mlsignups Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 I primarily get data from TD Ameritrade and have Interactive Brokers as a backup source. I have not had many issues with TD Ameritrade but (a) sometimes find symbols they don't provide data for (even though they are on major exchanges and have reasonable volume) and I have to backfill from IB and (b) I'd prefer the intraday data go back a bit further. Wondering comparatively how Tradier stacks up in those respects as I could open a Tradier account. Specifically - is the intraday backfill (one minute or five minute, I don't need tick) as long or longer than TD? And, how are they in terms of their coverage of various tickers? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 the issue with not having backfill data for some symbols is unique to TD Ameritrade. if you give us the list of symbols you have a problem backfilling, we can get it to them and they will fix, but it is whack-a-mole. Tradier is max 12 days of backfill. TD Ameritrade is 120. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlsignups Posted September 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 ok; thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlsignups Posted September 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 Curious - for TD Ameritrade I have it set to 120 days in settings. But my charts are not filling 120 days. For instance, right now if i pick a symbol i have not picked before, it's going back to 7/6, which I think is around 80 calendar days (and less trading days). This is consistent any time I put in a new symbol and look on a 5 minute chart. Do I need to adjust as setting somewhere else to get the full 120 days? (Also, is it calendar days or business days). Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Medved Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 Ok - there are two places. 1. Settings / Chart / General - set Max # of Days of Intraday Data to 120 2. Settings / Data Sources / Configure Accounts - set TD Ameritrade's backfill number of days to 120. I just did that and backfilled TSLA. My data on the chart now goes back to 4/9/2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 Note that even though you can do 120 day charts, if you don't need that much data then backfilling and bringing up the chart will be faster if you have it set to lower number of days max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlsignups Posted September 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 THanks! I had missed / setting / chart general. And I hear you about backfilling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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