I wrote an article on the concept of 3-Day Advance Issues in the Futures magazine - Using market breadth in trading systems, in the January 2008 issue. As oppose to repeating what was written in the article, I will focus on the discretionary aspect of this particularly interesting breadth data.
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If it looks like you are not receiving all the real-time updates to your chart, close the eSignal Data Manager and then let NeoTicker auto restart it for you.
Do not choose complete reload if you have a lot of background calculations (like NeoBreadth, quote formulas), use Reconnect Only instead.
Once you are connected to a healthy server, you will notice the difference.
The default settings in Windows XP do not give you all the power your computer has for your trading needs. Here are the things that you can do to tune up your computer for better performance.
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When my trusted trading computer started to report 70% CPU load at the end of last year, I know it is time to shop for a new computer. Afterall, my computer, a Pentium 4 3G Hyperthreading machine, worked very well for several years. Maybe it is time to invest into faster and better technology, so I started my journey to shop for a new computer.
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During the past 2 weeks of extreme market actions across virtually all markets (stocks, commodities, forex, bonds, etc.), we’ve notice that time lag is experienced on all real-time data services. During the extreme market actions, the time a tick arrives at NeoTicker comparing to the time of the computer clock lags from 5 seconds to 15 seconds.
Based on our observation, when such delay happens, it does not matter you are tracking 100 symbols or less, or that you are tracking 1000 symbols. It just happens. Thus the root of the issue could be one or more of the following reasons,
1. Capacity max out at the data vendor’s servers
2. Overall internet traffic is flooded
3. The specific path way your internet connection to your data services is choked with too much data
In a situation like that, we’ve found brokerages that sends only timer based updates on current quotes can keep you informed of the latest prices. That can help you better gauge the current price level on the markets you trade.
At our end, we will try to add some new features in NeoTicker to inform the users when such condition happens, so that they are better prepared.
The table is showing the average number of trades per day in January over 5 year period. Back in 2004 and 2005, the average was around 90K and then decreased to around 50K in the following 2 years. This year, however, we have witness the biggest increase in emini trading activities.
What does this mean to you? Check out this article and be prepared.
Here is a link to CME updated 2008 first quarter price limit guide.
If you trade emini ES, NQ, YM, etc. please read the guide line and understand the procedures. There has been no limit down events for several years and only one single limit down event on NQ in 2007. Make sure you know the implications.
We received multiple updates from various data vendors that the mini-size Dow future (i.e. YM) will no longer be available without exchange fees. To complicate things further, YM will move to the globex platform during Jan-Feb period, making it unclear which exchange (CME or CBOT) should a trader subscribe to in order to receive the necessary real-time data.
Please check with your data vendor to find out what you have to do to continue receiving real-time YM data without disruption.
After the turbulent period of June to mid-August 2007, as mentioned in the previous article, the explosive growth in real-time data has retreated some what. Here is an update about the current situation.
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The trading environment since the beginning of May has been very different from most of the summers I have seen. Here are some tips to ensure your trading goes as smoothly as it can be.
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