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Non-Tech : Trading with Castle Online -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Eric P who wrote (117)	7/3/1998 10:32:00 PM
From: Colin Cody	Respond to of 186

Oh, just what I need! I was almost ready to abandon my (unfunded) Castle account and go with MB Traders. But I too would like to hear about the new Java Trader!! . CC

To: Eric P who wrote (117)	7/5/1998 6:09:00 PM
From: Street Walker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186

Java Trader I'm still running a small p133 computer with a little amount of edo ram and small screen space. When I get my new computer built in a few weeks, I'll have space for the download and screen presence of the Java Trader. What the Java does offer: more robust stability during active times, trading history and account balances in view and updated instantly, and a chat channel built in. It also precludes you from shorting anything that is not on the short list. What still needs working on is being able to preference market makers. In time..... Most traders are using both the Java Trader simultaneously with the Kill Key. They do this because they like to see their trading and account balances updated in realtime. They prefer to trade through the Key, however. I haven't played around with it at all. But by looking at the web page, it looks kind a cumbersome compared to the key. I don't know if one has the option of making it smaller so that just the things you want to see are in view. (I don't need to see Level II on it if I'm trading with the Kill key.) I also don't know the quality of the chat. Its in its infancy so users of the Java Trader, let your opinions be known so that the independant software developers can take note. I'll have a better anaylsis after I try it out myself. Pros/Cons anyone else? S.W.

To: Eric P who wrote (117)	7/9/1998 11:50:00 PM
From: Marc D.	Respond to of 186

My account transfer is underway. Should be up and running with Castle within two weeks or so. I've been testing the demo versions of both the Key and JavaTrader all week. JavaTrader strikes me as much prettier, but KillKey looks faster. This is assuming, of course, that the demo version of JavaTrader is fully functional. JavaTrader doesn't appear to have all of the single keystroke or mouseclick execution options that KillKey has. So it looks like order entry is slower for now. For example, clicking on an MM offer in L2 doesn't set up to automatically preference that MM like KillKey does. Marc