IB Quotes for ZB Froze During and After FED Annoucement

prices were fine but

for some reason the prices on ECBOT disappeared briefly
then reappeared on my IB TWS standalone version
 
One time too many. Too much money on the line. :mad:


INVEST IN BUILDING OUT THE PLATFORM or something.. damn!

-c


Quote from saxon:

This has happened TOO many times during fast markets, with no IB remedy.

If it happens again, I'm gone to Trade Station.

Case closed.

saxon
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Quote from taodr:

Also with YM. It is always like this with IB at FEd announcement. Sucks.
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Yep, both YM and ZN were blank. And I knew I wanted to get in for that last bounce.

But I didn't see prices for so long I was afraid to get in.

Oh well. It has been the same story for me on each Fed announcement. Can never catch the big moves. To add insult to injury, lost a little. Not much. Luckily had tight stops. Could have been worse..
 
Quote from SethArb:

does not have to trade around these announcements

or one can get a back up broker if needed
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Exactly. This has gone on and on and on. IB AIN'T gonna fix it. Moral to the story: Just as Seth points out.
 
I never quite understood what all the complaining was about since I don't usually trade through announcements, but since I was long dia I payed close attention today. It was pretty bad I must have been without ecbot quotes for at least 20 minutes (I had tradestation running side by side so it wasn't devastating or anything, mainly left me thankful that I had decided to play the announcements with the etf)

-doji
 
forget it fellow trader........ ecbot feed to ib is totally crap for ALL economic announcements.the simple fact...sorry...
 
Quote from SethArb:

does not have to trade around these announcements
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Yes I don't trade when the announcement is just about to come out or right after it, but 14 minutes AFTER the announcement and still no quotes? C'mon!

That is still unacceptable.:mad:
 
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