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[amibroker] Re: IB plugin 1.8.0 released



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Thank you for clearing that up for me Tomasz.

It sounds like I need to open a live account and paper trade until 
I'm comfortable with everything.

Thanks for your help.

Bill

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@xxx> 
wrote:
>
> Hello,
> 
> In "quiet" times (before market turmoil) DEMO delivered some very 
limited
> backfill, but now don't expect TWS DEMO to work. DEMO was always
> having very little common with actual account, including completely 
artificial data
> that was flowing on DEMO non-stop even on Sundays.
> 
> TWS DEMO prices are completely *artificial* and flowing slowly at 
constant pace.
> TWS DEMO does not represent actual market prices!
> 
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "halliday_mo" <halliday_mo@xxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 4:18 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: IB plugin 1.8.0 released
> 
> 
> > Tomasz,
> > 
> > When I open AmiBroker with the IB Demo TWS and the BrokerIB 
active 
> > the message area at the bottom of the screen tells me it's 
> > downloading backfill data. Also an Alert message appears that 
says 
> > Demo accounts are only allowed 1 week of backfill.
> > 
> > Doesn't this indicate that IB Demo account has backfill?
> > 
> > It's tremendously slow. Something like 12 bars an hour, with many 
> > retries. When you have data in the database, Backfilling is still 
> > performed on opening AmiBroker, but you can cancel the backfil.
> > 
> > It's the accuracy of the data that I don't like. Yesterday, 
Sunday 
> > October 19th, 2008, at 5:11 (U.S. CDT) Finam and Daily FX both 
had a 
> > close on the EURUSD of 1.5236 and the IB Demo bid was 1.8649.
> > 
> > Until I can get a resolution of these prices, I don't plan on 
trying 
> > to use the AmiBroker to Interactive Boker service.
> > 
> > Bill
> > 
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@> 
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> DEMO accounts don't have backfill. 
> >> Only true accounts (both actual trading account and paper 
trading) 
> > have.
> >> 
> >> Best regards,
> >> Tomasz Janeczko
> >> amibroker.com
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Barry Scarborough" <razzbarry@>
> >> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 1:44 AM
> >> Subject: [amibroker] Re: IB plugin 1.8.0 released
> >> 
> >> 
> >> > Hi Tomasz,
> >> > 
> >> > I just ran into another problem with the new plugin. I tried a 
> > set up 
> >> > to use IBs demo account and it will not back fill at all. One 
> > every 
> >> > symbol it attempts to back fill and continues over and over 
until 
> > a 
> >> > throttling error occurs. The normal data collection works 
fine. I 
> >> > don't know if that bit of info will help when you correct the 
> >> > problems we are having.
> >> > 
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Barry
> >> > 
> >> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@> 
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hello,
> >> >> 
> >> >> http://www.amibroker.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
> >> >> 
> >> >> (to be copied to Plugins subfolder, replacing old version)
> >> >> 
> >> >> Installation instructions can be found here:
> >> >> http://www.amibroker.com/ib.html
> >> >> 
> >> >> Best regards,
> >> >> Tomasz Janeczko
> >> >> amibroker.com
> >> >>
> >> > 
> >> > 
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