[amibroker] Re: Backfilling with IB problems

2009-04-27 Thread dubi1974
Hi guys, had the same issue... 30 days is no problem. With 180 days I got throttled by IB. dubi --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, ozzyapeman zoopf...@... wrote: I am running the same versions you are, and only a couple of times in 3 months of testing was I ever able to get a 180 backfill

[amibroker] Re: Backfilling with IB problems

2009-04-24 Thread ozzyapeman
I am running the same versions you are, and only a couple of times in 3 months of testing was I ever able to get a 180 backfill from IB. Once in a while I can get 30 days (though even those often get throttled). I have resorted to just buying some historical data from a vendor, and then

Re: [amibroker] Re: Backfilling with IB problems

2009-04-24 Thread Keith McCombs
Ozzy -- Ok, I guess I should feel lucky that I'm not alone here. Did you get your historical data from PiTrading.com or from some other source? If some other, may I ask who? In any case, what did you think of its quality? BTW, on closer inspection I discover that data between 2:59pm and

Re: [amibroker] Re: Backfilling with IB problems

2009-04-24 Thread dingo
I doubt you'll find anyone that matches the data from IB since it's not real time - just a snapshot. d On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Keith McCombs kmcco...@engineer.comwrote: Ozzy -- Ok, I guess I should feel lucky that I'm not alone here. Did you get your historical data from

[amibroker] Re: Backfilling with IB problems

2009-04-24 Thread ozzyapeman
I got my historical data (forex) from disktrading.com. From the spots checks I did with actual IB data, the match was pretty good. --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Keith McCombs kmcco...@... wrote: Ozzy -- Ok, I guess I should feel lucky that I'm not alone here. Did you get your historical

Re: [amibroker] Re: Backfilling with IB problems

2009-04-24 Thread Keith McCombs
Dingo -- I've just been trying to backfill 1 minute data. I only compared a few 10 minute bars with some from TradeStation. Most of those compared exactly OHLC with IB, excepting the spikes that I mentioned below. If/when I get more comparisons, I'll try to keep you posted. Thanks for your