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Re: [amibroker] Re: Settings for Tick data and bar style charts



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Yes, it seems that they added number of trades to historical feed but then streaming data come without this info
(and each streaming "IB-tick" may consist of more than one physical trade).

More interesting is that apparently they finaly start sending OPEN price.

Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wes Smith 
  To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 9:43 PM
  Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Settings for Tick data and bar style charts


  Thomasz
  I think they now include the trade/tick count in API 9.0
  http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/apiReleaseNotes/api9.php?ib_entity=llc#9_numberTrades


  ----- Original Message ----
  From: Tomasz Janeczko <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 3:40:09 AM
  Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Settings for Tick data and bar style charts


  Strictly speaking:

  1. Current IB plugin HAS so called "Tick" mode and these
  represents IB "ticks" i.e. 0.2 sec snapshots (not 5 second).

  2. There is no way to convert 0.2 sec snapshot to true tick
  - there is simply NO INFORMATION about individual trades
  in IB feed and there is no way to compare to eSignal or other
  tick-by-tick feeds. For example 210 tick chart
  from IB data is simply fake. 
  Traders thinking otherwise I fooling themselves.

  Discussed to death on IB own boards:
  http://www.interact ivebrokers. com/cgi-bin/ discus/board- auth.pl?file= /2/37364. html

  Best regards,
  Tomasz Janeczko
  amibroker.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "scourt2000" <stevehite@xxxxxxxx net>
  To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com>
  Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:02 AM
  Subject: [amibroker] Re: Settings for Tick data and bar style charts

  > 
  > 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@xxxxxxxxx ps.com, "Don Hallman" <bmwhendrix@ ...> 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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