Welcome to NexusFi: the best trading community on the planet, with over 150,000 members Sign Up Now for Free
Genuine reviews from real traders, not fake reviews from stealth vendors
Quality education from leading professional traders
We are a friendly, helpful, and positive community
We do not tolerate rude behavior, trolling, or vendors advertising in posts
We are here to help, just let us know what you need
You'll need to register in order to view the content of the threads and start contributing to our community. It's free for basic access, or support us by becoming an Elite Member -- see if you qualify for a discount below.
-- Big Mike, Site Administrator
(If you already have an account, login at the top of the page)
I am using Interactive Brokers who provide 6 months of tick data, with irritating pacing restrictions, plus their data, as I understand, is sampled (every 200ms?).
I need at least a year of reliable data (main pairs). Will appreciate suggestions.
Trading: The one I'm creating in the present....Index Futures mini/micro, ZF
Posts: 2,311 since Nov 2011
Thanks Given: 7,341
Thanks Received: 4,518
I say forget about tick data on FX minute is better. Forex tick data doesn't mean anything. DTN IQFEED has great FX data IMHO I believe it from FXCM on the Standard FX package. Years and years of it something like 20 or 30 plenty.
I broker with IB for futures and FXCM for FX. IB is not about the data that's why they don't put much effort into it and limit it so much.
You can also open an acct with FXCM and get their data included if that is an option for you so it's the same as IQFEED, basically.
It seems they have specific years under their downloads.
Thank you,
Matt Z
Optimus Futures
There is a substantial risk of loss in futures trading. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Trading futures and options involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. You may lose more than your initial investment. All posts are opinions and do not claim to be facts. Please conduct your own due diligence. Use only Risk capital when trading Futures.
1 800 771 6748 local 561 367 8686 email [email protected]
@Blash: I do agree that Forex ticks are rather elusive and differ between providers, but one might need them to generate n-tick bars for e.g. Bob Volman's FPAS method or more realistic backtesting.
For FX market Hydra support TrueFX, DukasCopy, GainCapital, MBTrading. Actually most of brokerage firms provide FX streaming for free. You can also grab and accumulate their data by using live connection. If provide more extended data with L2 deep and also it is provide real (no fake) quotes. For example DukasCopy changes their own history periodically.
