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How do avoid the prompt "Accept
Incoming Connection" when working with InteractiveBrokers? |
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You need to enter
127.0.0.1 (i.e. your local computer) as a trusted IP address into the
trader workstation configuration option (in the API section). In TWS
choose the menu Configure / API. Also consult the xlq help file which
includes instructions with images. |
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How do I enter an option symbol
in InteractiveBrokers? |
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To enter an option, you
would use the symbol with the following format haeai[smart,opt,usd]
As they cover numerous markets, and allow you to
choose the origin of the data, xlq allows you to enter the exchange and
currency along with the symbol. i.e. the symbol format is
symbol[exchange,type,currency],
e.g. hae[nyse,stk,usd].
The default parameters are smart, stk, usd, in
which case using the symbol hae would be sufficient.
A cross rate would be usd.eur[ideal,cash,eur]
The type, is per their api settings, and can be
STK, OPT, FUT, IND, FOP, CASH and BAG
The exchange can be SMART (global), or depending on
the symbol a specific exchange may be chosen.
To help determine the symbol to use, within their
Trader Workstation, you may right click a row, and choose Contract Info
/ Description, and use the symbol, exchange and currency mentioned. |
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How do I enter an option Symbol
for other sources? |
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Yahoo = haeai.x
MSN = .haeai
IQFeed = hae ai
InteractiveBrokers = haeai[smart,opt,usd] (although you could
specify the exchange)Note
that Yahoo and MSN do not have historic options data. |
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What version of Excel should I
use? |
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XLQ will work with
any version of Microsoft Excel starting from 97. To have xlq
automatically connect with Excel, version 2000 or later is
required.
XLQ is optimized for Excel 2002 and later. XLQ uses realtime
data functionality available in these versions, allowing for
much faster processing and greatly reduced calculation times.
If you use xlq and excel regularly or have very large and
complex workbooks, excel 2002 or later is recommended.
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What is the difference between
"refresh" on the xlq menu in excel and on the Q in the task bar? |
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Refresh on the xlq menu in the task
bar is used if you want to force a refresh of data from the
internet from one or more data sources.
Once the data has been retrieved, excel etc. will be notified of
updates, and only values that have changed will be updated.
Refresh on the xlq menu
in excel
will force every xlq formulae in open workbooks in the specific
instance of excel to refresh the data from xlq and be
redisplayed. This will reload the values from xlq, but not force
xlq to retrieve the values from the web (which will continue to
done at the interval chosen in preferences). |
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Can I prevent my active non xlq workbook from being
recalculated, but keep my stock workbook updating? |
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Microsoft Excel automatically
recalculates all workbooks that are open, so if both are open in
excel at the same time, both will be recalculated.
However it is possible to have more than one copy of excel
running. And if only one is connected to xlq, you may view your
stocks updating in one while working in the other without any
interfering recalculations.
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How can I refresh all historic data for a symbol? |
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If you would like to force the
re-retrieval of all data for a symbol for either daily or
historic data, the fastest method is to delete the symbol from
the data source. To do so select the xlq stock manager by double
clicking the Q in the task bar. Choose the data source from the
tabs. Choose your symbol and check the delete
column. If you would like to select multiple symbols, highlight
each row you would like to delete with the mouse, using the ctrl
or shift keys to select the range, and then either press delete,
or right click and select delete. Then press apply/refresh.
The stocks will again be
automatically added as they are used in excel, or they may
be added manually.
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Doesn't Microsoft Excel 2002 (XP)
or later do the same thing? |
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No, Excel 2002 offers a smart tag
feature, which basically does a copy and paste of stock data and
hyperlinks available on MSN Money Central. You can then
link to these cells where the data has been pasted to perform
additional functionality. You then need to select refresh data,
for the data to be refreshed, or enable an automatic refresh,
which is done per data range and may be refreshed every x
minutes. Excel 2002 does not provide historical stock data, a
choice of data sources nor does it allow data to be used
directly in formulae without referring to the cell
references where smart tags pasted the data.
XLQ does not copy and paste any data,
but allows you to create links directly to stock data via
formulae. The data is managed externally to excel and is
automatically updated within excel whenever the data changes. In
addition you may choose your data source and XLQ offers formulae
for day quote data as well as historical data.
XLQ is fully compatible and works with
Excel 2002 (As well as Excel 2000 and 97).
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Q |
Can XLQ be used from other programs / programming languages? |
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Yes, from version 2.2 you may use xlq
from any language or program supporting COM.
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Q |
If I register now, what about future versions? |
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You are entitled to all upgrades released
during a period of 1 year. After 1 year, you may continue using
the last entitled version of xlq, or purchase
a 1 year renewal license at a reduced rate.
Note that the program itself does
not expire, only the right for new versions.
Users who registered before the release of 2.5 will remain
entitled to all new releases of xlq.
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Does xlq support currencies? |
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Yes. See xlqDemo.xls for an example.
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Q |
Excel 97 crashes when I try to use
XLQ. |
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Due to a bug in Microsoft Excel 97, you
need to ensure that you are using Excel 97 (SP1). You can check
this in Excel, by selecting Help / About Microsoft Excel, where
you should see SP-1 (or later) mentioned after Excel 97. To
update Excel, you need to download Service Patch 1, which you
may do from Microsoft's web site for free, or by clicking here,
(or for international versions here)
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I cannot see the help file. |
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If you get an error message when
trying to open xlq help, you need to update your system by
either installing Internet Explorer 5, or downloading and
running the file hhupd.exe from Microsoft's web site.
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Does XLQ support Excel 95. |
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No, xlq will not work with Microsoft
Excel 95. Excel 97 or later is required, although it is still
possible to run xlq separately or use xlqCompanion.
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Can I use XLQ with Excel on a Mac. |
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No, xlq will only run on a Windows
platform.
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