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Just to echo David, switching from Win98SE to Win2000 (clean install) solved *all* of my problems.
Any Metastock glitches I experienced were all taken care of--stability, speed, etc. I've since
upgraded that computer to 512MB of P133 RAM, but it worked well with 256MB as well. It's *only* a
P3 667MHz system. I've built a network at home and I try to keep the trading computer very
clean--i.e. no extraneous programs on there or running in the background.
Stability has been spectacular, and my TS2Ki has been glitch free. Global Server and TS have been
as stable as my TS4 for real time trading applications. (I'm using Dynastore to feed my Metastock
and Tradestation programs using a feed from Quote.com as well as to retrieve my historical data.)
I trade the index futures electronically (ES & NQ), and I've often run Metastock and TS
side-by-side on this same computer sharing the feed, each running around 9 charts with systems and
custom indicators applied. These two symbols alone will tick around 75,000 times per day
combined, so there's a pretty decent load on the system.
Dave Nadeau
--- David Jennings <DavidJennings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ron,
> Just my two cents, I've been a TS2ki & ProSuite user for a while and TS4
> before that.
> I can't compare it with Metastock real time but do use Metastock EOD and
> other software both real time and EOD.
> From reading the list, it seems that the way to get stability out of TS2Ki
> is not to compromise on hardware, and avoid Win 95/98/ME (as you are no
> doubt aware, 98 is reputed to have profound memory managment problems). I
> find NT works very well and others find 2000 PRO highly reliable.
> TS2Ki & ProSuite are very stable, albeit I shut down once at the weekend to
> do full system backups. If I do have to restart, I can't think of an example
> when it was TradeStation related. This doesn't mean it has't happened, it
> just means that I can't remember it.
> Frankly, they are more stable than my version of Metastock 7.01, and have
> less data related problems than sayAIQ (RT and EOD), and do not lose all of
> the lines on the chart like another well known supplier!
>
> Sorry to hear you have had a bad experience.
>
> Good luck with yr. trading.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Scott" <ron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <dave_nadeau@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 4:02 PM
> Subject: RE: Thanks
>
>
> > Dave-
> >
> > Being a Metastock Pro user, and having tried TS 2000i but having had so
> many
> > problems with it's Global Server component that I returned it, I was
> > surprised to read your decision. I just wondered how you have been able to
> > get Global Server to conform to your obviously very high trading
> standards,
> > and what intraday and historical data providers you are using? Frankly, I
> > could never get the thing to update properly, and it crashed several times
> > per day. Are you having these problems too, but find the product
> essential
> > enough to your trading style to put up with them, or are you not
> > experiencing these issues?
> >
> > Sincerely-
> >
> > Ron Scott
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dave Nadeau
> > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 8:47 PM
> > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Thanks
> >
> >
> > To all who responded to my Metastock for sale posting both privately
> > and in public, thanks for your kind words.
> >
> > No, I don't intend to leave this list. I still have my earlier EOD
> > version of Metastock, and I was looking forward to being an active
> > participant here for a very long time.
> >
> > As I've stated before, I think Metastock is a great program, and I
> > find the charting and visuals to be the best anywhere. Period. And
> > I've demo'ed and owned a lot of different software.
> >
> > My analogy is the trader who owns, say five sports cars. He or she
> > can only drive one at a time while the others just sit. Sure, it's
> > fun to switch back and forth, but in the end, it's a bit gluttonous.
> > The same is true of all this software, although you don't have to
> > worry about dead batteries....
> >
> > Thanks again. I'll definitely be hanging around....
> >
> > ================
> > Dave Nadeau
> > Fort Collins, CO
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
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Dave Nadeau
Fort Collins, CO
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