Schwab data feed

[saturn33]

Schwab tells me that the symbols for the NDX and the XAU indexes are $NDX and $XAU. But when I enter these symbols into MW, there is no data. Does anyone else have this problem? It appears that somehow MW is getting confused over this. Schwab tells me:

Thank you for reaching out to the Schwab Trader API Support Team.

The Trader API will use the same symbols as Schwab.com (not thinkorswim), so for indices, you will typically need to include a $ at the beginning of the symbol.

For example: $NDX, $XAU, etc.

When I do this, MW returns different symbols than what I entered ($XAU.X or XAU or $NDX.X or NDX). Perhaps there is some leftover code related to TDAmeritrade, which needs to be changed due to the Schwab changeover.

UPDATE: what Schwab has told me:

The Trader API will use the symbol $NDX for the 'NASDAQ 100 INDEX' and the symbol $XAU for the 'PHLX GOLD SILVER INDEX CAPITAL-WEIGHT'. I just tested the GET /quotes endpoint for both of those tickers, and am not seeing any issues with returning the expected quote data on our side.

Have you contacted MotiveWave directly regarding those symbols? There may be an issue with the symbology mapping on their side that is potentially causing the issue.

 

[angoodwi]

You have to add it manually,

In the menu:

Configure > Instruments > Define > Add Symbol $NDX etc..

 

[saturn33]

You have to add it manually,

In the menu:

Configure > Instruments > Define > Add Symbol $NDX etc..

Thank you for this information. It seems strange that I have to do a manual entry for these when various other symbols work just fine. I will give it a try.

 

[saturn33]

You have to add it manually,

In the menu:

Configure > Instruments > Define > Add Symbol $NDX etc..

Thank you - that worked. I don't know why this is necessary to do for $NDX and $XAU, but you gave me the solution.

 

[angoodwi]

Great, that will be on Schwab API not on MW..

Although I do have an issue with bar updates for mostly indexes see:

[SOLVED] Bars not printed and countdown stops (Schwab Data)

Hi All, Latest Release 6.9.5 Ultimate Edition This has happened to me with other data providers in the past, bars are loaded on initial display of a stock, index or futures. However, after 5 minutes, 15 minutes no matter the time-frane used, the real time bars are not printed and the bar...

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[saturn33]

Great, that will be on Schwab API not on MW..

Although I do have an issue with bar updates for mostly indexes see:

[SOLVED] Bars not printed and countdown stops (Schwab Data)

Hi All, Latest Release 6.9.5 Ultimate Edition This has happened to me with other data providers in the past, bars are loaded on initial display of a stock, index or futures. However, after 5 minutes, 15 minutes no matter the time-frane used, the real time bars are not printed and the bar...

support.motivewave.com

I have not been involved enough to know if I have this problem or not. I don't think I have ever seen what you show. But I am very new to Schwab, as is everyone. But I don't follow things so closely, so I might have missed it. I don't know what the "bar countdown" even is. If I have missing data, then I'm probably not even aware of it.

 

[digtlpete]

Not having a lot of luck with Schwab connection. I was getting error 400 not able to load 1min bars. Has anyone else had this issue? I got this error loading spy and qqq

 

[digtlpete]

It looks like I'm only getting the error error 400 not able to load 1min bars on SPY. Does anyone have any idea what would be causing this? I'm using volume profiles and VWAP with standard deviation bands.

 

[saturn33]

It looks like I'm only getting the error error 400 not able to load 1min bars on SPY. Does anyone have any idea what would be causing this? I'm using volume profiles and VWAP with standard deviation bands.

For unknown reasons, it seems that Schwab has certain issues with various ticker symbols, one of which is SPY. Sometimes it can pull data for time periods other than 1 day intervals, but many times when I try to get data for various other time period bars less than 1 day, Schwab tells me that data is not available. There is some sort of problem, but I don't know exactly what. I have seen this with a few other symbols as well. Maybe email Schwab at:

For API questions - traderapi@schwab.com

 

[digtlpete]

For unknown reasons, it seems that Schwab has certain issues with various ticker symbols, one of which is SPY. Sometimes it can pull data for time periods other than 1 day intervals, but many times when I try to get data for various other time period bars less than 1 day, Schwab tells me that data is not available. There is some sort of problem, but I don't know exactly what. I have seen this with a few other symbols as well. Maybe email Schwab at:

For API questions - traderapi@schwab.com

After a little more experimentation it seems that all ETF based tickers are giving me the error. SPY, QQQ, IWM, TLT, GLD, SLV. I'll shoot them an email and see if they are aware of the issue. Thanks for the response!

 

[saturn33]

After a little more experimentation it seems that all ETF based tickers are giving me the error. SPY, QQQ, IWM, TLT, GLD, SLV. I'll shoot them an email and see if they are aware of the issue. Thanks for the response!

Yes, thanks for reminding me - I also had trouble with IWM. I follow /NQZ24 and /GCZ24 futures, but not GLD, so I did not notice QQQ and GLD.

 

[digtlpete]

The issue I mentioned above ended up being a bug in 6.9.7. It has been addressed in 6.9.8.

 

[saturn33]

The issue I mentioned above ended up being a bug in 6.9.7. It has been addressed in 6.9.8.

Thank you for this information.

 

[zendog]

Has anyone been able to access futures via the API? I can add the symbols but no quotes appear.

 

[saturn33]

Has anyone been able to access futures via the API? I can add the symbols but no quotes appear.

I have no trouble accessing futures, like /SIZ24 or /RTYZ24, etc. But I first had to manually add them as instruments. Not sure why I had to do that, but that's what worked for me.