rikesh82 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Good morning, I read the thread below about how to view futures in MT with an IB account. I have my IB account "streaming" in MT and I tried using @GCG15 but it doesn't seem to populate ("There is no data to chart"). I have the chart open in IB right now and it streams fine. What am I missing? http://forums.medvedtrader.com/index.php?/topic/657-futures-symbols-for-ib-datafeed/?hl=futures 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 The symbol is correct the most likely problem would be if you are not subscribed to real-time data for that symbol. TWS would show you delayed data on quotes and charts, but it does not allow other programs to get delayed data, so MT would only be able to get quotes/backfill if you are subscribed to real-time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikesh82 Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 I have the subscription as I have the chart opened in IB and it is streaming live. I tried changing the backfill source to IB and it populated the chart, but does not update unless I click backfill. I think it might have something to do with the order in which I have ranked my data sources. If I'm missing something, please let me know. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 ok, I see. Do you have the symbol in any portfolio? if not, create a portfolio, set it's source to IB, and add that symbol to it. Close and re-open the chart.. That should do the trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikesh82 Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 I have one portfolio that I use as a watch-list. I will create a separate one for futures. In the futures portfolio, can you please walk me through how to source it specifically to IB? I would prefer to source my Watch-List separately through an alternative source (if possible). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikesh82 Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Please disregard the previous post. I figured it out. It was very simple Everything works perfectly! Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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