yahoo connections are simulated real-time price feeds

[brad12s]

HI I am very new to NT and hope some one can help clarify something... In NT 7 (free version) when creating a Yahoo account connection through Tools | Account Connections | Add.... the last dialog states: "Yahoo connections are simulated real-time price feeds" Can someone shed some light on what this means? Does this mean the prices I see when charting Stocks/ETFs are not the real prices? Any help is appreciated.
thanks!

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Hello brad12s,

Yes, that is correct. We only support historical daily data with Yahoo as per the link below under 'Understanding the data provided by your connectivity provider'.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/historical_data.htm

[ManuAdam]

HI I am very new to NT and hope some one can help clarify something... In NT 7 (free version) when creating a Yahoo account connection through Tools | Account Connections | Add.... the last dialog states: "Yahoo connections are simulated real-time price feeds" Can someone shed some light on what this means? Does this mean the prices I see when charting Stocks/ETFs are not the real prices? Any help is appreciated.
thanks!

Yea u r right. NT7 does that. NT 7 rocks in so far as fetching Real Data is concerned. I am from New Delhi, India. Here, I get Real Time Yahoo data free and that too without any delay (I checked with my TradingTerminal and can say now with confidence). I just created yahoo account thru Tools>Account Connection and then File >Connect > yahoo. Of course one needs to set up proper Instrument in Instrument Manager with session, exchange and misc >symbol mapping with yahoo. After that just open the chart of that instrument and you will have RT data free without delay.
Now my only problem is: How to get Backfill of this RT data. By backfill of RT data I mean, suppose I open the chart at 12.30 pm (while Market opens here at 9.30 am and closes 3.30 pm), then yahoo will show candles from 12.30 only. I am sure there must be a way to Backfill the chart from earlier period - 9.30 to 12.30, so that one could have a consistent Intraday RT chart. Any help in this regard from great NT experts will behighly appreciated.
Thanking you.
Manu Adam (New Delhi, India)

[sledge]

There is no intraday backfill on Yahoo!. Leave your machine on or use a provider that does.

Yahoo! Uses bats exchange for realtime data. I believe there are limitations with that.

Yea u r right. NT7 does that. NT 7 rocks in so far as fetching Real Data is concerned. I am from New Delhi, India. Here, I get Real Time Yahoo data free and that too without any delay (I checked with my TradingTerminal and can say now with confidence). I just created yahoo account thru Tools>Account Connection and then File >Connect > yahoo. Of course one needs to set up proper Instrument in Instrument Manager with session, exchange and misc >symbol mapping with yahoo. After that just open the chart of that instrument and you will have RT data free without delay.
Now my only problem is: How to get Backfill of this RT data. By backfill of RT data I mean, suppose I open the chart at 12.30 pm (while Market opens here at 9.30 am and closes 3.30 pm), then yahoo will show candles from 12.30 only. I am sure there must be a way to Backfill the chart from earlier period - 9.30 to 12.30, so that one could have a consistent Intraday RT chart. Any help in this regard from great NT experts will behighly appreciated.
Thanking you.
Manu Adam (New Delhi, India)