Trading Blox™ does not provide data for historical testing or order generation purposes.
It is recommended that users of Trading Blox purchase their data from a data provider to
research trading system performance and/or generate orders for real trading. Limited
out-of-date courtesy data is made available to new customers for a limited time, for
orientation purposes.
Here are some of the providers that have data that is compatible with the Trading Blox™ engine.
CSI Data
CSI — Preferred End of Day Data Vendor
Provides Stock, ETF, Mutual Fund, Futures, and Forex DAILY data. Trading Blox will read
the data files created by CSI without translation, so the process of updating data on a
daily basis becomes a one-button, or automated, task. In addition, CSI provides the
delivery month for futures, and the unadjusted close for stocks and futures. The
unadjusted close is especially important for backtesting split-adjusted stock data.
Trading Blox customers will receive the dividend data separately, so that the correct
P&L can be computed for long-term trades, taking into consideration both stock splits
and dividends.
If you order from CSI please be sure to inform them that you are a Trading Blox™ customer and use discount code TBLOX15 to receive a 15% discount on your first order.
C.S.I. Data
200 West Palmetto Park Rd. Suite 200
Boca Raton, FL 33432
(800) 274-4727
Web Site: www.csidata.com
Support Files: Setup CSI Futures Setup CSI Stocks Setup CSI Forex
Interactive Brokers
Trading Blox Builder II Edition has a direct API connection with Interactive Brokers to
collect data, synchronize positions, and send new and updated orders, on an automated
basis. Data from 1 minute to 1 week can be collected and used. Best for live trading, as
historical data can be limited by account provisions.
Support Files: Broker Direct Setup Tutorial Video
Portara CQG Datafactory
Preferred RTH Daily & Intraday FUTURES Data Vendor. No Stocks.
Create continuous back-adjusted ASCII CSV files with CQG Datafactory™ Intraday and
Daily Historical Futures Data using Portara Charts™. The CQG Databases reside
locally on your machine. Portara Charts™ software is included complimentary. You
may roll, compress, chart and customize your own ASCII/CSV formats for back-testing.
Portara is fully Blox compatible with out-of-the-box templates. Create RTH Daily data. It
is CQG Datafactory with a Front End. Check it out at
www.portarablox.com.
Instructions on how to connect Portara to Trading Blox Free 14-Day Trial (www.portara.org)
Historical Intraday Data Options
IQ Feed —
DTN is a proven industry leader in the delivery of data feeds, high-end analytical
software, streaming quote services and customized web content. We bring together
time-sensitive quotes on equities, options, futures, commodities and fixed-income
securities, real-time news wires, historical data and more.
Free IQ Feed Trial QCollector
Use QCollector to gather the IQ Feed data into custom bar sizes for use with Trading Blox.
