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OneMarketData FAQs

OneMarketData FAQs
When was OneMarketData founded, and who developed the OneTick solution?

OneMarketData was founded in 2005 by Leonid Frants, Ph.D., who has spent more than 15 years building enterprise financial data management systems for statistical arbitrage, algorithmic trading and program trading departments of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. As part of the global solution at Goldman Sachs, Dr. Frants built a comprehensive tick data solution as well as a reference data solution that linked and scrubbed all historical corporate actions, symbol changes, risk models, historical closing prices, and other reference and analytical market data to provide a unified repository to support the quantitative needs of a large financial institution. For more information on the history of OneMarketData, please visit the Overview page. For additional information on our team of data management experts, please visit the Management page.

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I am a current OneTick customer and would like to upgrade to OneTick Accelerator and/or CEP. Is this possible?

Yes, since our suite of OneTick products are seamlessly integrated, upgrading to another solution is a simple process that can be performed easily by our highly trained product specialist and support team. Please contact your OneMarketData sales representative or contact us at sales@onetick.com or 646.416.5551 for additional information on upgrading to a complementary solution.

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What type of data can OneTick handle?

All OneTick products collect every tick for all asset classes, including equities, fixed income, futures, FX and options, as well as full order book data. OneTick also can process elementized news, daily process data and reference data - storing and analyzing all kinds of data uniformly.

OneMarketData's complementary OneQuantData solution handles all types of non-tick data including corporate actions, symbology, symbol mapping and all types of reference data. A relational database that is integrated directly with our OneTick solutions, all data stored in OneQuantData can be queried by OneTick for analysis with tick data.

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Does OneTick have any limitations regarding data processing or data volumes?

No, OneTick leverages a high-performance, low-latency architecture that collects and processes millions of ticks per seconds of a single central processing unit. It archives billions of ticks per day globally and can easily tackle rapidly risking data volumes and real-time data rates. It also can service multiple concurrent user queries on large datasets that span decades.

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How is OneTick CEP different from traditional CEP engines?

OneTick CEP provides a CEP engine that is built directly into OneTick Database, providing a fully integrated CEP, data management and analytics solution unavailable in other CEP solutions. Unlike other CEP engines, users can apply analytics directly to real-time streaming data and combine real-time data with historical data within queries for complex quantitative analysis.

With OneTick CEP, users also can write code one time for real-time and historical data analysis, as well as implement live signal generation for strategies that require streaming and historical data without extra coding - reducing coding errors and increasing efficiency.

And, since OneTick CEP includes all the standard functionality of OneTick Database, users are able to purchase a CEP and data management solution for the price commonly offered for only one of these traditionally disparate systems. Thus, not only do OneTick CEP users save money on costly data and system integration fees, but they pay only one license fee per month for two world-class data solutions.

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How does OneTick ensure its data is standardized?

OneTick Database standardizes and cleanses all data before each query. It accomplishes this through built-in data concept handling for corrects/cancels, corporate actions, symbol maps and continuity, and futures rolls/exchange calendars.

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What analytics are available with OneTick?

OneTick Database's built-in business logic provides users with an unmatched set of more than 80 preprogrammed intuitive functions including VWAP, time weighted spread and more. For a full list of OneTick Database's robust analytics functionality, please visit the OneTick Database information page.

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What real-time and historical feed handlers does OneTick include?

OneTick includes multiple real-time and historical feed adapters that allow clients to access data in one location and eliminate errors from data integration which can lower the quality of an entire dataset and subsequent analyses.

For a full list of OneTick's real-time and historical feed handlers please visit the OneTick Database information page.

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Can OneTick develop custom APIs?

Yes, OneTick can develop custom APIs to any real-time or historical data feed as well as proprietary data sources. Most custom adapters can be built and implemented in just a few hours. OneTick also includes generic loaders for any ASCII file.

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What operating system do I need to run OneTick?

To further lower the total cost of ownership, OneTick offers a unified platform that operates on multiple operating systems and native APIs including:

  • Linux, Windows, Solaris, 32 bit or 64 bit
  • C++, Java, Perl, C#/.net
  • SAS, MATLAB®, S-PLUS, R
  • ODBC/SQL, Excel

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How is OneTick different from other data management systems?

OneTick differs from traditional data management systems in that it is a fully integrated tick capture, storage, retrieval and analytics platform for real-time streaming and historical data. OneTick is the only solution with complete low-level business logic and analytics as well as key high-level business logic which is directly built in to all facets of the system.

With OneTick, users can query and analyze both real-time streaming and historical data by sending a single query to the database server for one-time query evaluation over historical data (request/reply) and to the CEP server for continuous evaluation in response to arriving streaming data (subscribe/publish).

Thus, with OneTick is the only system where users do not need to purchase disparate systems for data management, CEP and analytics - eliminating costly system integrations and license fees.

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What data items are included in OneTick Reference Data File?

OneTick Reference Data File is a flat file uploaded daily to provide users with critical updates to pertinent reference data for all asset classes. Reference data includes historical symbol changes and symbol continuity information, corporate actions (e.g., dividends, rights, splits, warrants, etc.) and symbology mapping. For more information on OneTick Reference Data File please visit the OneTick Reference Data File Web page.

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Does OneTick Reference Data File require downtime for file uploads?

No, the OneTick Reference Data File empowers users to batch load the reference file automatically each day without any downtime. For more information on OneTick Reference Data File please visit the OneTick Reference Data File Web page.

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What are your customer support hours?

OneMarketData provides 24-hour customer support for all its clients. OneMarketData customers can contact the support team directly via e-mail at support@onetick.com. Please note additional arrangements are available through customer-specific service level agreements.

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How do I schedule a demonstration of OneTick or OneQuantData?

To schedule a demonstration of any of our innovative OneTick or OneQuantData solutions, you can contact us directly at 646.416.5550 or sales@onetick.com. Additionally, please feel free to fill out the information form on our Web site and a sales representative will be in touch shortly to discuss your specific needs and schedule a customized demonstration.

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What hardware do I need for a OneTick installation?

OneTick can run on multiple operating systems including Linux, Windows, Solaris, Solaris on Intel, 32 or 64-bit. Regarding specific hardware requirements, it is important to note that each OneTick installation is unique based on the specific data volumes required by the user. Please note that CPU requirements can range from 4 CPU for historical data feeds to 32 CPU for OPRA and other data feeds with extensive volume.

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I would like to learn more about OneMarketData's OneTick and/or OneQuantData solutions. Is a trial license available?

Yes, OneMarketData offers trials for all of its data management solutions. To learn more about our solutions and how to begin a product trial, please contact us at 646.416.5550 or sales@onetick.com.

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How will OneMarketData's solutions lower my total cost of ownership for data management, analytics and CEP solutions?

OneMarketData's solutions lower the total cost of ownership of traditional data management, analytics and CEP platforms by eliminating costly systems integration, maintenance and licensing fees. With OneMarketData, all systems are seamlessly integrated so users do not need to waste resources and time trying to combine disparate systems.

Additionally, since OneMarketData offers one solution for data management, CEP and analytics, users do not need to maintain three different systems, eliminating IT costs associated with maintaining system compatibility, upgrades and more. And since OneMarketData's solutions are so easy to use, users do not need to rely on outside consultants to provide support or train users on the system. Instead, all support is handled in-house by highly trained data management experts who are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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