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Don't have a specific IP address but been running ping tests to CQG Web Trader. don't really have a baseline to compare these tests with Zen but my general feel after years with Zen is that continuum executions are slower. if I'm sensing this by feel and sight probably not a good sign. I am located in Hawaii and my avg ping lately is ~110ms
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
That url is most likely for their web server, I doubt that that is the same as their trade routing server, but of course in your case you incur the extra delay between your computer and their website.
In my case, host my trading server remotely in Chicago collocated near the exchange, so it's a whole different set up.
A "netstat -n" or looking at which addresses are used by NinjaTrader.exe (using the Windows Performance Monitor) will tell you the real truth, but here are few CQG addresses.
In your case, my dear Jose , you should be connected to the first address pool, which should be not too from your machine.
Qwest through Equinix
208.48.16.224 cqginqwc001i.cqgnet.com
208.48.16.225 cqginqwc002i.cqgnet.com
208.48.16.226 cqginqwc003i.cqgnet.com
Chicago
64.208.51.224 cqginchi001i.cqgnet.com
64.208.51.225 cqginchi002i.cqgnet.com
64.208.51.226 cqginchi003i.cqgnet.com
Hong Kong
183.91.40.27 cqginhk001ai.cqgnet.com
183.91.40.28 cqginhk001bi.cqgnet.com
London
216.219.76.112 cqginlon001i.cqgnet.com
216.219.76.113 cqginlon002i.cqgnet.com
216.219.76.114 cqginlon003i.cqgnet.com
New York
67.152.7.224 cqginnyc001i.cqgnet.com
67.152.7.225 cqginnyc002i.cqgnet.com
67.152.7.226 cqginnyc003i.cqgnet.com
@sam028 How does Nt handle these connection pools. I know when I do -netstat I get 6 to 8 different connections showing up. Does NT route order to server that is closest? I have never really looked behind scenes at how NT was handling this so it is interesting. Also want to make sure get full benefit of server close to exchanges. In other words don't want order being sent to further server killing benefit of being close.
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I hope so, but I'm not a CQG user, and do not have the source code o the NinjaTrader CQG adapter, so I can't say. CQG or @NinjaTrader may have the answer.
I only put some of the CQG servers IP, there are much more servers in most location.
About previous @neko333 post and the hot question "What is my real latency, from my mouse click/strategy order signal, to the exchange book", I will write a small strategy which will send a limit order far away from the current price, and cancel it ASAP.
That will give an idea of the "real" latency, not the only latency to the data feed servers and the broker's orders servers. It won't be perfect, because depending on the order type and price, its priority in the book will be different, but it should give a good picture.
CQG API handles this. As I understand it, it connects to a server, runs pings across all of its POPs and then establishes a connection with the one returning the lowest latency.
A very simple strategy, which is not supposed to make money, but to measure the delay in this process :
- order send
- order received by the exchange
- order cancelled
- cancel receive and acknoledge by NinjaTrader