1. Data Reloading
I have a market analyzer window open with a few common symbols (GLD, IWM, etc. See attached screen shot). I click on GLD and my linked 2min chart starts to get updated. The Control Center status says it is loading the historical data, and the process to load the historical data takes roughly 30 seconds. The chart does not display until all the data is loaded. I'm not loading a ton of data - chart is set to load 200 bars.
First question: Is this reasonable / expected behavior? The same process on the same chart when I was using TD Ameritrade data took just a few seconds. (Note: Just disconnected from IB and used TD Ameritrade on the same chart, same symbols. Took literally 1-2 seconds.)
When the chart finishes loading, lets say I want to look look at IWM. I click on IWM on the Market Analyzer window and the same 30 second data load process occurs. Once finished, I click on GLD again and the Control Center says it is re-loading the GLD data again... takes another 30 seconds. Again, the new chart is not displayed until all the data is loaded.
This either was so fast with TD Ameritrade I didn't notice it, or TD Ameritrade didn't reload all historical data each time I went back and forth between symbols where I had already downloaded the historical data.
Second Question: Once the historical data is loaded for a given symbol, should it be re-loaded each time I leave and return to a chart a few minutes later? Is there a way to disable this "feature"? I would think the data would be stored locally and the backfill would only grab the new data since the chart was last used, no? The way it is currently working makes reviewing charts (and discretionary intraday trading) unusable. There must be a configuration issue, correct?
2. Data Error Messages
When I try to get a quote in Market Analyzer for the S&P500, I get the attached error message: "... no market data permissions for CBOE...". Any idea why?
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