UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549


                                    FORM 8-A


               FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                                PC QUOTE, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

                                               
                 DELAWARE                                       36-3131704
 (State of incorporation or organization)          (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

300 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS                         60606
 (Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip Code)


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

           Title of each class                       Name of each exchange on which
           to be so registered                       each class is to be registered

     COMMON STOCK, $.001 PAR VALUE                       AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE




Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                                        NONE
                                  (Title of class)





          
ITEM 1.      DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.

             PC Quote, Inc. (the "Company") incorporates by reference into this
             Registration Statement the description of the Company's common stock
             contained in the Company's Proxy Statement dated July 2, 1987.

ITEM 2.      EXHIBITS.

             The securities described herein are to be registered on the American Stock
             Exchange, on which no other securities of the Registrant are registered.
             Accordingly, the following exhibits required  in accordance with Part II
             to the Instructions as to exhibits for Form 8-A have been duly filed with
             the American Stock Exchange  but not with the Securities and Exchange
             Commission:

             1.   The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
                  ended December 31, 1994.

             2.   All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
                  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act") since December 31,
                  1994.

             3.   The Company's Proxy Statement dated April 28, 1995.

             4.   The Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.

             5.   The Company's By-Laws, as amended.

             6.   Specimen of the security being registered hereunder.

             7.   The Company's Annual Report to Stockholders dated December 31, 1994.



                                     SIGNATURE

    Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

October 24, 1995

                                      PC QUOTE, INC.

                                      By: ____________________________________
                                          Louis J. Morgan
                                          Chairman and Chief Executive Officer