SPX on IB  [SOLVED]

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SPX on IB

Postby JohnR » 27 Jul 2015

Hi,

I'm using IB for my data, an I live in the CST timezone. When I put SPX on a chart, it always starts at 9:30 for the open no matter what time zone I use in Format Instrument -> Settings -> Display. Matching up MC and IB (TSW) charting, the MC SPX 9:30 matches the IB 9:30, but I can't get the first hour of the SPX to show in MC.

How do I get SPX to show for the first hour of trading in MC?

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John

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Re: SPX on IB

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 27 Jul 2015

Hello John,

In MultiCharts the bar timestamps are referring to the close of the bar.
in TWS the timestamps are for the bar open.

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Re: SPX on IB

Postby JohnR » 27 Jul 2015

My chart (in both) is 1 minute resolution. The first bar I see in MC for SPX is 9:31 (for both local/exchange timezones).

All other stocks in MC show the first bar (1 minute resolution) at 8:31 for local and 9:31 for exchange as you would expect.

I can't seem to get MC to show me the first hour for SPX.

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Re: SPX on IB

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 28 Jul 2015

Please add the symbols from the data source.
In QuoteManager please go to Instrument tab->Add symbol->From data source->Interactive Brokers->Indexes->SPX.
Then plot a new chart for this instrument.

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Re: SPX on IB  [SOLVED]

Postby JohnR » 28 Jul 2015

It was already in there for IB and CBOE.

Looking more through the quote manager, it seems like the session times for the exchange (or symbol) might be off. Regular trading hours for SPX (from CBOE) are:

Extended Hours: 2:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Central time (Chicago time).
Regular Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Central time (Chicago time).

In my MC (quote manager) for SPX it's showing 9:30 - 16:00 for the session.

On my charts, my Sessions are set to US Stocks (Regular Trading Hours). If I change that to wider time ranges, then the data for SPX starts coming through for the first hour.

This basically solves my issue.


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