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»Forums Index »Archive (2017 and earlier) »IQFeed Developer Support »no 'ask' update message on port 9100

Author	Topic: no 'ask' update message on port 9100 (6 messages, Page 1 of 1)
andrzejs -Interested User- Posts: 23 Joined: May 27, 2004	Posted: Oct 27, 2004 11:21 AM Msg. 1 of 6 i only receive 't' and 'b' type of messages during trading hours (t=trade update, b=bid update), but no 'a' type messages. why is this? i noticed this why streaming SUNW and SSRI for approx. 20 minutes at noon today. i am using java and your latest development version. field 18 description from your doc: 18 Time HH:MMc HH represents the hour of the day in a 24 hour clock. MM represents the minutes of the hour. The character represented by c indicates one of the following: * t - A trade update occured * T - Extended Trade. * b - A bid update occured (an ask update may also have occured) * a - A ask update occured * o - Some other type of update occured data: streamer.interpret_q:Q\|SSRI\|F\|14.2100\|-0.52\|-0.0353021\|457048\|200\|14.9800\|14.2000\|14.2100\|14.2200\|300\|100\|\|173\|0.78\|12:17b\|\|14.9000\|14.7300\|0.01\|\|\|\|p\|N\|\|\|\|10/27/2004\|\|14.2100\|\|\|\|-0.52\|0\|\|-0.222707483\|0.\|0.\|-0.69\|1\|0.054890922\|688460.29\|14\|4\|\|953230\|BSE-CSE-PSE-NMS\|\|\|\|\|1372\|\|\|14.5840 streamer.interpret_q:Q\|SSRI\|F\|14.2200\|-0.51\|-0.03462321\|457148\|100\|14.9800\|14.2000\|14.2100\|14.2200\|300\|100\|173\|173\|0.78\|12:17t\|\|14.9000\|14.7300\|0.01\|\|\|\|p\|N\|\|\|\|10/27/2004\|\|14.2200\|\|\|\|-0.51\|0\|\|-0.222537415\|0.\|0.\|-0.68\|1\|0.054852321\|688944.78\|14\|4\|\|953230\|BSE-CSE-PSE-NMS\|\|\|\|\|1373\|\|\|14.5839 streamer.interpret_q:Q\|SSRI\|F\|14.2200\|-0.51\|-0.03462321\|457248\|100\|14.9800\|14.2000\|14.2100\|14.2200\|300\|100\|183\|173\|0.78\|12:17t\|\|14.9000\|14.7300\|0.01\|\|\|\|p\|N\|\|\|\|10/27/2004\|\|14.2200\|\|\|\|-0.51\|0\|\|-0.222367347\|0.\|0.\|-0.68\|1\|0.054852321\|688944.78\|14\|4\|\|953230\|BSE-CSE-PSE-NMS\|\|\|\|\|1374\|\|\|14.5838 -->streamer.interpret_q:Q\|SSRI\|F\|14.2200\|-0.51\|-0.03462321\|457248\|100\|14.9800\|14.2000\|14.2100\|14.2300\|300\|500\|\|173\|0.78\|12:17b\|\|14.9000\|14.7300\|0.02\|\|\|\|t\|N\|\|\|\|10/27/2004\|\|14.2200\|\|\|\|-0.51\|0\|\|-0.222367347\|0.\|0.01\|-0.68\|1\|0.054852321\|688944.78\|14\|4\|\|953230\|BSE-CSE-PSE-NMS\|\|\|\|\|1374\|\|\|14.5838 streamer.interpret_q:Q\|SSRI\|F\|14.2200\|-0.51\|-0.03462321\|457248\|100\|14.9800\|14.2000\|14.2100\|14.2300\|300\|300\|\|173\|0.78\|12:17b\|\|14.9000\|14.7300\|0.02\|\|\|\|p\|N\|\|\|\|10/27/2004\|\|14.2200\|\|\|\|-0.51\|0\|\|-0.222367347\|0.\|0.\|-0.68\|1\|0.054852321\|688944.78\|14\|4\|\|953230\|BSE-CSE-PSE-NMS\|\|\|\|\|1374\|\|\|14.5838 streamer.interpret_q:Q\|SSRI\|F\|14.2200\|-0.51\|-0.03462321\|457248\|100\|14.9800\|14.2000\|14.2100\|14.2200\|300\|100\|\|173\|0.78\|12:17b\|\|14.9000\|14.7300\|0.01\|\|\|\|c\|N\|\|\|\|10/27/2004\|\|14.2200\|\|\|\|-0.51\|0\|\|-0.222367347\|0.\|-0.01\|-0.68\|1\|0.054852321\|688944.78\|14\|4\|\|953230\|BSE-CSE-PSE-NMS\|\|\|\|\|1374\|\|\|14.5838 streamer.interpret_q:Q\|SSRI\|F\|14.2200\|-0.51\|-0.03462321\|457348\|100\|14.9800\|14.2000\|14.2100\|14.2200\|300\|100\|183\|173\|0.78\|12:17t\|\|14.9000\|14.7300\|0.01\|\|\|\|c\|N\|\|\|\|10/27/2004\|\|14.2200\|\|\|\|-0.51\|0\|\|-0.222197279\|0.\|-0.01\|-0.68\|1\|0.054852321\|688944.78\|14\|4\|\|953230\|BSE-CSE-PSE-NMS\|\|\|\|\|1375\|\|\|14.5837 streamer.interpret_q:Q\|SSRI\|F\|14.2200\|-0.51\|-0.03462321\|457348\|100\|14.9800\|14.2000\|14.2100\|14.2300\|300\|600\|\|173\|0.78\|12:17b\|\|14.9000\|14.7300\|0.02\|\|\|\|c\|N\|\|\|\|10/27/2004\|\|14.2200\|\|\|\|-0.51\|0\|\|-0.222197279\|0.\|0.01\|-0.68\|1\|0.054852321\|688944.78\|14\|4\|\|953230\|BSE-CSE-PSE-NMS\|\|\|\|\|1375\|\|\|14.5837 streamer.interpret_q:Q\|SSRI\|F\|14.2200\|-0.51\|-0.03462321\|457348\|100\|14.9800\|14.2000\|14.2100\|14.2300\|300\|600\|\|173\|0.78\|12:17b\|\|14.9000\|14.7300\|0.02\|\|\|\|p\|N\|\|\|\|10/27/2004\|\|14.2200\|\|\|\|-0.51\|0\|\|-0.222197279\|0.\|0.\|-0.68\|1\|0.054852321\|688944.78\|14\|4\|\|953230\|BSE-CSE-PSE-NMS\|\|\|\|\|1375\|\|\|14.5837 streamer.interpret_q:Q\|SSRI\|F\|14.2200\|-0.51\|-0.03462321\|457348\|100\|14.9800\|14.2000\|14.2100\|14.2300\|300\|900\|\|173\|0.78\|12:17b\|\|14.9000\|14.7300\|0.02\|\|\|\|c\|N\|\|\|\|10/27/2004\|\|14.2200\|\|\|\|-0.51\|0\|\|-0.222197279\|0.\|0.\|-0.68\|1\|0.054852321\|688944.78\|14\|4\|\|953230\|BSE-CSE-PSE-NMS\|\|\|\|\|1375\|\|\|14.5837 streamer.interpret_q:Q\|SSRI\|F\|14.2200\|-0.51\|-0.03462321\|457348\|100\|14.9800\|14.2000\|14.2100\|14.2300\|300\|1000\|\|173\|0.78\|12:17b\|\|14.9000\|14.7300\|0.02\|\|\|\|c\|N\|\|\|\|10/27/2004\|\|14.2200\|\|\|\|-0.51\|0\|\|-0.222197279\|0.\|0.\|-0.68\|1\|0.054852321\|688944.78\|14\|4\|\|953230\|BSE-CSE-PSE-NMS\|\|\|\|\|1375\|\|\|14.5837 streamer.interpret_q:Q\|SSRI\|F\|14.2200\|-0.51\|-0.03462321\|457348\|100\|14.9800\|14.2000\|14.2100\|14.2300\|300\|700\|\|173\|0.78\|12:17b\|\|14.9000\|14.7300\|0.02\|\|\|\|c\|N\|\|\|\|10/27/2004\|\|14.2200\|\|\|\|-0.51\|0\|\|-0.222197279\|0.\|0.\|-0.68\|1\|0.054852321\|688944.78\|14\|4\|\|953230\|BSE-CSE-PSE-NMS\|\|\|\|\|1375\|\|\|14.5837
andrzejs -Interested User- Posts: 23 Joined: May 27, 2004	Posted: Oct 27, 2004 01:37 PM Msg. 2 of 6 correction: i meant port 5009
DTN_Steve_G -DTN IQFeed- Posts: 28 Joined: Oct 1, 2004	Posted: Oct 27, 2004 03:34 PM Msg. 3 of 6 andrzejs, I checked with our staff on this. Ready? When an ask only occurs, an "a" trade time type will be used. When a bid only occurs, or when both a bid and an ask occurs, a "b" trade time type will be used. You will not see any "a" trade time type for equities, since all equity quotes have both a bid and an ask on them. Only commodities will have "a" trade time types, when only an ask occurs. The two symbols (SUNW and SSRI), which you were watching, are equities. SOOO, you will see everything reported on a "b" trade time type. I hope that is a little bit clearer than mud (joke!). Steve Grunberg IQFeed Developer Support DTN Market Access
andrzejs -Interested User- Posts: 23 Joined: May 27, 2004	Posted: Oct 27, 2004 03:50 PM Msg. 4 of 6 Ok, thanks Steve. That explains it.
dhakme -DTN Evangelist- Posts: 150 Joined: Sep 17, 2004	Posted: Oct 27, 2004 08:03 PM Msg. 5 of 6 Steve, This has been puzzling me as well. Are you saying that with equities, if ONLY the ASK has changed, you will still send a 'b'? Dennis
DTN_Steve_G -DTN IQFeed- Posts: 28 Joined: Oct 1, 2004	Posted: Oct 28, 2004 08:34 AM Msg. 6 of 6 Dennis, Correcto! Steve Grunberg IQFeed Developer Support DTN Market Access