Hi, Has anyone been able to connect to TOS DDE with AmiBroker x32 on a Windows 7 64bit system? While I have been able to connect using windows XP, I have had no success with Windows 7 64bit.
Appreciate any help! Thanks, Chris --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, David <amibroker.ygro...@...> wrote: > > As one step along the path to determine whether I can back test option > strategies with AmiBroker even though AmiBroker isn't designed for options > traders, I've integrated AmiBroker with thinkorswim via DDE for real-time > streaming quotes of every instrument you can trade via thinkDesktop, e.g. > options, futures, stocks, ETFs, forex. > > To do the same, just follow the instructions on > http://www.amibroker.com/dde.html and copy this screen after you click the > CONFIGURE button. These entries are case sensitive. > > [image: Capture.PNG] > > Since AmiBroker doesn't use the last two fields anyway, I'm using them for > additional data I want. I used the first field for the Strike of an option > so AmiBroker can find the option I'm looking for more quickly than having to > parse the Ticker field for that info (I'm perhaps incorrectly assuming that > AmiBroker indexes that first field). I used the second field for the > VIX-style Implied Volatility index of the underlying stock, index, future, > etc. You can chose any of the thinkorswim DDE fields below instead of the > two I chose. > > 52HIGH > 52LOW > ASK > ASKX > ASK_SIZE > AX > BACK_VOL > BA_SIZE > BETA > BID > BIDX > BID_SIZE > BX > CALL_VOLUME_INDEX > CLOSE > COVERED_RETURN > CUSTOM1 > CUSTOM2 > CUSTOM3 > CUSTOM4 > CUSTOM5 > CUSTOM6 > CUSTOM7 > CUSTOM8 > CUSTOM9 > DELTA > DESCRIPTION > DIV > DIV_DATE > DIV_FREQ > DT > EPS > EXCHANGE > EXPIRATION > EXTRINSIC > FRONT_VOL > GAMMA > HIGH > HTB_ETB > IMPL_VOL > INTRINSIC > LAST > LASTX > LAST_SIZE > LOW > LX > MARK > MARKET_CAP > MAX_COVERED_RETURN > NET_CHANGE > OPEN > OPEN_INT > OPTION_VOLUME_INDEX > PE > PERCENT_CHANGE > PROB_OF_EXPIRING > PROB_OF_TOUCHING > PUT_CALL_RATIO > PUT_VOLUME_INDEX > RHO > ROC > ROR > SHARES > STRIKE > SYMBOL > THETA > VEGA > VOLUME > VOL_DIFF > VOL_INDEX > YIELD > Warm regards, > David >
