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Forum: Brokers May 5th, 2014, 04:43 PM
Replies: 595
Views: 345,382
Posted By met68
AMP is getting more bizarre by the minute. ...

AMP is getting more bizarre by the minute.

So apart from blocking my account for trading, I have spoken to the AMP support team about why my overnight spread position last Thursday was treated...
Forum: Brokers May 5th, 2014, 02:06 PM
Replies: 595
Views: 345,382
Posted By met68
@ Jonson, Thanks. I have tried the Rithmic...

@ Jonson,

Thanks. I have tried the Rithmic platform and didn't get along with it. Just a personal thing. Also, I do not trade exchange traded spreads, but create my own instead.
Forum: Brokers May 5th, 2014, 11:01 AM
Replies: 595
Views: 345,382
Posted By met68
;-) There was a nice spread trade shortly...

;-)

There was a nice spread trade shortly after the open today, but alas, AMP have blocked my account.....

Will give OEC another try. Hopefully they have resolved the FIX connection issues...
Forum: Brokers May 4th, 2014, 06:39 PM
Replies: 595
Views: 345,382
Posted By met68
More AMP woes..... I was trading some US...

More AMP woes.....

I was trading some US index futures spreads on Thursday and Friday last week.

I have always wondered, how AMP calculated my margins on this, when I carried positions...
Forum: Brokers May 1st, 2014, 01:33 PM
Replies: 595
Views: 345,382
Posted By met68
Koepisch, Yes, be very careful. I lost $1300...

Koepisch,

Yes, be very careful. I lost $1300 yesterday because of this. I was legged twice in a spread and ended up with a naked YM position both times. I went by the X_Trader Pro position P&L and...
Forum: Brokers May 1st, 2014, 05:28 AM
Replies: 595
Views: 345,382
Posted By met68
AMP really are the biggest clowns in town. I...

AMP really are the biggest clowns in town.

I am using X_Trader Pro and trade the YM contract. And guess what, AMP have the tick values of that contract setup wrongly on their TT Gateways. Instead...
Forum: Brokers April 29th, 2014, 02:56 AM
Replies: 595
Views: 345,382
Posted By met68
There were major (dis-)connection issues between...

There were major (dis-)connection issues between the OEC FIX data feed and Sierrachart earlier this year. Each party blamed the other (there are threads on this issue in th SC support forum), but...
Forum: Brokers April 29th, 2014, 02:41 AM
Replies: 595
Views: 345,382
Posted By met68
And where did you read that I lose money trading?...

And where did you read that I lose money trading? Ah, that's right, you did not. You just inferred/ implied and then went on to insinuate. Not intelligent.

And not that it is relevant to the...
Forum: Brokers April 28th, 2014, 05:56 PM
Replies: 595
Views: 345,382
Posted By met68
Fair question. I have been with them and...

Fair question.

I have been with them and then changed to OEC. But then I ran into issues with OEC. I then went back to IB (where I also have an account, but kept getting crap fills.

So went...
Forum: Brokers April 28th, 2014, 04:47 PM
Replies: 595
Views: 345,382
Posted By met68
AMP are Pants

Have been with them for over a year now and every time there is an issue (and there are a lot!) the support is unresponsive and useless. Emails go unanswered, customers are left holding on the phone...
Forum: Platforms and Indicators March 17th, 2014, 04:28 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,212
Posted By met68
A new week and a new TT X_Trader Pro SIM cock-up....

A new week and a new TT X_Trader Pro SIM cock-up. Thought I would give it an other spin and, yes, lo and behold, nothing worked. None of the exchanges are available in Guardian..... Ah well, let's...
Forum: Brokers March 14th, 2014, 03:50 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 13,514
Posted By met68
Yes and yes. They both are aware of the issue...

Yes and yes. They both are aware of the issue (just look at the SC support board, it is full of posts about the disconnection issues) and they are both blaming each other and unable to do anything...
Forum: Brokers March 14th, 2014, 01:03 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 13,514
Posted By met68
Open E-Cry and Sierrachart Combo Sucks!

Guys and gals, as per my previous posts, the issues between SC and OEC have gone from bad to worse. OEC keeps randomly disconnecting from SC. This is a huge issue and the SC support board is full of...
Forum: Platforms and Indicators March 14th, 2014, 12:40 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,212
Posted By met68
@ smcjb, Thanks for the considered reply. As...

@ smcjb,

Thanks for the considered reply. As you will have garnered from my posts, I have no intention (any more) of attempting (in earnest) to use X_Trader, given the countless issues I have had...
Forum: Platforms and Indicators March 14th, 2014, 05:25 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,212
Posted By met68
Ah, and did I mention, that the FDAX T&S is...

Ah, and did I mention, that the FDAX T&S is simply showing an endless stream of 24 sized OTC trades. Not a single non-OTC trade showing. Ah well, TT never fail to come-up with ever more completely...
Forum: Platforms and Indicators March 14th, 2014, 05:20 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,212
Posted By met68
And now, as if by magic, X_Trader opens up ok,...

And now, as if by magic, X_Trader opens up ok, BUT (drum-roll......) ...... none of the Eurex charts are updating (haven't tried other exchanges).......

Oh my, this is a bag of fun.....
Forum: Platforms and Indicators March 14th, 2014, 03:52 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,212
Posted By met68
And the saga continues, when I started X_Trader...

And the saga continues, when I started X_Trader in SIM mode this morning, this is what greeted me:

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Forum: Platforms and Indicators March 14th, 2014, 02:54 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,212
Posted By met68
Not sure what you mean, but when I want to test...

Not sure what you mean, but when I want to test algos, spreads or any trading strategy, I want to know at all time, what my current position p&l is. X_Trader in SIM mode simply shows me "N/A". TT...
Forum: Platforms and Indicators March 13th, 2014, 09:43 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,212
Posted By met68
@ scjmb, I am not even that fussed about...

@ scjmb,

I am not even that fussed about X_Study, but how can I test algos and spreads, when none of the P&L's work, when large chunks of data are missing and when the necessary price and fill API...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index March 12th, 2014, 05:00 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,259
Posted By met68
OTC orders on FDAX T&S

I posted this elsewhere also, but curious to get feedback from you guys also.

It is now 10:00 am CET and for the last 20 minutes or so, there have been literally hundreds of exactly 28 and 36...
Forum: Platforms and Indicators March 10th, 2014, 09:39 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,212
Posted By met68
It just never stops. And so the X_Trader Pro saga...

It just never stops. And so the X_Trader Pro saga continues. Now, when I try and open a hourly chart for a spread of two CME contracts (still in SIM mode), all data between March 5th and today is...
Forum: Platforms and Indicators March 10th, 2014, 07:55 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,212
Posted By met68
Simulation Mode

So after all my previous woes with X_Trader Pro (see my previous thread re Windows BFE Service), I did actually get this to work, sort of.

I have even set-up my one of my live accounts at AMP with...
Forum: Platforms and Indicators February 28th, 2014, 04:29 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 6,086
Posted By met68
I have been using Marketdelta Trader for a few...

I have been using Marketdelta Trader for a few days and quite like its clean simplicity yet with simple footprint bars/ charts, which are neat. I am curious to find-out whether anybody is actually...
Forum: Brokers February 25th, 2014, 10:34 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 13,514
Posted By met68
Well if I did, I would certainly look to...

Well if I did, I would certainly look to replicate many times over in LIVE mode without posting about it.....

I am afraid, I did not even touch the computer, when this was executed.

I don't...
Forum: Brokers February 25th, 2014, 07:42 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 13,514
Posted By met68
If you ever did consider using SC with OEC, be...

If you ever did consider using SC with OEC, be real careful. I just had the following trade execute in the background, while I was doing something else (i.e. I did not execute this trade):

Symbol ...
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