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I've had no trouble with IB at all... In which version of the platform has
this new problem (the repeating ID problem) occurred?
----- Original Message -----
From: "scourt2000" <stevehite@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 6:17 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: IB plugin 1.8.0 released - This is a fix? I don't
think so!
>
> Ed,
>
> I am using eSignal 8.0 rc2 charting / datafeed with IB as my broker.
> It has been rock solid throughout all of this volatility.
>
> Version 10.x of eSignal charting is still a mess. There's data lags
> galore there. Someone did their best and brightest to mess that
> version cycle up but good.
>
> I would assume that the Amibroker real-time front-end charting with
> an eSignal data backend is very solid too. It's just that I only
> use Amibroker for research purposes.
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Ed Fast" <fasttrader@xxx> wrote:
>>
>> For what it is worth, I do not know of any platform that is
> performing
>> reliably. The Trade Station people are screaming about lock ups,
> The Ninja
>> people the same. I think that the incredible volatility is just
>> overwhelming the systems everywhere. If anyone has had a solid
> reliable
>> rock steady platform the last 2 weeks, I would like to hear about
> it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
>>
>> _____
>>
>> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf
>> Of James
>> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:59 AM
>> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: IB plugin 1.8.0 released - This is a
> fix? I
>> don't think so!
>>
>>
>>
>> FWIW: I just went to the elitetrader message board
> www.elitetrader.com to
>> see if anyone was complaining. The board is pretty active and IB
> monitors it
>> or has in the past. This is the first thing I saw:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <http://www.elitetrader.com/i/down.gif>
>>
>> Interactive Brokers
>>
>>
>>
>> treat <http://www.elitetrader.com/br/?action=view&R_FirmID=43>
> customers
>> like they're ex-boyfriends. unreliable platform.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <http://www.elitetrader.com/i/down.gif>
>>
>> Interactive Brokers
>>
>>
>>
>> charts and <http://www.elitetrader.com/br/?action=view&R_FirmID=43>
>> backfill useless
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <http://www.elitetrader.com/i/down.gif>
>>
>> Interactive Brokers
>>
>>
>>
>> HORRENDOUS <http://www.elitetrader.com/br/?
> action=view&R_FirmID=43> SUPPORT
>> - IB GET YOUR BACK FILL CORRECTED
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> so maybe they will get the message. I hate IB, but I also hate to
> change
>> while I am in the middle of learning AB. Don't need anymore on my
> plate. I
>> think IB is the main platform that TJ has supported as far as a
> plugins and
>> automated trading. If TJ jumps ship, I'm going where he goes.
> MFglobal seems
>> to have some decent futures platforms but I don't think they clear
> stocks so
>> I guess that is out of the question. Too bad IB can't get their act
>> together, because it is a wonderful concept to be able to trade all
> these
>> markets and instruments worldwide with one account and one platform.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _____
>>
>> From: Peter <aretep@xxx>
>> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:25:53 PM
>> Subject: RE: [amibroker] Re: IB plugin 1.8.0 released - This is a
> fix? I
>> don't think so!
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Same for me with ESZ8-GLOBEX- FUT. Hopeless!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Can anyone comment on using another live data supplier e.g. eSignal
> and
>> still use Amibroker to trade a Interactive Brokers account? Is this
>> possible?
>>
>>
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com <http://ps.com/>
> [mailto:amibroker@
>> yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of James
>> Sent: Saturday, 18 October 2008 7:09 a.m.
>> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com
>> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: IB plugin 1.8.0 released - This is a
> fix? I
>> don't think so!
>>
>>
>>
>> I am currently trying to backfill 1 day of data for 6CZ8-GLOBEX-
> FUT. It has
>> been running for over two hours and the Plugin Status window says:
>>
>> Connected OK
>>
>> Backfilling (#18) 6CZ8-GLOBEX- FUT (1/1)
>>
>>
>>
>> No throttling messages to my knowledge. It is streaming fine from
> the moment
>> I clicked on the symbol, but the overnight history is missing.
>>
>>
>>
>> _____
>>
>> From: Tomasz Janeczko <groups@xxxxxxxxxx com>
>> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com
>> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 2:48:17 AM
>> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: IB plugin 1.8.0 released - This is a
> fix? I
>> don't think so!
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> The fix was required because recent TWS started to REJECT
>>
>> backfill requests with same requestID but different start/end times.
>>
>> Pre-1.8.0 versions used same requestID for ONE symbol in order
>>
>> to backfill more than 5 days for one symbol.
>>
>> But new TWS simply rejects it with error code.
>>
>> So new (1.8.0) uses continuously increasing requests IDs for
>>
>> each subsequent backfill request and this is actually the only
>>
>> way to get backfill longer than 5 days working with newest TWS.
>>
>> It works fine on my end and from the feedback I received in a
> couple of
>> days,
>>
>> it works for others too better than 1.7.0
>>
>>
>>
>> Error 162 is "Historical market Data Service error message."
>>
>>
>>
>> It means that something is wrong on TWS/IB end (i.e. with their
> historical
>> server).
>>
>> You may be not connected or you may be facing IB throttling.
>>
>>
>>
>> As I wrote many times on this list TWS has *fixed* limit of 1
> backfill at a
>> time.
>>
>> It can not be worked around. This is hardcoded in TWS.
>>
>>
>>
>> Therefore you need to ask for data once at a time.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best procedure is as to run AB before market open, put the symbols
> you need
>>
>> into Real-time QUote window, click with RIGHT mouse button over
> plugin
>> status
>>
>> window and select "Backfill All RTQ symbols", this will step
> through all
>>
>> rt quote window symbols once at a time at backfill them all.
>>
>> If you experience problems with pacing violation you may also go to
>> File->Database Settings,
>>
>> click "Configure" and turn OFF "automatic backfill on first data
> access".
>>
>>
>>
>> As written here:
>>
>> <http://www.amibroker.com/ib.html> http://www.amibroke r.com/ib.
> html
>>
>>
>>
>> If you switch "automatic backfill on first data access" option off,
> you will
>> still be able to backfill data for current symbol or all symbols in
>> real-time quote window list usign appropriate menu options from
> plugin
>> status menu.
>>
>>
>>
>> Backfill Current option allows to force backfill of currently
> selected
>> symbol, while Backfill All RTQ symbols allow to force backfill of
> all
>> symbols listed in Real-Time Quote window. Backfill of multiple
> symbols is
>> performed sequentially (one at a time) due to limitations of TWS.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tomasz Janeczko
>> amibroker.com <http://amibroker.com/>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: "Barry Scarborough" < <mailto:razzbarry@...>
>> razzbarry@xxxxxxxxx .us>
>>
>> To: < <mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com>
>>
>> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 5:30 AM
>>
>> Subject: [amibroker] Re: IB plugin 1.8.0 released - This is a fix?
> I don't
>> think so!
>>
>>
>>
>> > Tomasz I think there is a problem.
>> >
>> > I added this dll and it hung up on the first symbol it tried to
> back
>> > fill, AA. I tried to cancel back fill and I got a 162 error
> message
>> > and that would not go away. After about 3 minutes I shutdown and
>> > reconnected IB. The 162 message went away and AB went to the next
>> > symbol to download, AIG. That says backfilling( #4) AIG (1/1) and
> that
>> > keeps flashing about once a second but never back fills the
> symbol
>> > and never advances to the next symbol in the list. AIG is the
> second
>> > symbol in the list. After a while I get an error from TWS that I
> had
>> > reached the throttling error on attempting to back fill AIG. Well
>> > when it started up it started backfilling the symbol displayed on
> the
>> > chart, TFZ8 and says it is #6 and flashed at one second
> intervals,
>> > never backfills as the status continually says Connected OK.
>> >
>> > I have a formula that uses foreign to plot all the symbols in my
> data
>> > base so I don't have to worry about back filling except on
> startup. I
>> > stopped that, shut AB down and restarted it and it now says
>> > Backfilling( #1) AIG (1/1) with the one second flash telling me
> it
>> > connected OK.
>> >
>> > I installed the plugin with TWS running. So I shut AB down, and
>> > started again this time with the old DLL, 1.6.8.0. Same thing. So
> I
>> > shut AB and TWS down and replaced the old with the new DLL and
> stated
>> > it up again. All worked well until I stared the formula above. It
>> > hung on the symbol it was downloading and kept flashing until the
>> > throttling error. At this point I shut AB down and started it
> again
>> > and not it is hung backfilling the chart symbol. I shut down TWS
> and
>> > restarted it and it did the same thing.
>> >
>> > OK Now I am back to where I started. 1.6.8.0 installed and TWS
>> > restarted. Guess what. As long as I don't start my formula to
> plot
>> > all the symbols it will back fill as I click on the symbol. But
> when
>> > I start my formula it hangs. What was working before I tried to
> use
>> > DLL 1.8.0 no longer works. I would think getting it back to where
> it
>> > was before using the new DLL would fix the problem but it seems
> like
>> > that isn't the case. I can back fill some tickers but when I hit
> the
>> > more complex ones, like COMP-NASDAQ- IND it starts with the one
> minute
>> > flashing.
>> >
>> > What is going on? Me thinks there is a bug somewhere. Do you have
> any
>> > idea where? I am using AB 4.90.5. TWS 887.2 and JAVA 1.6.0_07. It
>> > worked all day and not it is broke. I guess the old adage
> applies, if
>> > it ain't broke don't fix it.
>> >
>> > HELP,
>> > Barry
>> >
>> > --- In <mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> amibroker@xxxxxxxxx
> ps.com,
>> "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> <http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/2008/10/15/interactive-brokers-
> tws>
>> http://www.amibroke r.com/devlog/ 2008/10/15/ interactive- brokers-
> tws-
>> > plugin-version- 180/
>> >>
>> >> A new Interactive Brokers TWS data plugin version 1.8.0 is
> released
>> > now.
>> >>
>> >> This version fixes "Duplicate ticker ID for API historical Data
>> > query" error that occurred sometimes with newest TWS version.
>> >>
>> >> It is available for download from:
>> >> <http://www.amibroker.com/bin/ib180/IB.dll> http://www.amibroke
>> r.com/bin/ ib180/IB. dll
>> >>
>> >> (to be copied to Plugins subfolder, replacing old version)
>> >>
>> >> Installation instructions can be found here:
>> >> <http://www.amibroker.com/ib.html> http://www.amibroke
> r.com/ib. html
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >> Tomasz Janeczko
>> >> amibroker.com
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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