I hate to this because I like Amibroker as a charting program, but unfortunately Amibroker's latest IQFeed plugin (1.6.0) was NOT thoroughly tested.
I reported a SEVERE bug in January of this year, which occurs when the plugin is used in daily mode and not in intraday mode. Initially I reported the bug here on this mailing list, not to blame TJ but to see whether other users were experiencing the same problem. Later in January I also sent a detailed description to Amibroker customer service. This critical bug has been left unfixed for more than 6 months now, which means that IQFeed in daily mode can only be used with the old IQFeed plugin 1.5.5 and the outdated IQFeed API 2.3.0.1. See the following messages Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:50 pm http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/message/95626 Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:41 pm http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/message/92835 Re: Any opinions about IQFEED or DTN.IQ? > > I just signed up for the 7 day trial with IQFeed. I do 5 min scans > > of about 200 ETF's for MA, Trendline breaks, and key reversals. > > When I 'wait for backfill' in the initial scan, a missing ticker > > hangs the scan and I have to cancel, and shutdown the plugin to get > > things started again, usually on another IQFeed server. I can also confirm this (important) problem. It's a wellknown problem which occurred already with older IQFeed plugin and IQFeed API versions. As for this bug, TJ claimed that the 'wait for backfill' problem is caused by the IQFeed client connector. He could possibly be right. Still, it is a question why there aren't many posts regarding this misbehavior on the IQFeed developer support board. If Jay F. of IQFeed reads this: I would need the IQFeed API to make backfill tests myself (with the Java client). But the price of $300/year is way too expensive for me as I do not sell a commercial software product. --- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > The plugin has been developed and tested using IQFeed API version 4.1.0.0) > http://www.amibroker.com/iqfeed.html > > Any other API version may not be compatible (in theory it should be but practice > shows just too many times that new APIs break compatibility). > > We strongly recommend eSignal as a real-time feed. > > eSignal: > > a) has stable API > b) they warn about ANY change in eSignal a couple of months BEFORE doing changes > and send testing versions including special logins to new servers (if they make changes to the server software) > before going live > c) they have Q&A team that is actually testing their changes against other software > d) they NEVER broke backward compatibility for 4+ years now. > > Best regards, > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ajfulleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 1:13 AM > Subject: [amibroker] Help with latest IQFeed Client > > > > All, > > I just signed up for the 7 day trial with IQFeed. I do 5 min scans > > of about 200 ETF's for MA, Trendline breaks, and key reversals. > > When I 'wait for backfill' in the initial scan, a missing ticker > > hangs the scan and I have to cancel, and shutdown the plugin to get > > things started again, usually on another IQFeed server. > > And, after a short while some of the tickers stop updating and are > > left back in time. > > The data base is about 90 days, 1 minute, 211 tickers. > > Tech support is trying to work this but they now think it is a > > problem in AB. I'm not so sure. > > I left a short msg for AB support... > > Any comments about the latest IQfeed client(4.1.2.0) from any users? > > All help is greatly appreciated... > > > > Thanks, > > ...Allen > > > > > > > > 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/
