What is the advantage to trading YM? These outages happen all the time. NQ also has a $5 spread and more volume. Why mess with YM?
this is the fifth time ECBOT has gone down in the last year, thank god when Globex takes over in January. ECBOT when down twice in 3 days when the Grains went live, there is a problem with the Implied Options on the Grains.
http://www.cbot.com/cbot/pub/page/0,3181,970,00.html The Chicago Board of Trade selected LIFFE CONNECT as the e-cbot trading engine because of its robust functionality and superior technical architecture. Functionally, it will give e-cbot enhanced trading capabilities, better reporting, more flexible matching algorithms, and the ability to accommodate anticipated future trading needs. This flexible architecture will greatly facilitate the work of front end developers in adapting their systems to conform to the e-cbot API. The CBOT is committed to maintaining close contact with all of the software vendors and developers, in order to assure that there is clear and complete communication concerning any technical and service issues that may arise between ISVs and end users. The CBOT will act as the central contact in resolving all problems - from initial identification to resolution - regardless of origin so that the system will work flawlessly for the user.
http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2003-02/sunflash.20030220.1.xml?printFriendly=true "We are very confident that our selection of SunGard as a partner for business continuance will be pivotal to the continued growth of our business," said Brett Paulson, chief information officer, Chicago Board of Trade Clearing Corporation. "Key to our decision was SunGard's maximum uptime capabilities coupled with their strong collaboration with Sun Microsystems who already provides a powerful infrastructure for our IT needs. We anticipate that the SunGard-Sun combination will help us further enhance the quality of service to our customers, which translates into higher return-on-investment for our business." This is a 2003 story. Is eCBOT using a 4 yrs old computer?