IQFeed In Strategy Monitor
Author: chamoun
Creation Date: 9/13/2012 10:37 AM
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chamoun

#1
I am trying to use an iQFeed Dataset in Strategy Monitor but it looks like the data is still being polled from Fidelity. Is iQFeed supported in Strategy Monitor?

Thanks.
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Eugene

#2
Yes, it is supported.

What makes you think so? Could be an external symbol not recognizable by IQFeed, or a direct pointer at a Fidelity DataSet in your script with the help of the GetExternalSymbol overload.
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chamoun

#3
The strategy is very simple (1 line) and the DataSet is unique to iQFeed ( AAPL DELL HPQ IBM MSFT QQQ SPY) however the symbols do exist in other Fidelity DataSets - it seems that it is polling and waiting instead of getting the bars at the close of the minute from the realtime feed.

Any insight?


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Eugene

#4
I don't feel like dealing with what "seems". Could you show me the Strategy Monitor log?

The IQFeed provider undoubtedly works properly. Maybe you have a delayed IQFeed subscription.

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chamoun

#5
In looking at the log and after talking to iQfeed minute bars are requested from their server. They do not build locally any bars from tick data - it takes over 20 seconds to update 500 stocks in strategy monitor. Hopefully the Fidelity updates will be much faster in 6.4.
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Eugene

#6
Minute bars, that's right. No bars are built locally from tick (or whatever) data: N-minute bars are requested from IQFeed API.
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