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Don,
It's because IB does not have tick data. They have 5 second snapshot
data at the finest granularity. If you want tick data, you have to use
a true tick-by-tick data source like eSignal.
I know, I know. There's other charting packages out there that try
their best to take the concept of a tick and apply it to IB's data
snapshot methodology but that is not what Tomasz's IB plugin will do for
you.
I know many traders who use these other packages, and use information
from other traders who have tick-by-tick data feeds (like eSignal or
TradeStation) and they find some kind of near-equivalent mapping to the
IB snapshot data. That modus operandi isn't gonna happen in Amibroker
for you unless you find a very clever fellow to write an IB plugin for
you that fakes Amibroker out into thinking that it's receiving real
ticks from snapshot data.
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Don Hallman" <bmwhendrix@xxx> wrote:
>
> I have been trying to set up to use tick data on 42 or 210 tick charts
> but the data does not feed in or chart correctly. I use IB for data.
> I set my database to tick, but when I try to backfill, no data comes
> in and the backfill length is set to minimum and will not change?
>
> My second problem is that charts keep defaulting back to candlestick.
> Seem no matter how I close out or save the charts this happens.
>
> Both problems are probably simple operator error, but I need some
> guidance.
>
> Thanks,
> Don
>
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