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Free Quotes data feed is configured correctly by default and one can plot a chart using a number of prebuilt symbols from Free Quotes. That is free end-of-day historical daily bars coming from Yahoo Finance. Only limited number of Stocks and Indexes are available from this data source in MultiCharts.
<div style="background-color: #b8debc;">'''NOTE:''' With FreeQuotes you can get data only for the symbols that on Historical Data webpage have option '''Download'''.</div>
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To set up Free Quotes data feed connection:# In the '''QuoteManager''' main menu select '''Tools''' and then click '''Data Sources''', find '''Free Quotes''' in the list of all supported data vendors and click the '''Settings''' button. The Free Quotes Data Feed Configuration window is opened.:# In the opened up window:::* Edit the number and timeout of attempts to request data from '''Yahoo''' servers by editing '''Retry''' and '''Timeout''' columns.::* Set up proxy connection in the Proxy Authentication tab:::: Select '''Auto-detect proxy settings for this network''' to use your system's proxy settings. Username and Password are required for authentication.::: Select '''Use application proxy settings''' to use the proxy settings specified in the [https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Credentials_Window Credentials Window].<br>To add an instrument manually, see [[Data_Sources_Overview#Adding_Symbol.28s.29_to_Symbol_List|Adding Symbol(s) to Symbol List]]. [[Category:Built-in_Data_Sourcesin Data Sources]]