Kraken: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 12:46, 2 July 2024

To connect MultiCharts to Kraken, it is necessary to receive an API Key from the Kraken website.

Historical bars are provided for minute and daily data.
History is provided only for Trades.
Depth-of-Market data is available.

To set up Kraken data feed connection:

In the QuoteManager main menu select Tools and then click Data Sources, highlight Kraken in the list of all supported data vendors and click the Settings button.
In the Main tab in the Connectivity section:
- Enter your API-key. The API-key can be received at the Kraken website after free registration.
- Enable the option Use heartbeats for connection loss detection to automatically restore the connection with Kraken server in case of temporary connection loss.
- Check Show Error pop-up alert to receive alerts.
In the Volume Multiplier tab you can select the category of the instruments and configure the Volume Multiplier value.
To learn more about Volume Multiplier see this page.

To add an instrument manually or from data source, see Adding Symbols to Symbol List.

Set up Kraken Broker Profile for trading and Kraken Broker Plug-in for auto-trading.

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 To connect MultiCharts to Kraken, it is necessary to receive an API Key from the [https://www.kraken.com Kraken website].
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 Historical bars are provided for minute and daily data.
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+<br>History is provided only for Trades.
-History is provided only for Trades.
+<br>Depth-of-Market data is available.
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-Depth-of-Market data is available.
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 To set up Kraken data feed connection:
-:1. In the '''QuoteManager''' main menu select '''Tools''' and then click '''Data Sources''', highlight '''Kraken''' in the list of all supported data vendors and click the '''Settings''' button. The Kraken Settings window is opened.
+# In the '''QuoteManager''' main menu select '''Tools''' and then click '''Data Sources''', highlight '''Kraken''' in the list of all supported data vendors and click the '''Settings''' button.
-:2. '''Main''' tab:
+# In the '''Main''' tab in the '''Connectivity''' section:
-:'''Connectivity''' section
+#* Enter your '''API-key'''. The API-key can be received at the [https://www.kraken.com Kraken website] after free registration.
+#*Enable the option '''Use heartbeats for connection loss detection''' to automatically restore the connection with Kraken server in case of temporary connection loss.
+#*Check '''Show Error pop-up alert''' to receive alerts.
+# In the '''Volume Multiplier''' tab you can select the category of the instruments and configure the Volume Multiplier value.<div class="tip-no-title">To learn more about Volume Multiplier see [[Volume Multiplier|this page]].</div>
-::*Enter your '''API-key'''. The API-key can be received at the [https://www.kraken.com Kraken website] after free registration.
+<div class="tip-no-title">To add an instrument manually or from data source, see [[Operating_Symbol_List#Adding_Symbols_to_Symbol_List|Adding Symbols to Symbol List]].</div>
-::*Enable the option '''Use heartbeats for connection loss detection''' to automatically restore the connection with Kraken server in case of temporary connection loss.
+Set up '''[[Kraken Broker Profile]]''' for trading and '''[[Kraken Broker Plug-in]]''' for auto-trading.
-::*Check '''Show Error pop-up alert''' to receive alerts.
-:3. '''Volume Multiplier''' tab:
-::*In this section, you can select the category of the instruments and configure the Volume Multiplier value.
-To learn more about Volume Multiplier check [[Volume Multiplier|here]].
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-To add an instrument manually or from data source, see [[Data_Sources_Overview#Adding_Symbol.28s.29_to_Symbol_List|Adding Symbol(s) to Symbol List]].
-Set up '''[[Kraken Broker Profile]]''' for trading and '''[[Kraken Broker Plug-in]]''' for auto-trading.
 [[Category:Built-in Data Sources]]