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I don't think it is a speed problem, although if
you run pingplotter on an internet feed and see all the hops, it looks like
there are a ton of places where something could go wrong. Your location
could make a big difference in connectivity.
bobr
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Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 8:15
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Subject: Re: [RT] DTN IQ, QCharts, CBOE,
eSignal and reliable stock options feed
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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Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 8:06
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Subject: Re: [RT] DTN IQ, QCharts,
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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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title=realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 7:46
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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.-----
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<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
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just started to use DTNiq. If you want more information
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