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IQFeed Developer Support » S,SERVER DISCONNECTED Aug 12, 2019 03:07 PM (Total replies: 1)

Regarding your 2nd question (Is there a way to get what symbols are currently watched?), you can try a S,REQUEST WATCHES request in the Level1 port - this returns a comma-separated list of all currently-watched symbols.
Yair Altman
IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion

Data and Content Support » How to tell which futures contract the continuous contract is based on? Jul 15, 2019 11:13 AM (Total replies: 4)

You can use the Exchange_Root field together with the Expiration_Date field (to get the year and month), convert the month into the corresponding letter based on the standard symbology, and concatenate everything together.

For example, @ES# currently reports Exchange_Root='ES' and Expiration_Date='09/20/2019', so the current underlying contract is @ESU19 (U=September). If you compare the data fields of the fundamental report (after placing a simple watch) for @ES# and @ESU19, you'll see that they are identical except for 4 fields that naturally contain different values: Symbol, Historical_Volatility, 52_Week_High, and 52_Week_High_Date.
Yair Altman
IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion

IQFeed Developer Support » Silent login (no popup window) Jul 10, 2019 04:50 AM (Total replies: 1)

Is there any way to login to IQFeed without the login window appearing? Today, even if we run IQConnect with -login, -password and/or -autoconnect, the login window still appears for a few seconds until the authentication process completes.

If having a silent login option is not currently possible, then please add it to your next release.


Yair Altman
IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion
Edited by altmany on Jul 10, 2019 at 04:52 AM

Data and Content Support » Timestamp Resolution for Tick Data Jun 20, 2019 03:31 PM (Total replies: 2)

My hunch is that you are not setting the protocol when you first connect to IQFeed, which then defaults to IQFeed 4.9 behavior. When I run your query using protocol 5.0 I see millisecond timestamp resolution, and with protocol 6.0 or 6.1 I see microsecs resolution.
http://www.iqfeed.net/dev/api/docs/IQFeedProtocols.cfm

Yair Altman
IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion
Edited by altmany on Jun 20, 2019 at 03:33 PM
Edited by altmany on Jun 20, 2019 at 03:33 PM

Data and Content Support » XGU19 data Jun 13, 2019 06:48 AM (Total replies: 3)

These may be trades done outside regular trading hours (RTH), not via the regular electronic market. The low volume (quantity/size) highlights the difference between such trades (which are infrequent) and trades during normal trading hours.

If you run a streaming query and check the reported MessageContents and TradeCondition fields, you'll probably see that they contain codes that correspond to "Extended/Form-T Trade" (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/formt.asp) i.e., traded outside RTH.

Some IQFeed queries have the ability to set a filter (BeginFilterTime, EndFilterTime) that limit the reported results to a specific daily time range (for example, 9:30am to 4pm) - you can set it up so that extended trades are not reported.
Yair Altman
IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion

DTN.IQ Client Software Support » HIT BeginDate BeginTime and DataDirection works incorrectly Jun 12, 2019 03:11 PM (Total replies: 6)

The MaxDatapoints parameter has precedence over BeginDate/Time, regardless of DataDirection. For example, if MaxDatapoints=3 (as in your example), we’ll only get the 3 latest ticks (before EndDate/Time), regardless of BeginDate/Time. If you don't want this behavior, leave MaxDatapoints empty.

Perhaps DTN should update the documentation with this important clarification, but it seems to me to be a documentation aspect, not a coding bug.
Yair Altman
IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion

IQFeed Developer Support » Bug in Level2 BidTime/AskTime? May 15, 2019 06:08 AM (Total replies: 3)

Thanks Steve - here is another example that I have just seen, this time for the FB symbol:

<= 20190515 07:01:01.237 (Level2) Z,FB,CHXE,0.,180.71,0,100,07:00:17.012566,2019-05-15,52,99:99:99.000000,F,T,T

In this new example, the Bid is invalid and the Ask is valid, yet the timestamps appear switched.

As far as I could tell, this problem is evident whenever one Bid/Ask is valid and the other is not. But it is quite possible that the problem of switched BidTime<->AskTime is consistent even when both Bid and Ask are valid, and nobody has reported it so far because it would be nearly impossible to detect except in the specific case of just one of them being invalid.

Yair Altman
IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion
Edited by altmany on May 15, 2019 at 06:08 AM

IQFeed Developer Support » Bug in Level2 BidTime/AskTime? May 14, 2019 10:28 AM (Total replies: 3)

Hi guys - kindly comment on this...
Yair Altman
IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion

IQFeed Developer Support » Bug in Level2 BidTime/AskTime? May 2, 2019 04:15 AM (Total replies: 3)

when I ran a level 2 request for MSFT outside regular trading hours, I got the following data row among others:

<= 20190502 04:18:38.700 (Level2) Z,MSFT,BATS,0.,129.39,0,600,18:29:49.000347,2019-05-01,52,99:99:99.000000,F,T,T

According to the documentation (http://www.iqfeed.net/dev/api/docs/Level2UpdateSummaryMessage.cfm), this row translates as follows:

      Symbol: MSFT
        MMID: BATS
         Bid: 0
         Ask: 129.39
     BidSize: 0
     AskSize: 600
     BidTime: 18:29:49.000347
        Date: 2019-05-01
   Condition: 52 (regular)
     AskTime: 99:99:99.000000
BidInfoValid: False
AskInfoValid: True
EndOfMessage: True

The reported BidTime and AskTime make no sense - it is the Bid which is invalid (and should have the invalid time of 99:99:99), and the Ask which is valid (and should have the valid time of 18:29:49). Is this a bug in IQFeed's code?

If I'm correct, perhaps it would be simpler to fix the documentation than to fix the code - switching between BidTime/AskTime in the documentation will seem a bit awkward (because Bid is often reported before Ask), but at least it would be consistent with your current code and would not require you to do any code fixes.

Please advise.
Yair Altman
IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion

DTN.IQ Client Software Support » Please post all datafeed related questions or problems in the "IQFeed Datafeed Support" forum..... Apr 25, 2019 06:48 AM (Total replies: 4)

The available forums are listed here: http://forums.iqfeed.net
Yair Altman
IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion

IQFeed Developer Support » Problem+solution connecting to an IQFeed port (already in use) Apr 10, 2019 05:11 PM (Total replies: 0)

Today I spent a few frustrating hours trying to debug a problem when connecting to the Lookup port (for historic data) on a specific machine. For the benefit of others who may encounter a similar problem and search this forum, here's a breakdown of the problem, causes, analysis and solution:

TL/DR: When any other application on the computer uses one of IQFeed's ports, it cannot be used in IQFeed. Solution: either remove the other application, or change IQFeed's default port assignment to some unused port.

Symptoms:
  • Historic data failed to download, displaying errors about invalid data arriving on the Lookup port.
  • The IQConnect.txt file did not display any connection message to the Lookup port (only to other ports).
  • The Diagnostic utility was unable to listen to the Lookup port in the <Port Tester> tab, displaying an error message that "The specified address is already in use."


Diagnosis:
Open DOS Command Window (run as administrator) and run the following command: 
netstat -abon

This will display all the active ports and the processes that hold them. For example, in my particular case the relevant line was this:
[lghub_agent.exe]
 TCP    127.0.0.1:9100         0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING       2312

This tells us that the culprit is the lghub_agent.exe process (part of Logitec's G-Hub application), process ID=2312

Solutions:
  • Uninstall or disable the problematic other application
  • Configure the other application to use a different port (this is often not possible, but sometimes is)
  • Modify IQFeed's default port to use a different port number that is unused. For example, in the case of the Lookup port, the port number is stored in the registry key 
    \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DTN\IQFeed\Startup\LookupPort
    which you can modify using the Windows builtin regedit utility.


I hope this helps someone...


Yair Altman
IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion
Edited by altmany on Apr 10, 2019 at 05:12 PM

IQFeed Developer Support » Developer wanted to build API Apr 4, 2019 09:51 AM (Total replies: 5)

I can do all this in Matlab, using the IQML (IQFeed-Matlab) connector.
I have experience with everything you listed.
If you have Matlab then you'd be able to use/adapt/maintain the code by yourself.
If you don't have Matlab, the program could be compiled as a standalone executable.

Contact me to discuss further, if you're interested.
Yair Altman
IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion

Data and Content Support » How can I get/use splits info Mar 27, 2019 02:33 PM (Total replies: 2)

Here is an actual example for MSFT (1:2 split on 03/29/1999 and 02/18/2003) - this is reported as part of the fundamental message for a symbol ("F" message):

Split Factor 1: "0.50 02/18/2003"
Split Factor 2: "0.50 03/29/1999"

This correlates with the latest 2 splits for Microsoft, as reported on https://www.stocksplithistory.com/microsoft/

If there is only a single split in recorded history, Split Factor 2 will be empty.
If there is no split history, both strings will be empty.

Note that for some reason IQFeed reports the split rounded only to 2 digits after the decimal. For example, the GOOGL split on 4/3/2014 (https://www.stocksplithistory.com/google/) was 1:1.998 but this is reported as "0.50" (instead of the more accurate 0.5005) by IQFeed:

Split Factor 1: "0.50 04/03/2014"
Split Factor 2: ""

In other words, the split factor is not a full-accuracy float but a float rounded to 2 decimal places. Hopefully IQFeed will improve this in a future release.

In some cases, splits may be missing or different between different data providers. For example, IQFeed reports only a single split for GOOG (1.00 on 04/27/2015) whereas https://www.stocksplithistory.com/?symbol=GOOG reports a 1:1.0027455 split on that date as well as a 1:2.002 split on 03/27/2014. This appears to be due to faulty data somewhere.


Yair Altman
IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion
Edited by altmany on Mar 27, 2019 at 02:45 PM

DTNIQ Client Software Wish List » Historical News Request by Calendar Event Mar 19, 2019 02:00 AM (Total replies: 2)

Stephen - I believe that you've recently changed your Twitter handle from @DTN_IQFeed to @DTNMarkets, the direct link now being https://twitter.com/DTNMarkets

(the @DTN_IQFeed handle/link no longer works)
Yair Altman
IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion

DTN.IQ Client Software Support » "Invalid interval reference time" Mar 17, 2019 02:41 PM (Total replies: 5)

I am also seeing these errors on-and-off. It seems that if I enter a valid trading start date then it resumes working and gets out of the loop that constantly throws the "Invalid interval reference time" error. For example:

Original request - error:
=> 20190317 21:34:49.028 (Lookup) HIT,@KCK19,60,20190315 000001,20190317 235959,1,,,1,H-@KCK19,,s
<= 20190317 21:34:49.427 (Lookup) H-@KCK19,E,Invalid interval reference time.

Modified request - good data:
=> 20190317 21:34:57.536 (Lookup) HIT,@KCK19,60,20190312 000001,20190317 235959,1,,,1,H-@KCK19,,s
<= 20190317 21:34:57.942 (Lookup) H-@KCK19,2019-03-15 13:30:00,97.65,97.50,97.65,97.60,13763,56,0

Original request again - good data:
=> 20190317 21:35:02.040 (Lookup) HIT,@KCK19,60,20190315 000001,20190317 235959,1,,,1,H-@KCK19,,s
<= 20190317 21:35:02.443 (Lookup) H-@KCK19,2019-03-15 13:30:00,97.65,97.50,97.65,97.60,13763,56,0

Yair Altman
IQML - IQFeed-Matlab connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML
I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion
Edited by altmany on Mar 18, 2019 at 04:55 AM

IQFeed Developer Support » Symbols that trade over the weekend (Friday after hours, saturday, sunday) Mar 13, 2019 01:12 PM (Total replies: 10)

Stephen - w, HID, HTD and BW for TST$Y result in n,TST$Y (i.e. Symbol not found).
Only the HDX/HWX/HMX historic queries seem to work ok.
Please check...
Note: I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion and not necessarily DTN's

- Yair
IQML - IQFeed-Matlab connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

IQFeed Developer Support » NHL News Headlines Request Mar 12, 2019 03:15 PM (Total replies: 5)

PyDev - I think that you may be misunderstanding the purpose of the NCG request and its relation to NHL, and that this causes your confusion.

In fact, NCG is entirely unrelated to NHL - NCG is simply a request for IQFeed to send you your account's news-sources configuration, in either text or XML format. NCG does not modify anything for subsequent NHL queries, nor does it update anything in your account's news configuration, which does not change during the run-time of your program. The text/XML field in the NCG query only affects the response message for this query and not for any other subsequent query. Also, NCG does not start streaming any news headlines.

In contrast, NHL is a query to retrieve news headlines, in either text or XML formats. It is entirely unrelated to NCG, except for the fact that the 3-letter news source is described in the NCG response message (for example, CPR = PR Newswire). You can ask the NHL query responses in either text or XML format, but this is separate from the format that you asked in the NCG query.

Your program should query NCG just once, at the beginning of your program run, and then call NHL multiple times later. There is no point in calling NCG more than once in the program since the config information does not change.
Note: I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion and not necessarily DTN's

- Yair
IQML - IQFeed-Matlab connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

IQFeed Developer Support » Symbols that trade over the weekend (Friday after hours, saturday, sunday) Mar 12, 2019 01:33 PM (Total replies: 10)

Fantastic - thanks!

Does the test stream work only with Level1 watches (w/t) or also with streaming Level2 / derivatives/ regionals?


Note: I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion and not necessarily DTN's

- Yair
IQML - IQFeed-Matlab connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML
Edited by altmany on Mar 12, 2019 at 02:15 PM

IQFeed Developer Support » Symbols that trade over the weekend (Friday after hours, saturday, sunday) Mar 12, 2019 07:01 AM (Total replies: 10)

bump - any news on this enhancement request?
This would greatly assist algo-trading program developments
Note: I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion and not necessarily DTN's

- Yair
IQML - IQFeed-Matlab connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML

IQFeed Developer Support » Unable to connect to Admin port afetr starting IQconnect Mar 12, 2019 06:56 AM (Total replies: 3)

For completeness, in case anyone else has a similar problem, you can start IQConnect asynchronously by appending '&' at the end of the command:

IQConnect.exe ... -autoconnect &

Note that this is not specific to Matlab - It is an OS issue that may be relevant for anyone who launches IQConnect programmatically, using any programming language. Some programming languages also have alternative mechanisms for starting an external process asynchronously, without requiring an extra '&', but sending a system command with & should work across the board.
Note: I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion and not necessarily DTN's

- Yair
IQML - IQFeed-Matlab connector
https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML


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