[thehaul]

So far yes. 30 days of tick data is like swimming in it compared to the 7 spotty days AGN provides. I'm sure as I progress i'll require more but so far the idea of using IQ data and placing trades on AGNs AT seems possible.

[BlowFish]

As long as you collect data and store it in MC's database over time you can build your own history. The 30 days really is the maximum you can go without backfilling (if you manage your own data) so maybe adequate. If you go that route back up your MC database every couple of weeks or so!!!!

What spout FX, Spot or futures? That makes a big difference imho.

[Berti]

Originally Posted by BlowFish »

What is 'enough' varies person to person. IQfeed is a good value feed but last I looked they only provide 30 days of tick history. If all you need is 1 minute bars of course that's not a problem. maybe you don't need history at all (I have maintained my own data for the longest time though multicharts does trash it now and then) Horses for courses and all that. Mind you the OP made no mention of historical data but that is definitely one of the (numerous) things to consider.

Does IQfeed provide FX? I presume the OP is talking about spot FX, maybe some clarification on that and historical data requirements?

Is this true, IQfeed provides 30 days tick data now? I thought it is only 7 days.

[BlowFish]

I havent used IQfeed beyond a trial a few years ago. I got that number form their website. I would not be surprised if there where if's and but's for some of the less common instruments.

Originally Posted by Macros132 »

Looking for a budget (real time) data feed for multicharts that will give me a solid clean feed, I am trading the S&P futures and currencies

Below is a list of compatible data feeds for multicharts.
http://www.tssupport.com/multicharts...nt/#datasource

What would you recommend and why between the budget data feeds like Esignal, Quote.com, Tradestation 8, IQ Feed.

Having done some research http://forum.tssupport.com/viewtopic.php?t=5911 I would definitely recommend IQ feed.

Regards

[thehaul]

Here's an IQfeed 10 point range bar chart (calculates on ticks). The data for the bars goes back 30 days but you can see some volume info gets lost. IMHO IQfeed seems great for the price.

** This is a Ninja chart BTW

[Berti]

Originally Posted by thehaul »

Here's an IQfeed 6 point range bar chart (calculates on ticks). The data for the bars goes back 30 days but you can see some volume info gets lost. IMHO IQfeed seems great for the price.

** This is a Ninja chart BTW

Looks good to me, volume info seems to be related that this contract did not have any real volume at that time.

Thanks.

[Macros132]

Massive thank you to everyone that has contributed so far.

Looking through the symbol list it says that IQs FX is through FXCM, can anyone clarify how this works? will I be able to use FX on Multicharts or will I have to use FXCM for analysis?