Herc, Keep in mind that a lot of TS, WOWdt and the like non Internet users are maintaining their own bases. I have a base of about 15,500 stock symbols, 14,000 stock options, 704 indices, 1700 index options, and 4,075 future symbols. Now I know it's a large base and I certainly don't trade that many :) "BUT" for use in comparisons, and scanning for special situations "options for xyz company (That only averages say 75k shares a day) trades an average 10 calls per day, maybe, today 1500, tells me to look. Now try scanning the market through the Internet for something like that, symbol by symbol at 56K :)
I run :
#1 - Twin 300s w/ 384 ram, the new IBM 18gig HD, 4 monitor setup
#2 - Twin 300s w/ 256 ram, 8gig HD, 2 monitor (testing TS, was my MBTrading platform)
#3 - Single 166 w/ 128, 2 gig HD, single (was LiveWire, now MBT, needs 2nd monitor)
I've always had my own base and perfer it that way, I'm not dependent on Web traffic and online bases that happen to go down always at the wrong time.
joe Naples Fl |
