How IT Impacts Upon Your Trading Performance

HOW IT IMPACTS UPON YOUR FOREX TRADING PERFORMANCE Are you losing out because of poor IT and server infastructure? TRADING FACTS Trading 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week Putting Large Emphasis on IT Infastructure 1.9 Trillion Dollars Traded each Day In 2010 Trading Companies Spent Around 2.2 Billion on Trading Infastructure Many New Traders have little Understanding of Server Technology and results in significant losses over time YOUR IT INFASTRUCTURE CHOICES What Setup Should You Use? Desktop Computer Shared VPS Private VPN CONSIDERATIONS CONSIDERATIONS CONSIDERATIONS *Prone to failures and interuptions *Requires self maintenance *Higher percentage of failed transactions * Hosting companies can be slow to respond to failures * More vulnerable because of other * Complete control over applications and setup * Fast support times required to deliver timely performance improvements * Can be expensive for smaller firms and private individuals * Delivers much greater performance users *Often not cost effective Backup recovery can be slow Sharing resources which can deliver less performance MOST COMMON CAUSES OF FAILED TRANSACTIONS Traffic Overload Low Internet Speed Causing Site Freeze Server Crashes Network Blackout Due to Po wer Failure Resulting in Site Lesson: Spend as much as you can on your hardware, whether you are private trader or full service trading company. VPS / VPN can be a valuable and often not so expensive investment for private traders while also offering the high level of flexibility for high end trading companies. SERVER CONSIDERATIONS THAT WILL IMPACT UPON TRADING PERFORMANCE Server Uptime Internet Connection Physical Security User Access Latency & Server Speed Location to Broker isk =-$ Bad internet connections cost traders millions of dollars each year and is a pivatol part of the trading process, while server locations can directly influence downtime and transaction speeds. Fine tuning these elements can offer fast and reliable trading. THE BURNING ISSUE OF LATENCY PERFORMANCE What is Latency? 5 MILLISECONDS Fact / Stat - A delay of 5 milliseconds could cost firms as much as 4 million USD a millisecond In its simplest form data latency is the time it takes to get data from point A to point B. Today latency is measured in microseconds and in trading every microsecond counts. Learn more - http://www.interactivedata.com/uploads/File/article200710Latency.pdf NEXT STEPS: WHAT TO ASK YOUR IT TECHNICIAN PERFORMANCE ? ? O Can we get our server location physically closer to our brokers server location? o Can we get our server location physically closer to our brokers server location? Can we reduce the processing times on our server? o Are multiple applications competing for vital resources? o ls our server in a geographically stable location? o Should we consider investing in a better internet connection? o What is the downtime rate on our server? o Are we close to our storage limit? o How quickly can we recover data if needed? Sources: http://mechanicalforex.com/2010/09/when-a-trading-virtual prvate-server-fails-five- things-to-do-to-prepare-for-when-the-worst-case-happens.html http://blog.silver-peak.com/7-minutes-versus-1-68-trillion-why-network-latency-is-a-bad-thing Artmotion GmbH - Swiss based trading server specialists. HOW IT IMPACTS UPON YOUR FOREX TRADING PERFORMANCE Are you losing out because of poor IT and server infastructure? TRADING FACTS Trading 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week Putting Large Emphasis on IT Infastructure 1.9 Trillion Dollars Traded each Day In 2010 Trading Companies Spent Around 2.2 Billion on Trading Infastructure Many New Traders have little Understanding of Server Technology and results in significant losses over time YOUR IT INFASTRUCTURE CHOICES What Setup Should You Use? Desktop Computer Shared VPS Private VPN CONSIDERATIONS CONSIDERATIONS CONSIDERATIONS *Prone to failures and interuptions *Requires self maintenance *Higher percentage of failed transactions * Hosting companies can be slow to respond to failures * More vulnerable because of other * Complete control over applications and setup * Fast support times required to deliver timely performance improvements * Can be expensive for smaller firms and private individuals * Delivers much greater performance users *Often not cost effective Backup recovery can be slow Sharing resources which can deliver less performance MOST COMMON CAUSES OF FAILED TRANSACTIONS Traffic Overload Low Internet Speed Causing Site Freeze Server Crashes Network Blackout Due to Po wer Failure Resulting in Site Lesson: Spend as much as you can on your hardware, whether you are private trader or full service trading company. VPS / VPN can be a valuable and often not so expensive investment for private traders while also offering the high level of flexibility for high end trading companies. SERVER CONSIDERATIONS THAT WILL IMPACT UPON TRADING PERFORMANCE Server Uptime Internet Connection Physical Security User Access Latency & Server Speed Location to Broker isk =-$ Bad internet connections cost traders millions of dollars each year and is a pivatol part of the trading process, while server locations can directly influence downtime and transaction speeds. Fine tuning these elements can offer fast and reliable trading. THE BURNING ISSUE OF LATENCY PERFORMANCE What is Latency? 5 MILLISECONDS Fact / Stat - A delay of 5 milliseconds could cost firms as much as 4 million USD a millisecond In its simplest form data latency is the time it takes to get data from point A to point B. Today latency is measured in microseconds and in trading every microsecond counts. Learn more - http://www.interactivedata.com/uploads/File/article200710Latency.pdf NEXT STEPS: WHAT TO ASK YOUR IT TECHNICIAN PERFORMANCE ? ? O Can we get our server location physically closer to our brokers server location? o Can we get our server location physically closer to our brokers server location? Can we reduce the processing times on our server? o Are multiple applications competing for vital resources? o ls our server in a geographically stable location? o Should we consider investing in a better internet connection? o What is the downtime rate on our server? o Are we close to our storage limit? o How quickly can we recover data if needed? Sources: http://mechanicalforex.com/2010/09/when-a-trading-virtual prvate-server-fails-five- things-to-do-to-prepare-for-when-the-worst-case-happens.html http://blog.silver-peak.com/7-minutes-versus-1-68-trillion-why-network-latency-is-a-bad-thing Artmotion GmbH - Swiss based trading server specialists.