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.
I had the same issue.
Multicharts with IB
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.