Users of TT's X-Trader & X-Study

[grantx]

Could someone confirm whether tick charts in X-Study can be displayed at various intervals, eg 25 ticks, 50 tick, 100 ticks, and in bar-chart form?

See attachment for examples (from my current feed).

I have contacted TT but not received a reply yet.

Thank you.

Grant.

 

[DC STOXX]

grantX, is the TT charting any good/reliable?

The only thing it might have which i would want which it might not have is is market profile, does it have this?

 

[grantx]

Black-Star,

I'm always told, CQG for charting, not order-execution; TT for order-execution, not charting. I've yet to try X-Study.

See attachment for X-Study's version of what you may be looking for.

Grant.

 

[DC STOXX]

cool thanks, im going to have a play with it next week, i never realized it came free with TT

 

[Directional]

X-Study only comes with TT v7... not many shops had v7 until recently as it apparently was buggy

 

[grantx]

I now know that X-Study doesn't provide what I'm looking for. However, SmartQuant's OpenQuant programme can do this via TT's Fix Adapter. Anyone know how much TT charge for for the Fix Adapter (I presume it would be on the FCM's server)?

Arbitrageur,

I've also been told X-Study can be a bit unstable.

I can't seem to get beyond one or the other with something extra, something lacking. Nightmare.

Grant.

 

[ofurbaldur]

X-Study doesnt support tick/volume charts based on x number of ticks/volume

X-Study will be great one day perhaps.

Untill that day I with stick with CQG

Regards

Baldur

 

[grantx]

Baldur,

Why do you use CQG if you also have Reuters? Is it the Trade Flow feature - how do you rate this?

Grant.

 

[ofurbaldur]

Baldur,

Why do you use CQG if you also have Reuters? Is it the Trade Flow feature - how do you rate this?

Grant.

I use CQG for charting/quotes. Reuters for news, fundamentals well alot of things really. Reuters charts are rubbish I find, unless you are looking at a longer time frames.

Well no I dont use the tradeflow thingie. I have looked into it, do not see any advantage over the volume analysis I can do with my custom studies myself. Volume analysis only works well on a small selection of markets.

It might sound weird but I find CQG more reliable/speedy as a feed than Reuters.

Regards

Baldur

 

[grantx]

Baldur,

A guy from CQG told me that executing through their front-end is faster than executing through TT. The reason being orders go straight from the CQG server to the exchange whereas TT is routed via the FCM's/Clearer's server, and then to the exchange. Whether the difference is significant, I don't know.

I wish Reuters sold their news feed independently - nothing can touch it.

Grant.

 

[ofurbaldur]

There are more than just one TT setup a broker can have.

Broker can just run the TT software solution locally which then connects to the exchange order matching servers. TT is seriously fast. I get fills reported before I take my finger of the entry key.

Think TT has services and connectivity that brokers can buy. So it is not just the software that is fast and reliable.

Even CQG is good enough, they are charging quite a bit for the trading module. £100/200 on top of charts.

Reuters have some smaller solutions costing £200 , like regional products. Reuters Trader.

Baldur

 

[maxima]

Could someone confirm whether tick charts in X-Study can be displayed at various intervals, eg 25 ticks, 50 tick, 100 ticks, and in bar-chart form?

Grant.

it is just line or dot. and only by 1 tick.

Anyone know how much TT charge for for the Fix Adapter (I presume it would be on the FCM's server)?

Arbitrageur,

I've also been told X-Study can be a bit unstable.

I can't seem to get beyond one or the other with something extra, something lacking. Nightmare.

Grant.

I cant say how much but I have impression that they charge per trade.

I had no problem with X Study so far. I run it under Vista and it still is working

If you want to get beyond to certaince degree of freedom - use TT API. It is free with TT Pro license.

 

[grantx]

Max,

I'm using the basic CQG Trader order entry (ex-charts, etc) and my cheap feed for charts (maybe lags by a tick or two at times). For me, the extra cost of CQG's or TT's charting modules can't be justified, ie they will not add to, nor improve on, my current set-up.

Similarly, the freedom you mention re API's (CQG's - expensive, and TT's - expensive overall) is redundant in that I can do the same with my feed via VBA. However, this cannot extend to customised order-entry.

Grant.

 

[maxima]

I know. But you asked how to get beyond existing functionality - that what I was trying to do recently. I found that XT API is the cheapest way if extension is inevitable.

But also I found that I can live without extensions I planned. So I gave up and use standard features.

P.S. I am waiting for my CQG account to be opened any day now.