How does the data updating process work within CAPS?
Our daily stock feed comes from Yahoo Finance. This daily change information can be located in the following areas: a) Under the “Today (Change)” Column in the scorecard view of player’s pick lists. b) On ticker pages, in the header of the right-hand column that reads: “XXX is $42.56, up $0.11 (+0.26%)” with either a green or red background. In these instances, stock information is updated as frequently as you refresh your page, according to our Yahoo feed. However, the data from Yahoo is delayed roughly 20 minutes. So, the daily stock change information is always a bit behind, but should always catch up. This daily feed information within CAPS, in turn, doesn’t perfectly synchronize with the score tabulations that influence player ratings. Score calculations – and therefore, Stock Gain and S&P Gain calculations – happen according to a cycle of roughly 30 minutes. Notice that as you continually refresh your page, the Today (Change) column continually updates from our feed (although, re
