Whats a good platform and data feed to go with IB for day trading stocks?

[Handle123]

ROFLMAO, mine has gotten even slower and people ask me why I use T-1, use that for automation.
54ms ping test at 9:45pm
9.34 download speed
5.98 upload speed
Spectrum cable for house internet, been told I am 2nd to last on some cable. And the cable have not changed since they built this area from 1979.
It is fine for long term, but certainly not for scalping.

What do you all get?

 

[Zzzz1]

Ping test from where to where? Without details 54ms is just a number and nothing else.

ROFLMAO, mine has gotten even slower and people ask me why I use T-1, use that for automation.
54ms ping test at 9:45pm
9.34 download speed
5.98 upload speed
Spectrum cable for house internet, been told I am 2nd to last on some cable. And the cable have not changed since they built this area from 1979.
It is fine for long term, but certainly not for scalping.

What do you all get?

 

[Handle123]

Ping test from El Paso to Midland TX and that is 310 miles pretty much of dessert.

 

[Zzzz1]

And midland TX is relevant how?

Ping test from El Paso to Midland TX and that is 310 miles pretty much of dessert.

 

[Handle123]

http://www.speedtest.net/

this site started from El Paso and they selected Midland

 

[Zzzz1]

OK, but that is unrelated to the OP I guess. OP has to ping and run a stability test from his machine all the way into IB's trading server.

http://www.speedtest.net/

this site started from El Paso and they selected Midland

 

[Stocktracker]

I learned a long time ago that it is very important to have computer that is dedicated to trading and trading only nothing else. You cannot be surfing the internet, gaming and trading on the same computer because you will be inviting all sorts of hardware and software problems.

For example, my trading computer has on it, the Operating System, Microsoft Word, Charting Software and my broker trading software and nothing else. When I am not trading, it is off. Then, I have a second computer for every day use.

 

[MarcG]

I am learning to trade and being in Canada, IB is pretty much the only option for reasonable commission charges.

I have been using TWS with IB data feed and I am quickly coming to see the disadvantages of this combo. My issue is that sometimes the platform does not update prices in real time. Prices will freeze and candles wont update instantly. Also my Time and Sales window tends to freeze and not update as fast as I need it to.

My hardware is decent, 12 gig ram, i7, ssd, and 2gig graphic card so i doubt its the computer.

For my trading I used Level 2, Time and sales, and some basic price action like trend lines, s/r, and some patterns. Also it needs to have a real time scanner that can search daily gainers / losers, etc.

Whats a reasonably priced charting package / data feed that would be good for my style?

Linux, Mac, Windows?

 

[just21]

Update all drivers and BIOS on your PC, make sure windows auto updates, update java, try tws latest instead of stable, make sure your router firmware is up to date, try using your smartphone with mobile hotspot turned on and a wifi adapter on your PC.

 

[_eug_]

Anyone have the IP address for the IB USA server so that I can do a ping test ?

I am in a pretty remote mountain town so it is possible that that is causing my issues. My download speed is 15mb and upload is about 0.4 mb. My orders do go through instantly though.