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I came to the same conclusion some time ago, however, after talking to
FutureSource people I decided agains it. I cannot have a dish installed
on my condo building, and it'd take 6 wks or more to get set up with
a dedicated phone line & AP. The 2nd problem was how long will
FS continue providing data for TS4 - they sounded rather non-committal
or even discouraging. I wonder if you have any feeling or information about
that.
Jan Philipp
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Johnson" <jejohn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "f x" <fooliox@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: Opinions On TS2000i
> Hello f x,
>
> the question is very broad but I will tell you where I ended up after
> spending way too much time in the last 4 years trying a number of
> software/data feed combo's.
>
> Keep ;in mind you'll trade with the whole package--software, data
> vendor, data feed mechanism. Don't eval them separately but as whole
> packages.
>
>
> Your time is very valuable. The cost of switching from one package to
> another is mainly a time cost making the out of pocket portion for
> software, setup etc. minimal.
>
> I tried the following data feeds via internet--CQG, , eSignal,
> myTrack, PCQuote, quote.com via Dynastore. They vary in quality and
> reliability but not speed in my experience. I've listed them in order
> of the quality/reliability of data. Thisexperience spans the past 3
> years and they may have changed in that time.
>
> I found all internet feeds unsuitable for the kind of intraday trading
> I do. The net has its own problems, your isp has its own, your
> datavendor has their. Add it all up and all too often there is
> something wrong. that takes your/my time from trading research etc.
>
> So-o-o-For the past 14 months I have kept TS200i in its box nd used
> TS4 with Futuresource Satellite. (I trade futures only). My time
> fiddling w data maintenance, rrefresh data, downloading and importing
> ending June 21, 2000 with this setup.
>
> Keep in mind this works for my criteria:
>
> minimize data maintenance.
>
> 99.9% reliable, hi quality intraday data.
>
> futures only.
>
>
> system trading as well as discretionary.
>
> ability to write my own indicators, systems and test them.
>
> stable charting platform--TS4 is, 2000i isn't.
>
> ability to purchase virtually all commercially available code
> (everybody bitches about EasyLanguage but it is the "dominant design"
> and to not use it will cause me inconvenience.).
>
> There are others I'm sure but the point is make your own criteria list
> as you do your study and eval total packages vs individual
> components.
>
> Esp know what kind of trader you are/want to be. short vs long term,
> stocks commod's options or all of them. Systematic vs discretionary.
> are you capable of writing your own stuff in C++ etc or will lyou
> learn and use the vendors language? are the studies you need
> avalilable in that language. will you have one setup or main +
> backup? arethe two fully or partially independent?
>
> Best regards,
> Jim Johnson
>
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