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Figured it out - I forgot this method to fill in shrs out and MC - you don't try to backfill using Yahoo as data source, in a portfolio window go to "Main", change "Source" to Yahoo, which will fill in those columns for everything but ETFs - I then chose Fido as source and it filled in the ETF data. If you don't have a Fido account you can't do this, of course.

Installed the latest update two days ago and I cannot find any data source that will fill the shrs out column, therefore the market cap column is also empty (see screencap). I've tried backfilling from Fido, TDA, Smartsource (don't know where it gets data from), and Yahoo - but I now get an error trying to backfill using Yahoo, got some weird message that MT could not pull data from Yahoo the first time I tried it - subsequent attempts to use Yahoo don't bring up that error msg, but it's not backfilling those two columns. I REALLY depend on the shrs out column so when a secondary offering comes out I can quickly calculate the % dilution the offering will cause. What happened to that data, and if I can revert to the previous version of MT will it restore the data in those columns? Not that I actually know how to roll back and MT update.....

Thank god! I just got an email from Schwab that I will be switched to them from TDA on May 10. Still might end up moving everything to Fido since Schwab will not allow customers to enroll in real DRIPs that give you shares of a CEF at a discount - that's like stealing 5% of my div money for a CEF like PDI.

Yay! I can almost guarantee you that MT users griping to TDA about losing MT's API and calling to get their transition to Schwab delayed so we can keep using MT is why they pushed back the conversion date. Sometimes complaining the right way actually works! I also mentioned I might have to transfer my accounts to Fido - pretty sure I'm not the only one who said that and meant it.

Wait a second - does that mean Jerry STILL might not have access to Schwab's API before all TDA clients are switched over? I opened a Fido account as a backup data source, but sometimes when I switch the data feed in MT from TDA to Fido the green light turns yellow, then red - MT isn't getting data from Fido consistently, at least in my very limited testing of it so far.

Ok, thanks - any idea why AMRN suddenly started getting delayed/deficient errors? Fido does the same thing - might be related to it being a penny stock? Just found your reply to my post today, also your reply in the bugs forum about Fido quotes not working (they are now) - for some reason Comcast has been rejecting all email sent to the addy I use to get alerts for MT forums,discovered it started on Nov 7 - but I got SPAM in that account just two days ago - how the heck can that happen? (rhetorical question, don't expect you to know the answer, just beyond PO'd because that's my primary business email addy and god knows how many important emails I've missed since then! And Comcast is clueless about what's going on)

Just noticed this yesterday - symbol AMRN is now showing a "D" beside it for delayed, plus there's a note I've never seen before, "RTFDelayed" (Real Time Feed Delayed?) - it's been trading under a buck for two months, but it's nowhere close to being delisted - so why is it the only symbol with delayed quotes? I see the same if I switch to Fido as data source (got that working, ignore my other post about it).

Jerry, I just added my new Fido account to MT, got it verified, but when I select Fido as data source the start/stop button turns yellow, then red with an X - what do I need to do to get streaming quotes from Fido? I did have to take an extra step on the Fido website to "authorize" or whatever word they used to get streaming quotes, but even with that done MT is not getting data. Note I tried this in AH (4:30) - does Fido stop providing data at 4:00 pm or is there another problem? One reason I opened that Fido account was to have a backup source of data in case TDA didn't delay my transition to Schwab, but I also may transfer my accounts to Fido because Schwab does not allow clients to enroll in real DRIPs - that's a huge problem for CEFs that give discounts for DRIP'd divs, Schwab forces you to pay market price. For those who own the Cornerstone funds CLM or CRF it's a HUGE problem - both give you DRIP shrs at NAV, which is usually 20%-25% cheaper than MP.

Not a dumb question at all - I won't claim this is the official answer (wait for Jerry for that), but I would assume you would not get data from TDA because you could no longer sign into your account - you don't have a TDA account after you're switched to Schwab. I'm afraid unless you open an account with a broker that's on MT's current data feed list (like Fido), you will only be able to get delayed data from Yahoo, the only free data source MT has. I already opened a Fido account just as a backup data source in case TDA didn't delay my switch, was a piece of cake. Just put $100 into it until I decide whether to move everything except my ROTH from TDA to Fido - will probably keep the ROTH with Schwab in order to get faster real time data from Schwab, the kind TDA currently provides - above Jerry said Fido is only updated once a second - shouldn't matter in most cases, but for traders watching L2 and raw time and sales it could make a diff. I don't like the paperwork nightmare of keeping accounts with 3 different brokers straight - I opened a decent sized Ally Invest account when they first offered MT for free but they have since severed ties with MT, pulled access to their API, so I might open a 2nd Fido account and transfer the Ally account to it - zero reason to keep the Ally account open, and they degraded their website so badly they removed the ability for you to download transactions in csv or QFX formats - unbelievable.

I just had 3 of them show up in my inbox at 1:18 pm EDT, one for each TDA account - whew! Thank god that's over with for now.

I found that - what I was looking at was the secondary market for CD's - that link you gave is only for new issues - finding secondary CD's is what takes so much time compared to TDA. I've been reading the Schwab and Fidelity sub-Reddits the last few days looking for a few specifics answers, like why won't Schwab let you enroll in DRIPs, and almost universally people recently switched from TDA to Schwab are terribly unhappy about it - the app stinks, website stinks compared to TDA's, and ThinkorSwim is now unavailable (not sure that's true).. Fido didn't have so many complaints, but they're apparently not anywhere as good as what TDA offered either. Really sad Schwab is taking the best online broker's tools and throwing them away - more than a few said their website looks like it was designed in the 90's for people who invest money then set and forget - if you trade, you're going to hate Schwab - their app (maybe website too?) doesn't.automatically update quotes, you have to do it manually with a refresh button - seriously?

Thnx Jerry - and thnx to everyone for helping out with this confusing issue. Been checking out Fido's website now that I have an account and I'm not impressed - looking for short term CDs on TDA is a piece of cake, takes all of two mouse clicks - not so easy with Fido, have to enter a lot of criteria to see a list, and there is no way I've found to separate the search into 3, 6, 9 mo CDs unless you create 3 different searches and save them - it takes over a minute to create one search and save it, and I don't think it will update automatically since you have to enter start and end maturity dates, meaning in 6 months the 3 and 6 mo CD searches will return null results - what a PITA compared to TDA. Don't know what Schwab's CD search looks like, they won't let you see anything unless you have an account.

To you and jca, who also gave me the same answer - I have three TDA accounts, initially was working just on getting my IRA transfer delayed. I saw your responses today and logged into all 3 accounts one by one, didn't see anything about "you're being moved to Schwab" on the main page - do you think TDA really do me the courtesy of delaying the transfer of all 3 accounts w/o me specifically asking them to delay the other two? Surely I'm not the only one trying to delay multiple TDA accounts - has anyone else asked to delay one and have TDA automatically delay all accounts you have?

Did you get a call back yet? I called TDA on Monday the 16th and 5 days later haven't heard a peep from them.

Five days later and not a peep from TDA - gonna have to try to escalate this - you do have people using MT that were able to get extended, correct?