chris Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 The data streaming from tdameritrade looks like it is running, but all the updates seem frozen on a watchlist (IBM, GOOG, MLNX, PCLN, GS, SPY, AAPL, AKAM) After I double click to get an intraday chart of AAPL for example, then it's data fields on the watchlist resume updating. Am I misunderstanding something fundamental about how this is supposed to work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 on the portfolio screen, does the button on top/left, on the ribbon, say START or STOP? If START, click on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Even after clicking START, watchlist entries are only updated when I have an intraday chart open. If I have no charts open, the data source status changes from running to idle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Chris, what shows on the dashboard under the L1 column? how many symbols? and how many symbols are in the portfolio? when you click start, do you see it change to STOP? Do you have the quote source selected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted December 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 I will try again tomorrow, I did not have the quote source selected. Probably my fault - it is extra confusing since it partially works without selecting that, and the data source selection for the other two purposes looks different. From a usability point of view, I would think it would be helpful to have stronger defaults. e.g. if only one data source exists by the time a watchlist or chart is created to default to that source. One thing that would be not quite as helpful, but easier to implement would be to have "Must select source" in the Source dropdown instead of a blank - which would be more of an eye catcher that things aren't set up correctly. Sorry about my learning curve - I thought I remembered it better from my experiments with QT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted December 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Also, if a user clicks START and no source is selected, some kind of message would be helpful I would think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Yes, I am actually working on that right now. Once you select a source on one portfolio, MT will use the last used source if you create another. Just added a startup wizard which had you select a preferred source and some symbols for the default portfolio and news sources the first time you run MT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vish Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Can we get TDA news, I tried Yahoo/Google news but not updating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 TDA news has not worked (on their side) for over a year. They changed some stuff and never bothered to fix the streaming news via the API. As for Yahoo/Google news it does work. you need to make sure you have either Active Portfolios or specific portfolios selected and MT will check the news on the symbols in those portfolios Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vish Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 CIHN & JNSH news came an hr odd ago, L2/Data ok but still no news ,on all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 I see new news for CIHN at 11:58 (Eastern) and JNSH at 12:04 eastern. MT gets news from the source you select based on the frequency you have specified on the News setup screen. Both Yahoo and Google are snapshot news sources. Others like IQFeed, The Fly On The Wall, and Stockwatch are streaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vish Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 SNAP shot setting please, Google news appeared for 1-2 stocks, but not for these.Still checking ,everything looks ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 sorry, don't follow what you are saying. If you are not getting news updates, Please do the following: go to FILE / Export Settings. Leave the checkboxes already checked, and also check LOG FILE. Export, then email me the exported file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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