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What does it matter if they stop supporting 2000i, just keep using it. It's
great and free once you buy it. I use it with my IB data feed so I have a
free data feed along with my already paid for 2000i. If they stop supporting
it, so what. The omega list does a fine job of supporting it already, better
than TS...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Brown" <markbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:46 AM
Subject: support for 2000i
> Hello ,
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https://www.tradestationworld.com/discussions/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10336&pollresults=1
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> ts 2000i users may want to vote on this.
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> Poll Question:
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> I need to think about what to do at the end of the year when
> tradestation 2000i will no longer be supported. I feel more strongly
> than ever that a real trader needs a good data feed from a dish, a
> reliable charting package, and a separate computer for order entry
> with two different clearing firms and order entry platforms. This
> cannot be combined into one package like tradestation 7. Yesterday a
> friend with tradestation 7 came over to trade with is laptop and I was
> able to compare tradestation 7 with my tradestation 2000i and the dtn
> feed. There was no comparison. I was getting all the ticks. He was
> getting a summary. His charts were incomplete and untradeable with the
> approach we were using. We were both using 600 tick bars and I was
> always several bars ahead. My indicators were nice and clean, his were
> all choppy from missing data. All the stuff on his screen was a real
> distraction. Charts were small with the order entry on screen. He had
> four monitors on his home setup. I keep my order entry on a separate
> computer. Tradestation probably feels that all the bells and whistles
> will entice novice traders but it just distracts from real trading.
> Tradestation 4 was more than adequate. I've found tradestation 2000i
> with windows 2000 to be very stable. I've had no crashes except when
> dtn makes a change and a patch is needed. If anyone else feels the way
> I do we need to band together to get tradestation to continue support.
> I don't care about the money they want for tradestation 7. I would be
> willing to pay a fee for annual support. That's what the old computrac
> used to do. I think they had a $300 yearly fee for support and
> upgrades. Maybe if all 2000i users went on a campaign of writing to
> Mr. Cruz they would reconsider stopping support. If they don't I will
> switch to ensign or aspen graphics at the end of the year. I will not
> "upgrade" (really a downgrade in my opinion) to tradestation 7. If
> they paid me the monthly fee I would not use tradestation 7. If you
> have any thoughts on what to do to keep support please let me know.
> Does anyone know a way to contact Mr. Cruz directly? He used to be
> reachable by phone in the old days. Now I can't even find an email
> address for him.
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> Thank You,
> Mark Brown
> www.markbrown.com
> www.velocityfutures.com
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