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I'm not seeing Qm download any history from dtn.IQ. I subscribbed to their feed Oct 12th but have nothing prior to that. Does IQ not provide any history? i thiough they did.


Thx
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Please check your symbol at the DTN IQ's website, and tell us what symbol/exchange/settings you're using, we'll try reproducing the situation here.

Please check your symbol at the DTN IQ's website, and tell us what symbol/exchange/settings you're using, we'll try reproducing the situation here.

The symbol I'm referring to is @ESZ6 (Globex).


Thx
D

Taken from the IQ Feed website:

8 calendar days of tick (every trade) and 120 calendar days interval (1 minute or larger intervals) history retrieval for charting and time & sales data

http://www.iqfeed.net/index.cfm?display ... n=services

Yes, please check the data ranges you're trying to request as Chris says.
I just requested a reasonable amount of minutes back and got the chart all right.

Yes, please check the data ranges you're trying to request as Chris says.
I just requested a reasonable amount of minutes back and got the chart all right.

Yes, I tested pulling up a chart and specifying 3 months of minute data. Data went back as far as Oct 12th.
However, why should I have to chart a symbol to get it's history? Shouldn't QM be downloadinging everything that's available?

Had no problem downloading 125 days of minutes for that symbol; as regards the general question:

However, why should I have to chart a symbol to get it's history? Shouldn't QM be downloading everything that's available?

- that is because we do not yet have a scheduler/downloader component.
We consider adding it but so far the only way to gather history is chart it; setting the symbol to Online will gather data beginning from the date it's connected.