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IMHO : BMI needs to remove stock data from their satellite feed and add back
Forex . Bandwidth problem solved, permanently.(at least till stock futures)
Fixed bandwidth with ever increasing stock data had to run into this problem
eventually.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Erven" <ervenj@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Kimball Morgan" <km11@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: BMI
> Re BMI
> U must keep an alternate feed going with BMI now to constantly check for
the
> delay. i use quote.com freebies for NQ and ES and check the candlestick
> formations on the 1 min.
>
> The pattern recently has been this, sort of: early in the morning after
the
> close BMI gets behind, yes up to 2 minutes plus. My reading is that in
busy
> markets and with the Europe markets, BMI can't cope. As europe shuts down,
> first Germany and France , then the UK, data transmission decreases, and
BMI
> catches up as the morning progresses, and usually by 11:30 or so it is
tick
> for tick with quote.com freebie.
>
> It will sometimes get behind later in the day if there is a burst of
market
> activity. I watch this very closely, and have been for 3 years!
>
> Hopefully BMI will strip something else outa that feed so the NQ and ES
data
> can be up to the market.
>
> jim
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kimball Morgan" <km11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 4:56 PM
> Subject: Re: BMI
>
>
> > Thanks, Jan, I'll have to try the clock idea.
> >
> > My BMI satellite e-mini S&P feed was 30 seconds to a minute off during
> those
> > times too.
> >
> > Quite a shock to get a fill notice when the price on your screen is
still
> > three or four ticks away...
> >
> > Kimball Morgan
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jan Philipp" <jan4123@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Realtraders" <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 1:15 PM
> > Subject: BMI
> >
> >
> > > There is a new problem or I just haven't noticed it before.
> > > It occured on 11/29 betw. 8:55 - 9:20AM and 11/30, 9:00 - 9:40AM
> > > CST.
> > > During those times, BMI NQ feed was up to 2.5 min behind CME.
> > > I found it out the hard way by getting out of 3 trades at prices up
> > > to 500 points worse than what I've seen on the screen.
> > > BMI was aware of it. It was reported by users tuned to both,
> > > CSPAN and AMC. I was told that it happened because BMI
> > > was overloaded with data and couldn't handle it.
> > > For those who had the same experience, I recommend watching
> > > for a difference in indications betw TS clock and PC clock (keep
> > > it synchronized with an atomic clock) and stop daytrading until
> > > it disappears.
> > >
> > > Jan Philipp
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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