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Again, it's occurring on ES. Read my prior post. Try what I suggested. Report the problem to IB. Again, it is more than likely a problem with BookTrader than anything to do with the data feed. OldTrader

This problem has nothing to do with the data feed. Always good to know what you're talking about...so now you know. OldTrader

rcj: I've experienced the problem as well. Where I used to have the problem would be when I opened TWS. I use detached pages for certain things, like BookTrader for instance. So when I open TWS, Booktrader opens on one of my monitors as well. But I noticed that after a little while the...

So let me get this straight: you had a "target price" so you entered a "stop order" at your target price? LOL!!! You sure that wasn't a limit order you entered at your target price? One that didn't execute when YM traded at your limit? By the way, I've been trading for close to 40...

Here's a screen shot of a page from the Users Manual regarding stop trigger methods:

How do you have your stops configured? Are you aware there are 6 different trigger methods for stops? Did the future trade thru your stop, or just touch your stop? Obviously if it traded thru that's a problem. If it just touched it might be a configuration problem. Clearly though, if it...

No A/D statistics in the Market Scanner either. OldTrader

I recall seeing a program on TV just after the '87 crash involving PTJ. In that program he talked about covering at the low, how much he made, amongst other things. I assumed that this program was what he wanted withdrawn because of the possible ramifications to those makiing money in that...

Yeah, I think they got the A/D statistics too. No response on my ticket but it looks like they fixed the issue. OldTrader

I agree that the volatility or price surges can be at any time, not just fed announcements. I just used it as an example. You seem to be saying that IB's snapshot feed lags, and I would have to say that is false. My experience is with E-Signal's data feed most recently. Go read some of...

I can't compare it with Zenfire, no information there. What I can compare it with is E-Signal data. E-Signal definitely lags during heavy volume periods. Does IB miss some ticks. Yes. Because of the snapshot process it may well miss something. I've had fills that don't appear on the...

Actually it's not just tick that's off. NYSE Advancing/Declining Issues are way off. Typically we have something like 3000 issues that trade on the NYSE. The last couple of days IB shows about half that. Right now for instance at 11:15CST I show 432 UP, 903 Down, 58 Unchanged. I get this...

After you've been trading a while you eventually learn the lesson that you have to play a game where you maximize your strenghts and minimize your weaknesses. As a retail trader your strength is never going to be 1) speed of execution or 2) cost of execution. Therefore, if you're playing...

Frankly if Microsoft can't make it easy for me to upgrade from XP to Win 7, then when I do upgrade I think I'll go to Apple. To hell with them. OldTrader PS I recently bought a MacBook Pro and love it.

Of course, when we get hectic during let's say a Fed announcement, and the real time tick data starts lagging, I don't know how you're going to "scalp". By the time you see the data it won't mean anything. And let's face it, if you're see a "snapshot" 6 times a second, how much do you really...

I've been using IB now for years. At one point I used E-Signal as my software package. I had numerous problems with data lag because it was reporting each tick. Eventually I changed my system to using IB data with Ensign Windows software for charting. I've now used this for a number of...

You obviously dont get it. The 6 hour wait is to see your primary care physician, who then decides whether your heart attack is serious enough to warrant seeing a specialist. If it is, your wait may be 30-60 days. Of course, that wait is estimated now, before we have added another 41 million...

If I were looking for accredited investors, I would probably visit some CPAs and show them my track record. Perhaps they could refer you to someone if they thought it might be of interest. You can also get lists of owners of private aircraft, many of whom are accredited investors. You can...

OK, so evidently your distinction is that if it's an educational offering, it requires no verified track record. Money managers on the other hand must give out their performance numbers. That all makes some sense. On the other hand, Don Miller has been discussing his performance for let's...

Makes you wonder if this guy went AWOL. OldTrader