Re: Forex data for 2000i

[Ian <ianomega@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Robert,
         I initially had problems setting up MT and HS. Your guys 
kindly sorted it and told me to put 217.74.32.214 in the HS Data Feed> 
>Properties>Server box. This worked fine until MT apparently timed out. 
I got another login but it wouldn't download data.

One of the O List guys said he got his MT demo from Admiral and used 
server.fxservice.com in the same Server box. I though that was a bit odd 
- IP address vs. the site address - but it actually worked! This with 
the new login details I got which DID NOT work with the 217.74.32.214.

However, the data isn't the same, it doesn't supports the same number of 
pairs (but no big deal there), it doesn't seem to handle Tick data, 
there's not the same amount of historical data and it hogs resources.

So I dunno what's wrong. Repeated removals and reinstallations of all 
the software have no result and, indeed, reinstalling MT simply keeps 
all the old set-up settings.

So I know HS works with MT and it works well, but I just can't get it 
working again.

Ian


Customer Support wrote:
> Ian,
>
> HyperServer work fine with MT, you need to configure the MT server 
> correctly, if you are using a wrong server how can be possible get it 
> working?
>
> Robert Giordano
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian" <ianomega@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 4:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Forex data for 2000i
>
>
> > It wasn't a hassle as such, it just didn't work! The thing was working 
> > fine, it expired, and the new login didn't work in that it didn't 
> > download data. I tried the Admiral server (as mentioned elsewhere, I 
> > think) and while that did download data it hogged resources and had no 
> > Tick data to speak of. The system - Metatrader-Hyperserver-20o0i- is 
> > one of those systems that's great when it works but a pig - and even 
> > impossible - to fix if it goes wrong.
> >
> > With EOD of forex you can pick your own EOD time! :-) Some people may 
> > use their own midnight but I think you may get 'more realistic' 
> > results by using the end of one of the major sessions, depending on 
> > which time range you want to trade.
> >
> > Ian
> >
> >
> > Adam Hardy wrote:
> >
> > > Ian,
> > > can't help with suggestions except to wonder why reregistering is 
> > > such a hassle. Are you talking intra-day or end-of-day?
> > >
> > > My curiosity is piqued by the forex angle though. I'm looking at 
> > > futures trading using CRB end-of-day data to trade currency futures 
> > > and initially I am not putting together any continuous contracts, I 
> > > am just using the forex data that CRB supply as the 'underlying' for 
> > > every contract.
> > >
> > > Just using forex data though, if end-of-day, when do you do your 
> > > analysis? After close at midnight?
> > >
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 18/05/05 15:23 Ian wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >       A few months ago I asked about a source of forex data to feed 
> > > > into 2000i and someone suggested I try MetaTrader's free data via 
> > > > the free HyperServer - and you don't get much cheaper than that!
> > > >
> > > > It took a long while to get it running and it worked great but now 
> > > > it's stopped. Apparently the MT demo expires and you need to 
> > > > re-register. For whatever reason I can't do this on my trading 
> > > > machine although I can on another PC but using the login details 
> > > > does work with HS on the trading machine. It's all a bit of a faff.
> > > >
> > > > So, I was wondering if anyone could recommend, preferably from 
> > > > personal experience, a source of forex data that's reliable. Cheap 
> > > > is good (although not the major consideration) but not eSignal as I 
> > > > find their forex data too spiky.
> > > >
> > > > Ian