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Re: 1 minute bars lag behind automic clock



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Make sure TS is not falling behind because it will buffer the data. This can
easily happen especially if your dealing with emini's. If your charting
emini's read past emails about changing them from futures to index's to
speed things up.

Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Bowles" <johnbowles@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "VK" <volker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 10:40 AM
Subject: 1 minute bars lag behind automic clock


> Hi all,
>
> Although I have TradeStation end of day 4.0 I am using Qcharts for
> intraday and I am using 1 minute bars. Qchart tick data often comes in
> stamped 10 to 20 seconds behind the atomic clock time. On some days it
> gets way behind even though I keep switching servers to the one with a
> good ping value. I am always checking this and checking the Qcharts
> prices against the (IB) execution software prices.
>
> How about the online TradeStation at TradeStation.com. If you open an
> account with them has anyone noticed much delay? Can you switch servers?
> Are the charts and execution prices receiving data from different
> sources as a means of verification? I don't suppose there are any build
> in warnings if the ticks start coming in more than 5 seconds behind the
> atomic clock or maybe just a display item that shows the amount of the
> delay?
>
> Thanks,
> John.
>
>
>