We are excited to introduce BIGTICK, the next generation trading engine now available from Mirus Futures.
As a Mirus client, we wanted to invite you to join us as one of the first users to benefit from trading on NinjaTrader through BIGTICK.
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Featuring new server-side functionality including OCOs and Bracket Orders, BIGTICK empowers NinjaTrader users with unmatched speed and platform performance.
In addition, BIGTICK users receive free access to a new web-based platform, MirusTrader. MirusTrader provides seamless access to trade your Mirus account from any computer or mobile device with an internet connection. Traders can now use both NinjaTrader and MirusTrader in conjunction for a completely mobile trading experience.
You can get started with your BIGTICK demo through the link below. Following registration, you will receive your BIGTICK SIM username and password along with set-up instructions.
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To transfer your live Mirus Futures trading account from Zen-Fire to BIGTICK, simply email support@mirusfutures.com with your request and Mirus account number to make a seamless transition.
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August 27th is a full featured webinar on futures.io (formerly BMT) that covers BIGTICK. Mirus Futures CEO Eliot Wickersheimer presenting and answering questions.
Here are a couple of bullets, but the majority of info will be released in the webinar. That includes a history of Zen Fire and how BIGTICK differs from it, so you can make the decision on switching.
This online event will introduce the enhancements available to NinjaTrader users through the BIGTICK trading engine including:
• Dynamic data distribution for enhanced platform performance.
• Server-side functionality including OCOs and Bracket Orders.
• Distributed order routing to further optimize speed.
• Complete mobility through the free MirusTrader platform.
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I will post the webinar registration link in this thread soon, you can subscribe to the thread to follow updates.
I also want to encourage you guys to go ahead and ask your questions in this thread, I will take those questions to Eliot so we can get as many answered as possible during the webinar.
1) I am seeing old (2012) references to BigData, LLC actually the parent of ZenFire. Is big data run by the same people as ZenFire or modeled against it?
2) Will there be any pricing advantage moving to BIGDATA?
I have built some Ninja indicators that depend on the data being "true". Several friends that use other data sources have probs with these indies as they behave totally different. The most problematic has to do with the engulfing candle. If the data is 'filtered' then the engulfs happen at totally different places.
Is there a way to switch back and forth while in a session on Ninja??
Can we have one chart open with Zen and the other with BigTick simultaneously???
Will there be some kind of trial associated with Big Tick and is it easy to switch back if odd results.
Will there be replay data available with BigTick so that we can run backtests and compare?
Will GOMIs indis behave similar?
Wasn't ZenFire partly owned by Mirus Futures? If so, then Bigtick probably implies that ZenFire is 'death'? I can't imagine Mirus will invest capital in two competing, interchangeable products.
My guess is that BitTick is a front end for Zen-Fire, allowing functionality like OCO, mobile app and web app to be implemented which for some reason Zen-Fire is just not able to do.
Thanks for hosting the webinar Mike. I guess it's time to look at Dorman (I use RCG) as it was mentioned BigTick can only be used with Dorman. Can I get opinions on Dorman and anything related to Eurex/Dorman as I am primarily a Bund trader?
Overall I like where Mirus are going with Big Tick but for now I can't use it. Keeping an eye out for when Eurex gets added to the exchange roster. Added my name to the demo list to try it out though.
I noticed at the beginning the presenter indicated BigTick will adjust the incoming data to the capability of the connection/computer. To me that implies the data is aggregated or massaged in some way. Then later he answered yes to a question whether the BigTick data is unfiltered.
Being as I switched from IB to Zen-Fire for the unfiltered data, this is very important to me. Will a tick data chart with BigTick be exactly the same as a tick data chart with Zen-Fire? I would like some reassurance on this question...
Thanks,
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Just took a quick look and here's my opinion, which might not be correct as always since they deal with someone else's proprietary API and technical features:
1. I think one huge difference is that one will be actively developed and supported while the other won't. If you've gone through the API, ZF uses a notoriously vulnerable encryption protocol and has many missing, incomplete features that will never be filled because they stopped development.
2. I'm not really familiar with what they mean by dynamic data distribution and perhaps they should clarify that a bit. Even the compression on a low-end feed like NxCore barely uses the resources of a legacy machine, so it's hard to understand the incremental benefit that dynamic distribution provides. ZF uses UDP for data delivery and naturally just drops packets on a narrow pipe, so it is 'dynamic' in some sense.
3. I'm also not very clear how the advertised dynamic order routing feature works with regards to futures exchanges since they use centralized matching engines.
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If you haven't seen it by now, follow-up with support but include your account number. They may not know you have an active Mirus account (required for the BETA is my understanding).
Just a heads up. I was under the impression after the MirusTrader / BigTick webinar that both data feeds (Big Tick and Zenfire) could be used. I spoke with Mirus and NinjaTrader and they both said that unless you have a multi-broker license you cannot have both data feeds, which are not just data feeds but trading engines also. So basically with with a Lifetime license there is no way to compare the two live feeds for accuracy unless you are using the BigTick/MirusTrader demo, and I'm not sure how accurate that would be.
Ray....sorry for the confusion....I just want to make sure I have this correct. Are you saying if I have a lifetime license I can keep both Zenfire and Big Tick and compare the two using say my desktop and laptop all with the same license?
With a multi-broker license (subscription or lifetime) you have access to both Zen-Fire and BigTick. Our licensing only allows one instance of NinjaTrader (per license key) to be running at a single time however, for the temporary purpose of comparison we are OK with you doing as you stated, run one on desktop and another on laptop.
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Meaning, the OCO is not riding on your computer anymore, and would still trigger if you lose connection? If that is correct, that is one more safety net worth having, particularly without a cost difference. I have rarely needed seatbelts in a car, but wear them every time just in case.
I had an OCO mishap several years ago. I had a CL contract trade with profit target and stop loss bracket set, went to bed, woke up and was down over $2000 on a single contract. My bracket was around a $500 risk.
The profit hit first, but since the OCO did not trigger it left the stop loss as an open pending order going the other direction. The market reversed overnight and impulsed through my stop, putting me back in but this time with no target or stop loss.
If using Mirus Futures and BigTick, are there regular times when an account becomes "unavailable for trading", such as daily system reset, or scheduled maintenance etc. If so does NinjaTrader need to be restarted to resume trading?
Using Mirus Futures and BigTick:
1. Can a NinjaTrader NinjaScript algorithm use SetStopLoss() and SetProfitTarget() simultaneously?
2. Can a NinjaTrader ATM strategy use Stop loss and Profit target simultaneously?
Using Mirus Futures and BigTick:
Is the brokers return response to trade executions guaranteed to be in the sequence that NinjaTrader requires? Is BigTick specifically coded to respond, each and every time, trade execution data in a specific order?
