Ensign: Data Feeds

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Ensign can be used with the following data-feed sources. The following links can be used if you need to subscribe to a data-feed or need more information.

Data Vendor	Vendor Fees	Exchange Fees	Information	Vendor Web	Ensign Web	Vendor Refresh	DTN Market Access Refresh
TraderBytes	yes	yes	Low Cost	TraderBytes	Setup	yes	yes
DTN IQFeed	yes	yes		IQFeed	Setup	yes	included
TransAct Futures	no	no	Futures only	TransAct	Setup	yes	yes
Infinity Futures	no	no	Futures only	Infinity	Setup	yes	yes
TradePortal Futures	no	no	Futures only	TradePortal	Setup	yes	yes
Apex Futures	no	no	Futures only	Apex	Setup	yes	yes
Cannon Trading	no	no	Futures only	Cannon	Setup	yes	yes
ATC Brokers	no	no		ATC		yes	yes
Interactive Brokers	no or $20/mo	no		IB	Setup	yes	yes
BarChart	yes	yes		BarChart	Setup	yes	yes
eSignal	yes	yes		eSignal	Setup	yes	no
FXCM Forex	free	no		FXCM	Setup	yes	no
DTN Satellite	yes	yes		DTN	Setup	no	yes
Ninja Trader	no	no		Ninja	Setup	no	yes
Zen-Fire	no	no		MirusFutures	Setup	no	yes
Ensign Internet	no	no	Delay requirement		Setup	internet	yes

Notes:

Obtain the vendor's fee schedule from the vendor's web site.
TraderBytes is an excellent source for real-time Indexes to augment the brokerage feeds that have only Futures. TraderBytes is also a low cost feed for Stocks, and Futures (plus exchange fees). read more » TraderBytes
TransAct Futures, Infinity Futures, TradePortal Futures, Apex Futures, Cannon Trading and Interactive Brokers are brokerage feeds requiring you have a trading account with them. The advantage is the avoidance of real-time exchange fees.
All the vendor feeds can feed Ensign simultaneously. Example: IQFeed + TransAct + TraderBytes + FXCM + Zen-Fire.
The feed into Ninja Trader can be passed through to Ensign and used simultaneously with any of the other vendor data feeds.
There is a free real-time Zen-Fire feed that can feed Ensign with data for ES, NQ, TF, YM, ZB and FDAX futures. read more » Zen-Fire
Ensign includes a real-time forex feed from FXCM for free.
Use the Ensign Internet vendor selection if you do not subscribe to a vendor's data-feed. Ensign Internet is great for end-of-day users and traders who want to download Chart data and includes the refresh (download) feature from DTN Market Access. Since Ensign Internet is not a data feed the charts to not have a live update. But they can be refreshed to show bars through a delay requirement, such as 10 minutes ago for the ES e-mini. read more » Data Downloader
All versions include Playback which is an excellent way to practice trading skills. read more » Playback

Refresh coverage from DTN Market Access included with Ensign

Exchange	Tick	Intra-day	Daily	Weekly	Monthly
U.S. Stocks and Indices	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
U.S. Futures	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Mutual Funds	no	no	yes	no	no
Canadian Stocks & Indices	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Canadian Futures	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
LIFFE and IPE	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
EuroNext and EUREX	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Singapore SGX	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Worldwide Stocks & Indices	no	no	yes	yes	yes
Forex from FXCM	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes

Notes:

Tick and intra-day chart data is current to the exchange's delay requirement.
The Daily bar for today for some exchanges may not be available until after the market closes.
Worldwide Stocks and Indices may be from various Internet sources instead of from DTN Market Access.
The FXCM refresh is from Ensign servers, and not from DTN Market Access, though it is shown in the above table.