Importing Data from Prophet.net
Prophet.net is an Internet-based service which provides market data to subscribers of their service.
TradingSolutions can download intraday, end-of-day, weekly, and monthly historical data over the Internet directly from Prophet.net (previously known as ProphetFinance.com). This allows you to keep all of the data in your portfolio up-to-date with the push of a few buttons.
Configuring TradingSolutions to Use Prophet.net
Prophet.net is defined as a "data source" in TradingSolutions. Prophet.net requires you to sign up for an account in order to access data from its service. This account has a username and password associated with it, which TradingSolutions must be made aware of in order to access data through your account.
You can sign up for a Prophet account on the web. Special pricing may be available for TradingSolutions users. To see what deals are available and/or sign up, please visit the Data Sources section of the TradingSolutions website or jump straight there from the Configure Data Sources Dialog.
& For help signing up for and configuring data sources, see Configuring Data Sources.
Importing Data from Prophet.net
New data series can be imported from Prophet.net using the Import Data Wizard and selecting Download new data from the Internet. This will display the Select Data to Download page, where you can select Prophet.net as the data source.
Ä Note: These options will not be available if the Prophet.net data source has not yet been configured.
& For help importing historical data, see Importing Historical Data.
Existing data series can be updated from Prophet.net using the Import Data Wizard and selecting Update data in the target group. Individual data series are updated based on their currently selected data source. The data source for each data series can be viewed or modified from the Modify Data Series Dialog: Properties page. The data source for entire groups can be viewed or modified from the Modify Group Dialog: Properties page.
& For help updating data, see Updating Data.
Streaming Intraday Data from Prophet.net
To stream intraday data from Prophet, it is recommended that you first download historical data for the symbol(s) you are interested in the periodicity or periodicities you would like to stream. This allows you to create any signals or other calculations before beginning streaming.
Once you have downloaded historical intraday data, turning on streaming will automatically update any intraday data which has not had the streaming option turned off.
& For help with streaming updates, see Streaming Intraday Data.
Special Considerations with Prophet.net
Prophet.net streaming data support requires your computer’s clock to be periodically synchronized with a time server. In Windows XP, this default setting can be verified from the Control Panel, Date and Time, on the Internet Time tab. For previous Windows versions, external software can be downloaded to perform this synchronization.
Important Note about Migrating from TradingSolutions v3.0 or previous
TradingSolutions versions through v3.0 used a connection to Prophet which required a Prophet account specific to TradingSolutions. Beginning with v3.1, this has been changed to the general Prophet connection which allows more functionality and can be used with general Prophet accounts.
Because of this, TradingSolutions users who used a Prophet account with v3.0 or previous will need to contact Prophet to convert their account from a TradingSolutions account to a general Prophet account. After doing this, their account will no longer be able to be used with older versions of TradingSolutions.