Ensign Software - Gone to the DOGS

Quote from cap'ncod:

Reaver, this is the point, not that one should not depend on MA crosses, god forbid, but that milliseconds should not mean that much if you have a system based on price action and established support/ res.
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Capncod, that's great, thanks for the sage trading advice, but we're not evaluating trading strategies, we're discussing the charting software.

Doesn't matter what strategy you're using. The software should be accurate, and as bug free as humanly possible. That goes for all software. The paying software users should be treated as such and not subjected to some sort of weird perpetual beta testing.

I'm starting to wonder what you have going on with these guys.
 
You have used it for 8 years? That is a pretty good testament to reliability I would have thought. However, I concede, I don't trade size, whatever that means, I find a single contract enough to focus my mind. The rest of the time I walk my dog and enjoy the sunshine.
 
Quote from cap'ncod:

Reaver, sounds like your easily bugged, my friend. Peace.
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No but you should come correct if you want to tell me I'm wrong or missing the point about something. Have a nice weekend.
 
Reaver, you have a good weekend too. No, I cannot criticise those who have experienced things differently. Just trying to balance things. I find for the price it's not too bad. Hell, who knows in a couple of years I'll be driving a Bentley, running a stable of young fillies and keeping a house in Martinique.
 
"Someone please answer me this, IB used to state repeatedly that it doesn't include all ticks in its feed. "

IB *aggregates* ticks.

many data providers (like tradestation) don't.

in VERY fast market (think FOMC) tradestation lags. IB does not.

the advantage with aggregated ticks is that unless you are relying on high resolution delta (differential between contracts on bid vs. ask) and/or tick frames, it is more reliable when the market gets really fast.

i use IB and chart it through quotetracker. i also use TS and do at least 10 trades a month so i get the platform for free (still have to pay for some data). I love TS as a charting program - as a brokerage they are very mediocre. it's simply not as good as IB. however, i just trade one contract at a time with TS to get the free platform, still keep nice profits in that account, and just pay for data.

i also chart market profile with investor RT using the IB feed.

but to put it simply - YES. IB aggregates TICK DATA. i have independently confirmed this by watching the tape side by side with TS and IB.
 
One thing we can all agree on is that the Ensign platform should be re-written into modern code. It is a dated platform, not in functionality per se but it is just old code.

Neoticker and Investor/RT seemed to written in better code.
 
Quote from TGM:

One thing we can all agree on is that the Ensign platform should be re-written into modern code. It is a dated platform, not in functionality per se but it is just old code.

Neoticker and Investor/RT seemed to written in better code.
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Hmmm I remeber Investor/RT from a few years ago and it was the buggiest piece of crap I'd ever seen. Just bringing up a chart was a nightmare. Tech support wasn't able to fix any of the issues I found, either. It's probably better now (I hope).

Neoticker has always been top notch, although with a steep learning curve. I used it for about a year.
 
Quote from ProfLogic:

Could this be Sheldon from Ensign Tech Support? How's the weather in Idaho?
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Oooops! Sorry, you got the wrong guy. Sheldon is in support at Ensign. I happen to have the same first name but I'm located in Florida. Oh, much warmer here.

Perhaps the issue is that I require very little from charting software: Price bars, couple of moving averages. And, that's about it. I suppose a number of charting programs would work, just used to Ensign so I stick with it.

Shel

Here's my morning trades on NQ (2/8/08):
 

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Nice chart, shel. That first break long was just a dandy wasn't it?! Last couple of days pretty tough I've found: choppy and not very 'sure' in it's direction. Par for the course, you've got to take the rough with the smooth. Still love the NQ though, the little devil.
 
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