Huge delays when placing orders IB

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BritishBuddha

I seem to have a problem when placing orders via IB's ladder. It happens on any order, MKT via a button or a limit clicked directly onto the ladder. The order stays blue for upto 30seconds sometimes, before either going green or filling depending on how far the markets moved since I clicked it.

I'm only trading the YM.

Does this sound like a PC, ADSL fault or is their a tweak on IB I need to make?

Any suggestions appreciated.

FYI: XP pro, 4gb ram, athlon dual core, 5mb ADSL, based in UK. My CPU load spikes to a maximum of 60%, average is about 10-20%. I am running, 4 screens with IB TWS and Esignal only.

any ideas?
 
Quote from BritishBuddha:

I seem to have a problem when placing orders via IB's ladder. It happens on any order, MKT via a button or a limit clicked directly onto the ladder. The order stays blue for upto 30seconds sometimes, before either going green or filling depending on how far the markets moved since I clicked it.

I'm only trading the YM.

Does this sound like a PC, ADSL fault or is their a tweak on IB I need to make?

Any suggestions appreciated.

FYI: XP pro, 4gb ram, athlon dual core, 5mb ADSL, based in UK. My CPU load spikes to a maximum of 60%, average is about 10-20%. I am running, 4 screens with IB TWS and Esignal only.

any ideas?
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Happens quite a bit with YM I don't trade it any more after the last outage.
 
Quote from Pete - IB:

BritishBuddha,

Are you still experiencing this problem? If so, please post or PM me the details for a single order that was delayed so we can investigate. I need date/time and order ID or order description (symbol, size, price). Thanks.
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Much better today, but still several seconds on high volume bursts. A few times I'd hit a limit and it would sit there staying blue as the price ripped through then swung back the other way. It always comes back green rather than black (unless a MKT), so it must be a problem prior to execution rather than confirmation.

Thanks Pete, I'll make a note tomorrow of any problem orders and send over the order ID.
 
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They are conspiring against you.

Just kidding. Get a faster internet connection bro.
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yeah I was shorting so I'm guessing it's the PPT's new tactic..........:p
 
Quote from BritishBuddha:
Much better today, but still several seconds on high volume bursts. A few times I'd hit a limit and it would sit there staying blue as the price ripped through then swung back the other way. It always comes back green rather than black (unless a MKT), so it must be a problem prior to execution rather than confirmation.
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You guys are running on a verified, realtime operating system, right ? That would be Linux, Unix, or Windows Server 2003.
If you are trading with Windows/XP, you are taking a huge risk unless it's been tuned for realtime processing.
Trust me on this.
I'm so scared of Windows/XP and all of it's bloatware, my trading platform now runs on a tuned Windows 2000 machine using special software to prioritize the trading applications.
 
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