Best feed for Futures Options trading..

PohPoh · Jan 18, 2006

I used CQG a long time ago and I guess they don't feel the need to reduce their prices...$1200 a month!!!!
DTN is less and so is E-sig...Can anyone else recommend a good data feed, specifically for options on futures: volatility data and option charting should be available..

TIA..

riskarb · Jan 18, 2006

Well, I was going to recommend CQG before I read the body of your post. www.aspenres.com

FuturesTrader71 · Jan 18, 2006

Why is your CQG 1200 per month? What exchanges and add-ons must you have? That seems a bit high.

hopback · Jan 18, 2006

I agree, $1200 seems high.
I pay $625 for CBOT, Merc, news, and market profile.

I had considered switching to E-Signal, for $270, but after playing aournd with their demo I decided to stick with CQG.

PohPoh · Jan 18, 2006

What's Market Profile??
I need NYMEX, NYBOT and COMEX too, so that adds about $200..
But the first deposit is like $1200 and I'm thinking it's too much...
Looking at aspen and others...
Keep em comin..

hopback · Jan 18, 2006

Market profile is a price distribution chart.
All prints within a set time frame (usually 30 minutes) are represented by a letter (one letter per time frame) and distributed along the Y axis (price), creating a distribution curve.

http://www.cbot.com/cbot/docs/cqgchart2.gif

Moreagr · Jan 18, 2006

whats the benefit to using CQG compared to DTN or my track???

what do they do superior to other direct exchange venders??

FuturesTrader71 · Jan 19, 2006

CQG has the absolute best data feed available. It rivals data provided by Bloomberg in many fields. This is really where the money goes. It is solid across most markets whereas the others are strong with US data but might be weak with European futures or cash data.

Moreagr · Jan 19, 2006

Quote from FuturesTrader71:

CQG has the absolute best data feed available. It rivals data provided by Bloomberg in many fields. This is really where the money goes. It is solid across most markets whereas the others are strong with US data but might be weak with European futures or cash data.

thanks for the clarification FT71