IB data is completely useless. Like mentioned here during market hours it is almost impossible to get data. So if you plan to add a symbol during market hours forget about it.
I experienced that my internet connection went offline and when it returned to the online status I could not backfill the data for that day even though it said that the data had been backfilled. So the data for POT for that day where gone and I could not backfill them during market hours. Luckily I also use IQFeed but I used to use IB data to execute the systems. Seems the quality is getting worse each day. ----- Original Message ----- From: James To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 10:03 PM Subject: [amibroker] Slow IB backfills Anyone having problems with IB backfills on futures. I am requesting a 5 day backfill and it is excruciatingly slow. James
