you can accumulate 500,000 bars of data ... look at database settings ----- Original Message ----- From: "loveyourenemynow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 4:18 AM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Accumulating IB backfill data ?
> Hi John, > > I don't think you can go beyond 30000 bars in the database settings. > I tried and it doesn't work, as I think is also explained in AB > manual. > > Backfill is 30000 bars, but what I want is to store new data in real > time, so that over time there are more than 30000 bars. > Right now I can only get the last 30000, so that for each new bar one > is loss from at the beginning of the database (oldest data are loss) > Can you accumulate more than a month of 1 minute data the way you > said? > > Thanks > > Ly > > > --- In [email protected], "John Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Ly, >> >> In the Database Setting window you need to change 'number of bars' > field to >> how ever many bars of 1-minute data you want to keep. Assuming 24 > hour >> trading, you will need 1,440 bars per day. >> >> >> John >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Behalf Of loveyourenemynow >> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 4:28 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [amibroker] Accumulating IB backfill data ? >> >> >> Hi, >> >> using the IB plugin in 1 minute backtest mode I can get 1 month > worth >> of data, but new data overwrite old data so that I always end up > with >> ony 1 month backfill. >> Is there a way to keep storing data without loosing old one? >> >> I think it can be done by exporting data with fput and then merging >> appropriately different files or appending data, but I would like to >> know if it can be done in same other AB built-in way. >> >> Thanks >> >> Ly >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: >> http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ >> >> 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 NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > For other support material please check also: > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
