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The quotes are downloaded from the free of charge recourses what makes it the most cost-effective solution for those who don't need real-time information.
The program downloads minute and daily data. All the rest resolutions are based on them. Minute data is delayed by 20 minutes.
As the service is free of charge its reliability and the quality of quotes are lower than with the service provided by the commercial data vendors.<br>
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|style="border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #cccccc"|Low reliability
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|style="border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #cccccc"|Poor data quality
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== Features and limitations ==
'''Features'''
* Ability to select the server from which the data is downloaded
* Ability to define the mirror servers and the order of queries to them
* Automatical retry if the server is unavailable
* Ability to set up the timeout value and the number of retries
'''Limitations'''
* Bid/Ask not supported
* Data is delayed by 20 minutes
* Ticks unavailable
== Setting up ==
# Make sure you have the access to the Internet.
# MultiCharts use the same port as the Internet browser, what means that if you can surf the Internet, MultiCharts will work.
<br>To create a symbol using Free Quotes as the Data Source see [[Adding Symbol(s) to Symbol List|Adding Symbol(s) to Symbol list]] section for more detailed information.
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[[Category:Built-in_Data_Sources]]