powerful analytics of Equis's award-winning MetaStock program. This
combination of two category-leaders is offered at an unprecedented
price of $199.95 per month. This new monthly subscription service
includes full access to MetaStock Pro 7.2, and streaming real-time data
through QCharts, one of the most comprehensive real-time data
subscriptions ever offered. The subscription package includes real-time
data on all major exchanges*, indices, S&P Mini and currency
futures as well as streaming delayed data on all exchanges.**
"This new premium service is a great addition to our portfolio of successful subscription services at Terra Lycos,
and further delivers on our corporate strategy of transitioning users
from free services to higher value paid services," said Mark Stoever,
vice president of media for Terra Lycos
U.S. "Combining MetaStock with our cutting-edge QCharts system will
give current and new subscribers a new suite of trading and analytical
services that spans time horizons - from historical analysis to
streaming tic-by-tic moves in today's volatile markets. It makes
trading easier for subscribers."
"This agreement opens
up the analysis capabilities of MetaStock to a whole new group of
today's active traders. Bringing MetaStock together with the Internet's
largest provider of streaming quotes creates an effective formula for
investing success," said Allan McNichol, president and CEO of the
Reuters company, Equis International, creators of MetaStock.
QCharts
/ MetaStock Pro subscribers can perform serious market analysis on
stocks, bonds, commodities, mutual funds, indices, currencies, and
more. There's virtually no limit to the number of securities
subscribers can track using QCharts' extraordinarily fast streaming
real-time platform.
QCharts, from Lycos
Finance's Quote.com, is one of the leading streaming real-time trading
platforms. It offers fast, flexible, reliable real-time data with
streaming charts, portfolios, news, research and analysis, delivered
directly to subscribers over the Internet, bypassing the World Wide
Web. It's lightning fast. With QCharts, subscribers can open multiple
charts and customize their portfolios with an unlimited number of
symbols that update in real-time. Although QCharts is delivered in
real-time, it is not stored on subscribers' computers, and therefore
there's no data maintenance hassle for subscribers, eliminating disk
space storage issues.
Real-time traders will
appreciate the advanced technical analysis capabilities of
QCharts/MetaStock Pro with its additional built-in power to handle
real-time data. Subscribers can pull up charts by the day, hour, minute
or tick and perform advanced real-time analytics on that data.
QCharts/MetaStock Pro offers an exclusive combination of tools designed
to help traders increase profitability while decreasing risk. Its power
tools include: The System Tester, which allows users to back test
historical data before risking their money, The ExplorerTM that scans thousands of securities to find the winners, The Expert AdvisorTM that offers built-in tutoring from 24 top trading experts, Pager and Email Alerts, 26 ultra reliable Performance SystemsTM,
a built-in Web Browser, Online Trading Capability, and over 120 of the
most proven, profitable indicators. In addition, users have the option
to create their own indicators and systems within MetaStock.
About Equis International
Equis
International develops and markets MetaStock, award-winning investment
charting and analysis software for individual investors, traders,
stockbrokers, money managers, and professional analysts. Equis, based
in Salt Lake City,
Utah, was founded in 1982. In 1996, Equis was acquired by Reuters
(NASDAQ: RTRSY), the world's premier news and financial information
company. Additional information about Equis and MetaStock can be found
online at http://www.metastock.com.
About Terra Lycos
Terra Lycos
is a global Internet network operating in 43 countries in 20 languages,
reaching 103 million unique monthly visitors worldwide. Created by the
combination of Terra Networks, S.A. and Lycos, Inc., in October 2000, Terra Lycos is one of the most popular Internet networks in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and Latin America, and is the largest Internet access provider in Spain and Latin America. The Terra Lycos network of sites includes Lycos.com, Terra.com, Angelfire.com, ATuHora.com, Gamesville.com, HotBot.com, Invertia.com, Lycos Zone, Matchmaker.com, Quote.com, Rumbo.com, Sonique, Tripod.com, RagingBull.com and Wired News (Wired.com). The company's headquarters are in Barcelona and it has major offices in Boston, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Miami, Monterrey and Sao Paulo among others. It is listed on the Madrid stock exchange (TRR) and on the Nasdaq electronic market (TRLY). For more information, please visit our corporate Web site at http://www.terralycos.com.
Contacts
Brian Payea
Terra Lycos
781-370-2885
brian.payea@corp.terralycos.com
Marilyn McDonald
Equis International
801-270-3131
mmcdonald@equis.com