How to use AmiBroker with Real-Time data plugins How to work with Real-Time data plugins One-time setup In order to use AmiBroker with any real-time data source you have to set up the database with appropriate data plug-in first. This is required only once at the database creation time. Instructions for setting up are available here:,,,. Check also on-line data sources page at for new plugins. Adding symbols Now you can add symbols to your database.

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To do so please go to Symbol->New menu. In the add symbol dialog enter one or more tickers (comma separated) you wish to add to your database.

If you want to see the chart for newly added symbol just select it from the Symbol tree in the workspace window. Please allow few seconds (depending on the speed of your internet connection) to backfill historical data.

You may add more tickers that your RT account allows. AmiBroker will automatically switch/update/refresh symbols so the most recently used symbols are active and older ones are automatically removed from Data manager.

Doing so however may lead to some problems if you exceed your subscription limits too much. So it is advised to use this feature responsibly and not expecting getting 500 symbols while your subscription is limited to only 50. Note that the above mechanism does not apply to real time quote window and it can not hold more symbols than your subscription limit. Showing real time quote window AmiBroker RT features real-time watch window that allows you to watch streaming quotes.

To show this window choose Window->Realtime Quote menu. (see image to the right ---->) To add symbols to Realtime quote window you either double click on the symbol tree or use right mouse button menu Add to Realtime quote option as shown in the picture above.

Working with real time quote window The RT quote window provides real-time streaming quotes and some basic fundamental data. It is fairly easy to operate as shown in the picture below: You can also display context menu by pressing RIGHT mouse button over RT quote window.

The context menu allows you to access the following options: • Time & Sales Opens that provides information about every bid, ask and trade streaming from the market. • Easy Alerts Opens window that provides way to define realtime alerts executed when bid/ask/last and other fields hit user-defined levels • Add Symbol Adds current symbol to Real-Time Quote list • Add watch list. Adds entire watch list to real-time quote window • Remove Symbol Removes highlighted line (symbol) from the Real-Time Quote list.

• Remove All Removes all symbols from real-time quote list • Hide Hides Real-Time Quote list Bid/ask trend indicator Version 5.90 adds Bid/Ask trend - a graphical indicator showing the direction of 10 most recent changes in real-time bid/ask prices. The right-most box is most recent and as new bid/ask quotes arrive they are shifted to the left side. Color coding is as follows: • Dark green: bid >previous bid OR ask >previous ask • Bright green: bid >previous bid AND ask >previous ask • Dark red: bid previous bid • Green / Red box: ask >previous ask AND bid Database Settings->Configure or running required component. When you fix the reason the plugin will automatically attempt to reconnect (and if reconnect is successfull then 'OK' will be displayed) • SHUT (purple light) means that some serious problem occurred and the plugin will not attempt to reconnect automatically.

In most cases you have to first fix the problem that caused this state and then reconnect manually using plugin context menu described below. Alternativelly you can just restart AmiBroker. Using plugin context menu Real time plugins provide some additional controls via plugin context menu. This context menu is available when you click with RIGHT mouse button over plugin status display area. If you do, the menu like this will be displayed: Please note that various plugins offer various options in this menu, however most plugins provide at least 3 basic and useful options: • Reconnect - this option allows you to reconnect manually.

Most RT plugins attempt to reconnect automatically, but sometimes manual reconnect is necessary. • Shutdown (Disconnect) - this allows to shutdown RT plugin. This is useful when you want to stop streaming of quotes. • Force backfill - this option causes that plugin re-downloads entire (intraday) history from the server. Usually the plugin automatically handles all backfills so you don't need to trigger backfills by hand. If the plugin detects that you have some missing quotes from last available bar till current date/time it triggers backfills and it is all automatic.

The Nest2Ami (Nest to AmiBroker) utility extracts live real time quotes from the market watch of Nest Trader (also Zerodha Trader), and outputs the intraday data feed to AmiBroker. It also automates intraday backfill from the Vwap Statistics and the Plus Data Table windows. This is aimed at commodity traders, using the MCX exchange, who prefer the stock charting of Ami over the one inbuilt into Nest (or Nest Plus). As such it a a terminal based AmiBroker data feed that works directly from Nest to Ami; and different from utilities that distribute data from a server, or use RTD via Excel. Besides working as an MCX data feed for commodities, some broker, such as Zerodha, offer Nest as a unified platform for multiple exchanges -- NSE, BSE (not currently supported by the utility), MCX, and MCXSX. If your trading terminal supports it, Nest2Ami can capture realtime currency data (CDS or MCXSX), or real time quotes for NSE symbols (F&O and equities).

It is possible to set market hours so that a market watch can contain multi-exchange instruments. The captured quotes comprises last traded price & volume at a configurable interval (default 1 second). Name Ascii Converter Hex. Output to AmiBroker may be tick data (actually snapshots), or may be aggregated to 1 minute bar intervals. This M1 bar approach is particularly useful in that it keeps the Ami database size smaller by an order of magnitude, without sacrificing market quote updates. Instead of taking the AmiBroker plugin approach, the utility uses the alternate COM / OLE functions to update Ami.

Also, it is a stand-alone utility and does not require Excel for RTD; it is not relevant if your broker has enabled RTD. Historical backfill is available in two varieties -- the internal / VWAP backfill from Nest / Zerodha Trader, and the plugin data-table from Nest Plus. It may be assumed that the internal backfill is for the current day, and Nest Plus provides longer term (about 20 days) backfill. This may vary with your broker; some brokers only provide 1 day of data even in the Plus DataTable and additional days have to be requested. This backfill is always 1 minute OHLCV, tick quotes are not available. (For those wishing for historical tick data, look for the equivalent Odin to AmiBroker data feeder.).