I''ve poked around with xstudy 1.4 and its pretty sweet. if you trade fixed income, you'll love the ability to chart yields. i got that going this morning and love it.. i looks like tt is putting more into analytics...i pulled this from the notes they issued on the 1.4 release...i like the trading in yield and implied (bid-ask / ask-bid) charting...a few guys in my group love the Ichimoku Study 41.1.2 Analytics 41.1.2.1 Added ability to generate chart "Level Lines" linked in from Excel. (ref 51015) 41.1.2.2 Added ability to display prices in terms of yield and yield to maturity. (ref 52206) 41.1.2.3 Added the Adaptive Moving Average (AMA) as a new technical indicator. (ref 43471) 41.1.2.4 Added the Ichimoku Study as a new technical indicator. (ref 51188) 41.1.2.5 Added ability to chart spreads as Bid-Ask / Ask-Bid comparison. (ref 33040)
Product Release Notice X_TRADER 7.4.3 Pkg 167 This product is now available for download via the TT Customer Portal. Please review the following Release Notes for release content information. Should you have any questions, please contact the CSC. Release Notes 1.1 X_TRADER Version 7.4.3.63 Pkg 167 (rel 20-July-2007) Enhancements 1.1.1 Audit Trail 1.1.1.1 Audit Trail database file will create a new file each day at startup or upon exceeding a user-defined size threshold. (Ref 54725) 1.1.1.2 Added order information to the Audit Trail when an order fails. (Ref 56613) 1.1.2 Autospreader® 1.1.2.1 Modified functionality for the Hedge Round setting in Autospreader. When a hedge order is completely filled, the remaining quoting order will not re-quote and will be identified by an orange color bar (Ref 50914) 1.1.2.2 Modified Autospreader to obtain the round lot value from the product table in order to correctly handle hedge orders. (Ref 58266) 1.1.3 Fill Window 1.1.3.1 FFT2 and FFT3 fields are now editable. (Ref 49877) 1.1.4 Implieds Engine 1.1.4.1 Added support for implieds for ICE. (Ref 50725, requires ICE GW 7.3.1 or higher) 1.1.4.2 Added support for implieds for SGX. (Ref 61476) 1.1.5 MD Trader® 1.1.5.1 Added functionality to color code orders as provided by XTAPI. (Ref 32013) 1.1.5.2 Added ability to double-click the quantity field to highlight the number and make it editable. (Ref 43379) 1.1.5.3 Added a property to allow users to keep MD Trader colored without an Order Feed. (Ref 60472) 1.1.6 Market Explorer 1.1.6.1 Support case-insensitive and search by description functionality. (Ref 56778) 1.1.6.2 Added functionality to now show the color yellow to indicate not all servers for the exchange (price, fill or order) are currently up. 1.1.7 Market Window 1.1.7.1 Added a property to the âOrder Entry' tab to persist a manual change to the Account number when switching between contracts. (Ref 59140) 1.1.8 Order Entry Functionality 1.1.8.1 Added support for Order Bar as an alternative floating order entry method. (Ref 55604) 1.1.8.2 Added ability to map custom Hotkeys to order entry commands. (Ref 55929) 1.1.8.3 Added support for the MLM order type at SFE. (Ref 56906) 1.1.8.4 X_TRADER will no longer display a dialog box when trying to submit orders to an order server that is down, but instead will log these actions to the Audit Trail. (Ref 57324) 1.1.9 Performance 1.1.9.1 Improve performance of Fill Window. (Ref 31498) 1.1.9.2 Improve performance of Market Grid. (Ref 54222) 1.1.9.3 Improve performance of Implied Engine (Ref 57289) 1.1.9.4 Improve performance of Market Explorer (Ref 26585 and 44391) 1.1.9.5 Improve performance of Spread Matrix and Butterfly Matrix (Ref 53897) 1.1.10 Time and Sales 1.1.10.1 To improve performance, Time and Sales will no longer show the inside market. The window will only track trades. (Ref 56223) Fixes 1.1.11 Alerts Manager 1.1.11.1 Fixed an issue where audio alerts did not sound with exchange announcements. (Ref 59287) 1.1.12 Autospreader® 1.1.12.1 Fixed an issue where Spread Driver would submit an Autospreader order at incorrect prices when the spread was not launched. (Ref 55015) 1.1.12.2 Fixed an issue where deleted Autospreader orders re-submitted through Spread Driver display a working spread with no working leg orders. (Ref 57923) 1.1.12.3 Fixed an issue where Autospreader configurations did not automatically convert to different flavored Gateways. (Ref 53749) 1.1.12.4 Fixed an issue where Autospreader orders remain working after a failed delete. (Ref 56363) 1.1.12.5 Fixed an issue where race conditions could cause Autospreader to use incorrect hedge prices for spreads with three or more legs. (Ref 58606) 1.1.12.6 Fixed an issue where Autospreader logging impacted performance. (Ref 58681) 1.1.13 Autotrader® 1.1.13.1 Fixed an issue where Autotrader was unable to load the same contract from two separate gateways. (Ref 57642) 1.1.14 Fill Window 1.1.14.1 Fixed an issue where filtering in the "C" column did not work properly. (Ref 57645 and 58158) 1.1.15 MD Trader® 1.1.15.1 Fixed an issue where automatic grid recentering did not work when applied globally. (Ref 45886) 1.1.15.2 Fixed an issue where the mouse pointer could get stuck in "circle/slash" mode. (Ref 40018) 1.1.15.3 Fixed an issue where EPIQ would not update properly if EPIQ column was on the far left or far right. (Ref 55218) 1.1.15.4 Fixed an issue where an abnormal situation occurred if EPIQ is enabled and the order server goes down. (Ref 58599) 1.1.15.5 Fixed an issue where custom pricing models written in C# would not work. (Ref 59395) 1.1.16 OCO's 1.1.16.1 Fixed an issue when using stop orders as part of an OCO, the second leg would not be cancelled when the first leg (stop order) was filled. (Ref 56512) 1.1.17 Risk Management 1.1.17.1 Fixed an issue where delta in strategy trades was being misinterpreted as a whole number instead of a percentage (Ref 57933) 1.1.17.2 Fixed an issue where we were receiving an extra "stale in flight order" message. (Ref 59565) 1.1.18 SOD 1.1.18.1 Fixed an issue where updating the quantity of an auto-SOD in X_RISK required a restart of X_TRADER. (Ref 54557) 1.1.18.2 Fixed an issue where an abnormal situation occurred during Start-of-Day download after a fill server disconnect. (Ref 57266) 1.1.19 Trade Book 1.1.19.1 Fixed an issue where there is a partial fill and the remaining quantity is deleted, Trade Book will not show the fill. (Ref 59176) 1.1.20 Common 1.1.20.1 Fixed an issue where X_TRADER and XTAPI took longer than usual to start up (Ref 56222) 1.1.20.2 Fixed an issue where X_TRADER blocks the user from deleting an in flight order. The deletes should be rejected by Exchange or Gateway. (Ref 59581) 1.1.20.3 Fixed an issue where excessive logging of âMOD:...' error messages on CME depth updates caused X_TRADER to freeze. (Ref 55109, 59547) Known Issues 1. Detailed depth prices disappear when Merge Implieds property is enabled (Ref 56640 targeted to 7.5.0). 2. It is not possible to use Order Entry Style 1 to enter a Vola trade at Eurex with XT 7.4.3 (Ref 61629 targeted to 7.5.0). 3. ICE WTI contracts display an incorrect expiry month in Time & Sales (Ref 55012, fixed in 7.5.0). 4. After a Price Server restart, under specific conditions, it is possible that prices will not update in the Market Grid. Re-opening the workspace will resolve the issue. (pcr 61555, fixed in 7.5.0) Package Contents X_TRADER 7.4.3.63 Pkg 167 X_TRADER 7.4.3.63 Guardian 7.4.3.13 TTAPI 7.0.10.76 TT Chron TT Messaging 1.7.2.21 If you have questions, suggestions or information to share about TT product features and functionality, please visit TT's online User Forum at http://forums.tradingtechnologies.com.
You will note be a beta tester if you use the 7.4.3 p167 because they will not re-package another release until...the next official one! Meanwhile if you adopt it, you will benefit of the improvements and you will suffer of (any --if any) bug/issues. Nothing new in this regard.
Hi Guys.. Ive decided to put TT X_trader on hold.. Im going with Pats Pro-Mark as a resulf bad experience with TTSIM and the lack of X_Study evaluation (astonishing that TT cannot get themselves to point to offer that as a critical part of the evaluation process by simply themselves installing of using feed from FSDM (or whatever you call it) Server.. I am so not impressed by this.. the tool costs around £750.. for that price throw in the goddamn graphing tool if you have it and put it in the demo with all the funds and revenues you already have access to..for gods sakes.. Sorry but thats no way to run a company.. and Im so glad to unistall that clunky gateway module from my system that when in use strangely prohibits Java trading tools like ProMark from launching, ..this is really beginning to smell... :eek: Ill review X_trader when the current release is accepted as standard via GNITouch, till then.. BEGONE you infesting, constantly loosing its link- not supplied with a graphing tool, patented old technology 32bit programme masquerading as dual processor darling.. which it is absolutely not , limiting my screen resolution and optimized for 16bit colour only...... you are not the only show in town. Whata disappointment... but somehow I think I may see your stupid face again...
My office installed 7.4.3 this week. I've been banging on it for three days and like it alot. I think they earmarked this for globex traders...there's a new order entry bar that gbex traders tend to use. it's a cool little entry bar and lets me move around and get orders in even faster...i've been scalping ge contracts this week with great results. they've also added more 'hot keys' that you can program. i havent got into that yet buy am looking into it this weekend. one of our traders already has and hes left early every day this so i suppose he's doing well.. With the ranges we've had in the markets this week i hope everyones doing well!
Do you work for Pats? Most of your 28 total posts are about your claimed superiority of ProMark vs. X_Trader. Please stick to the thread title, instead of repeating over and over about the 16 bit color depth, the 32 bit apps code, etc. I could address each of your critics expressd in your 'usual post' on TT, but if you like this , please open your thread and name is 'X_Trader Vs. ProMark'. We welcome your reviews if you tried both the 6.x and 7.x versions and you have something to say about this topic. Thank you, Bernard
covered_call, I'm quite satisfied with the latest 7.4.3; but unfortunately I have to change my broker; I've described the reasons on another thread.
I had no problem getting a TT rep to come to my office and demo the Xstudy. Looked fine. I don't do much charting though. It only costs the price you quoted if you go with the pro. Much less for the regular.