TS did ok today for me all the way down. We will see if/how they bust these trades. A lot of folks probably had trades open well before the crash.
This is why you cannot think of yourself as viable business - a real time day trader is not a business, it is river boat gambling. Every 2 or 3 years your platform would freeze and you are liable to lose huge chunk of money. This is happening more than it should. A casino gambler don't have this much risk to carry if he/she is smart.
You don't mention your data provider. I use Ninja/Zen and it did not appear to miss a beat. Also location, I am on the East Coast.
Traded at OEC during the 1135 all the way down to 1050 and back without any glitches at all. I must say it was very stable and fast.
Ninja/Zenfire through Mirus in Boston. My computer was operating at only 20%. I have a quality machine and never had a problem before with TT. I'm relatively new to Zenfire and was looking to see if I made a mistake leaving TT. I'll have to monitor my system a little more. Hopefully, no one got hurt today. Fortunately, I was on the side line at the time, figuring it was too far extended to the down side, yet not convinced to buy. Thanks all for the input.
I got f'd on this exact same thing...Ninjatrader w/ Zenfire/ Mirus. I have actually experienced quite a few data feed disconnects, freeze ups, and latency issues this week. What is your best back up plan if you had a position or working orders when this happens? Also, how do you put in a manual stop? I don't pay for the monthly ATM fee (use the free version). I just opened this account which is why I don't have my own answers for these situations quite yet. Thanks in advance.
I'm not sure about the free version, but I assumed you could just hit the close button, or buy if you're short, sell if long etc. I have a second account {Infinity} on a separate computer with it's own Internet feed just in case they don't answer the phone quick enough, as everyone else will be calling them. I'll just go long on the second account if I'm frozen/locked out on a short on my regular trading machine. I've done this a few times with success a few years back when the YM/CBOT would go down frequently. I'd take a position in the ES/CME for the opposite direction.
OK, thanks...this makes some more sense to me. When it literally froze I couldn't hit the close/buy/sell, etc...buttons because the screen was literally frozen, not responding to any type of mouse click. I may look into a seperate account strictly for these purposes. Thanks.