Hello, A couple of users mentioned this issue and I am going to investigate if it is possible to workaround this TWS problem. It was not possible for me to work on this earlier because I was busy with beta, knowledge base and other things.
Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "ggoom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 6:42 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: IB plugin > Ed, > > The issue is not with IBc, I think. The automatic backfill function is > a part of regular software. Since nobody came forward telling it is > working, I am suspecting that it is NOT working properly for large > number (more than 60) of symbols. > > I also want to note that the version 1.4.4 worked flawlessly before. > But with new TWS version both 1.4.4 and 1.5.x are not working > appropriately. If you use an old TWS version (854?), try IBplugin > 1.4.4. That worked great before. Because I want to use a new function > in TWS 846, I am doing manual backfills nowadays :(. > > I am suspecting that the backfill speed get slower after some points, > then 'timeout' occurs. Once 'timeout' occurs, the IB plugin assumes > that the backfill is not possible (saying this is demo a account) and > does not try to backfill anymore. I am not sure whether it is possible > or not, but if IB plugin moves to the next symbol or retries after > 'timeout' then at least the majority of symbols will be backfilled, I > guess. > > Anyway, I can say it is probably not you. This function is not working > properly anymore (at least to me). > > Thanks. > > ggoom > > --- In [email protected], "emp62" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> hi, >> >> I asked a similar question to the helpdesk yesterday but no reply yet. >> >> Maybe this is better to post in the beta group since it the IBc is > still >> beta software so I post it there also. >> >> What I do everyday after I calculate what stocks I need to buy and > short for >> the day is that I remove symbols I exited and add symbols which I > need to >> buy or short during the day automatically. Then I go to the "CONN" > button in >> the right bottom corner and do a right mouse click "Backfill All RTQ >> symbols". It starts to go through the list but as soon as it finds > a symbol >> for which the quotes are already downloaded it stops. Or something > like that >> happens. In the end it does not do the job. Always when I start to do a >> backfill for All symbols it starts but stops after a few symbols. >> >> So I wonder am I doing something wrong or does this function does > not work >> properly? >> >> thanks, >> >> Ed >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "ggoom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 11:17 PM >> Subject: [amibroker] IB plugin >> >> >> > Can anyone using IB plugin confirm/deny my experience? >> > >> > When I use the 'Backfill all RTQ symbols function' for IB backfill, it >> > always stops at the 58th symbol. I tested this on two different >> > machines with different symbol lists. >> > >> > Is it only my problem?? >> > Thank you! >> > >> > ggoom. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. >> > >> > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to >> > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com >> > >> > For other support material please check also: >> > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html >> > >> > >> > Yahoo! Groups Links >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. > > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > For other support material please check also: > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Try Online Currency Trading with GFT. Free 50K Demo. Trade 24 Hours. Commission-Free. http://us.click.yahoo.com/RvFikB/9M2KAA/U1CZAA/GHeqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com For other support material please check also: http://www.amibroker.com/support.html Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
