Datafeed
BarChart is a famous provider of historical data in real time. Following the introduction of its new system BarChart on Demand, which is capable of working to the highest standards regardless of the operating system, its informational data base is now considered one of the best. It captures share prices that are received directly from more than 70 exchanges around the world.
Please follow the instructions in the following video to establish the connection correctly
Cumulative Indices
Only displayed and can be added to the chart if connected to one of the following datafeeds: Taipan, IQFeed or Barchart. They display an oscillator of cumulated data of the specific index.
ATTENTION! To be able to see the Cumulative Indices, you must select "All" or "Index" for your specific datafeed in the Datafeed-Tab in the Account connection set-up.
IQFeed is one of the leaders in the international financial market regarding data delivery in real time. Its main advantage is that it transfers the historical data and quotes tick-by-tick, allowing traders to view all short-term changes on a chart.
Please follow the instructions in the following video to establish the connection correctly:
Futures trading IQFeed
If you use IQFeed as a data feed provider you can integrate the desired contract into the chart using the Instrument Escort.
- 1.Select the "Instrument Escort" menu item from the Tools menu.
- 2.In order to use this functionality, select "Read/Mapping instruments" within the Instrument Escort or the "Instruments: Markets & Mappings“ menu item in the Tools menu.
- 3.As long as you are using a demo account from IQ the available history will be limited. As soon as you switch to a live-account you will be able to see all available history from IQ.
Important! Minute data is available for years back. However, tick data is only available for 8 days back during market hours and 180 days outside market hours.
There are three possible ways to load the futures contract history:
Continuous CC = continuous contract. This allows you to map the Front Month history, and the gaps between the contracts will still be visible.
FrontMonth FM = actual contract according to calendar only
BackAdjusted BA = This is a continuous contract, however there are no longer any gaps between different contracts.
For IQFeed "Continuous" or "Back adjusted" contracts it is not possible to have more than ONE instrument with the same type/mapping.
For example: the simultaneous mapping of FDAXSept13 & FDAXDec13 is not possible. If you have 2 instruments with the same mapping you will receive an error message in the Protocol tab notifying you which values are being referred to. The reason for this is that the IQFeed always attaches the historical data to the Front Month contract, which is automatically shifted to the following Front Month contract one day before the rollover.
After changing the contract, reconnection is required.
Only displayed and can be added to the chart if connected to one of the following datafeeds: Taipan, IQFeed or Barchart. They display an oscillator of cumulated data of the specific index.
ATTENTION! To be able to see the Cumulative Indices, you must select "All" or "Index" for your specific datafeed in the Datafeed-Tab in the Account connection set-up.
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A well-maintained database is absolutely essential as a reliable basis for investment decisions. The Lenz+Partner AG is part of the vwd group, one of the largest providers of capital market information in Europe, and has 25 years of experience in the development of stock exchange software and corresponding data services.
Please follow the instructions in the following video to establish the connection correctly:
We recommend to reconnect and restart the Taipan realtime client on a daily basis, as, when being connected continuously and round-the-clock, a full and smooth data supply cannot be guaranteed on the part of Taipan realtime platform. A daily reconnect, restart and reload as well as - on occasion - clearing the "History"-folder will help.
Therefor please open ConfigurationEscort -> directories -> data directory -> History and delete the file containing Taipan-history. Close AgenaTrader and restart it - all Taipan-history will be loaded up-tp-date.
Note: There are four checkboxes in Taipan connection settings:
FrontMonth = actual contract according to the calendar only
Continuous Contract = continuous contract
AutoStart Tai-Pan Realtime: allow to start Tai-Pan Realtime when user establish connection through AgenaTrader
Close Tai-Pan Realtime on Disconnect: automatically close Tai-Pan Realtime after disconnetion in AgenaTrader
AgenaTrader allows you to set a futures rollover alert. More information about futures contracts can be found in the section Futures.
Continuous CC = continuous contract
FrontMonth FM = actual contract according to calendar only
As described in Taipan connection guide, you can choose in account settings, if you want "CC" or "FM". Whatever is chosen there, will be regarded as the default setting afterward. No matter what contract you have in Connection settings, AgenaTrader will use settings from Instrument Escort for the selected instrument.
Cumulative Indices
Only displayed and can be added to the chart if connected to one of the following datafeeds: Taipan, IQFeed or Barchart. They display an oscillator of cumulated data of the specific index.
ATTENTION! To be able to see the Cumulative Indices, you must select "All" or "Index" for your specific datafeed in the Datafeed-Tab in the Account connection set-up.
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With the new TeiPan.Net connection there is no need to install the desktop client of datafeed. It will connect to Taipan API directly.
To create a new connection please follow the instructions:
- 1.Enter a connection name.
- 2.Choose TaiPan.Net as a provider.
- 3.Click "Next" button.
- 4.Enter your user id and password
- 5.Select the contract for futures (Continuous or Front Month contract).
- 6.Click "Finish" button.
- 7.Select the instrument lists you need.
- 8.Click "Import instruments lists" button.
With TaiPan.Net you can receive Dax30 Options data. With regular Taipan connection, there is no such ability.
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