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Opened a new account with Optimus Futures (thanks Matt!) and trying to decide on a data feed. For use with Sierra. What is the best data feed especially for use with order flow reading on the DOM?
Any help and insight most definitely appreciated...
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I've tried both and they both seemed very good. My main reason for going with CQG was the RT costs. With my broker, CQG is $.20 round trip and Rithmic is $.50 round trip.
I'm not profitable yet (still 'in search of' the best method and discipline) so even $.30 per contract means a lot to me.
Hopefully we'll get a real trader to give you a better opinion
HTH,
LDog
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I use Sierra Chart's own data-feed. It works great. My logic, as a non-technical person, is as simple as saying it appears to be one less thing for me to worry about. If I a guy leases me a Rolls Royce then tells me that he's developed gas made specifically for the car he's leasing me, then I'm thinking I'll pay that guy flat-fee $35/month to know I'm leasing the car and the gas from the same guy. I suppose another vendor could say "my gas works in that car" and that might be true, but it won't be me coming on some bulletin board when there's a hiccup and two vendors blame each other. The SC data-feed is a flat fee for peace of mind/fast tick-by-tick data. More important to me, than the monthly fee for SC'a data-feed, is the per-trade cost. Some gas suppliers don't charge a monthly fee but their per trade costs aren't cheap. I use the Advanced Lower Cost Connection at CTS. It costs $0.10 per side or $0.20 per round-trip. That's a lot lower than CTS' regular $0.50 per side/$1.00 RT, and also lower than Rithmic from what I hear. The SC Advanced Lower Cost Connection at CTS is available at Optimus Futures if you're with one of their FCMs that has a relationship with CTS.
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