While i am here i may as well ask, is anyone using Sierra with mytrack, if so how do you find it?
I am looking at this as i like Sierra but using the IB data with no history is a pain, i want to be able to open up Sierra and be ready to go with history and realtime without any messing around leaving the machine running etc.
I did look at SC magic but they only cover a very limited range of symbols.
PS Was considering the Silver package with the appropriate Exchange fee's added and would still keep the IB data subs so i can see prices in TWS to compare before placing orders and if mytrack was down it would be better than nothing.
I am looking at this as i like Sierra but using the IB data with no history is a pain, i want to be able to open up Sierra and be ready to go with history and realtime without any messing around leaving the machine running etc.
I did look at SC magic but they only cover a very limited range of symbols.
PS Was considering the Silver package with the appropriate Exchange fee's added and would still keep the IB data subs so i can see prices in TWS to compare before placing orders and if mytrack was down it would be better than nothing.
Hi Peter
Can you tell me do i also need to pay a $25 PM API fee to use with Sierra as well as the $19.95 data subscription? Seems like it might be from the web sites but i am not certain from reading them.
PS How many symbols do you get realtime with the Silver package?
Thanks
Al
Can you tell me do i also need to pay a $25 PM API fee to use with Sierra as well as the $19.95 data subscription? Seems like it might be from the web sites but i am not certain from reading them.
PS How many symbols do you get realtime with the Silver package?
Thanks
Al
Al,
I'm afraid you do have to pay the $25 pm API fee as well as the Silver fee of $19.95 to use Sierra with MyTrack (all plus VAT too remember). Sierra just won't connect to MyTrack without the API fee. You can however get the $19.95 Silver fee waived, plus UK/US exchanges fees, if you open an account with MyBroker in the UK and make at least one trade per calendar month. We discussed this recently here:
http://www.trade2win.com/boards/showthread.php?t=9826&page=2&pp=10
With the Silver package you are limited to 20 symbols inside the MyTrack application, but within Sierra the limit is 500 (or possibly more apparently).
If you're only interested in index/currency futures, and one or two other bits and bobs like QQQ/SPY/DIA etc, you could use SCMagic to get intraday backfill with Sierra/IB instead of Sierra/MyTrack. This costs 10 Eur pm and it works OK, but to be honest is a bit fiddly. I'm using this right now having used MyTrack with Sierra in the past.
If you read the rest of that thread I gave the link to above, you'll see I mentioned comparing MyTrack's AIQ package with MyTrack/Sierra. I have to say I'm seriously considering going back to AIQ later in the year, when they release the upcoming version which will finally have unlimited intraday history and intraday backtesting. It's just so much easier than messing around with all these different apps, datafeeds, conversion utilities, Yahoo/MSN/Eoddata, hassles with TWS connections yada yada that I've ended up with in trying to set up the environment I want at lower cost.
KenN
I'm afraid you do have to pay the $25 pm API fee as well as the Silver fee of $19.95 to use Sierra with MyTrack (all plus VAT too remember). Sierra just won't connect to MyTrack without the API fee. You can however get the $19.95 Silver fee waived, plus UK/US exchanges fees, if you open an account with MyBroker in the UK and make at least one trade per calendar month. We discussed this recently here:
http://www.trade2win.com/boards/showthread.php?t=9826&page=2&pp=10
With the Silver package you are limited to 20 symbols inside the MyTrack application, but within Sierra the limit is 500 (or possibly more apparently).
If you're only interested in index/currency futures, and one or two other bits and bobs like QQQ/SPY/DIA etc, you could use SCMagic to get intraday backfill with Sierra/IB instead of Sierra/MyTrack. This costs 10 Eur pm and it works OK, but to be honest is a bit fiddly. I'm using this right now having used MyTrack with Sierra in the past.
If you read the rest of that thread I gave the link to above, you'll see I mentioned comparing MyTrack's AIQ package with MyTrack/Sierra. I have to say I'm seriously considering going back to AIQ later in the year, when they release the upcoming version which will finally have unlimited intraday history and intraday backtesting. It's just so much easier than messing around with all these different apps, datafeeds, conversion utilities, Yahoo/MSN/Eoddata, hassles with TWS connections yada yada that I've ended up with in trying to set up the environment I want at lower cost.
KenN
So much messing about
Hi Ken
Yes thats the problem i have with all these solutions they are too much hassle. You start to wonder that $99 a month for Tradestation with data and software included might be worth it. Or there is always Esignal but to get what you want again is pretty expensive.
However when even the cheap and chearful comes in at around $45 PM unless you want the real hassle of no backfill it starts to look like it might be worth it after all.
I had also looked at the DTN.IQ or IQFEED but struggling to find decent realtime software to go along with it.
Al
Hi Ken
Yes thats the problem i have with all these solutions they are too much hassle. You start to wonder that $99 a month for Tradestation with data and software included might be worth it. Or there is always Esignal but to get what you want again is pretty expensive.
However when even the cheap and chearful comes in at around $45 PM unless you want the real hassle of no backfill it starts to look like it might be worth it after all.
I had also looked at the DTN.IQ or IQFEED but struggling to find decent realtime software to go along with it.
Al
Jerry Medved
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awoodj, you can use QuoteTracker with IQFEED
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Slow Charts
I have been looking at a few realtime charting platforms in recent months. I am currently trialling Tradestation 8.1 - and have just had a weeks free trial of Sierra with IB.
As I only intend to trade the ES, the IB/Sierra/SCMagic combination appeals on cost. However, when running Sierra/IB next to Tradestation it was very apparent that SC was lagging the TS chart, and also missing out detail altogether on fast moves. The TS chart prices appeared to match the TWS price movement almost exactly (as you would expect) - so the problem seems to be with SC.
The volume bars emerging on SC were also different to those from TS - although the general profile of the bars was fairly similar. I set my PC clock to the internet time server so the IB feed should have been timestamped correctly.
Anyone got any ideas what's going on?
I have been looking at a few realtime charting platforms in recent months. I am currently trialling Tradestation 8.1 - and have just had a weeks free trial of Sierra with IB.
As I only intend to trade the ES, the IB/Sierra/SCMagic combination appeals on cost. However, when running Sierra/IB next to Tradestation it was very apparent that SC was lagging the TS chart, and also missing out detail altogether on fast moves. The TS chart prices appeared to match the TWS price movement almost exactly (as you would expect) - so the problem seems to be with SC.
The volume bars emerging on SC were also different to those from TS - although the general profile of the bars was fairly similar. I set my PC clock to the internet time server so the IB feed should have been timestamped correctly.
Anyone got any ideas what's going on?
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If the Sierrachart price movement is not matching the TWS price movement you have something extremely weird going on. Try asking the tech support at the Seirrachart board for an opinion. You may want to give them the versions of TWS, Sierrachart and Java involved.
