Is tradestation suited for "hardcode" daytrading ?

Koros · Feb 11, 2004

The last time I checked, tradestation 6 wasn't really suited for hardcore day trading, mostly because of windows linking and keyboard shortcut lacks...

Its been a while I haven't checked it.

Is the latest version 7 suited for "hardcore" daytrading ? Who is using it ?

Thanks,
Koros

trader42 · Mar 23, 2004

you may want to have a closer look at

https://www.interactivebrokers.com/html/tools/freelanceTools.html

TradeStation provides no API enabling similar tools to be developed ...

dougcs · Mar 24, 2004

Quote from Koros:

The last time I checked, tradestation 6 wasn't really suited for hardcore day trading, mostly because of windows linking and keyboard shortcut lacks...

Its been a while I haven't checked it.

Is the latest version 7 suited for "hardcore" daytrading ? Who is using it ?

Thanks,
Koros

Koros,

TS is up to 8.0 now and it may be worth checking out. I'm not sure what you are looking for. It does have some linking and keyboard shortcuts and a macro language.

DS

ddog · Mar 24, 2004

Quote from dougcs:

Koros,

TS is up to 8.0 now and it may be worth checking out. I'm not sure what you are looking for. It does have some linking and keyboard shortcuts and a macro language.

DS

dougcs

Do you know whether or not 8.0 has been released yet?

funky · Mar 24, 2004

what do you consider 'hardcore' daytrading? works great for me, but then again i'm more 'softcore' lol

dougcs · Mar 24, 2004

8.0 is in rollout. It is still early in the process.

DS

ddog · Mar 24, 2004

Quote from dougcs:

8.0 is in rollout. It is still early in the process.

DS

Do you have it or know of anyone who does? It is supposed to have real time sync of strategies with trade manager and I am curious how that is working.

FX-Trader · Mar 24, 2004

I hope they will roll out data for EUREX US in the near future as well !

:mad:

dougcs · Mar 24, 2004

Quote from ddog:

Do you have it or know of anyone who does? It is supposed to have real time sync of strategies with trade manager and I am curious how that is working.

No I have not upgraded yet.

I tend to wait until they tell us the version I'm using will no longer work and I've gotten a couple of warnings from TS.

I've had some really traumatic experiences upgrading. The last upgrade took me about a day, including 90+ minutes on hold with TS tech support, an hour talking to tech support, after which they told me there was nothing else they could do, hours searching the 'Net to figure out what my problem was, and then about 10 minutes to do the upgrade.

I've not seen any reported problems with 8.0 at Tradestation World, but it is early in the process.

DS

ddog · Mar 24, 2004

Thanks Doug.