Transition from DAS Trader

[marleytosh]

Hi there everyone,

I am just curious if anyone else has made the switch to Motive Wave from DAS trader? I am in the free trial period here and really love the platform but am having a few hiccups with all the data requirements. For my broker, I am with Interactive Brokers Canada. I subscribed to their market data today and spent the day trying to test all the functionality in MW. It is definitely different than DAS Trader. DAS is sort of a Plug-and-Play platform with built-in data, so the learning curve to just get in and see the studies and charts in action is really simple. It is a bit more complicated in MW so far. Perhaps I am just not used to it.

I strictly trade US equities at the moment.

I am hoping someone else has some experience with the two platforms and may offer advice on the switch. Also looking for advice on whether IB market data is sufficient or if I should opt for DxFeed instead. They seem to offer the same data for roughly the same price.

Any help, tips, or suggestions would be appreciated.

Cheers
Aaron

 

[luissantillana33]

i don't know how great the data from IB is but DxFeed is great, the customer support is amazing also. They get back to you quickly & fix/ address issues so you have the least amount of down time possible. I don't really notice lag like i see on tos/ tv etc at open or even on FOMC everts. Now I don't trade off the platform as I use Lightspeed to trade. Only thing I would think you would have to try/ figure out is dom configuration as I know it would be different than using a lvl 2 from das.