|
PureBytes Links
Trading Reference Links
|
Hi All,
Is anyone using eSignal Forex data?
I've just subscribed to this and I'm having problems. Would greatly
appreciate help on any or all of the following items:
1) Do you have to define Forex as an Index (as you do with the
electronic emini futures contracts) in order to avoid PC hang and
overload?
2) What data fields should you collect for complete data? The Forex
Template in GS shows:
Ask Record 1 Tick
Ask Record 1 Minute
Ask Record 1 Day
Bid Record 1 Tick
Bid Record 1 Minute
Bid Record 1 Day
Do you need a 5 Minute option, too?
3) I've been trying to use the eSignal Plugin for GS (v4081) for
collecting historical data. The Forex settings here are:
Trade Record
1 Tic
1 Minute
5 Minutes
1 Day
Ask Record
1 Tick
Bid Record
1 Tick
What boxes should you check for this?
What about the 5 Minute record? Can you safely ignore this?
Do you need to collect Day data?
4) I've tried various download combinations, all with problems. For
example, I tried the Tick, 1 Min and Ask and Bid boxes, the Plugin went
through the motions of collection the data but on looking in the Edit
Data box there was no data there.
At other times, the Plugin shows so-many bytes received but not all seem
to get processed.
Trying to download data for more than one symbol invariably causes GS to
hang and/or crash.
Any ideas?
5) Finally, what session times do you use? Is it just open on Sunday and
close on Friday or do you need to make entries for each day?
And can I ask what times you should enter? The default Forex setting
seem to run from 23:01 to 22:59 from Sat through to Fri which seems a
bit odd.
Would be everso grateful for any light-shining that you can thrown in
this...
Ian
|