I do not track stocks with AB. It depends on the activity of the stock. You'll have to experiment. Set to a given number, and watch the size of the data file. Once it reached a fixed size you have reached the limit of bars. View the resulting symbol how far back it goes.
Joseph Biran ____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 12:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [amibroker] Re: intraday settings Hi Joseph, Thank you for your suggestions. I trade stocks and was wondering what I needed in terms of bars for a stock to provide a reasonably long chart. I use Esignal as my data provider at the moment. Any and all help is appreciated. Thank you. Tim --- In [email protected], "J. Biran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you mean you use volume bars, you need to setup your > database to use tick base interval. > Also, you have to rely on RT data you collect yourself by > being continuously connected to IB since you cannot use > backfills (the backfill will destroy the RT data you just > collected) hence you need to uncheck the Automatic backfill > on first data access (in Database settings menu |Configure > Interactive Broker plugin). > Lastly if you are trading future contracts that have 3 month > of lifespan, you need to setup the Number of bars: to > 1,000,000 (YES) otherwise you will not be able to save the > whole contract data history. > > Joseph Biran > ____________________________________________ > ------------------------------------ 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
