Kraken
From MultiCharts
To connect MultiCharts to Kraken, it is necessary to receive an API Key from the Kraken website.
- Historical bars are provided for minute and daily data.
- History is provided only for Trades.
- Depth-of-Market data is available.
To set up Kraken data feed connection:
- In the QuoteManager main menu select Tools and then click Data Sources, highlight Kraken in the list of all supported data vendors and click the Settings button.
- In the Main tab in the Connectivity section:
- Enter your API-key. The API-key can be received at the Kraken website after free registration.
- Enable the option Use heartbeats for connection loss detection to automatically restore the connection with Kraken server in case of temporary connection loss.
- Check Show Error pop-up alert to receive alerts.
- In the Volume Multiplier tab you can select the category of the instruments and configure the Volume Multiplier value.To learn more about Volume Multiplier see this page.
To add an instrument manually or from data source, see Adding Symbols to Symbol List.
Set up Kraken Broker Profile for trading and Kraken Broker Plug-in for auto-trading.