No IB data displayed - although already stored in the cache
Posted: Apr 02 2012
When I use MC 8 beta offline for backtesting purposes and try to display data received from IB historical data farm in previous sessions, the following issue occurs:
If "Download missing historical data" is checked in Data Server Mode menu, MC won't display a chart, although the data is stored in the cache (I checked this by "Edit data" in Quote Manager).
I consider this behaviour to be disadvantageous, since:
i) obviously MC only displays the IB historical data downloaded in the current session, even if the data is already stored in the cache from previous sessions - which may easily lead to IB traffic violations and limits the data range.
ii) I can display the data when I uncheck "Download missing historical data" or check "offline", but since this is quite cumbersome (have to close and re-open all workspaces), I would appreciate if there was an easier solution.
Bottom line: the data is there, in the cache, but is not being displayed - to me that makes no sense.
If "Download missing historical data" is checked in Data Server Mode menu, MC won't display a chart, although the data is stored in the cache (I checked this by "Edit data" in Quote Manager).
I consider this behaviour to be disadvantageous, since:
i) obviously MC only displays the IB historical data downloaded in the current session, even if the data is already stored in the cache from previous sessions - which may easily lead to IB traffic violations and limits the data range.
ii) I can display the data when I uncheck "Download missing historical data" or check "offline", but since this is quite cumbersome (have to close and re-open all workspaces), I would appreciate if there was an easier solution.
Bottom line: the data is there, in the cache, but is not being displayed - to me that makes no sense.