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gttrader
 

Registered: Oct 2007
Posts: 78

 

10-16-07 11:29 AM


Quote from Andrew Kirillov:


MultiCharts doesn't have Time and Sales because we didn't want to duplicate the feature that the brokers already have.




Andrew,

Like many traders I keep my execution platform on a separate computer from my charting application. In Tradestation I can create T&S windows in my workspaces to put next to the charts where I can see them easily.


Quote from Tums:

This makes sense. Most broker interface would have this feature already. I don't need it, I couldn't care less if MC does not have it.

However, from a marketing point of view, since this is not a difficult module to write, if I were MC, I would add this feature immediately on the first request by a potential customer. This a no-brainer reaction. I have seen this request on MC board and on this forum numerous times. But no, MC would not add it. This is typical of MC style of doing things: they would rather rationalize it, argue about it, dance around it, than to listen to what customer has to say...




I think you summed it up very well Tums. Looks like I'll have to put my $899 back in my pocket and stick with Tradestation then.

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potemkinvillage
 

Registered: Aug 2005
Posts: 48

 

10-16-07 12:48 PM

My primary data feed is esignal however occasionally I use IB for data and the time to load a new workspace is excruciatingly slow. Anywhere from 30 -60 mins! Compare this with esignal which takes maybe 5 minutes to load.

The very slow loading of IB data has been raised many times but I still see no improvements.

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GaryN
 

Registered: May 2007
Posts: 218

 

10-16-07 01:08 PM

I am looking at a trial version of Amibroker and they warn that downloading from IB can be very slow so mayby the problem is with IB rather than the applications.

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amibroker
 

Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 111

 

10-16-07 01:37 PM

As always it depends to what you are comparing to.
IB *backfill* is slow compared to eSignal or IQFeed. When backfill in AmiBroker with eSignal as a data source takes 3-5 seconds, the same backfill with IB is 30-50 seconds (DSL 2Mbps)

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Tums
 

Registered: May 2006
Posts: 4036

 

10-16-07 02:22 PM

I borrowed a screen shot so that MC can see how real traders tile their screens.

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attac...&postid=1636866

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Tums
 

Registered: May 2006
Posts: 4036

 

10-16-07 03:51 PM

This again is the typical MC type of response. Instead of saying: "yes, you are the paying customer, we will do it for you", you go on the same song & dance routine and give excuses after excuses.

Do you think MC is the only company that gets requests ????

Do you think MC is the only company that has to deal with 15+ data providers ???

Do you think MC is the only company that needs to prioritize its resources ???

If you do a search on Quotetracker on ET, you will see that someone requests to have a feature called PRV (pro-rated volume), it was done it a week !!!

I encountered a problem with QT, posted a simple question on ET, and I immediately received 2 personal emails from QT.

I am not telling you how to run your business. I am merely pointing out the obvious that you do not see.

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