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Nothing wrong with BMI cable from my observation. I've been BMI's subscriber
for six and half years. I used to collect 5 to 10 % less number of ticks
than a friend of mine. But since I cleaned up my computer system and got rid
of all the unnecessary programs, I have been in a great shape for more than
two years.
During day trading hours, I only run Excel97, TS4 and it's server under
Window98 on a 3 years old Dell computer (PII 450, 128RAM). I definitely turn
off all the memory resident programs such as anti virus, fire wall, task
schedule, etc. during trading hours. In TS4, I open up to 4 workspaces. Each
workspace has 3 to 6 windows. Each window has 7 to 18 indicators with very
complex calculations. I only let higher time frame windows recalculate every
tick. The lower time frame windows, such as 1 or 5 minutes charts, I only
allow my indicators recalculate at finished bar.
In terms of the data I collected, I think I have a very good result. For
example I have ( from midnight to midnight, 02/25/2002)
46,949 ticks for ES2H, only 6 ticks less than CME's data*
41,577 ticks for NQ2H, only 7 ticks less than CME's data
5,033 ticks for SP2H, only 7 ticks less than CME's data
1,931 ticks for ND2H, only 3 ticks less than CME's data
* CME's data is available at
http://www.cme.com/ftp.cfm/pub/gtime and
http://www.cme.com/ftp.cfm/pub/time
So, before you clean up your computer system, please don't blindly complaint
BMI's quality. No affiliation, just a satisfied long time customer except
when I need a technical support once in a while.
BTW, I only collect 12 symbols in futures and 30 symbols in index.
Good trading
Hango
>From: Jan Philipp <jan4123@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: Jan Philipp <jan4123@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: multitrak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: eSignal w/Dynastore for TS4
>Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 16:29:19 -0800
>
>My BMI cable was OK until 1/1/ 2002. Since then, daily ticks which used to
>match eSignal's, dropped to average ~85% of eSignal.
>
>Jan Philipp
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <multitrak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 9:31 PM
>Subject: Re: eSignal w/Dynastore for TS4
>
>
> > I'd rank DTN and BMI as transmitting the most ticks, then followed by
>Qcom
> > with Esignal last (based on side by side real time comparison for the
>past
> > month).
> >
> > MT
> >
> > >my experience is different. With BMI cable feed, I never lose ticks and
> > >I open workspaces, install indicators, etc., all the time. I know
>because
> > >I compare ticks with other users and also have 1 min chart with Bob
> > >Scott's indicators & alert.
> >
> >
>
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