[brownsfan019]

As I've posted before, I am a big fan of MultiCharts... up until Monday. I am using Open ECry for my data source and as another thread stated, OEC did a fairly substantial upgrade that became mandatory last Friday. Apparently vendors, such as Multi and Sierra, were given plenty of notice and MC is now telling me maybe next week it will be compatible. Well, I obviously can't wait to see when MC might get around to it. The short story is this upgrade required charting co's to change their dll's to work better with the new OEC upgrade.

So, if you are using Sierra, I'd love to hear the good and bad. I am demo'ing it now, but you can only tell so much at first glance. My charts are basic, I just need a reliable and stable platform that does not lag in real-time.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Sierra!

[TinGull]

I tried Sierra a while back, and it was really tough for me to get a handle on with all the acronyms for all the chart features. Granted, I use a simple chart setup, as well, but something just didn't click with me and Sierra. It seemed a bit too clunky for me. Now, the charting package is cheap as hell, which is nice...but I use a Mac for all my stuff and am used to things that look fabulous. MC, to me, looks like it would look awesome and easy to use. I do use Parallels on my Mac to access Windows for my execution via TransAct. I wanted to find something that I could use that feed with to cut down on expenses...but really nothing came close to doing what InvestorRT does for me in terms of ease of use and slickness of the look. When I'm staring at something for 8 hours a day, it needs to be easy on my eyes.

Originally Posted by brownsfan019 »

As I've posted before, I am a big fan of MultiCharts... up until Monday. I am using Open ECry for my data source and as another thread stated, OEC did a fairly substantial upgrade that became mandatory last Friday. Apparently vendors, such as Multi and Sierra, were given plenty of notice and MC is now telling me maybe next week it will be compatible. Well, I obviously can't wait to see when MC might get around to it. The short story is this upgrade required charting co's to change their dll's to work better with the new OEC upgrade.

So, if you are using Sierra, I'd love to hear the good and bad. I am demo'ing it now, but you can only tell so much at first glance. My charts are basic, I just need a reliable and stable platform that does not lag in real-time.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Sierra!

This question is not just related to Sierra, but OEC in general, I suppose.

How much historical data are you able to pull from OEC for third-party charting apps like Sierra? Specifically, A. tick data and B. minute-bars...

Just wondering if it would be worth my while to drop TS and migrate to Sierra, assuming that the historical data is available.

Does OEC also have indices such as $TICK, $TRIN, $WPCVA (putcall), and $VIX available, or is their feed limited to established futures symbols only?

[brownsfan019]

Cooter - not sure on those questions, you'll have to ask OEC directly.

[Reaver]

I tried the demo and whle it looked nice...it was too frustrating for me..but maybe that is my fault...

At first glance, Sierra sort of reminded me of ensign...but that is only on a cursory observation.

[AbeSmith]

Originally Posted by brownsfan019 »

As I've posted before, I am a big fan of MultiCharts... up until Monday. I am using Open ECry for my data source and as another thread stated, OEC did a fairly substantial upgrade that became mandatory last Friday. Apparently vendors, such as Multi and Sierra, were given plenty of notice and MC is now telling me maybe next week it will be compatible. Well, I obviously can't wait to see when MC might get around to it. The short story is this upgrade required charting co's to change their dll's to work better with the new OEC upgrade.

So, if you are using Sierra, I'd love to hear the good and bad. I am demo'ing it now, but you can only tell so much at first glance. My charts are basic, I just need a reliable and stable platform that does not lag in real-time.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Sierra!

Hey Brownsfan. I use Sierra Chart for now. It was a step up from the Interactive Brokers charting.

I'm not very impressed with Sierra Chart. I have one chartbook with 4 charts in it. As far as I know it doesn't allow me to view the charts in different windows. I'm forced to view all the charts from the same window and to flip through them I have to press F4 to go back a chart and F9 to go forward a chart.

I'm also not impressed with their contract symbol entry system. For example, with Interactive Brokers to get a quote of YM all I have to do is type YM and it gives me several choices, one of them is Futures, and when I chose that it has choices of contracts. With Sierra Chart it is not automatic like that. When I first started Sierra Chart it was a bit of a hassle to figure out their contract symbol system.

And I don't think Sierra Chart offers chart trading. For example, it doesn't allow me to quickly adjust stops by moving a stop line on the chart. There is an order entry window, but I'm looking for a platform that allows me to trade directly from the chart and quickly adjust stops by simply moving a stop line on a chart rather then manually type in the number.

Also, on my Sierra Chart I was not able to place vertical grid lines. It is in the menu as an option but when I click on it it doesn not work. The horizontal grid lines work.

[Nvesta81]

Hey Abe, did you experiment with IB's bracket orders feature? It's pretty good for quick trades along with stop/target placement that you can configure in order defaults...

http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en...rs/bracket.php

Sorry if this is nothing new to you.

[AbeSmith]

Originally Posted by Nvesta81 »

Hey Abe, did you experiment with IB's bracket orders feature? It's pretty good for quick trades along with stop/target placement that you can configure in order defaults...

http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en...rs/bracket.php

Sorry if this is nothing new to you.

Thanks Nvesta. I looked at IB's bracket order a while ago and was not able to get it to work properly. Currently I setup an order row and right click on it and select auto stop, then type in the stop amount, and then execute the order, which is usually a market order. I feel the process takes too long and sometimes I'm not able to get in when I want. But I should adjust the default stop level to the standard 10 points that I usually use to help speed up the process.

I'm interested in bracket order if it allows partial fills. For example, if I want to trade 2 contracts, can I set a bracket order to sell one contract at +10 and keep the other contract indefinitely?