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Questions tagged [real-time-quotes]

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When I google a ticker like XLE or something, I see a price which updates frequently (about every second or so), where can I find this for options?

Is there an options ticker I can google to get this equivalent? Or any free place where I can see the quotes updating more regularly? I know the bats order book sh
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What causes stock price to differ from the real time data?

Zero-commission and discount brokers such as 'Robinhood' can be rather misleading when placing orders. Orders are often filled with a slight change in the price, relative to free real time quotes provided. If I place a market order when my my real…
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Where can I get real-time stock price data for National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)?

I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this, however I couldn't find a better place after searching Stack Exchange. From where can I get tick data/real-time data for the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)? I am willing to pay a sober…
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Is the quoted ask and bid the best ask and best bid?

I'm wondering, if you're on a brokerage site that offers "real-time" ask and bid quotes, are those ask and bid quotes you see flashed on the screen necessarily the best ask and the best bid available, or are brokerages limited in their ability to…
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stock trading in fractions of a penny

When I get quote on ITOT or IEMG and some times on IWM, I see quotes in sub penny. reuters also confirms that it happens, Can a ordinary investor put limit orders in sub-penny ? I am not asking about penny stocks or thinly traded stocks.
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Google free real-time stock quotes

With respect to: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/real-time-quotes-for-free.html My question is: Isn't this info freely available a.k.a. the ticker scrollbar as in: http://www.dailyfinance.com/quotes/the-toronto-dominion-bank/td/nys Which is…
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Symbol changes of commodity futures on Yahoo Finance

I am programming a stock tracker application with Yahoo's finance API. At the beginning of this month I noticed that the information provided by Yahoo on the commodities were wrong. So I looked up the symbols on Yahoo's finance website and realized,…
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How to calculate Mid Prices from Bid and Ask?

Should the Mid Price always be equal to the average of Bid and Ask Prices or can brokers and dealers quote a Mid Price that is within Bid and Ask but isn't the average?
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Is it wise to day trade without being subscribed to real-time data?

If data is delayed then am I literally trading on data or events that already transpired? How does that effect what I see on the DOM, the charts, time & sales? The bid/ask are always fluctuating so what does delayed data mean in relation to this?…
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Is stock exchange order book data useful for retail investors?

I am a small retail investor, and I have a stock brokerage account. The stock brokerage firm is offering free real-time order book data for NASDAQ and BATS. I noticed that, as a standalone product outside the brokerage firm, the NASDAQ order book…
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What is the use of having access to Level 2 quotes as a retail investor?

I am a small retail investor. I recently opened a new stock brokerage account. The stock brokerage firm is offering free Level 2 quotes for NYSE and NASDAQ. Judging by the general availability of this expensive Level 2 data, I would assume that…
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U.S. OTC Market Depth - Level 2?

Are there any paid websites, services or programs providing access to OTC Level 2 for private individuals? I need OTC Level 2 to work fast, without any delays. P.S. By "OTC", I mean the American OTC markets (OTCBB, OTCQX, OTCQB, OTC Pink).
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Do level 2 quotes help a non day trader?

My broker is trying to sell me expensive data packages that show level 2 quotes. If I am not a day trader and my minimum holding period is 3-4 days, do I get any advantage by purchasing level 2 quotes? I thought level 2 quotes were only for HFT…
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What do the Sizes on Bid/Ask Quotes Mean?

I have a basic question regarding equities. For this example, assume that I have a quote for KO stock which says the following: Current Price = $39.00 | Bid = 38.99 x 6800 | Ask = 39.00 x 4300 What do the sizes for the Bid and Ask Quotes (6800 and…
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GnuCash- Warning: Finance::Quote not installed properly

When I try to edit securities, the following warning appears: 'Finance::Quote not installed properly.' Is there any way to discover what's wrong and fix it? Thanks in advance. I reviewed the installation according to https://wiki.gnucash.org/ and…
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