Am I responsible for faulty Trademaven?

Quote from jzlucas:

I called Trademaven support... then this lady (name unkown) conferenced Transact. Whom do you suggest I was talking to? Maybe you can help me. Curious as to why nobody will respond to my emails concerning said situation. Their used to be a prompt reply to my emails before. I would love to get this situation resolved. Are you offering your help here?

I experienced exactly the same as you did this week. I just posted a new tread not knowing of this one you posted.

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=60696

Really unbelieable bad customer service at TM when you're having problems. Did they (or this TM BS watcher) ever got back to you?
 
Quote from Pabst:

Why did you continue to trade after Transact said you were flat?

Transact KNOWS what you've done or what you're working.
Yes you are right, I would ALWAYS go by what transact say
 
Quote from luke24.5:

When you have a glitch, call the broker first to get you flat. Then call the software vendor and deal with the softwaree glitch.

Another way to backup this situation is to download TransAct's DOM. You don't have to trade off of it, just minimize it and bring it up if there's a glitch. Trust it's numbers over TM.

Had a similar experience with TM that turned out to be a mouse going bad. Later it started acting up with other programs.
Good advice
 
snapshots and good notes....(are you using an older machine with windows 98?...just curious)


Quote from jzlucas:

If anyone has had a similar situation, I'd love to hear a response or have some advice thrown at me! Thank you in advance.
My Trademaven screen froze after the first order of the day. A stop order was stuck. Robin from Trademaven (AT FIRST) agreed w/ me that said I was in a flat position... but Transact says I am in a long position and Im responsible for it?! Minutes later after being on hold Robin says "what do you want to do, I guess your long here"? WHAT??? I tell them to flatten immediately, cuz my screen says flat. They do so. I log off, my screen says I have active orders.. Robin says its OK, log off anyway, it will be fine. I log back on... my screen says Im in a short position now.!!! Im stressed beyond belief at this point. Transact says otherwise, that Im flat. Not knowing what to do, I flatten the short, cuz Robin didnt know what to do either. Log off and back on again... my screen says Im flat. Several minutes later after being on hold (again), Transact says Im long?!?!?! Could NOT believe this. All I wanted was to do was go flat after my first trade of the day. I emailed them for weeks concerning bad data on their charts...(an unrelated problem). They said "they're fixing it". Well, it still happens. Anyway, after 2 hours on a conference call, they said they'll call back right away. That was 3 days ago. Robin from Trademaven claims Im responsible for the trades. Is this true? She didnt even know after 2 hours what the problem was or whether or not I was in a trade!!! Long story short... Apparently, my screen and Trademavens was showing the opposite of what Transacts was showing. NEVER had anything like this happen. I didnt think something like this was possible!! I emailed Tradmaven, Transact, Greenstreet. NONE have responded to my emails. Funny how they used to promptly return my calls when trying to get me as a customer. When something goes wrong, they ignore you.
 
Quote from jzlucas:

I do call Transact. I also call Trademaven and we conference w/ transact as well. More bad data today. Lost connection twice as well.
That may be your phone line? Are you in the country. I had/have at times that problem because of the"old" maybe cracked phone lines that I wish the phone company would replace.
 
Quote from jzlucas:

Robin from Trademaven claims Im responsible for the trades. Is this true?
Yes, that agreement you sign makes you responsible. TM ain't gonna pay for this one. I suggest always listen to your broker and if any doubt as others have said the exchange is the last word IMO.
 
Quote from amiindew:

I experienced exactly the same as you did this week. I just posted a new tread not knowing of this one you posted.

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=60696

Really unbelieable bad customer service at TM when you're having problems. Did they (or this TM BS watcher) ever got back to you?

No, nobody ever returned my call or got back to me. Had the same situation happen two more times. More phone calls. Some of the personnell seem to have no clue. Trademaven works better w/ PFG (from what Ive heard), but is absolute HELL with Transact. If you have that particular setup, CHANGE IT. Theres no need to lose money over faulty data feed/ trading software packages. Thanks to all and to those who PM'ed me stating their absolute disgust with Trademaven/ Transact. It feels like a support group!!! Good trading to all of you! J
 
A few days ago when ES shot up significantly, all the traders in a room I was in who use Trademaven/ Transact had yet another crash. All other traders had no situation. Everyone has their problems, but this particular setup seems to have a plethora of continuous nightmares.
 
I feel you brother. :mad:

For the past couple weeks, the combo had made some nightmares for many scalpers in critical trading hours. They rebooted their system maybe once or twice a day during the regular trading hours. It forced me to stop scalping frequently and had to trade on longer timeframe and on much smaller lot. So forget about to use 30 contracts and make one point on a short timeframe if you'are trading through them :-)


Quote from jzlucas:

A few days ago when ES shot up significantly, all the traders in a room I was in who use Trademaven/ Transact had yet another crash. All other traders had no situation. Everyone has their problems, but this particular setup seems to have a plethora of continuous nightmares.
 
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