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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> == 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 [[Operating_Symbol_List#Adding Symbol(s) to Symbol List|Adding Symbol(s) to Symbol list]] section for more detailed information. <br>[[Category:Built-in_Data_Sourcesin Data Sources]]
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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, Google and MSN. Only Stocks and Indexes are available from this data source in MultiCharts.
==To set up Free Quotes data feed connection==
# In the Quote Manager 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:
:* One can check/uncheck '''Yahoo''', '''Google''' and '''MSN''' servers to receive data from.
:* One can move '''Yahoo''', '''Google''' and '''MSN''' servers by selecting any of them and clicking the '''Up''' and '''Down''' buttons to change the priority of receiving data.
:* One can disable '''Yahoo''', '''Google''' and '''MSN''' servers by selecting any of them clicking the '''Disable''' button.
:* One can edit number and timeout of attempts to request data from '''Yahoo''', '''Google''' and '''MSN''' servers by editing '''Retry''' and '''Timeout''' columns for corresponding server.
To add an instrument manually, see [[Data_Sources_Overview#Adding_Symbol.28s.29_to_Symbol_List|Adding Symbol(s) to Symbol List]].
