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Re: DBC SP and ES are frozen at 131071



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FWIW bid and ask does display OK on the mini june.......????? how can that 
happen and not the LAST price - unfortunately TS can NEITHER chart bid/ask 
nor use it in EL...........whats going on ?

BTW: ...........whats the story in TS $2398 - can bid/ask be charted ? referenced 
in EL ?

rgds hans
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> Hans Esser wrote:
> > DBC SP and ES for june are frozen at 131071 <g>
> >  and TRADING at that odd number........
> 
> It turns out that 131071 is 2^17 - 1, i.e, this is the maximum number that
> can be represented in 17 bits of binary data.  More than likely the data
> feed vendor has allocated 17 bits to transmit the price data and now the
> price has exceeded the maximum value allowed.  It looks like it might be
> time for some major updates to their data feed software.  And then there's
> Y2K...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mike Mart
>