Estx50

qwiktrade · Oct 24, 2002

im using esignal.. unfortunately they dont have a direct link to the exchange and the quotes are 20 seconds delayed..

-qwik

daniel_m · Oct 25, 2002

TWENTY SECONDS?!?

are you for real? anyone back this up?

qwiktrade · Oct 25, 2002

yes im for real.. i see a print come through on tws and then about 20 seconds or so later it prints on the t&s on esignal.. esignal says the problem is because they get their data from a 3rd party..

-qwik

x-or · Oct 25, 2002

That was not my experience with the trial I had 2 months ago.
The average lag was about 1 second behind IB quotes.

DT-waw · Oct 25, 2002

Originally posted by x-or
That was not my experience with the trial I had 2 months ago.
The average lag was about 1 second behind IB quotes.

My eperience was the same, about 1 to 10 sec lag. I've cancelled esignal account, use now QuoteTracker with IB. The only thing I miss is historical chart.

qwiktrade · Oct 25, 2002

Originally posted by x-or
That was not my experience with the trial I had 2 months ago.
The average lag was about 1 second behind IB quotes.

i wish it were only a second.. its annoying but doesnt affect my trading so i live with it.. esignal says on their site that they will be getting a direct feed at the beginning of next year.. so, at least something to look forward to..

-qwik

traderfut2000 · Oct 25, 2002

wdbaker · Oct 30, 2002

All,
Can someone translate the information below into US Dollars with out having to try and look it up??

Thanks
wdbaker

Originally posted by alain

DTB is the contract that is listed at Eurex (European Exchange)

Monep is the Option exchange in france.

When you want to trade the ESTX50 then you should do it over the Eurex because Monep is not liquid for index futures.

point value
min move = 1 point
1point = 10â¬

Margin depends on the broker... @ IB it is the following:
Intraday:
- Initial: 1938
- Maintenance: 1550

over night
- Initial: 3875
- Maintenance: 3100

Commission
4â¬ RT

Current Month
until this friday it's U2 and from this friday it's Z2

trading
well... that's another story. Some claim that it is easier to trade the EuroStoxx50 Future. Personally I haven't traded US futures in more than a year. I only look at the ES around the opening in the US... because the ESTX50 follows it pretty well in the first hours of the american markets.

alain

Ditch · Oct 30, 2002

Originally posted by wdbaker
All,
Can someone translate the information below into US Dollars with out having to try and look it up??

Thanks
wdbaker

1 eur=1us$. Is that that hard to figure out?

Ditch · Oct 30, 2002

Today I have been keeping a close eye on the lag of e-signal's quotes. I found the lag to be at least 3 sec., that is on small moves of 1 pt. However, and that is when it's more important, on bigger changes of 2-4 pts it can lag upto 20 sec. So e-signal has about the highest rates in the industry, but they are lagging on the $10/month feed of IB i.e. Apart from that it has happened numerous times that I never got a serious reply by their custumer service on questions. I think they suck big time.