I had the same issue. I called multicharts and they told me that
IB restristcs the data and IB tells me that there is no
restriction. I finally gave up not knowing what to do.
According to IB, historical data is limited to 1 calendar year.
There are other restrictions resulting in pacing violation (too
many requests). The following link gives some details:
I posted similar question about a week back and the only reply,
besides Tradestation, was from Michael highly recommending
IQFeed.
I have the same issue - limited historical data and constant
pacing violations. If you find something better, please, let me
know. Otherwise, I am seriously considering IQFeed - maybe, I will
do a trial with them. I noticed that their historical data for
stocks goes back only to May 2007.
Meanwhile, I don't trust IB data even inside the provided range
- not until I figure the answer to my older post regarding odd
"spikes". Run daily bars for GLD for one year from IB and see
whether it looks normal.
Multicharts with IB
Posted by rank10 on 23rd of Aug 2010 at 05:13 pm
is it possible to receive more than a year of daily charts from IB?
i know that im limited when it comes to intraday but for some reason i cant get multicharts to take in more than a year of the daily.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
I had the same issue.
Posted by vsunil on 23rd of Aug 2010 at 07:42 pm
I had the same issue. I called multicharts and they told me that IB restristcs the data and IB tells me that there is no restriction. I finally gave up not knowing what to do.
Data limited to 1 calendar year
Posted by kayak5 on 23rd of Aug 2010 at 09:15 pm
According to IB, historical data is limited to 1 calendar year. There are other restrictions resulting in pacing violation (too many requests). The following link gives some details:
http://www.interactivebrokers.com/php/apiUsersGuide/apiguide/api/historical_data_limitations.htm
thanks for the info so what
Posted by rank10 on 23rd of Aug 2010 at 09:43 pm
thanks for the info
so what does everyone else use for historical quotes then when connecting with multicharts?
I use Tradestation. Only reason
Posted by cw12 on 23rd of Aug 2010 at 10:12 pm
I use Tradestation. Only reason I still have an account with them is to pull up historical data and their flat-fee commissions.
IB but looking for something better
Posted by kayak5 on 24th of Aug 2010 at 01:26 am
I posted similar question about a week back and the only reply, besides Tradestation, was from Michael highly recommending IQFeed.
I have the same issue - limited historical data and constant pacing violations. If you find something better, please, let me know. Otherwise, I am seriously considering IQFeed - maybe, I will do a trial with them. I noticed that their historical data for stocks goes back only to May 2007.
Meanwhile, I don't trust IB data even inside the provided range - not until I figure the answer to my older post regarding odd "spikes". Run daily bars for GLD for one year from IB and see whether it looks normal.
yes -- iQ Feed unfortunately
Posted by Michael on 24th of Aug 2010 at 07:28 am
yes -- iQ Feed unfortunately costs money, but its a great data source.