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Date/Time: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 08:52:40 +0000
Post From: Bonds Charts from IB
| [2014-01-16 15:54:16] |
| User626121 - Posts: 82 |
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Here is the answer from IB support (I don't know why she says "Multicharts" instead of "Sierra Chart", because I clearly said I use SC): Hello xxx, According to your log's the API Client (e.g. MultiCharts) only had requested real time market data, not historical data for the US-T Bond (localSymbol = IBCID138298428). But since Bonds only trade from 08:00 - 17:00 EST the market was closed and there was no real time data to relay back. Just like in TWS, using MultiCharts you can request historical data (e.g. charting data) with the What to Show = MIDPOINT, which will then be able to relay historical data to the API Client. as a test I utilized our Sample Java Client which uses the same type of API Connection used by MultiCharts. Below I have provided a screen shot that shows that historical data can be successfully requested for the US-T Bond contract: localSymbol = IBCID138298428 secType = BOND exchange = SMART currency = USD End Date/Time = 20140115 17:00:00 EST Duration = 3 M barSize = 1 day What to Show = MIDPOINT To recap it seems MultiCharts was only requesting real time data which is not available when the market is closed, there are no indications that any disconnect or error caused MultiCharts to shut down and IB does provide historical data for US-T Bonds. In this particular case it would be advised to forward this e-mail to MultiCharts for additional assistance. Regards, -Angel IB API Support |