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Re: TS pro data feed......reliablility



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almost exactly line in line what i have sent to 
tradestation wish list about the new pro.
those points are very obvious if you used 
other platforms.
let's hope that they are logging those in 
and planning to change things.
bilo. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Frank Zappa <omegalist2001@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Omega List <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 12:26 AM
Subject: Re: TS pro data feed......reliablility


> Bilo, TASCALP, et al-
> 
> A friend of mine who has been using TSPro for a few
> weeks gives me the following feedback:
> 
> "It feels like a beta program.  I
> really miss the ability to link charts that Qchart
> has, and there are also a
> lot of little and not so little things that they
> should fix or improve.  I
> have not used all the features extensively, but for
> example in the Level II
> screens there is no way to get rid of some columns (a
> lot of wasted screen
> area), in the time and sale window there is no way to
> scroll back, there is
> no way to display after market data on the charts,
> after market data does
> not seem to show up properly in Level II, the
> fundamental data screens are
> clumsy (too many small pages), no defaults are
> provided when opening a new
> Level II or T&S or News window (should default to the
> current symbol), it
> does not handle well multiple monitors (Arrange
> windows create stupid sizes,
> windows pop to large sizes and do not remember the
> last size/position, etc),
> some of the chart formatting settings cannot be saved
> as defaults and have
> to be recreated for each chart.  Qchart also has some
> nice fields that can
> be added to the quote screens (VWAP, portfolio
> holdings values[#
> shares,purchase price, etc], fundamentals, money flow)
> that are not
> available in TSPro.
> 
> On the plus side, the data feed has been working
> pretty reliably (except for
> one day that had a lot of bad ticks ... was a system
> wide problem, and they
> responded to my email promptly).  It also has more
> powerful and more
> flexible capabilities in the charting (systems,
> additional indicators,
> multiple symbols on a chart, probability maps, price
> distribution, % charts,
> etc) with respect to Qchart, and it is easier and
> faster to have multiple
> workspaces and switch between them.  If they work in
> the right direction
> they could probably have a pretty competitive product
> in a few months."
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- Bilo Selhi <citadel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > mostly i am, except that nagging "ATCC pegging the
> > cpu" big problem.
> > that does not mean that it's perfect. some features
> > need to be added to
> > make it more than a stardard. it might be a good
> > idea to gather 
> > a list of needed improvements from the current users
> > and send those to TRAD
> > for a review as early as possible.
> > bilo.
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <TASCLPMNST@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <citadel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <whmkn@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> > <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 5:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: TS pro data feed......reliablility
> > 
> > 
> > > So I take it some of u are happy with tspro.
> > >                                                   
> >                TASCALP
> > 
> 
>