kalmen Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 I Is is possible to chart the individual options on SPY or any other stock or ETF? All that comes up is a box saying, "There is no data to chart"....I use TD Ameritrade for data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 You can. However, TD Ameritrade does not provide backfill for options. So if you put the option into a portfolio (NOT just on option chain), MT will store any quotes that come in and chart those, but you cannot backfill to get previous trades with TDA. You can however get the backfill from Yahoo or Google. On the chart, click on the dropdown area on the backfill button and select "Backfill Using..." and then select Yahoo or Google. that should get some data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalmen Posted December 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 After using Google & Yahoo for data on IBM, I was still only able to get the current day range only for the option. I was using a liquid option too. NO backfill. Thxs...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 what is the exact option symbol that you have in MT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalmen Posted December 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 This is the IBM Dec15 155 call with weekly data.....still only shows one day ie today only. I only get 1 day at a time regardless of the time frame chosen for ANY option .ibm_171215C155 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 7, 2017 Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 that is showing just data since you started getting quotes on it. Not backfill. I tried backfill with Google - no data. Yahoo however got data. Do Backfill Using... and select Yahoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalmen Posted December 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Still does not work, this is very frustrating. I DO OPEN the option chart from the IBM Option chain window, is that why it does not work either using Yahoo data? I am unsure how to change a symbol in a Hist. Chart window that is already open, as I have always opened charts by right clicking the symbol from a watch list. I have added the IBM option symbol ((( .IBM_171215C155 ))) into my watch list, right clicked both the Hist & Intraday charts with Yahoo as data source in the chart window and still NO BACKFILL--> do I have to change the data source for my watch list also to make this work? If so, I'll PASS on trying to figure this out. Sorry for effort but if we can't fix this I'll revert back to the TOS charting system for this matter. PS.. I am doing now this AFTER the Market has closed could that be a problem as to the timing and maybe it works tomorrow....just saying......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 changing symbol in a chart window that is already open - you can just type the new symbol. Or if the symbol is in a portfolio, option chain, etc, you can drag it to the chart window Backfill - first off, Historical chart will NOT work, at least not with Yahoo and and no option backfill (intraday or hist) with TD Ameritrade. This is not our restriction. That is just life with those two datafeeds. If you need Historical chart backfill for options, you would need to get a subscription datafeed such as IQFeed. I know they have it. Now, I didn't tell you to switch any data source on the watchlist. Leave that on TD Ameritrade. All you need to to is on the Intraday chart, click on the dropdown portion of the Backfill Button, Select Backfill <symbol> Using... and select Yahoo (Picture below) that will backfill the chart. If you have it set to 1 min candles, you may want to switch to line charts or longer frequency candles. In the next update of MT, I made it so the default "Smart Source" will know not to select TD Ameritrade for option backfill, which should make it work without having to explicitly select Yahoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 NOTE: If you still have a problem, email us and I can connect to you with TeamViewer and guide you through it and any other questions you may have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalmen Posted December 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 All is fine! THX! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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