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Matt
Very good questions - having invested a great deal of time in TS2Ki plus
$'s - the answers may not be to our liking ! Sp5 is out I have not
downloaded the update yet - but I guess that it will NOT address the recalc
& GS problem that Sp4 and previous updates have.
I have put certain questions to Omega mainly relating to TS2Ki and the
future of the product - but they have so far not responded. Add this to the
poor data feed I have from dbc makes trading very difficult at times.
I do like TS2Ki and find it a good product, but feel the company needs to
address its clients base needs and the only way it can do this and grow its
users base is define its product range to a range that it can meet with
product development.
The way to do this is reduce its wide product range and invest its
resources into TS2Ki - Although I don't disagree with the strategy to
provide data and Tradestation.com - but it needs to raise the cash to do
this first.
Perhaps if it went down this route first to rise cash, then go down the
route as above then the client base would have more confidence.
Having said this I don't have enough in depth knowledge of the back ground
on Omega - hence my opinion is based on the knowledge I have.
But I guess one could say does Omega trade on the fact that its client base
has invested a great deal of time and $'s - and a change of product is not a
route we user would consider !!! interesting question ! and I guess a
difficult question to get a true overview on!.
Daniel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew D. Langston" <langston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 7:38 AM
Subject: TradeStation.com questions and issues
> Does anyone have first hand knowledge about the new TradeStation.com
service
> that will be offered by Omega Research?
>
> Questions I have include:
>
> 1. Will TradeStation.com allow system traders to have their system(s)
> automatically (or pseudo-automatically) enter their orders?
>
> 2. Will TradeStation.com interact with TS2Ki?
>
> 3. Will TradeStation.com be an interface to several online brokers, or
only
> to OnlineTrading.com?
>
> 4. My current understanding (but I could be way off base, so please
correct
> me if I am wrong) is that TradeStation.com is in some way a replacement
for
> the current TradeStation family (e.g. TS4 and TS2Ki). If this is the
case,
> will users have to upload their systems to TradeStation.com? Or, will the
> systems stay securely on the users PC and simply submit orders in some
other
> way to TradeStation.com?
>
> 5. Will the service allow for historical backtesting? There are
obviously
> tremendous advantages to having the historical data maintained by Omega
> Research. However, (and this relates to question 4 above), do we upload
our
> systems to TradeStation.com if we want to backtest them?
>
> 6. Will TradeStation.com be programmable, or scriptable? In other words,
> will we be able to customize the product, hire programmers to customize
the
> product for us, buy third-party add-ons, or be third-parties and sell
> add-ons, like we currently can with TS2Ki?
>
> 7. Will TradeStation.com be similar to WindowsOnWallStreet in that there
is
> "significant" code that must be installed on the users system (as opposed
to
> a pure web interface).
>
> 8. When is TradeStation.com supposed to be available?
>
> 9. How much will the monthly subscription fees cost?
>
> 10. Will these questions be answered at OmegaWorld 2000 next month?
>
> Thank you for taking the time to answer any of my questions.
>
> Regards, Matt
>
>
>
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