The direct OEC connectivity has improved symbol management. Fifty or more symbols can be subscribed for charting market data; typically up to 5 symbols can also be subscribed to market depth data at one time. This enables market depth displays in IRT for selected ticker symbols and allows many more contracts to be followed simultaneously. The IRT direct connection to OEC also supports auto backfill of historical tick and one-minute interval data. This enables chart backfill without the expense of a DTN MA historical account. DTN MA is still recommended for those who need longer term historical backfill and users who wish to chart instruments other than futures contracts. DTN MA provides continuous front month futures symbols with automatic premium adjusted rollover. OEC-provided tick data is complete with bid/ask at time of trade thus enabling immediate volume breakdown of buy/sell volume after backfill.
If you are interested in trying out Investor/RT with OEC Order Routing, contact your broker and ask that Investor/RT be enabled for use with your trading account. Some OEC introducing brokers, e.g. Stage 5 Trading, have a web portal where you can login using your broker credentials and enable Investor/RT for use with your account. This step is necessary to avoid a "SoftwareNotPermitted" error when you later try to connect to OEC using Investor/RT.
Then you may use the Data > Configure Data Source/Broker menu item; select OEC and both market data source and brokerage destination. Use the Data > Setup OEC menu item to specify whether you wish to connect to OEC using simulated or live trading. Investor works in an integrated fashion with OEC enabled trading DOM execution software such as OEC Trader, and S5 Trader. For live trading, there is a transaction fee per side for each trade originating from Investor/RT. This applies to live trading initiated from charts or trading order desk, or any automated trading actions taken based on Investor/RT signal markers, trading rule indicator, etc. During the beta testing period, no fee will apply. Trades that are initiated from other sources, e.g. broker supplied trading DOM software are not subject to a per side transaction fee.
NOTE: When connecting to OEC if you see a message in the Investor/RT message log saying "SoftwareNotPermitted", this means that Investor/RT is not enabled for use with your OEC Trading account. Software Not Permitted (Not Entitled) error is easily corrected by contacting your OEC broker.