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Bob:
In a week this has happened to me twice. Once
was during trading hours and once after hours. How often it will
happen in the future I can't be sure. Could it be the speed of data
reception that is causing it? Creating congestion that good old MSFT can't
handle.
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To: <A title=realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 8:06
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Subject: Re: [RT] DTN IQ, QCharts, CBOE,
eSignal and reliable stock options feed
To quote from Ira's post,
"With Ensign
every now an then something happensthat causes data to not be
received. Who is the problem I don't know. Thesolution is to
exit Ensign and reboot it. "
This is exactly what I experienced on the
dtn trial with software other than Ensign, so I don't believe it is an
Ensign problem. Infact Ensign programmers are so good I doubt it is an
Ensign problem. It is either dtn or an internet problem. The
connectivity problem was so bad I did not sign up for the service.
Connectivity has been a major problem with dynastore and the dtn internet feed
over the last year. They just can't seem to make it work solidly enough
for use in trading.
bobr
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Ira
To: <A
title=realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 7:46
AM
Subject: Re: [RT] DTN IQ, QCharts,
CBOE, eSignal and reliable stock options feed
I have been a BMI user since 1989. It is my
understanding that eSignal isgoing to discontinue satellite transmission
very soon. That was confirmedby them. An exact date has not
been established as yet.I looked into both DTNiq and eSignal as they
are the two platforms that aresupported by Ensign. Ensign has a
new Beta version for DTNiq.If you sign up for DTNiq you receive both
DTNiq and DTN feed. DTN feed iswhat is necessary to support
Ensign. DTNiq provides 1000 possible symboluse, which is greater
then eSignal.Costs are substantially different. If you pay
month to month DTN is $70plus exchange fees and there is a $95
initiation fee. eSignal is $129 permonth for me as a long time
user and with a prepay option it is $99 permonth. With the prepay
option DTNiq is $44.50 per month with the sameinitiation fee. If
you mention my name when you sign up you will get a $100credit as a
referral. I will also get the same credit. The only
otherdifference in costs is that if you pay DTNiq on a month to month
basis thereis a $20 monthly charge for stock options. In both
cases you get all of theexchanges on a delayed basis. To get real time
data you have to add theexchange fees which are the same no matter who
you use. With DTNiq theexchange fees are paid on a month to month
basis. If you would like someoneto talk to about DTNiq call Jerry
Prazan at 1-800-511-0096 EXT 3249. As Isaid earlier mention my
name as your referral when you set up the trial andif you decide to sign
up permanently.DTNiq has a very basic charting package, personally I
think that it sucks incomparison with Ensign. The options template
is excellent providing all ofthe Greeks and it is laid out very well and
is very flexible. A chart takesup about half of the screen and the
indicator the other half of the screen.You can bring up several charts
of the item if you work with multiple timeframes. They have most
of indicators that are normally used. There is notemplate format so you
have to do the same chore each time you changecharts. This is a personal
matter and should be examined by each individual.If you take the trial
version there is no cost, you do pay the full amountfor exchange
fees. They are not pro rated, but if you sign up then the restof
the month is paid for. I took the trial and paid for the stock
exchangesand the options exchanges which amounted to $4.00. The
indicators andstatistics come in real time anyway. At that time I
found that the datafeed for DTNiq and the CBOE were about the same for
the most heavily tradedoptions like IBM, OEX and QQQ. I used
3 different computers, one withDTNiq, one with BMI satellite feed and
the third with the CBOE web site inthe comparison. Satellite feed was
the slowest.Now to reliability. DTNiq is up 24/7. I have
found a couple of problemsthat don't bother me, but which might bother
another trader. With Bean Oilcharts the data is correct during the
day and is charted with 4 digits. Acouple of hours after the close
when DTNiq is on refresh the charts arebrought up with 2 digits so
instead of 2100 they read 21. I have contactedtech support about
this. With Ensign every now an then something happensthat causes
data to not be received. Who is the problem I don't know.
Thesolution is to exit Ensign and reboot it. The only other
difference betweenDTNiq and eSignal that I know of is the amount of data
available. DTNiqprovides data back about 10 yrs. Check this
for yourselves as I am notpositive about this fact. This is more then
enough data than I need totrade.I hope that this answers most of
your questions. Having only been real timefor about a week this is
about all I can relay. If DTNiq is like any otherfeed I am sure
there will be problems. They do have redundant systems
anddifferent servers provide daily and intra day data. Oh! one
other problem.I use DSL and a wireless router. I had to open up
ports in the router toallow data in. There is a range of ftp ports
and tcp ports that need to beopened in order to receive
data.Ira.----- Original Message -----From: "EarlA"
<earl.a@xxxxxxxxxx>To:
<realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 5:59
AMSubject: Re: [RT] DTN IQ, QCharts, CBOE, eSignal and reliable stock
optionsfeed> I suggesting sharing the information on
DTNIQ with the list. There aremany> of us using QCharts who are
getting very fed up with QuoteCom and morethan> willing to
consider alternatives.>> Earl>> ----- Original
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<realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003
11:07 PM> Subject: Re: [RT] DTN IQ, QCharts, CBOE, eSignal and
reliable stockoptions> feed>>> > I have
just started to use DTNiq. If you want more information
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