How much latency is too much for day trading?

Discussion in 'Networking and Security' started by george_the_second, Nov 3, 2020.

  1. No, I don't have a recommendation. I don't have a need for that in my trading so I never investigated this.
     
    #21     Nov 9, 2020
  2. rb7

    rb7

    I'm using IQFeed (their API), along with IB for the trading part, and it works well. Stable, fast, no substantial lag.
     
    #22     Nov 9, 2020
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  3. Bad_Badness

    Bad_Badness

    Moving to a button and clicking takes 250-500ms, which is significant relative to what happens after. Also I think IB says it takes about 250ms to get your order from IB to the exchange (depending). Then you get in line for LMT orders. These are things that you can optimize. Hope that helps your trading.
     
    #23     Nov 14, 2020
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