02:35 - 03:20 EST (& ongoing) ... IB is not transmitting any quotes from Eurex (DTB) saying there are technical problems at the exchange. Can anyone comment as to whether this is affecting all quote vendors or just IB?
Eurex still not trading- Nikkei down over 5% Hang Seng down 3.32%- - not a great time for Eurex to be down!
Yes, Eurex is the root of the problem. I have two independent Eurex feeds and both are not showing any live quotes. Too bad, cause the huge gap down might have yielded some good trade opps. The cash DAX index is currently trading 3,434 as of 9:41.
Eurex Trading Suspended, Exchange Investigating, Spokesman Says 2003-10-23 02:41 (New York) Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Eurex AG, the world's busiest futures exchange, said trading was suspended and it is investigating the cause of the disruption. Frankfurt-based Eurex, owned by Deutsche Boerse AG and the Swiss Stock Exchange, informed all members, and the exchange is looking into what happened, spokesman Frank Hartmann said. No further information was immediately available. Eurex contracts include futures on the German 10-year government bond and the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 stock index. -- London newsroom
Eurex Technical Platform is even worse than ARCA in it's really bad time... They don't even transmit all trades to quote vendors... I would vote to replace this damn thing!
Yes, that is interesting what's the reason for this Eurex policy. eSignal's quotes lag ~2 to 10 sec. IB's quotes in 2 sec snapshots (I believe it was 1 sec. some time ago). However I didn't have any problems with executions.
maybe I'm blinking real fast and making this up but I definately see the eurex quotes (size and price) on the IB TWS update well under a second.