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Question |
How do we utilized I/RT and IB (AutoTrade---config), if
we choose to keep DTNiq data feed but submit orders to IB via
AutoTrader.... What is the potential plus and minus of using DTNiq's
feed vs IB data feed? What is the potential plus and minus of
using IB's feed vs DTNiq's feed? |
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Answer |
IRT to AT to IB trading orders work in the IB version of
IRT precisely the same way as they do in the DTN.IQ version. IB
real-time data is free (part of your brokerage fees) while DTN.IQ
carries a fee. IB tracks 100 symbols, DTN.IQ many more. This may not be
an issue if you trade only futures. DTN.IQ is a tick by tick feed, great
for TPO and other tick data based charting methods. IB is a "price
change" data feed, you won't see every trade so tick data based charting
may not be a precise. Whether this is important depends On whether you
rely on tick data or not. Theoretically, the prices you need coming in
from DTN.IQ are real-time from the exchange and should match very
closely to what you see in the IB TWS real-time feed. Should you elect
to try the IB version at some point, I recommend that you keep your
DTN.IQ account active to gauge this for yourself.
For $12 per month you can get DTN Market Access, the same historical
server the our DTN.IQ version uses, and use it inside the IB version of
IRT.
For $20 per month you can run two copies of IRT at the same time, one
using IB feed and the other using DTN.IQ feed. Both copies of IRT can
talk to Autotrader and see orders to the same IB TWS. Thus DTN.IQ and IB
can serve as backups for the other. |
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