I finally got a chart from Daily FX and found that the price at 5:11 closed at 1.5237.
Bill --- In [email protected], "halliday_mo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Today is the first time I've used Interactive Broker's TWS. I had a > lot of trouble with that Back Fill process, I couldn't get it to stop. > > I finally downloaded this month's 1 minute data from Finam using > AmiQuote. It took a minute or so to download Oct 1st to Oct 19th. > data. I changed the file names to the Symbols IB uses, then I re- > entered AmiBroker with the IB interface active. This time I could > stop the back fill process. > > After a minute I looked closely and saw that there was a price jump > between Friday's Close and the current prices. Well, I thought that > could be normal, but when I checked the data at 5:11 PM Sunday Oct. > 19th. > > The current IB Ideal Bid price for the EURCHF was 1.8647 and the > Close price at Finam was 1.5236. > > That's too big a price difference for my comfort. > > Has anyone done a Bid/Ask price comparison between data providers > lately? > > Bill > > --- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@> > wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > Why? There are plenty of interfaces already available. > > You are NOT forced to use IB data. There are plenty of supported > data sources listed > > here: http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_quotes.html > > > > BTW: > > IB for order placing works fine. Also streaming data from IB works > fine. > > The only (temporary) problem is with their backfill. > > > > > > Best regards, > > Tomasz Janeczko > > amibroker.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ara Kaloustian > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 10:11 PM > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Slow IB backfills > > > > > > Tomasz, > > > > IB is obviously difficult to live with .... any plans for another > interface? ThinkorSwim for example? > > > > Ara > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tomasz Janeczko > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 12:59 PM > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Slow IB backfills > > > > > > It is not question of AmiBroker or its plugin, it is just the > IB server problem with GLOBEX backfills. > > Poor performance of backfills is common in ANY software using > IB. > > http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php? > s=&threadid=141226&highlight=IB+backfill > > > > Best regards, > > Tomasz Janeczko > > amibroker.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jose Ferrar > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 5:46 PM > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Slow IB backfills > > > > > > I am shut out of any serious trading this week due to poor > backfills from IB!!! > > Have upgraded TWS last week and IB.dll yesterday. > > Thinking I should roll back these until some improvement > results. > > Any ideas? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: James > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:03 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 > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > >
