Connecting to IQFeed

This guide is designed to help you connect IQfeed to the ATAS platform.

The process of registering for Free Trial access to IQFeed is described in the article: IQFeed Demo Registration.

Before connecting your IQFeed account to the ATAS platform, make sure you have downloaded and installed the latest version of the IQFeed client software. 

You can download it here: 

https://www.iqfeed.net/index.cfm?displayaction=support§ion=download (IQFeed product (Datafeed)).

After installing and running this program, a window will open where you need to enter your IQFeed account details in the opened window, which are provided in the registration email. The same window will also briefly pop up when you click Connect on the added IQFeed connection.

To set up the IQFeed connection on the ATAS platform, click on Connections in the main platform window, then select Add, choose IQFeed, and click Next.

In the IQFeed connection window, enter your credentials (username and password), then click Finish.

After configuring the connection, it will appear as a separate line in the connections window:

You can read about the settings of this window at the following link: Connection Settings Window

1. Add - add a new connection

2. Type - connection source

3. Name - the name of the connection, which you can set yourself

4. State - connection status

5. Is market data - option to choose a quote provider (this connection will be used as the quote provider)

6. Auto connect - if you want the connection to be established automatically when the platform starts, enable this option

7. Connection settings button

8. Delete - to remove the connection from the list button

9. Connect/Disconnect - connect/disconnect the connector