Can someone here give me their opinion on using IB's level II feed in Quotetracker? Is it fast (accurate) or does it lag a bit? Thanks!
I tried IB's level II and found it to be totally useless. They don't have integrated ECN's in the level II boxes; they only show MM's. I'm not bashing IB, but they are way behind the curve in a major way with the tools they supply their traders. Also, when I tried it, it kept freezing up on me, I don't know what was happening, but I finally just shut it down.
I tried it for about 5 minutes 3 months ago and found that it kept freezing up as well (IB level II with quotetracker).... I thought maybe it was just me, but it sounds like it's a universal problem.
I use 'em both. IB's data feed isn't great. For level II on high volume stocks, its been ok for me. I haven't had freeze ups. But I have seen lags on thin stocks, and I trade thin stocks. So I couldn't count on it. My best experience with data and trading via QT was when I had both Ameritrade and IB. I traded via IB and used Ameritrade's Data. Right now I'm not really looking at Level II screens so IB's data is fine. André
I haven't in the past. I recently picked up AdvancedGET EOD. I'm looking forward to learning it. André
the issue with freezups should be resolved now - get the beta version: http://www.quotetracker.com/beta
Since IB is not tick-by-tick, I was wondering which charting software I should pickup for backfill, full level 2 & 60 minute chart.
zxcv1fu, which datafeed to use depends on your needs - are you trading stocks or futures or both? Here is a quick list of the ones that QT supports that are tick by tick: IQFeed - Stocks, options, futures. Level I, Level II, multi-day backfill, news http://www.quotetracker.com/iqfeed MarketFeed - Stocks, options. Level I, Level II http://www.quotetracker.com/iqfeed Money.net - Stocks, options, futures. Level I, Level II, multi-day backfill, news http://www.quotetracker.com/money.net