eSignal "ARCA" Feed

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Marc to Market

I'm a bit disappointed that eSignal rounds the bids and offers for the ARCA book to only two decimal places. I know ARCA makes their book's bids and offers viewable in up to four decimal places, because I've seen it personally through brokers...

Thanks,

Marc
 
Hello Marc,

In checking with Arca's own book on their web site (www.tradearca.com), it also shows only 2 decimal places. We also checked with our QA department, and they indicated we only receive two decimals through the Arca data feed.

Regarding the brokers feed that you saw, did it have precision out to 4 places, or did it just have 2 digit precision with 2 zeros after?

Regards,
Jay F.
eSignal Community Support
 
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Isn't this an oxymoron? If you can see hidden Island bid and ask data, wouldn't it no longer be hidden? Isn't the purpose of using hidden orders the ability to hide them from view?

Marc
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With CyberTRader PRO you can seea lot more of the Island book, many non marketable order are hidden in the standard book, but available in the full book.
 
Marc2Market,

Are you saying CyberTrader shows ARCA with 4 decimals? And they are getting their ARCA data from ISLD?

Could you take a screenshot and clarify?

thx.m.
 
The pattern I have seen on this is that data providers only show 2 digits, but brokers' feeds show 4. Assuming CyberTrader is getting their Arca feed as a broker (ie. CyberX/Schwab), then that would fall in line with that theory.

~Jay
 
New s to me that Cyber is getting anything except the normal book data. I question anyone being able to see hidden orders.

I have just moved my tack to Tradestation 7 , from Cyber , as Cyber is a ripoff at $250 a month for the feed. I almost never traded with them

TS7 looks quite good so far, as far as the quotes and charting go.
 
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