wireless trading

Cesko · Mar 29, 2001

Does anybody have any experience with getting quotes and placing orders over the cell phone or PDA? Thanks.

shadaj · Jul 29, 2001

Do it all the time,what would you like to know?

RAY · Jul 29, 2001

With jme2 (JAVA) it will be possible for streaming data.

One co. that is developing it is Hillcast; in Austin, TX.

Cesko · Jul 30, 2001

Thanks Shadaj. I'd like to know if it's realistic to swing-trade. No more than 1-2 trades a day, hold position for more than 1 day, checking quotes every 10-15 minutes, execution speed, confirmation(!!) etc. What broker do you use?

eddie_stanford · Jul 30, 2001

shadaj,

Which do you use, cell phone or PDA? do you ever experience problems?

courtney1trader · Jul 30, 2001

Cesko,
That is very realistic. I have friends who do this all the time.
They tell me "This way the boss can't catch me on the computer". :+)

Courtney

shadaj · Jul 30, 2001

PDA, Ameritrade, only 2 problems so far 1 is if you are using it constantly the device will shut itself down after about 4 hours of use to recharge it's transmitter. Takes about one and a half hours. Other is it dosn't work to good while it's in motion, I don't mean walking around, I mean if you are in a moving car. Sometimes it will "connect", most times it won't. Hell, Ive made money sitting in McDonald's drive thru! The screen is getting a little scratched from the stylus.

hillcast · Sep 5, 2001

HillCast's suite of applications streams secure financial data and has the capability to execute trades.

For more information feel free to contact HillCast. (www.hillcast.com)