Well guys I spent a couple of hours today wayching 3 feeds side by side. esignal vs dtniq vs schonfelds order entry which is reuters data for es/nq etc. The fastest is the schonfeld/reuters feed. Dtniq is last most of the time by about 1/10 of a second EXCEPT when the market moves fast. Dtniq was just ahead by 1/10 of second on the 14:00 es bar which was large. I suspect that dtniq performs more stable during fast markets and esignal shits the bed. Basically I think we can all say that the last two days have not really had that many fast market conditions and reviewing feeds during this time is not that useful. Unfortunately I do not have unlimited time to test these feeds side by side. I will most likely go with dtniq for now because the price is half of esignal. The testing I did yesterday was at my house with a p4 3.0. Today at my office on a q6600 and faster internet connection the same results were had.
Love eSigs customer service. Check out this exchange today just half hour ago. Luv how my last question was answered so thoroughly.
hey it was coffee break time. so the answer is dont use many tick charts dont you get it. dumb customer! he he says chuck.
I dumped my yearly eSignal subscription today for TransAct futures. Signed up with them, got a good round trip price and I'm saving about $1500 per year that I used to pay for data, which is now free. Buh-bye freezeups during fast markets and eSignal's never-ending lame excuses that they're going to get better in the future. opm8
I think you will be happy with TA. They have very good trade desk support and it's really nice that it's in-house software. They are supposed be opening Asian markets in the near future.
Put Tradestation up next to a NinjaTrader6/Zenfire platform or an Xtrader7 DOM and you will see S L O O O W W W..at least now a days they may actually be beating Esignal.
I can respect all the traders out there who are having issues with esignal (and other vendors). But, I have to say something here. I have been trading for over 14 years, now, and I have not seen any software out there that compares to ESignal. These guys got it right. There charting package is reliable, fast, and graphically appealing. There data is fast. And, there scanning software is incredible. I run 20charts with the scanning software over a fiber optic internet connection (Verizon Fios) and have no problems. Now to the point: If you are trading for a living, meaning your tax filing status is 'Trader in securities' and you don't have a second job, then you are treating trading as a business. In any business you would make sure you have adequate tools (software, internet connection, computer hardware, etc.). This requires start up capital, which hopefully you have if you own your own business. The people I run into in this business mainly use trading as a hobbie. Guess what, if you trade and lose money year over year the IRS calls it a hobbie and they will shut you down. So instead of complaining about esignal and the many 'problems' you are having, consider running a Trace IP and see how crappy your internet connection is, FIRST. Then call your ISP and see what you can do to get a STATIC IP address. If one is not available in your area, rent space in an area where you can get one. This is how you run a business. If you wake up at 10amEST in your underwear and place a few trades and make 600 bucks (50USD in commissions) and your charts and data are slow while you run a 6Mbps cable modem connection that has 15hops and 100% packet loss GUESS WHAT?...it is not esignal's fault. It's yours. The guys (and gals) that are "sniper" traders have offices right next to the nasdaq mainframe in NYC and pay tens of thousand of dollars in rent. They make money. They don't complain about software and commissions. They, also, use Realtick and Esignal and Redi and all the other tools that you and I use. The only difference is they make sure that their infrastructure is AIR TIGHT! My advice: figure it out. If you want some help, send me a message and I will give you advice. And I won't charge you anything. -Dr. Twang2
on a Dell 30inch monitor There is a little sony vaio laptop I use to view some trading chatrooms, realmoney.com, and browsing.