Hi covered_call; Sorry for the late reply. Unfortunately I'm still with version 7.3... there is no X_Study feature with this version on GHCO (Global Futures).
For those still on version 6.x, this is the latest release notice. Trading Technologies Product Release Notice Date: 2/23/2007 Number: PRN012-07 Subject: X_TRADER TTM 6.14.10 Pkg 88 and 89 Products Impacted: X_TRADER Attachments: None Product Release Notice X_TRADER TTM 6.14.10 Pkg 88 X_TRADER 6.14.10 Pkg 89 These products are 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 6.14.10 (Released February 22, 2007) Enhancements 1.1.1 Implied Engine 1.1.1.1 Added implied pricing calculations to conform to the new implied pricing matching engine at ICE. (Ref 50593) Fixes 1.1.2 Autospreader 1.1.2.1 Fixed an issue where the configuration dialog was slow in opening. (Ref 54485) 1.1.3 Autotrader 1.1.3.1 Fixed an issue where immediate fills on Eurex caused Autotrader to stop quoting. (Ref 52673) 1.1.4 Market Grid 1.1.4.1 Fixed an issue where orders in Market Grid were not updating properly. (Ref 54761) 1.1.5 Order Book 1.1.5.1 Fixed an issue where immediate fills on Eurex remained in the Order book and generated a warning message. (Ref 51974) 1.1.6 TT API 1.1.6.1 Fixed an issue where X_TR ADER crashed when depth updates contained a bad index for that depth level. (Ref 53096) Known Issue There are instances where X_TRADER may show less implied quantity than is actually available on the bid and the ask. In certain cases where X_TRADER does not have enough information to avoid double-counting implied-from-implied volume, the implied engine may not display some of the implied volume. Once development of the ICE exchange implied matching algorithm is complete, TT may adjust the algorithm used to calculate implied-from-implied volume to reduce the incidence of this issue. Package Contents X_TRADER TTM 6.14.10 Pkg 88 X_TRADER TTM 6.14.10.15 Guardian TTM 6.1.16.28 TTAPI TTM 6.1.53.81 TT Messaging 1.1.17.134 Package Contents X_TRADER 6.14.10 Pkg 89 X_TRADER 6.14.10.15 Guardian 6.1.16.28 TTAPI 6.1.53.81
I downloaded the sim version of 7.4.1x I believe from Velocity. X Study is pretty darn decent if you need just basic charting. Not much historical data. It has bid/ask volume delta which I believe could be real nice. Unfortunately, it doesn't have enough off what I am used to for charting. That and the sim is having some problems with showing the correct price feed for the last 3 days. I wish I could test out the trailing stop because I am attempting to see if it could replace Ninja Trader, but so far the bugs on the sim having me say no. These are issues TT is having not Velocity which concerns me about going to real $$$ with version 7.X. Velocity assures me these bugs don't appear in the real version, and I believe them, but I am not going to put my real $$$ on anything that doesn't work right in sim first. I will give them a couple of days and wait and see if it gets resolved.
If they reply to your calls just ask them to put you on a live, real account with no money; I remember it was possible years ago. It's true that the TT SIM is lacking some features vs. the production release.
Trading Technologies Product Release Notice Date: 2/25/2007 Number: PRN016-07 Subject: X_TRADER® Version 7.4.2 Products Impacted: X_TRADER Attachments: None Product Release Notice X_TRADER 7.4.2 Pkg 105 This product is now available on the TT Customer Portal shortly. Please review the attached Release Notes for release content information. If you have any questions, please contact the CSC. Release Notes 1.1 X_TRADER® Version 7.4.2 (rel 23-February-2007) Enhancements 1.1.1 Autospreader® 1.1.1.1 Created new configuration setting "Use Cancel/Replace for Quantity Reductions". The new setting will use Cancel/Replace instead of Change. This is set per leg and found under the Advanced Properties tab. (Ref 48697) 1.1.1.2 With 'Do not cross inside market' enabled, the mouse curser will change to an 'invalid function' (circle with diagonal slash) when positioned over a crossed market spread price to alert users if they are attempting to cross the market. (Ref 50819) 1.1.2 MD Trader® 1.1.2.1 Added TradeSounds support to play sounds as different size trades occur. (Ref 50119) 1.1.2.2 Added support for Time & Sales attached to MD Trader. (Ref 50121) 1.1.2.3 Dynamically size the Bid, Ask and Price columns on launch. (Ref 51050) 1.1.3 Market Window 1.1.3.1 Added support for multiple tabbed Market Grids within a single Market Window. Tabs can be added, deleted, repositioned, named and colored. Helps reduce CPU usage and conserve screen real estate. This is highly recommended for users with multiple Market Windows. (Ref 49706) 1.1.3.2 Changed the column header name 'Total' to 'Volume' for clarity. (Ref 52175) 1.1.4 Order Entry Functionality 1.1.4.1 Added support for Limit on Open order type. This is an Asian order type that acts as a limit order that may only be executed on the open. Any portion not filled on the open will be cancelled. (Ref 45873) 1.1.4.2 Added support for Limit on Close order type. This is an Asian order type that acts as a limit order that may only be executed on the close. Any portion not filled at the close will be cancelled. (Ref 45874) 1.1.4.3 Added support for Limit to Market (Funari) order type. This is an Asian order type that acts as a limit order that turns into a market order at the close. Any portion not filled at the close will be cancelled. (Ref 45875) 1.1.5 Performance 1.1.5.1 Improved Implieds Engine performance. (Ref 47255) 1.1.5.2 Improved Price and Order status performance. (Ref 47785) 1.1.5.3 Improved Risk Manager performance. (Ref 47787) 1.1.5.4 Improved MD Trader performance. (Ref 49121) 1.1.5.5 Reduced Audit Trail memory footprint. (Ref 50916) 1.1.5.6 Improved Fill handling performance. (Ref 51510) 1.1.5.7 Improved Series Key handling performance. (Ref 51388) 1.1.5.8 Improved Market Depth performance for Pentab users. (Ref 53011) 1.1.5.9 Improved Autospreader performance. (Ref 49734, 50223, 50227) 1.1.6 Risk Management 1.1.6.1 Add support for risk checking Inter-Commodity Spreads. (Ref 50177) 1.1.6.2 Removed redundant 'INFO 0000037' risk check messages from Guardian TTLog that already exist in Audit Trail. (Ref 42407) 1.1.7 Properties 1.1.7.1 Default the "Include Implieds in Market columns and in Depth" property to ON. (Ref 49146) 1.1.7.2 Rearranged and modified various property pages to improve usability and appearance. (Ref 49273, 52043, 52749) Fixes 1.1.8 Autospreader 1.1.8.1 Fixed an issue where Autospreader Configuration window would not display bottom portion on certain laptops. (Ref 54659) 1.1.9 Fill Window 1.1.9.1 Fixed an issue where settlements were not updating unless X_TRADER was closed and re-launched. (Ref 49919) 1.1.10 MD Trader® 1.1.10.1 Fixed an issue where right-click behavior was not consistent with left-click when using "Button actions on Mouse DOWN" property. (Ref 50546) 1.1.11 Order Entry Functionality 1.1.11.1 Fixed an issue where right-click ing Clear in the Order Entry Pane incorrectly populated the quantity field. (Ref 49375) 1.1.11.2 Fixed an issue where PIQ was sometimes reset when the order quantity was reduced. (Ref 54326) 1.1.12 Risk Management 1.1.12.1 Fixed an issue where worst case position could be breached by placing a new order immediately after a cancel/replace. (Ref 46031) Known Issues 1. X_TRADER and it's components (XTAPI, X_STUDY, TT_Minimizer) sometimes take more than 2 minutes to shut down. Workaround is to close the applications from the Windows Task Manager. (Ref 52078, 52153, 52315, Ref 52938) 2. After several hours of very active trading on ICE, the PIQ value is not always cleared after an order is deleted. (Ref 55146) 3. Autospreader orders can lose color stripe with a Rejected Changed order. (REF 54583) 4. Deleted Autospreader orders on ICE display the 'Executed Qty' and 'Cancel Qty' values in reverse in the Audit Trail. (R EF 54583) Package Contents x_trader 7.4.2 Pkg 105 x_trader 7.4.2.33 Guardian 7.4.1.2 TTAPI 7.0.9.912 TT Messaging 1.7.0.7
Thanks for betting back to me Bernard. I've since installed the new tt stuff (7.4.2 as well as the latest charting xstudy). My CPU has dropped ALOT. it looks like the performance improvements are for real...I use mulitiple market grids and a few excel spreadsheets so i've been concerned about boggin' down my PC. Its not a concern in the least anymore.
It's a great news to know that version 7.4.2 is so useful for improving performance; I just hope that GHCO /Global Futures implement it as soon as possible!...
Here we are! After about a week I'm on 7.4.2! Finally....I will let you know the experience and whether the issues posted at page 1 have been fixed.
Trading Technologies Product Release Notice Date: 3/16/2007 Number: PRN021-07 Subject: X_TRADER 7.4.2 Pkg 119 Products Impacted: X_TRADER Attachments: None Product Release Notice X_TRADER 7.4.2 Pkg 119 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 7.4.2.39 p119 (rel 16-March-2007) Enhancements 1.1.1 New Exchanges 1.1.1.1 Added support for the Forex Market Space Exchange (FXMS). (Ref 57239) 1.1.1.2 Added support for the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME). (Ref 57424) 1.1.2 New XTAPI 1.1.2.1 Package includes prod released XTAPI 7.1.10.6 Fixes 1.1.3 Autospreader 1.1.3.1 Fixed an issue that may result in Autospreader performance degradation. In some cases, this can lead to slow price updates, cau sing orders to be quoted and/or hedged incorrectly. (Ref 57684) 1.1.4 MD Trader 1.1.4.1 Fixed an issue where TTQAP was not always displaying. (Ref 56982) 1.1.5 Market Window 1.1.5.1 Fixed an issue where on the first subscription of the day, a missed update may cause displayed values for Implieds to be incorrect and slow to fill in. (Ref 57456) 1.1.6 SOD Handling 1.1.6.1 Fixed an issue where upon updating the quantity of an SOD record in X_RISK, the update was not seen immediately in X_TRADER but required XT to restart. (Ref 57059) _______________________________________________________________________ The following are Release Notes issued for the production release 7.4.2.33 p105. These are included in this expedited release of 7.4.2.39 p119. Enhancements 1.1.7 Autospreader 1.1.7.1 Created new configuration setting Use Cancel/Replace for Quantit y Reductions. The new setting will use Cancel/Replace instead of Change. This is set per leg and found under the Advanced Properties tab. (Ref 48697) 1.1.7.2 With 'Do not cross inside market' enabled, the mouse curser will change to an invalid function (circle with diagonal slash) when positioned over a crossed market spread price to alert users if they are attempting to cross the market. (Ref 50819) 1.1.8 MD Trader 1.1.8.1 Added TradeSounds support to play sounds as different size trades occur. (Ref 50119) 1.1.8.2 Added support for Time & Sales attached to MD Trader. (Ref 50121) 1.1.8.3 Dynamically size the Bid, Ask and Price columns on launch. (Ref 51050) 1.1.9 Market Window 1.1.9.1 Added support for multiple tabbed Market Grids within a single Market Window. Tabs can be added, deleted, repositioned, named and colored. Helps reduce CPU usage and conserve screen real estate. This is highly recom mended for users with multiple Market Windows. (Ref 49706) 1.1.9.2 Changed the column header name Total to Volume for clarity. (Ref 52175) 1.1.10 Order Entry Functionality 1.1.10.1 Added support for Limit on Open order type. This is an Asian order type that acts as a limit order that may only be executed on the open. Any portion not filled on the open will be cancelled. (Ref 45873) 1.1.10.2 Added support for Limit on Close order type. This is an Asian order type that acts as a limit order that may only be executed on the close. Any portion not filled at the close will be cancelled. (Ref 45874) 1.1.10.3 Added support for Limit to Market (Funari) order type. This is an Asian order type that acts as a limit order that turns into a market order at the close. Any portion not filled at the close will be cancelled. (Ref 45875) 1.1.11 Performance 1.1.11.1 Improved Implieds Engine performance. (Ref 47255) 1.1.11.2 Im proved Price and Order status performance. (Ref 47785) 1.1.11.3 Improved Risk Manager performance. (Ref 47787) 1.1.11.4 Improved MD Trader performance. (Ref 49121) 1.1.11.5 Reduced Audit Trail memory footprint. (Ref 50916) 1.1.11.6 Improved Fill handling performance. (Ref 51510) 1.1.11.7 Improved Series Key handling performance. (Ref 51388) 1.1.11.8 Improved Market Depth performance for Pentab users. (Ref 53011) 1.1.11.9 Improved Autospreader performance. (Ref 49734, 50223, 50227) 1.1.12 Risk Management 1.1.12.1 Add support for risk checking Inter-Commodity Spreads. (Ref 50177) 1.1.12.2 Removed redundant INFO 0000037 T risk check messages from Guardian TTLog that already exist in Audit Trail. (Ref 42407) 1.1.13 Properties 1.1.13.1 Default the "Include Implieds in Market columns and in Depth" property to ON. (Ref 49146) 1.1.13.2 Continue to rearrange and modify various property pages to improve usability and appearance. (Ref 49273, 52043, 52749) Fixes 1.1.14 Autospreader 1.1.14.1 Fixed an issue where Autospreader Configuration window would not display bottom portion on certain laptops. (Ref 54659) 1.1.15 Fill Window 1.1.15.1 Fixed an issue where settlements were not updating unless X_TRADER was closed and re-launched. (Ref 49919) 1.1.16 MD Trader 1.1.16.1 Fixed an issue where right-click behavior was not consistent with left-click when using "Button actions on Mouse DOWN" property. (Ref 50546) 1.1.17 Order Entry Functionality 1.1.17.1 Fixed an issue where right-clicking Clear in the Order Entry Pane incorrectly populated the quantity field. (Ref 49375) 1.1.17.2 Fixed an issue where PIQ was sometimes reset when the order quantity was reduced. (Ref 54326) 1.1.18 Risk Management 1.1.18.1 Fixed an issue where worst case position could be breached by placing a new order immediately after a cancel/replace. (Ref 46031) Known Issues 1. X_TRADER and its components (XTAPI, X_STUDY, TT_Minimizer) sometimes take more than 2 minutes to shut down. Workaround is to close the applications from the Windows Task Manager. (Ref 52078, 52153, 52315, Target XT 7.4.3 TTM 1.7 Ref 52938) 2. Autospreader orders can lose color stripe with a Rejected Changed order. (Ref 54583, Target, XT 7.4.3) 3. Deleted Autospreader orders on ICE display the 'Executed Qty' and 'Cancel Qty' values in reverse in the Audit Trail. (Ref 54950, Target, XT 7.5) 4. Autotrader is unable to load contracts from FXMS and Hotspot when the currency pairs are the same. (Ref 57642, XT 7.4.3) 5. There is an issue when using MPF in failover pairs. Upon failover, prices and depth do not immediately update from the second gateway. X_TRADER must be restarted to initiate the failover. (Ref 57881, Target XT 7.4.3) Package Contents X_TRADER 7.4.2 Pkg 119 X_TRADER 7.4.2.39 Guardian 7.4.1.2 TTAPI 7.0.9.914 TT Messaging 1.7.0.7 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.