Live trading with Commsec IRESS - How many Mb does it use per day?

[Bilbo]

Does anyone know how much data (Megabytes) the Commsec IRESS Live Trading system would use per day? An approximation will do. I'm thinking of "going live" but I'm concerned about breaching my ISP plan limits with iiNet.

Thanks,

Bilbo

 

[WonkeyDonkey]

Hi

Maybe download a free data/traffic counting program for your PC and run it while you use commsecIRESS, do some basic functions, then close it. Look at the meter and there you have it. If you want an average number, use it for 3-5 days while you use IRESS, add up all the days totals and divide by the number of days...

Heres one i found from a quick google search:
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/tbbmeter.html (just search free data traffic counter in google)

G/L

 

[skc]

Does anyone know how much data (Megabytes) the Commsec IRESS Live Trading system would use per day? An approximation will do. I'm thinking of "going live" but I'm concerned about breaching my ISP plan limits with iiNet.

Thanks,

Bilbo

I use on average 400MB download per day but I have quite a lot of things open.

Webiress
2x other brokers
1x other streaming data software
Plenty of web browsing and ASF!

I'll be surprised if you need more than half that running Webiress alone, but it depends on how much news etc you click on (I click on A LOT).

Having said all that, one really shouldn't need to worry about download quota these days... iinet has pretty poor quotas if you don't bundle your phone - so I sacked them last year to go with TPG.

 

[Reasons]

Does anyone know how much data (Megabytes) the Commsec IRESS Live Trading system would use per day? An approximation will do. I'm thinking of "going live" but I'm concerned about breaching my ISP plan limits with iiNet.

Thanks,

Bilbo

I use IG markets live feed with 6 live charts and a few other associated windows open on a dedicated PC, so no other data of consequence affects the network throughput monitored.

I just used the Windows task manager's network monitor to see out of interest how much data it uses, and it is consuming a whole ~3Mbytes received and ~1.5Mbyte sent per hour.

I have used IRESS on E*Trade before and it puts your active windows to sleep all the time fairly quickly, my guess it is so they reduce server load if you have walked away and are not active, but it may also cease/reduce related data flow to your PC at the same time if they want to manage their data pipe sizes.

I would be surprised if you find many problems with large data use, but I am only giving you the likelihood of the throughput, not empirical data.

 

[skc]

I use on average 400MB download per day but I have quite a lot of things open.

I just used the Windows task manager's network monitor to see out of interest how much data it uses, and it is consuming a whole ~3Mbytes received and ~1.5Mbyte sent per hour.

LOL. I forgot to mention I am also constantly streaming pr0n...




Just kidding.

 

[pixel]

Does anyone know how much data (Megabytes) the Commsec IRESS Live Trading system would use per day? An approximation will do. I'm thinking of "going live" but I'm concerned about breaching my ISP plan limits with iiNet.

Thanks,

Bilbo

If you have to worry about data quota, you're probably on the wrong Plan.

While I've been using web.IRESS (I've switched to a better program since) I rarely exceeded 10GB a month - and that included two more live streaming trading programs plus a swag of other things - including streaming market reports.

Since windows 7 came out with live TV (ABC 24) and the ability to view on demand any shows we might have missed on the day they were broadcast, I have changed to a 40GB Plan that costs me $45 a month. Keeps the Missus happy when her "Midsummer Murders" clash with a Footy game. Suffice it to say that we still haven't exceeded 20GB in a month.

 

[skc]

While I've been using web.IRESS (I've switched to a better program since)

Sorry to sidetrack the thread can I ask what program is that?

 

[pixel]

Sorry to sidetrack the thread can I ask what program is that?

No secret: It's Pulse from Paritech http://www.paritech.com.au/
Their Broking arm, PariTrade, is also more flexible and offers better brokerage rates than Commsec - for my style of trading, I must add, because that's all I ever study and compare

 

[Liar's Poker]

LOL. I forgot to mention I am also constantly streaming pr0n...




Just kidding.

Ha ha!

Had a good laugh at that one.


-Liar-

 

[skc]

No secret: It's Pulse from Paritech http://www.paritech.com.au/
Their Broking arm, PariTrade, is also more flexible and offers better brokerage rates than Commsec - for my style of trading, I must add, because that's all I ever study and compare

Thanks... did see your reply until now.