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BMI has decided not to offer delayed data on anything from now on or in the
future.
Robert
At 03:50 PM 5/11/00 -0400, jdfo wrote:
>I was under the impression that BMI is phasing out their data feed and,
>since Signal and BMI are both owned by DBC, they are trying to encourage
>everyone to use e-signal via the Internet as they make more on this type of
>feed. I changed because of this and it would seem that this fact is a
>reality.
>
>Any thoughts on this?
>
>John
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: BobR <bobrabcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Thursday, May 11, 2000 3:35 PM
>Subject: Re: why is TS2ki losing ticks?
>
>
> >The below statement is very true, oh so true. Yesterday TS4 in BMI had
> >28,876 ticks for MSFT whereas TS2ki in DTN had 38,543. For CSCO t TS4/BMI
> >had 89,792 and TS2ki DTN had 122,663. I shudder to think what PS2/BMI
> >/DataManager would have had. The tick loss using BMI/DM was so hazardous
>to
> >trading it had to be shut down. Those using TS2ki with W2000 and
> >appropriate high speed serial ports and faster cpu/buss/disk probably got
> >even more. I won't be complaining anymore since the BMI hardware is on a
> >Fed Express truck this morning.
> >
> >BobR
> >
> >----------------------
> >
> >A couple of weeks ago, I posted a question to this list: WHY IS TS2k
>LOSING
> >TICKS?". I pointed to the fact that TS2k with BMI data feed seemed to be
> >losing 15 - 35% ticks compared to the ticks collected by TS4.
> >I got a lot of responses to my posting, and want to thank all of you who
> >responded, and some of you for putting in a lot of work testing to find the
> >answer to this problem. Many traders actually using TS2 as their trading
> >platform, were unaware of this problem, and expressed shock and disbelief
> >over the huge loss of data. A stock trader reported that he loses around
> >50% of the ticks on some of the stocks he monitors - CONSISTENTLY!
> >
> >It seems, and this is also being confirmed by Omega, that the culprit is
>the
> >BMI Data Manager. Omega claims that they have "informed" BMI about this,
> >but that BMI has shown NO INTEREST IN CORRECTING THIS PROBLEM!
> >
> >This is nothing less than a CATASTROPHE for the professional trader!
> >I will urge ALL traders who use TS2k together with BMI data feed, to
>CONTACT
> >BOTH your BMI - and your OMEGA REPRESENTATIVE TO DEMAND A CORRECTION TO
> >THIS PROBLEM - NOW!!!
> >Remember, both Omega and BMI claim to be "..... the choice of the
> >Professional Trader..." With 50% tick loss - which BOTH companies now
>are
> >aware of, but so far NO CORRECTION - you have to question the seriousness
> >of their claims.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Odd.
> >
> >
> >
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