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[amibroker] Re: Data feed from TD AMERITRADE using AMERITRADE API (2 years intraday backfill !)



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--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "johnz3008" <johnz3008@xxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Tomasz,
> 
> 
> One of my trading friends ontacted the TD ameritrade for their API. 
> Jerry, the developer of QT is now the major support guy of 
ameritrade 
> API now. He said we can backfill 2 years'(max) intraday historical 
data 
> using ameritrade API. That sounds super!
> 
> Many of my friends are using AB with QT to get the intraday data 
from 
> Ameritrade, however, QT only supports 20 days backfill and the 
existing 
> QT plugin(privided by AB) eats lots of CPU resource since it uses 
HTTP 
> server mode.
> 
> In our opinion, TD ameritrade's intraday data is very clean, it's a 
> very good data source. Ameritrade's server is very very fast, We 
can 
> easily backfill 500 symbols' 20 days intraday data very quick and 
> without any interruption throught QT (while we can not do that with 
IB 
> fackfill, IB server often kicks the backfill threads out after 
certain 
> bytes are transfered). Considering we have so many Ameritrade 
users, we 
> believe it will bring more customers to AB for sure if we can have 
a 
> plugin to get RT and historical data from ameritrade using their 
> streaming API, even you charge the plugin for certain cost.
> 
> Would you mind making a plugin for that using ameritrade API? 
> 
> The steps are: 
> 1. go 
> http://www.tdameritrade.com/tradingtools/partnertools/api_dev.html 
for 
> some information.
> 2. send an email to api@xxx, they will send the NDA form 
> to you to sign.
> 3. After you signed the NDA, then they will email all documents and 
> APIs to you.
> 
> Hopefully, we could have an ameritrade plugin soon.
> 
> Thanks
> John
>
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