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Quote from misctrader:
BTW, how come i don't get any quotes for yen and euro??

I put globex:@jpym4 and globex:@eurm4. i get those quotes on my IB TWS though. Hmm...
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You are using wrong symbols. Assuming you are looking for the futures quotes, the symbols are:
GLOBEX:@6JM4
GLOBEX:@6EM4

May also be the following for the minies:
GLOBEX:@J7M4
GLOBEX:@E7M4

In general, just enter the symbols into TWS, then look at the end of the DESCRIPTION column to see what the local symbol is, which is what you need to enter into QT.

Also, can QT backfill intraday for the eminis? Because when I go to the backfill data proxy, it didn't have IB. Does this mean i have to 1) get eSignal 2) start QT early enough during the day before the open to have a full chart of the day?
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IB does not currently provide backfill data, though that may change in the future. You can use one of the other datafeeds for backfill including
eSignal

IQFeed

Money.net

Prophet.net

all of which provide multiday backfill data for futures. Yes, you can of course make sure QT is running all the time to get the data

Also, can you do multiple time frame charts? Like a 1min and 5min on the same symbol??
thanks!
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Yes, open one chart, then right click on it and select New Chart... from the popup menu

Jerry Medved
http://www.quotetracker.com
 
Quote from j_medved:

You are using wrong symbols. Assuming you are looking for the futures quotes, the symbols are:
GLOBEX:@6JM4
GLOBEX:@6EM4

May also be the following for the minies:
GLOBEX:@J7M4
GLOBEX:@E7M4

Jerry Medved
http://www.quotetracker.com
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jerry,

you are awesome!! you just created another *FAN* of Medved QT!

Well, I got a few lingering questions. So, I used Globex:@6Jm4 and 6eM4, which works fine. those are the full yen/euro futures contract.

however, on the 6jm4, it only displays up to 4 decimal places. which is not sufficient. since the yen trades out to SIX decimal places. I was looking for a setting to change the # of decimals displayed and I couldn't.

And one other thing, i can't get the euro or yen daily chart when i type in 6jm4. it said no data available. hmm..

u r awesome. quicker than a speeding bullet! :)
thanks!

misc!
 
Quote from misctrader:

on the 6jm4, it only displays up to 4 decimal places. which is not sufficient. since the yen trades out to SIX decimal places. I was looking for a setting to change the # of decimals displayed and I couldn't.
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go to OPTIONS/Edit Preferences menu, MISC tab - top right.

And one other thing, i can't get the euro or yen daily chart when i type in 6jm4. it said no data available. hmm..
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Are you referring to the historical charts? those are independent of the quote source (IB) so they use different symbols. I believe the ones you are looking for are:
EC0406 and JY0406

Look them up at
http://www.prophet.net/quotes/futureswatch.jsp
 
im a complete computer idiot.... i have no major problems with QT and when ive had questions, the tech support has gotten right back to me. QT has the best tech support - period.
 
Quote from j_medved:

go to OPTIONS/Edit Preferences menu, MISC tab - top right.



Are you referring to the historical charts? those are independent of the quote source (IB) so they use different symbols. I believe the ones you are looking for are:
EC0406 and JY0406

Look them up at
http://www.prophet.net/quotes/futureswatch.jsp
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jerry,

i got another one for ya. can we adjust the candlestick spacing? Like expand and contract? Something that Tradestation and eSignal can do. +/- spacing.

it will just be more pleasing on the eyes. Also, there doesn't seem to be scroll bars for the window? Or is it b/c I haven't collected enough data yet...

And the the window that appears when one put ove a candlestick seems to NOT display the high/lo of that bar. But rather over a bigger time period(possibly the entire day...)

In the daily chart, is there a way to have the same window pops up when you move to each bar so you know the OHLC of each bar/day?

thanks!
 
Quote from misctrader:

jerry,

i got another one for ya. can we adjust the candlestick spacing? Like expand and contract? Something that Tradestation and eSignal can do. +/- spacing. it will just be more pleasing on the eyes.
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in general, you can either adjust the candle width or amount of data visible on the chart, but not both, since there is only so many ways you can fit X bars into a given area. In QT, we let you specify the time frame and QT will adjust the candle sizes based on that time frame and the size of the chart window. If you make the chart window bigger, the candles will be bigger. If you reduce the time period of the chart, the candles will also be bigger. And, of course if you increase the frequency, that will increase the candle sizes since there will be fewer candles to display for the given time period

Also, there doesn't seem to be scroll bars for the window? Or is it b/c I haven't collected enough data yet...
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Scroll bars - you can enable them on OPTIONS/Edit Preferences/Charts Misc screen


And the the window that appears when one put over a candlestick seems to NOT display the high/lo of that bar. But rather over a bigger time period(possibly the entire day...)

In the daily chart, is there a way to have the same window pops up when you move to each bar so you know the OHLC of each bar/day?
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as for the window that pops up that displays info, that is the tooltip and that shows the general quote info, not bar specific. If you are looking for bar specific stuff, you want to turn on cross hairs and turn off tooltip (all on the above mentioned configuration screen)

You can also hold down the SHIFT key while on the chart to temporarily turn on cross-hair (ALT key for free floating cross-hair)
 
Quote from j_medved:

3) IB symbology in QT is documented at http://www.quotetracker.com/help/ib.shtml

GLOBEX:@ESH4
GLOBEX:@NQH4
DTB:@FDAX MAR 04 Must have 1 space before and after MAR
ECBOT:@YM MAR 04 Must have 3 spaces after YM and 1 space after MAR

The symbol peculiarities (multiple spaces, etc) is not a QT thing. Those symbols are IB's.

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jerry,

my man. i got another question. I'm trying to display NKD(Nikkei 225 futures Dollar version that's traded on globex). I see the quotes on IB. But I can't see them on QT.

I put GLOBEX:@NKDM4

but the bid/ask/last are all 0.

what is the correct symbology for the NKD? or you don't support it?

thanks!

-misc
 
what you have is correct. I just entered:
GLOBEX:@NKDM4

and it worked here.

If its still not working for you, email us and indicate:

QT Version
TWS Version
# of symbols you are tracking

And of course the problem in question so support will know what its in reference to
 
Quote from j_medved:

what you have is correct. I just entered:
GLOBEX:@NKDM4

and it worked here.

If its still not working for you, email us and indicate:

QT Version
TWS Version
# of symbols you are tracking

And of course the problem in question so support will know what its in reference to
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nevermind. there was a typo. oops
 
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