bobsrb,
I am using MB Trading, but live in a rural area up in Canada, so I usually connect at only about 24k. Hey, that's the price for living in the country.
Even at this speed, with Real Tick III, SortWizard, mirc, MS explorer 4.01 and a mail program open, I can still trade without problems, as long as I don't open a Trade or Tick' chart on an active stock trading more than about 5,000,000 shares per day.
I normally keep a 1 minute chart (1 day), a 10 minute chart (2 day), and a daily chart (50 day) open and linked automatically to the level II screen. (Linking means that you can drag a symbol from the Market Minder window to the level II window and it will also change all charts at the same time)
I also keep a Trade Chart open (1 day), but not linked, that I use occasionally to look at money flow on less volatile stocks.
So as long as you can connect at this speed or higher, you should be ok. In my opinion, a 33.6 or 56k connection is more than adequate to use with MB Trading, but of course faster is better, and it may give you a fraction of a second advantage when submitting orders. As they say, you can never have too much money or too much bandwidth! < g >
A couple of ISP's connecting to MB Trading via different routes is a good idea for backup. I use one ISP that connects via Alternet and one that connects via MCI, so if there is an internet problem with one backbone, I can reconnect using the other.
Hope this helps.
John |
