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This might be of help, but not omega specific.
http://www.zapfutures.com/archives/tedarch.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Clemens" <jbclem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Earl Adamy" <eadamy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [RT] Tradestation Pro
> Hi Dave:
>
> Can you tell me what these " Drummond Geometry numbers-specific for Omega"
> are. I'm interested in how they work intraday.
>
> Thanks, John
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Austowne@xxxxxxx>
> To: "Earl Adamy" <eadamy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 2:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [RT] Tradestation Pro
>
>
> > Earl,
> >
> > As maddening as these guys can be, I was one of those newbies years ago
> who
> > thought the road to riches began with TS, Easy Language and real time
data
> > with BMI. Over the years, of course, I developed my own style, and got
to
> > the point where I did not and do not use 99.99% of TS's features, but
> became
> > quite comfortable and reliant on it's drawing features (if you believe
> it).
> > Together with a 3rd party application which I find useful at times
> (Drummond
> > Geometry numbers -- specific for Omega), I have been "compelled" to stay
> > within the family and search for an alternative to BMI (which I had been
> > vowing to do for some time). A current incarnation, Pro, has only
> recently
> > (in last month) offered futures data in its package, and has had a
hellava
> > time getting it right. I "trust" these glitches are simply the
inevitable
> > initial bugs, although better quality control before and after the fact
> might
> > have been/be useful. My emails in this regard have gone unacknowledged.
> I
> > did get a quick phone call a few days ago though, saying a problem had
> been
> > referred to the engineering dept (an email would have been documentation
> of
> > the problem and therefore not advisable from Omega's standpoint).
> >
> > I have sitting beside me unopened boxes with TS 2000i and the satellite
> > equipment from DTN. The ease, convenience and features of internet
based
> > data, however, has urged the rational/expedient side of me to try and
> > optimize my current situation before going out in 100 degree weather to
> sink
> > a post for a dish. I currently use a dial up internet (Earthlink)
service
> > and am constantly losing connections. I have cable available to me, so
> this
> > might be a first step, although I am not convinced, given the fact that
> > usually internet "noise" is distal to the cable connection: out there in
> node
> > land.
> >
> > My question to you is if you had the opportunity to go back to DTN for
> your
> > real time data, would you do it? My prejudice says to avoid the
internet
> as
> > much as possible. I keep a separate computer with my PMBe brokerage
> account
> > and that has been the extent of my online experience till now. The
uneasy
> > alliance between software and hardware generates enough errors in the
form
> of
> > illegal or fatal operations as it is. Having the internet involved in
> this
> > process just makes the probability and resolution of these hassles that
> much
> > greater, and the stakes that much higher -- not the type of enviornment
> one
> > wants when trying to focus on the task at hand: making the proper
trading
> > decision.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 07/11/2001 5:00:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > eadamy@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > In one word, my advice would be to ... run! (Away!) The Cruz brothers,
in
> > their various incarnations, have been sitting on a 3 legged stool for
> years:
> > sell an expensive product to newbie traders who are prohibited from
> > reselling the product when they burn, poor product quality (lots of
bugs!)
> > and support, and digging new wells while leaving the old customers
behind.
> > The best that I can say for them is that they are survivors (OMGA >
TRAD)
> > who have provided a product which has been profitably used by a small
> number
> > of traders.
> >
> > These are not the people I would trust with my futures order execution,
> much
> > less with a futures account which is not guaranteed or insured by a
third
> > party! FWIW, the CFTC publishes a report and spreadsheet quarterly with
> the
> > account/asset ratios of all Futures Commission Merchants so you can
check
> to
> > see where they stand relative to the 4% minimum requirement. With this
> > economy getting ever rockier, I would be very careful about where my
> futures
> > account is held.
> >
> > Earl
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Austowne@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 11:23 PM
> > Subject: [RT] Tradestation Pro
> >
> >
> > > As a BMI/TS 4.0 refugee, I'm looking around at the options. I've
always
> > > figured I'd end up with DTN/TS2000i. but recently Pro was released --
> > > packaging software, data and brokerage into one integrated unit at a
> price
> > > tough to refuse. Up to now I've kept the 3 entities separate and
> eschewed
> > > internet based data in favor of cable or satellite. This one stop
> > shopping
> > > concept seems a little too slick, but perhaps I should give it a look.
> Is
> > it
> > > too new for anyone to have had any meaningful experience with it
> (futures
> > > trading)?
> > >
> > > Dave Austin
> >
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