NexusFi: Find Your Edge


Home Menu

 





PFG delayed data


Discussion in Brokers

Updated
      Top Posters
    1. looks_one Tati with 3 posts (0 thanks)
    2. looks_two aligator with 3 posts (0 thanks)
    3. looks_3 mrphr with 2 posts (0 thanks)
    4. looks_4 Big Mike with 1 posts (0 thanks)
    1. trending_up 5,315 views
    2. thumb_up 0 thanks given
    3. group 5 followers
    1. forum 14 posts
    2. attach_file 0 attachments




 
Search this Thread

PFG delayed data

  #11 (permalink)
 
MWinfrey's Avatar
 MWinfrey 
Lubbock TX
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader
Broker: Stage 5 Trading
Trading: CL
Posts: 1,878 since Jul 2009
Thanks Given: 1,450
Thanks Received: 3,335

I understand that there IS a difference between their data feed for a live/funded account versus a demo account. The data for demo accounts is apparently hosted on a separate server and delayed. Take a look at the quote from my PFG rep.

"As for our futures data, it is streamed on our BEST Direct data feed. This data comes directly from the exchanges and is not filtered, delayed or altered in anyway. Really the only time you would see a delay in your data Is by logging in with a demo account that is on our delayed quote server(as long as you have live and funded account, your demo will remain on our live quote server), you will notice this on Ninja Trader because the data is basically impossible to chart. You may see a delay or a lag on the data in a live account if you are requesting too many symbols for quotes, charts, etc. PFGBEST®, depending on the resources on your computer, recommend not requesting more than 10 contracts at one time: this includes all chart and the number of contracts being quoted on the market analyzer (quote board) window."

Reply With Quote

Can you help answer these questions
from other members on NexusFi?
ZombieSqueeze
Platforms and Indicators
Request for MACD with option to use different MAs for fa …
NinjaTrader
NexusFi Journal Challenge - April 2024
Feedback and Announcements
My NT8 Volume Profile Split by Asian/Euro/Open
NinjaTrader
 
Best Threads (Most Thanked)
in the last 7 days on NexusFi
Retail Trading As An Industry
58 thanks
Battlestations: Show us your trading desks!
48 thanks
NexusFi site changelog and issues/problem reporting
47 thanks
GFIs1 1 DAX trade per day journal
32 thanks
What percentage per day is possible? [Poll]
31 thanks

  #12 (permalink)
 Tati 
Zurich
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: Matlab, Excel
Posts: 4 since May 2010
Thanks Given: 2
Thanks Received: 0

I have a funded account, and I have 100meg internet connecting to $8K servers, their data is crap. It does drop ticks and in news events is way behined the high end providers. They are good for a retail guy who dosent care about every tick and timely data but not for me...

Also anyone who thinks 5$ or more commissions are OK, need to stop trading and save whatever money they have left in their account. PFG is one of the most expensive brokers around...

Its a retail shop for retail traders.


MWinfrey View Post
I understand that there IS a difference between their data feed for a live/funded account versus a demo account. The data for demo accounts is apparently hosted on a separate server and delayed. Take a look at the quote from my PFG rep.

"As for our futures data, it is streamed on our BEST Direct data feed. This data comes directly from the exchanges and is not filtered, delayed or altered in anyway. Really the only time you would see a delay in your data Is by logging in with a demo account that is on our delayed quote server(as long as you have live and funded account, your demo will remain on our live quote server), you will notice this on Ninja Trader because the data is basically impossible to chart. You may see a delay or a lag on the data in a live account if you are requesting too many symbols for quotes, charts, etc. PFGBEST®, depending on the resources on your computer, recommend not requesting more than 10 contracts at one time: this includes all chart and the number of contracts being quoted on the market analyzer (quote board) window."


Reply With Quote
  #13 (permalink)
 mrphr 
London
 
Experience: None
Platform: .
Trading: .
Posts: 255 since Apr 2011
Thanks Given: 65
Thanks Received: 182


I have trade Forex with them in the past on Ninja Trader and my advice is stay away from PFG Best. They may have a nice customer service but that is ALL, for trading it is UNRELIABLE. Quotes lags very often, it is terrible [I am talking about live funded account]... If you are using NT they will always blame Ninja Trader, that is their excuse.

PFG Best it is a joke, RUN... Believe me, PFG Bad is really bad.

Reply With Quote
  #14 (permalink)
 Tati 
Zurich
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: Matlab, Excel
Posts: 4 since May 2010
Thanks Given: 2
Thanks Received: 0

Agreed, PFGs data is absolutely rubbish. Their support is also only good for picking up the phone and thats about where it ends. They have a habit of blaming other platforms (thier own platform is unstable and not even worth installing) and nothing has changed in the last 5 years. Thier commission are the highest I have seen. I think their management are old dinosaurs and lost sight of whats happening in the industry.

PFGBest - built by farmers for farmers and farming industry.


mrphr View Post
I have trade Forex with them in the past on Ninja Trader and my advice is stay away from PFG Best. They may have a nice customer service but that is ALL, for trading it is UNRELIABLE. Quotes lags very often, it is terrible [I am talking about live funded account]... If you are using NT they will always blame Ninja Trader, that is their excuse.

PFG Best it is a joke, RUN... Believe me, PFG Bad is really bad.


Reply With Quote
  #15 (permalink)
 mrphr 
London
 
Experience: None
Platform: .
Trading: .
Posts: 255 since Apr 2011
Thanks Given: 65
Thanks Received: 182


Tati View Post
Agreed, PFGs data is absolutely rubbish. Their support is also only good for picking up the phone and thats about where it ends. They have a habit of blaming other platforms (thier own platform is unstable and not even worth installing) and nothing has changed in the last 5 years. Thier commission are the highest I have seen. I think their management are old dinosaurs and lost sight of whats happening in the industry.

PFGBest - built by farmers for farmers and farming industry.

PFG Best never again.

Reply With Quote





Last Updated on March 12, 2012


© 2024 NexusFi™, s.a., All Rights Reserved.
Av Ricardo J. Alfaro, Century Tower, Panama City, Panama, Ph: +507 833-9432 (Panama and Intl), +1 888-312-3001 (USA and Canada)
All information is for educational use only and is not investment advice. There is a substantial risk of loss in trading commodity futures, stocks, options and foreign exchange products. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
About Us - Contact Us - Site Rules, Acceptable Use, and Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy - Downloads - Top
no new posts