Wireless Connection To Forex Broker

hello Everyone,
I am looking to wirelessly connect to my broker using my portable UMPC device , during those few hours I am away from my desktop. I would like to know (as an estimate) how much Megabyte of data is transferred between the device an a forex trading platform for an hour. My service provider charges 100 dollars a month for 250MB of data, so I am trying to ascertain cost effectiveness.

Thank you

I'd run a network sniffer such as http://www.ethereal.com/ to capture the actual data in order to get the best numbers.

Hello pgh, I tried using the site you directed me, but it seems complicated and I had trouble getting round it. I was wondering of you had a little time to spare and help me check the data transfer for an hour connection to VT trader platform from www.cmsfx.com.
Thank you

an easier way it is to connect to isp (internet), run only your broker software for an hour(i repeat only) and then double-clik in the tray(near computer time) those two computers. There it will say how much bites you transfer since you were connected. Divide that by 1.000.000 to find out how many MB you had used during that hour.
Between us is a very expensiv 250mb/100$

i tried the method i mentioned earlier and after 1 hour my staus looked like this (of course during this time I also navigate thru forexfactory.com)
upload : 1mb
dowload: 4 mb

Thank you very much, I will give that a shot..Very useful

glad to help :

hi fyne

i'm with vodafone and paying monthly GBP 25 for 250 MB. I have it on 07.00 to 18.00 every weekday, continually connected to my broker. its usually on G3, sometimes GPRS. Never dropped once.

I've never done more than 8 MB per day, and thats with news (about four items per minute!), which I never use, so will probably switch off.

Hope that helps

Hey Sledge,
Thank you for your post! It is great News if I am reading right..Please confirm that my understanding is right..

1/ That you connect to your broker for about 10 hours a day with data usage withing the vicinity of 8MB per day?

What broker do you use? Do you think data usage varies significantly from broker to broker or the value would generally be around the same mean value?

Thanks a lot

Absolutely. In fact, I've never exceeded 6 MB per day; I looked too quickly at my screen before my last post.

If you have a Windows Mobile 5.0 device, you should have an application called GPRS Monitor. That constantly tells you your daily usage and does histograms of hourly, daily, monthly useage. I have an alarm set when I have used 90% of my monthly 250MB. Never got near that.

I'm in clients offices a lot, so I rely on my device. It a Qtek 9000. I'm constantly toggling between GBPJPY and GBPUSD charts, placing a few orders, changing stops, looking at my open position bla bla bla.

I'm with Alpari, running the MT4 mobile platform. I know, I know some people say its a bucket shop, but I'm satisfied so far.

The other awesome thing is, that when I am in my home/office, if I place an order on my mobile, it is instantaneously displayed on my PC. They mirror each other (obviously!).

When I walk in the door it detects my wireless network, so I turn off the phone bit which saves me using my monthly 250MB. Of course, I use the PC when home anyway. Unfortunately, my client will not allow personal devices access to his WiFi, hence getting the data contract.

All the best

Great Then,
I am so set! Thank you very much sledge! That sums it all up for this thread.
Good Luck!