Current Bid/ask

[fish7]

Today, again, the eCBOT went down and the YM (Dow e-Mini futures) stopped trading. Hence, the bid and the ask went to BLANK on my IB TWS, as it should.

Would be great to have an EFS alert for such situations the instant it happens...

I tried writing an EFS using GetMostRecentBid and Ask, to check for when it goes to zero or blank, but this returns the LAST bid or ask.. not the CURRENT bid or ask...

Is there any way to tap the CURRENT bid or ask, so I can write an EFS script that alerts me the instant a trading product goes down?

JOHN

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello John,

EFS cannot be used to alert us of this problem. EFS formulas only get executed when a trade update occurs in the Advanced chart. If an exchange goes down and eSignal is not receiving any trade data, the EFS code will not be executed.

[j.r.walker]

Jason,

While EFS alerts are not possible in this case, would it not be possible for eSignal Data Manager to raise an alert?

Jim Walker

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Jim,

I'm not sure about that one. I would suggest that you start a new thread with this idea in the eSignal forum or submit your idea to the development team at [email protected].