i get esignal with 1000 symbols minus scanner / forex and news for 215 / month .... why so high nana... i get stiocks / options / futures / awesome dde links... i have not had any problems with esignal to speak of... just fyi...
I am not high, but price conscious. Ok, you pay $215, now Add the costs if you had to use forex feed, market depth surecharge, MP, overpriced news charge $20, scanners..... The only issue for TS8 is realtime data feed reliability, but esignal also isn't that reliable, it lagged J-trader most times when i compared. Meanwhile, Esignal is very poor on documentation for EFS language, that mean no one can use it for system trading Do you realy think esignal can provide you with fast data for $49 that charged for esignal equity basic? Bullshit eSignal is overpriced
If you aren't a systems trader, Ensign. Much more powerful, easy to use, cheap. Use it with DTNIQ data. I pay less than 150 per month including CME exchange fees. 10 years continuous futures data as well. I have many years experience with Signal, and would never go back to it. Jay
Has anyone compared the following nasdaq/nyse/amex feeds? ESIGNAL vs DTNIQ ESIGNAL vs TRADESTATION? Who have you found has better feeds?
All of them have bad feed from time to time. You better keep you eyes on quotes available in your order entry plateform (be it Trademaven, J-trader, X-trader, CQGtrader, or any broker feed ......) when you expect to have entry, breakout,.... The topic is about features and their relative costs.
Yes, Ensign+DTN IQfeed is good combination. Also Prorealtime for $49 is very good value, because you don't have to pay subscription fee to other feed provider, they provide their own. I have never tried them, but it's the cheapest out there. Can someone comments if feed is as good as esignal, TS, and Iqfeed?
i bet you only trade stocks though. it seems odd that most of the complaints of unreliable data seem to come from futures traders and not stock traders. this is outrageous seeing as esignal users pay a premium for futures data. yet it gets worse.... when asked why they charge a premium for futures data, esignal do not want to say why....... http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=51821&perpage=6&pagenumber=2 im gunna get flamed for saying this, but here goes.... i cant see how anyone can call themselves a futures trader when they keep holding this losing position (esignal). they should cut there losses and move to a better trade (anything but esignal). its a rip off. its unreliable. its overpriced. ITS A BAD TRADE DUDES!
Agree with this. Have had two spells of using eSignal and found it fairly unreliable and rather expensive. If you are trading futures, there is a lot to be said for Ensign with the feed from IB. You will need to buy or rent a separate trading platform, but the total cost will still come out below eSignal on its own.
I concur. I have used everything out there. I had a system running Tradestation. I junked it and moved that account over to IB. I am now running IB and Ensign on that computer and I have been blown away! All for 55 bucks a month! Quotes run right with CQG. No you don't get as many quotes. And IB is not perfect (on time and sales etc.). But IB and Ensign is a good combo for any trader---IMO. Esignal is a rip off! I used them way back like 10 years ago under DBC. If you are going to spend money ----go with CQG. Reuters is also tip/top. Tradestation is good. I had them up for just over a year. However, I HATED their lack of improvements and the endless dicking around. For a futures brokerage not to Eurex was and is idiocy. With that aside they were pretty reliable and their forex data is pretty good. I will never do business with them. My stock, forex business is now with IB. I plan on using IB more and more. I have taken a shine to them.