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Hello Jan,
don't know how long they'll continue. seems to me it is a cash cow
for them now. If it happens, I'll probably to next to Dynastore +
eSignal. when eSignal starts to offer refresh data in the case of
outages, that will be even more attractive.
Best regards,
Jim Johnson
Saturday, August 04, 2001, 1:37:11 PM, you wrote:
JP> I came to the same conclusion some time ago, however, after talking to
JP> FutureSource people I decided agains it. I cannot have a dish installed
JP> on my condo building, and it'd take 6 wks or more to get set up with
JP> a dedicated phone line & AP. The 2nd problem was how long will
JP> FS continue providing data for TS4 - they sounded rather non-committal
JP> or even discouraging. I wonder if you have any feeling or information about
JP> that.
JP> Jan Philipp
JP> ----- Original Message -----
JP> From: "Jim Johnson" <jejohn@xxxxxxxxx>
JP> To: "f x" <fooliox@xxxxxxxxxxx>
JP> Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
JP> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 8:47 AM
JP> 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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