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 ====== Why is the data on your site different from the data on some other website? ======
-There are several reasons why data on our site may be different from data from other sources.  Here are some of the most common possibilities:
+There are several reasons why data on our site may differ from data from other sources.  Here are some of the most common reasons:
 ===== Adjusted vs. Unadjusted Data =====
-We adjust our historical price data to remove the effects of fund distributions, dividends and stock splits from our charts. If you are noticing multiple data differences for a stock's historical data, this is most likely the reason.
+We adjust our historical price data to remove the effects of fund distributions, dividends, and stock splits from our charts. If you are noticing multiple data differences for a stock's historical data, this is most likely the reason.
-Splits, distributions and dividends are "artificial" changes in the price of a ticker symbol that create gaps on technical charts, potentially resulting in misleading signals from technical indicators. To eliminate those gaps, we decrease our historical prices (and increase our historical volume data) in a way that removes these misleading signals.
+Splits, distributions, and dividends are "artificial" changes in price and can create gaps in technical charts. These price gaps could potentially result in misleading signals from technical indicators. To eliminate those gaps, we decrease our historical prices (and increase our historical volume data) in a way that removes these misleading signals.
 **Learn More:** [[:policies:adjusted_data|Historical Price Data is Adjusted for Splits, Dividends and Distributions]]
-Additionally, we offer special unadjusted ticker symbols for most stocks and ETFs. **To see a chart of unadjusted data, simply add an underscore character to the front of the stock's normal symbol.**
+Additionally, we offer special unadjusted ticker symbols for most stocks and ETFs. **To see a chart of unadjusted data, add an underscore character to the front of the symbol.**
 ===== BATS vs. Official Real-Time Data =====
-When the markets are open, users who don't have an "official" real-time data plan for the US will see real-time data from the BATS exchange. BATS data is very similar, but not identical, to data from the NYSE and Nasdaq exchanges. Notably, the volume data for BATS quotes is always much lower.
+When the markets are open, users who don't have an "official" real-time data plan for the US will see real-time data from the BATS exchange. BATS data is similar, but not identical, to data from the NYSE and Nasdaq exchanges. Notably, the volume data for BATS quotes is always much lower.
 **Learn More:** [[:data:bats_real-time_data]]
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 ===== Intraday Data Time Delays =====
-We provide real-time data on our charts as quickly as we receive it from our datafeed.  That said, it is still possible that someone with a professional datafeed may see real-time data on those feeds sooner than it appears on our charts.  That delay should only be a couple of seconds at most, however.
+We provide real-time data on our charts as quickly as we receive it from our data feed. That said, it is still possible that someone with a professional data feed may see real-time data on those feeds sooner than it appears on our charts. However, that delay should only be a couple of seconds at most.
 ===== International Data is Updated Once a Day =====