[friva]

Hi,

what is the minimum internet connection speed you think you need for your trading, and what is your trading style ?

I get:
ping: 42ms
download: 2.59 Mbps
upload: 6.86 Mbps
(www.speedtest.net) and I am comfortable with this

I trade discretionary, index futures and stocks.
I normally enter a position with limit orders and make less than 20 trades per day.

What about you ?

FR

[wrbtrader]

Originally Posted by friva »

Hi,

what is the minimum internet connection speed you think you need for your trading, and what is your trading style ?

I get:
ping: 42ms
download: 2.59 Mbps
upload: 6.86 Mbps
(Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test) and I am comfortable with this

I trade discretionary, index futures and stocks.
I normally enter a position with limit orders and make less than 20 trades per day.

What about you ?

FR

Is that info you posted related to your broker server, location of the city where your trading instruments exchange is at or just a connection test of the nearest server your ISP has to you ?

[TheNegotiator]

Upload & download speeds aren't actually what makes the difference. The higher they are, the better the ISP's hardware generally is so it can help. But the important thing is lag/latency which is the time it takes for you to see that something has traded. This depends on the distance from exchange, the set up of your hardware, the ISP's hardware and if you are on a public ISP, the number of users currently online(and what they're doing).

You could trade off the speeds you quote if everything else was set up correctly, but that's not necessarily likely. The other really important thing is how the data feed provider sends the information. Generally, there are a decent number of providers who don't exactly give you a high quality service. However, all of this depends on how you trade. If you're a day trader, you'll more than likely want a fast and responsive connection, with high quality data and a pc which is correctly configured to use that data.

Hope this helps.

[friva]

wrbtrader, it's a connection test of the nearest server my ISP has to me

[Tams]

good read from InteractiveBrokers

speed is important,
more important is to find out the number of hops between you and your broker.

http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en...hp#trace_route

[friva]

thank you Negotiator.

Where I can find more about how the set up of my hardware influences lag/latency ?

How do I check how good my ISP's hardware is when it comes to lag/latency ?

[friva]

thank u Tams. I'll read that

[TheNegotiator]

The first thing I'd be looking at is what I can control in front of me. Is your pc a trading only pc or is it cluttered with lots of other stuff? As for their hardware, you may need to do a bit of digging. Generally the best way is to speak to a friendly engineer. If you get one it'll probably be more lucky than anything though. As a rule of thumb, look at an ISP who advertises as providing low latency.