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Hi Tom,
TN> I'm looking for a broker that offers an API that you
TN> can interface with your own application.
For simplicity and a quick start, IB's automated
trading is very hard to beat.
TN> I was thinking of IB, but the 'press' they have
TN> received here in the past day or so kind of put me
TN> off them.
I've been a customer of Interactive Brokers from
within a month of when they went retail. Many
thousand trades later, I'll say I'm a very satisfied
customer. I've also used JTrader for the last year.
Both will have feed problems independent of anything
at the CME, or whatever other exchange you are
trading.
If you are looking for a lot of personalized support,
then IB's not the place. They have a lot of customers
(small retail ones...), and, I'd expect, if they are
experiencing any systemic problems, everyone will
hear about it from many users on newsgroups,
maillists, and boards everywhere.
So, my point is that one shouldn't assume that other
trading platforms/feeds don't have similar problems.
My personal observation is that my other feed goes
down three times as often as any problem I've had
with IB (both are very low percentages of total
uptime--very low.)
Depending on your level of risk, tolerance for it,
type of systems you trade, etc., it may be a good
idea to consider Broker..."s"
--
Dave Nadeau
Fort Collins, CO
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