{"id":116,"date":"2018-08-07T18:43:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T18:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradingblox.com\/tb\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2024-09-24T16:25:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T16:25:46","slug":"data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tradingblox.com\/tb\/data\/","title":{"rendered":"Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>Trading Blox\u2122\u00a0does 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 Limited out of date courtesy data is made available to new customers for a limited time, for orientation purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the providers that have data that is compatible with the Trading Blox\u2122 engine.<\/p>\n\t<p><strong>CSI Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"CSI Data\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csidata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"csilogo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingblox.com\/tb\/wp-content\/uploads\/csilogo.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>CSI &#8211;\u00a0<em>Preferred End of Day Data Vendor<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>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&amp;L can be computed for long term trades, taking into consideration both stock splits and dividends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you order from CSI please be sure to inform them that you are a Trading Blox\u2122\u00a0customer and use discount code TBLOX15 to receive a 15% discount on your first order.<\/strong><\/p>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csidata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C.S.I. Data<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n200 West Palmetto Park Rd. Suite 200<br \/>\nBoca Raton , FL 33432<br \/>\n(800) 274-4727<br \/>\nWeb Site:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csidata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.csidata.com<\/a>\n<p>Support Files:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingblox.com\/tradingblox\/CSIUA\/Setup CSI Futures.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Setup CSI Futures<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingblox.com\/tradingblox\/CSIUA\/Trading Blox CSI Stocks.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Setup CSI Stocks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingblox.com\/tradingblox\/CSIUA\/Trading Blox CSI Forex.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Setup CSI Forex<\/a><\/p>\n\t<h3>Interactive Brokers<\/h3>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Support Files:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingblox.com\/tradingblox\/Broker%20Direct%20Documentation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broker Direct Setup<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradingblox.com\/tb\/wp-content\/uploads\/IBSetup.mp4?_=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tutorial Video<\/a><\/p>\n\t<h3><strong>Portara CQG Datafactory &#8211; Preferred RTH Daily &amp; Intraday FUTURES Data Vendor. No Stocks.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Portara\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portarablox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tradingblox.com\/tradingblox\/Images\/Portara-CQG-2.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\nCreate continuous back-adjusted ASCII CSV files with CQG Datafactory\u2122 Intraday and Daily Historical Futures Data using Portara Charts\u2122 The CQG Databases reside locally on your machine. Portara Charts\u2122 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.<br \/>\nCreate RTH Daily data. It is CQG Datafactory with a Front End. Check it out at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portarablox.com\/\">www.portarablox.com<\/a>.\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portarablox.com\/setup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instructions on how to connect Portara to Trading Blox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Free 14 Day Trial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portara.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.portara.org<\/a><\/p>\n\t<h3><strong>Historica Intraday Data Options<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iqfeed.net\/index.cfm?displayaction=start\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IQ Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iqfeed.net\/index.cfm?displayaction=start\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free IQ Feed Trial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mechtrading.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QCollector <\/a>to gather the IQ Feed data into custom bar sizes for use with Trading Blox.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trading Blox\u2122\u00a0does not provide data for historical testing or order generation purposes. 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