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Uhh... In my opinion, redundant NIC in a trading machine? Aren't you getting a bit carried away? :) Just have a backup computer running at all times. Then again, I know nothing of your trading methods, but a redundant NIC? Really? :)

Not fair editing your post after I replied (or was in the middle of replying to). :) You never said they were using Linux clusters for trading machines. Still, overkill for most people (like the person that started this thread).

Not trading long does not equate to not knowing about computers. I've been working with, building, and programming computers for over 15 years. When it comes to computers I do know what I am talking about. In my opinion, my opinion is a good opinion. In your opinion, yours is a good one. I...

What a pompous thing to say. In your opinion maybe it is inaccurate, but in my opinion RAID is a waste of money in a trading machine. I would agree with a whole backup computer, but IMHO redundant drives in a single computer is a waste of money for most people. In a server great. In a...

Just to add my two cents. The benefits of SCSI are not primarily related to the drives themselves. Although because of where they are usually used, the high performance SCSI drives are pretty darn fast. The real benefit of SCSI is in the interface itself. First, a single SCSI interface can...

I would disagree. Why would you want to go with RAID on a computer used for trading? Why buy one, when you can buy two for twice the price? Seems like a waste of money to me. Just buy one good 7200 RPM drive.

The TICK/TICKI is simply all the stocks that are up-ticking minus all the stocks that are down-ticking at that moment in time in the group.

If you are referring to Tuber, you might want to give them a call. Last time I checked, only folks that run full data servers can use Tuber (for something like $2000/month). The reason is that Tuber doesn't (didn't?) have any form of security as far as distribution of data, etc. If they have...

Provided are C and COM interfaces (as well as a beta .NET release). There is no fee for access to the API, but the cost of the data feed is a RealTick subscription (starting around $150/month).

I'm sure Metoox will be able to help you. If not, drop me a line as well. I've written a few apps that link into the TAL servers.

Here's my current setup. http://www.modeblue.com/ScreenShotThreeScreen.jpg I pasted together my dual screen and single screen machines for the image. The software is REDI+ and a custom program I am working on. The custom program sends orders into REDI+ and uses RealTick servers (TAL) for...

Would you mind not posting Jabba the Hut's picture after your emails. It might have been funny once, but now it is just plain annoying.

I hate people that hate things.

My understanding is that program trading is a very common occurance. However, the exact values of PREM for when it occurs can and will be different from program to program. They also change from day to day. So in general, knowing where the PREM is can be helpful, but I wouldn't trade strictly...

I'm not asking for anything REDI+ doesn't already do on its own. It can pull up historical data for charts, so why not simply allow access to the data that is already there via the API. BTW, I don't know the specifics of REDI's server setup, but I doubt the quote server and the order entry...

It is nice. I have written order entry code for IB, Cyber, and REDI+. Being able to make custom order entry applications is certainly a benefit in my eyes, if only to make a user more comfortable.

FWIW, I have both cable and DSL and I have one gateway for each. I keep my main trade machine on one and put my email and web computers on the other. However, both gateways are on the same physical network (just different IP's), so if my main trade gateway goes down, I simply click on an icon...

API = Application Programming Interface. Essentially a set of functions exposed for third party applications to use. In the case if IB, you could write your own trading application, although TWS would still need to be installed and running. Same for Cyber. Redi also has an API exposed for...

Dustin, I currently use RealTick to retrieve historical (and tick) data into my custom app. But, this thread was about what we want to see added to REDI+ to make it better. With the ability to get historical (including the current intraday data from before when the app was started) directly...

Adding real-time realized/unrealized P&L to REDIPlus has my vote. I would also like to be able to retrieve historical price data on stocks via the ActiveX API. As far as I know, you can only get live tick-by-tick data.