eSignal 8.0, 8.1 & QCharts

I am not a current user of eSignal but I have used it in the past. I found the time & sales data was missing prints and would lag during a fast market when running side by side with Instaquote. I am now in the position that I have to use either eSignal or DNT IQ as I want to use a new software package that needs the Tick Data from either of these products. Can I get an honest current view of the pros and cons of both these data providers? I have delayed my starting date with the new software package due to the recent problems with eSignal.

Thank you
 
Quote from Van Halen:

Chuck,

My concern is the intraday volume data issue not being accurate. I have been fighting this one for the last several months.

I have written so many custom indicators with esignal that it will be a pain to switch providers and redo all of my work but I am on the verge of making that decision because I am unable to trade reliably when the volume data is inaccurate.

Will esignal commit to this issue being resolved in the 8.0 releases?
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No no... let me answer this one.

eSignal Reps:
"We will look into it"

Actually saying:
"Maybe one year we will actually fix it, but who cares!!! We are making money like the sky is no limit and screw those punks that want stuff fixed."

It was that simple... the thing that makes this funny, is that it is true :)
 
Quote from smalltrader35:

I am not a current user of eSignal but I have used it in the past. I found the time & sales data was missing prints and would lag during a fast market when running side by side with Instaquote. I am now in the position that I have to use either eSignal or DNT IQ as I want to use a new software package that needs the Tick Data from either of these products. Can I get an honest current view of the pros and cons of both these data providers? I have delayed my starting date with the new software package due to the recent problems with eSignal.

Thank you
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And if you can't look at the past few threads on this forum and tell, you deserve to be screwed by eSignal.
 
Quote from Chuck_T:

A lot of the software that we are working on for the last year is on the server level.

We have been re-engineering to multi-threaded 64 bit systems with dual dual core processors as we deploy hundreds of new servers on to our server farms.

This is a multi-million dollar investment in our future to handle growing trade and quote volumes. This along with the investments Comstock, a part of our company, has made in international data which we use and our parent IDC has made in new computer sites will benefit all our users.

Chuck
@eSignal
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That's great Chuck, but how about having one or two guys to work on the "little things". Somehow other companies are able to move the "vision" forward while having some resources to respond to annoying people like us.
 
Quote from EdgeHunter:

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<i>i got this info from an esignal forum poster just this last week... so?</i>

JayF_eSignal
eSignal

Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 425

There aren't any active plans that I know of that will make eSignal a multi-thread application. At least not in this year.
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Regards,
Jay F.
eSignal Community Support
http://forum.esignalcentral.com

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Got this from Jay at eSignal...

Color me <b>confused... ???</b>
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Chuck's comment, "We have been re-engineering to multi-threaded 64 bit systems with dual dual core processors as we deploy hundreds of new servers on to our server farms," is referring to re-engineering of the server-side software, not the client-side application that your question from last week was referring to.
 
Quote from JayF_eSignal:

Chuck's comment, "We have been re-engineering to multi-threaded 64 bit systems with dual dual core processors as we deploy hundreds of new servers on to our server farms," is referring to re-engineering of the server-side software, not the client-side application that your question from last week was referring to.
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thank you for clarifying - i was not sure what he was talking about...

you guys REALLY need to multi thread the main charting package...

when you watch T&Sales and have a number of chars open etc... your CPU is toast and i have an AMD 64 3500 with 1GB of DDR ram... which beats a P4 3.6 by a tad...

i am soon to be moving to Dual Core AMD's but maybe it will top THAT out too...

sigh... arrgh... frustration...

cj
 
I was screwed by QCharts...and Terra Lycos, those spanish bastards....no upgrades for over 24 months !
No custom indicators, not even a DLL interface.

All of these "McDonalds" data providers are crap...don't rely on them if you are a pro trader.
 
Quote from EdgeHunter:

thank you for clarifying - i was not sure what he was talking about...

you guys REALLY need to multi thread the main charting package...

when you watch T&Sales and have a number of chars open etc... your CPU is toast and i have an AMD 64 3500 with 1GB of DDR ram... which beats a P4 3.6 by a tad...

i am soon to be moving to Dual Core AMD's but maybe it will top THAT out too...

sigh... arrgh... frustration...

cj
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Edge Hunter, your CPU usage is peaking because esignal in not compatable with the AMD 64 bit chips. Feel free to buy a new computer so you can continue to use their software though. Once again, no time line for when this problem will be rectified.

Regards,

Runningbear
 
B.S. If it wasn't compatible, it wouldn't run at all.
Also, the lastest VC++ compiler has AMD optimization switches.
If ESignal could afford to buy it, they could easily re-compile the source with AMD optimization on and offer a separate version for AMD and Intel platforms.
But apparently this is too much trouble for them.
 
I am running a intel 3.4 pent 4 with 2 gb and my cpu maxes out almost every time i pull up a new chart. Chart delays are 40 seconds sometimes.
 
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