IQFeed: Historical data goes to 2001 but IQFeed has since 1998
Author: Gamba
Creation Date: 10/8/2015 1:35 AM
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Gamba

#1
I have an issue, when loading and reloading data for symbol FOXA.

I already have spoken to IQFeed support and they say that data back to 1998 is available for FOXA.
In another charting tool it works and I can see data back to 1998.

In Wealth-Lab I opened a new chart with "All data" settings and the first date I see is 4.4.2001 not 1998.

I tried to set dates manually but that doesn't seem to work.
I used data tool to remove all data ... same result.
I tried to delete FOXA.WL file with daily data manually .... but it doesn't work.

Is there a limitation in Wealth-Lab shwoing data only for 15 years?

I don't know what to do to get data for the symbol back to 1998.
Data is available for provider IQFeed but the chart doesn't show it.

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Eugene

#2
Thanks for reporting the issue, we'll take a look briefly and keep you posted.
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Eugene

#3
To our data provider, IQFeed returns 3650 daily bars for symbols that we tried. Investigating the cause of this, please stand by.
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Eugene

#4
3650 bars is a limitation of the legacy IQFeed API we've been using. The provider developer will be upgrading the project supposedly next week.
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Gamba

#5
Ok, thank you Eugene.
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Gamba

#6
Hi Eugene,

are there any news on this issue?

Thx
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Eugene

#7
Hi Holger,

It's still in the works. It turned out to be more than a simple fix. Thank you for your patience.
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Eugene

#8
IQFeed provider has been updated to version 1.4.0:

- New: Increased depth of historical data (more than 15 years)
- New bar scale: Second
- New: Static data API upgrade
- Change: switched to new server for time sync

To enjoy the benefit of larger historical data, you need to reload your IQFeed symbols from scratch. There are 3 ways to do it:

1. Use Data Tool's "Remove all data" feature to wipe out the data for an IQFeed DataSet, then update the DataSet as usual:

2. Having enabled hidden file/folder visibility, delete the IQFeedStaticProvider folder and update the data by provider as usual:
C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\Fidelity Investments\WealthLabDev\1.0.0.0\Data\

3. For just a single symbol, it's convenient to right-click on its chart and select "Reload chart history"
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