jimvt said:I am giving some thought to subscribing to Esignal but have a few queries. Can anyone help?
1)Data: I understand you can download data for backtesting. If so, how much intraday data can be downloaded, at what compression (tick or minute), in what format(ascii ?), and how clean/good is the data in your opinion?
2) Is it straightforward to hook up TS 2000i in realtime?
3) How does esignal respond at times of sudden increased market volatility? (Mytrack , my current service, are often hopeless at these times - the charts just freeze sometimes).
Thanks for any help!
jimvt said:I've taken the plunge and got Esignal!
Ok, so far I have an advanced chart up on the screen and I've paid for the exchange, but it's not live. The data stopped last night. How do I get live prices, anyone?
Cheers
JayF_eSignal said:We are experiencing a network wide outage believed to be caused by a Denial of Service attack. We are working on resolving the issue as quickly as possible.
Thanx for your reply, however that makes little sense to me, I am using a standard advanced chart OHLC, whilst I realise that highs and lows are somewhat irrelevant, it seems rather simple to me that there is an open and a close, the opening value will be somewhere near zero and the close will be wherever the close is. If the software was incapable of recognising an opening value then an intraday chart such as a one hour would also be nothing more than a series of dots.eSignal Support said:Roguetrader,
You must be using a chart type that needs high/low to properly display. Since there's only one value per day for $TVOL (closing volume that day), you'll get a better "display" by switching to a line chart.
Hope that helps.
Thanks.
roguetrader said:Thanx for your reply, however that makes little sense to me, I am using a standard advanced chart OHLC, whilst I realise that highs and lows are somewhat irrelevant, it seems rather simple to me that there is an open and a close, the opening value will be somewhere near zero and the close will be wherever the close is. If the software was incapable of recognising an opening value then an intraday chart such as a one hour would also be nothing more than a series of dots.
Ok, you pretty much have it, as I said there are ways around it, so fortunately I can demonstrate what a daily chart should look like (a picture paints a thousand words) What do I use this for? Well I like to see at a glance how the volume is in relation to the 60 day avge, and be reminded at a glance how previous days compare. If there's a workaround why fix it? Maybe I'm just a fussy customer paying for a premium product, who doesn't think he should have to find workarounds. Or maybe I just thought it would be a simple thing to fix.eSignal Support said:So you'd like to see a bar chart that has every bar starting at zero and closing at the value for that day? Basically, it would look like a histogram? Don't recall that we've had that request so I may still not be understanding your suggestion here. Please PM your username so we can contact you directly to clarify.
Thanks.
That statement is clearly inaccurate, if there were only one value per day then the application would be incapable of producing any sort of intraday chart for this symbol. (Maybe I am not understanding you)Since there's only one value per day for $TVOL (closing volume that day)
roguetrader said:Ok, you pretty much have it, as I said there are ways around it, so fortunately I can demonstrate what a daily chart should look like (a picture paints a thousand words) What do I use this for? Well I like to see at a glance how the volume is in relation to the 60 day avge, and be reminded at a glance how previous days compare. If there's a workaround why fix it? Maybe I'm just a fussy customer paying for a premium product, who doesn't think he should have to find workarounds. Or maybe I just thought it would be a simple thing to fix.
That statement is clearly inaccurate, if there were only one value per day then the application would be incapable of producing any sort of intraday chart for this symbol. (Maybe I am not understanding you)
Thanx