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



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Hopefully, some day this will be possible..

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@xxx> wrote:
>
> It is not economically feasible for us to support more data sources,
specifically closed-source ones, 
> as it means only time/costs spent on development/maintenance/support
> but revenue goes not to us, but to data vendor.
> 
> Data vendors however can take our freely available PUBLIC open API
(without  need to sign any NDA)
> and write the plugins on their own:
>
http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/2006/12/15/amibroker-development-kit-adk-for-cc-now-available-to-everyone/
> 
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "johnz3008" <johnz3008@xxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 3:21 AM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Data feed from TD AMERITRADE using
AMERITRADE API (2 years intraday backfill !)
> 
> 
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "johnz3008" <johnz3008@> 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@, 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
> >>
> > Pump
> > 
> > 
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