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To: Nemer who wrote (43916)	2/21/2001 8:58:34 PM
From: SE	Respond to of 44573

Later beans. Have fun...sounds like a good weekend...and certainly let us all know how cheaply it can be done. I have a feeling many will be joining you on the el cheapo ride. And yes, we need, must have, real time streaming charts complete with indicators. Quotes alone will not do.

To: Nemer who wrote (43916)	2/21/2001 9:40:04 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Respond to of 44573

I like IB as well. They have been very reliable - by far the most reliable broker of any type I've had. I only use them for futures however - I think folks that trade stocks there occasionally run into gotyas although it seems that the general concensus on the stock side is positive too. I used to lean on the IB interface to follow price in fast markets because for a while I was also using Quote.com for charts and to feed Tradestation - in fast markets quote.com is frequently delayed although the new IP feed seemed to resolve that. Moved away from Quote.com, I think they are a particularily poorly managed company. eSignal gets my dollars now and their data is excellent, truly excellent. Their charts are clunky in some respects but I have found that I can set up a working environment in eSignal charts that meets my needs. Plus it feeds Tradestation too and I spend most of my trading day there anyways. But still in IB I watch the bid and ask size and where price is leaning. Its a good habit to be in, because no data feed is perfect. And it imparts additional information not found in the bar itself...