Thanks.. I'll try that. The max backfill length is 180 days. Have you ever try to get that many days filled during the off hour period?
--- In [email protected], "Ed Hoopes" <reefbreak...@...> wrote: > > What I did is to set the Backfill Length to some big number to start - say 30 > days. Then go to some off hour time and get your historical data. > > Then each day you trade, set the Backfill Length to just the amount of data > you need since you last updated. For me it is usually just one day. > > This speeds things up considerably. > > ReefBreak > > > > --- In [email protected], "louies88" <Louies88@> wrote: > > > > Hello All > > > > I hooked up the IB w/ Amibroker for real-time quotes. Although the quotes > > are coming in great, the charts aren't. It is EXCRUCIATINGLY long to get > > the chart updated, especially if I have more than 5 charts. I'm trading > > forex, but trying to get equity, futures, and forex quotes all at the same > > time. What normally happens is that the chart (just one) is updating > > (1-minute time frame) for about 10 seconds then stops. A little message > > pops up telling me that it (IB servers ...I suppose) needs to reload or > > something like that. And the time that it takes is roughly 120 seconds. > > Once that done, I would get another 5 to 10 seconds of updating. The cycle > > begins again. I follow about 5 forex pairs and never get all the charts > > update successfully. Another thing....If I ever skip a day or two w/o > > updating the charts, the next time that I connect to IB w/ AB all my charts > > are "broken." That is, they have "holes" all over the place, indicating > > that some of the charts are not updating. And this happens regardless of > > the time frame. Whether that is in minute or hourly charts. > > > > My question is this: I wonder if I had it set up correctly? I followed the > > instruction from AB pretty closely. The instructions are straight forward. > > But the charts are not updating quick enough. It seems to me that something > > is holding it back. Maybe a incompatibility issue? Anyway, if any of you > > here have some experience in setting this up and getting decent chart > > updates, please let me know. I surely appreciate that. > > > > > > Thanks > > >
