LiveCharts by eSignal -- Any way to reduce latency and speed up charts?

Discussion in 'Trading Software' started by Jack_Larkin, Sep 20, 2011.

  1. I'm using a quoting and execution platform provided by my firm.. the quotes are snappy and most often update far faster than LiveCharts by half a second to a second of time... this matters if I'm watching the charts to look for price breaks and such where timing and execution matter.

    Is there any way to reduce this latency? I can't seem to find any more info but maybe there's a closer quote server I can point it at?

    Worse yet, even when LiveCharts gets updates to the quotes and even starts printing T&S at the new quoted level, the charts themselves might lag behind the price by a few seconds... Anyone else notice this? Is there a way to fix this?

    Thanks in advance,
    Jack
     
  2. nada???
     
  3. Lornz

    Lornz

    Pay for a decent platform and data provider...
     
  4. RobertG

    RobertG

    I would try and hook up Rithmic to Esignal. http://www.rithmic.com/partners.html

    Under technology partners, you will see that Esignal is there.
    Maybe the platform is ok, just the feed is bad....most are bad.

    RG
     
  5. I use Rithmic with Sierra Charts. TOTALLY impressed by Rithmic.

     
  6. ... LiveCharts is by eSignal, and I do pay a subscription fee.
     
  7. Unlike most whiny crackpots here on ET, I contacted the provider directly (as well as posting this topic) and I will now post their troubleshooting response so anyone who finds this thread in a search results can benefit:


     
  8. LiveCharts doesn't give me access to just the quote feed... it's not the full eSignal platform, just the charts+data in an integrated platform.
     
  9. Also, it's pretty clear their instructions won't help much... I'm trying to better explain the issue to them now in a followup email.
     
  10. RobertG

    RobertG

    I use NinjaTrader with Rithmic, but I use a lot of OCO.
    The OCO orders I place on RTrader because it resides on their server.
    For Trailing stops I use NinjaTrader.

    RG
     
    #10     Sep 21, 2011