Getting Historical Forex Tick Volume

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Lindstroms
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Getting Historical Forex Tick Volume

Postby Lindstroms » 08 Apr 2014

Hi, I am new to this forum and hope I am not asking too stupid a question, though I could not find it already posted.
I am using Multicharts in conjunction with Interactive Brokers.
When I pull up a chart of a stock it populates the historical price and volume data, however when I pull up a chart of a forex pair e.g. EUR.AUD, it pulls up the historical price data but not the volume data. It seems to start building the volume data from when I pull up the chart but I cannot see how I can load the historical data. I have used the Multicharts Reload facility but that just seems to reload the price data.
Any suggestions on how I can load this historical forex tick volume data.
Thanks

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Re: Getting Historical Forex Tick Volume

Postby beck donald » 08 Apr 2014

The spot forex marketplace does not have volume. You can get tick counts by going to instrument format and change build volume on to tick counts.

BR

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Re: Getting Historical Forex Tick Volume

Postby Lindstroms » 08 Apr 2014

Thanks for the reply BR,
Yes I have that setting on and I am getting through tick volume updates, but I have no history prior to opening the chart.
How do I get through the Tick Volume history for forex when I am using Interactive Brokers as the data source.
Perhaps Interactive Brokers does not provide the historical data?

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Re: Getting Historical Forex Tick Volume

Postby beck donald » 08 Apr 2014

I have no IB experience... sorry

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Re: Getting Historical Forex Tick Volume

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 08 Apr 2014

Hello Lindstroms,

Interactive Brokers does not provide historical Forex volume.

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Re: Getting Historical Forex Tick Volume

Postby MidKnight » 08 Apr 2014

^^....and its tick backfill is 1 second data.


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