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This comes as news to me. Bad news. Alex, can you confirm or deny this?

I was very pleased with the quality of quotes-- even EDGE-- on Tuesday, but held back from saying anything until I could observe Laser's performance during the fed announcement. I would just like to say, CONGRATULATIONS GENESIS. Whatever was wrong, you completely fixed it. Quotes were...

After the fix, I'm not seeing 5-25 stuck levels of ARCA on any given side of the L2. But I am still seeing one or two levels of slow, lagged ARCA quotes. Constantly. This is still unacceptable, and could be considered even worse than before, since it's not immediately obvious there's a...

Thanks for your reply. It's much appreciated-- more than daily advice to remove the stuck ECNs from my L2. Your reply raises a few questions. --ARCA slowness: I can appreciate that quote volume is up across the board, causing everyone problems, but the debilitating ARCA slowness seems to...

The abominable performance continues today. ARCA quotes are sticking 100% of the time, NYSE quotes are continuously 10-20 seconds old. It makes for some frustrating slippage. PLEASE READ THIS THREAD AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, GENESIS.

What you're saying makes perfect sense, but I don't think it's as simple as that. Lower commissions don't automatically mean lower income for a company (and then lower company resources to fix system problems when they crop up). In fact the low commissions at Genesis attract a lot of scalpers...

This sounds like what's happening with Genesis. Eventually you reach a point where the corners you cut at the beginning out of necessity didn't affect performance, but once the company's big, they're ruining the entire system. It's an expensive overhaul, but it's the only way to go forward.

For the past several weeks, I and the traders in my group have had to deal with abominable software conditions. These problems are all with Genesis' Laser software. We're inundated with multiple levels of stuck quotes on almost every ECN and gateway there is. I know other companies are having...

I was a swifty too, back in the day. I remember my branch manager giving us all new contracts with "Barka" on them. Everyone was asking, "Who the hell is this Barka that we're working for now?" It was always obvious that it was some shady financial wrangling. We were told to sign the new...

It's so stupid when these threads turn into pissing contests about post count and date registered on ET. I have been with Bear Capital since late 2004, and there's no way I'd go anyplace else. You already know Genesis and their Laser software are excellent. The guys behind Bear constantly go...

I agree there have been problems at Genesis for the past few months. It hasn't been easy on any of us, but as someone who's been with Genesis since the fall of 2004, I've experienced them as they've grown to be pretty much the best company I've ever traded at. Throughout my time with them, their...

I'd say Genesis Securities, hands down. IB is next-best, because they make more instruments available for trade... but for simple futures and stocks, Genesis has no equal as far as reliability, execution speed, and low commissions.

There's no way in hell I'd buy this overpriced piece of crap. Problem 1: touch screen. It's tactile, yeah, but it's vision-dependent. You have to be able to see the screen in order to use it. No under-the-table text messages at meetings or other places where discretion is required. Problem...

Hmm, that sounds good... if that's the case, then NYSE sweep arbing will stay alive beyond Phase IV rollout. I guess we'll have to wait and see... the hybrid manifesto is an awfully dense read and the hybrid blog is not so good for finding specific info, either.

I'm a younger trader, focusing on consistency and increasing my risk gradually as my net worth goes up. But beyond that, I don't need to explain myself to a troll... and I shouldn't need to explain that to ANY trader, really.

As of Jan. 1 t's the same charge as Nasdaq... $3 per 1000. Yeah, there was a trade-through rule preventing ARCA from executing at prices better than NYSE was showing, but I think with routing it can be a moot point-- your ARCA cross can still hit shares, the shares will just be on the NYSE...

I was worried in December but I seem to be doing quite alright, even with scaled-back exposures while I learn the new ins and outs. It's nice to be able to get shares instantaneously, zero slippage, with an ISLD RASH remove liquidity order. I find that certain "scalpers' bread-and-butter...

Allow me to reiterate a post I made ages ago.

Wireless trading is OK, for lighter-volume types of trading. If you're doing more than 40-50 executions a day, I would strongly recommend AGAINST using a wireless system. I tried using a secured, heavily-encrypted wireless system with excellent speed and reception, and still had a 3-10 second...

I recently upgraded the RAM on my trading computer. I added two 1-gb generic-brand sticks and it suits my needs. From what I understand, as long as you've got the right type of RAM for your box, any configuration should work OK, except it's recommended to have pairs matched by brand. However, a...