Open ECry Wish List Thread

[brownsfan019]

I think I've mentioned before that I write up some reviews for Open ECry about ideas for improvements on their software - charts, dom's and the main trader window.

Since there are a few other OEC users on the board, I thought I'd create an OEC Wish List thread where you can list ideas for improvements, large or small. I cannot promise that any will be implemented, but I will be sure to pass the suggestions on. I usually write up a review quarterly or so for them.

So post any ideas or suggestions here or PM me if you'd prefer to keep them private. No names will be given to OEC (unless you ask me to) with any ideas or suggestions.

And for anyone wondering why I do this, it's simple - the better and stronger that OEC trader is, the better for all of us using the product. OEC has been good to me, so I have no problem doing this for them. It's a 'scratch my back and I'll scratch yours' kind of thing.

[james_gsx]

A few things I wrote down and have questions about...

1 - internals would be nice.
2 - Some people may like to see MP. I might eventually want that option, but don't need it.

On TS I can type in @YM and get the YM contract over several years or whatever. I'm sure you can do this with OEC based from your charts, but I'm not sure how?

Are the fibonacci retracement lines customizable? For example on TS I can decide what %s I want to plot and that was convenient. If they don't offer that, then that would be something I would like to see on my wish list.

Other than that I like it so far. I like how it has it's own feel as well and the fact that it isn't nearly as CPU intensive as TS. I will use the platform more this week and come back with more questions/requests for you.

Thanks!

[brownsfan019]

	Quote:	james_gsx
	A few things I wrote down and have questions about... 1 - internals would be nice.

Please detail what exactly you want to see here.

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	2 - Some people may like to see MP. I might eventually want that option, but don't need it.

Again, please detail. Since I do not use MP, not sure what to ask for here.

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	On TS I can type in @YM and get the YM contract over several years or whatever. I'm sure you can do this with OEC based from your charts, but I'm not sure how?

What you want is a continuous contract which is not yet available on OEC. It's on my list AND theirs.

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	Are the fibonacci retracement lines customizable? For example on TS I can decide what %s I want to plot and that was convenient. If they don't offer that, then that would be something I would like to see on my wish list.

I believe they are but will have to play around with here to see for sure.

[mister ed]

Hi BF and James - thanks very much BF, great idea,

I have an idea/request - might be a bit "out there" and might have to be a longer-term project (although tomorrow would be good )

It is for a simple trading keyboard that links in with OEC software. "Buy" button, "Bid" button, "Sell"/"Offer" etc. This might be too much wishful thinking, but a dedicated, small trading keyboard, specifically linked in to the broker software is so much easier to use than a regular keyboard/mouse combination. I can post a picture of the sort of thing I would like if you think it is a good potential suggestion - again, might be a bit over the top?

I am thinking along the lines of an EBS keyboard/screen combo (used in spot FX).

[james_gsx]

Market internals: I want to see ticks, trin, trinq, ticki, put/call ratio. I want to be able to plot the trin on a graph, same with the ricks. This is my "internals screen". Note that I have the ADX up instead of the put/call but I'm getting that sorted out with TS right now, but that's where the put/call would normally be. As you can see, I have a spot for the trin, and ticks. This is helpful for me throughout the day so I can gauge market sentiment.



This also brings up time and sales. I believe we talked about this already, but I would like the ability to watch time and sales like on the screen shot. The ability to watch sectors like the banking and semiconductor sector would be convenient, but not something I need and I wouldn't really notice if I didn't have it. It's basically there to fill space right now, but some may like that.

As far as MP goes, I'm really not sure what to ask for since I don't use it either. MP is something I would want to use in the future, so the only thing I can think of is to be able to view it like in all of SoulTraders videos and charts. Even the ability to import it from marketdelta.com would be nice. But like I said, since I'm still unfamiliar with it I don't know what to really ask for (or if I should even be asking, but I can't learn how to use it without seeing it in real time). I will look into this more and get back to you.

[brownsfan019]

	Quote:	mister ed
	Hi BF and James - thanks very much BF, great idea, I have an idea/request - might be a bit "out there" and might have to be a longer-term project (although tomorrow would be good ) It is for a simple trading keyboard that links in with OEC software. "Buy" button, "Bid" button, "Sell"/"Offer" etc. This might be too much wishful thinking, but a dedicated, small trading keyboard, specifically linked in to the broker software is so much easier to use than a regular keyboard/mouse combination. I can post a picture of the sort of thing I would like if you think it is a good potential suggestion - again, might be a bit over the top? I am thinking along the lines of an EBS keyboard/screen combo (used in spot FX).

Give me some actual examples Mr. Ed. Much easier to say - here, look at this!

[404]

I am not currently with Open E Cry, but I will be moving over to them in the next few weeks. It is great they have charting, but my big hang up is that they dont offer MP.

Due to this, I am going to have to get a charting package as if they did not have charting at all.

[brownsfan019]

	Quote:	404
	I am not currently with Open E Cry, but I will be moving over to them in the next few weeks. It is great they have charting, but my big hang up is that they dont offer MP. Due to this, I am going to have to get a charting package as if they did not have charting at all.

Again - I need specifics. Just saying "MP" does not mean anything to OEC and people like me that do not use MP. I need SPECIFICS.

[mister ed]

OK BF - example screenshots coming.

[mister ed]

BF - here are some examples. The EBS screen/keyboard is used in the interbank FX market, it is a dedicated dealing system hence a the keyboard and screen are stand-alone units, working together.

The first screenshot is of the screen
The second screenshot is a zoom of two of the price panels on the screen with some explanation
The third screenshot is the keyboard

All the screenshots are from the EBS website and hence a lot of the annotations are theirs, but I have added my annotations to (theirs are the professional-looking annotations!).

The fourth screenshot (on next post) is a suggestion for the basics that would probably need to be on an OEC screen - it is similar to their current DOM trading screen, with a couple of differences, biggest being the DOM does not scroll, the best price remains fixed in the centre at all times. (This could be a starting point for suggestions to them for improvement).