they blame the whole world except their own selves. it's your machine, it's your cpu, it's your internet connection.. man, eSignal and TWS work fine, and JTrader doesn't, on the same machine with the same ram, cpu, and inet connection. one should read the writing on the wall...
Thanks.. except that I don't have any "Sun Java" in advanced inet options, I only have "microsoft VM". Anyway I just use j-trader as a backup, so I use the standalone version that isn't slow. Thanks anyway 50
JTrader had a standalone version which you install on your machine, and a Web version, which loads every time you log in. They stopped developing the stand alone version, and now they only give the web version. which by the way means that you need to reload the software from the web every time you want to log in. i don't think j-trader is considered a real professional platform. it's sort of like RefcoExpress and RefcoPro. If you are a full time trader you use RefcoPro, not the web based RefcoExpress. Same with J-Trader. If you're serious about your business, you should use X-Trader. That one costs money though (so does RefcoPro).
I run both j-trader and TWS simulatneously. I use the standalone version of j-trader. I trade accounts with both platforms every day. I had some serious connection issues after relocating to the caribbean. I never had issues when I was in Canada and only using j-trader(diconnected twice in a year plus). The problem I had was caused by running Norotn Internet Security on my laptop behind my new linksys router. The firealls had issues. I disconncted Norton, and have had no disconnects at all. J-trader data feed is slightly faster than IB fwiw. If you are having connection problems with ANY platform and you are relatively sure that it is not your ISP or data provider, I would take a long hard look at your security/firewalls.
crazycanuck, Take notice that IB does not refresh tick by tick, rather it refreshes every 0.5sec or so. This is by design. Cheers 50
Having never used J trader, can someone tell me if the data is dynamic like X-trader or snapshot like IB. Maybe a comment on the quality of data as well.
I run Jtrader and have had experience similar to CrazyCanucks - maybe 2 disconnects in the last year...I find it perfectly reliable running thru cable modem access... I used TWS for a year and had very good reliability, but it was worse than Jtrader has been, maybe 5 - 8 problem days in the year I used it. As for the refresh - its dynamic not snapshot and the quality of the data, at least for me so far, has been perfect. Fast, clean, accurate, so...I'm quite happy with it
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