Nest RTD Help Documentation

v1.0 dated 03 Mar 17

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Contents

Know About Nest RTD

Requirements
Installation
Nest RTD User Interface
AmiBroker Setup
Disclaimer

Know About Nest RTD

A reliable and fast data is the first and foremost requirement of Technical Analysis in
Stock Trading. If your data is not reliable and fast enough, then it is difficult to success in algo
trading/technical analysis as what you get in the back test may be wrong and may result in
financial loss when you go trading live.

There are many authorized and some other vendors provide data for variety of charting
software like AmiBroker, MT4 etc for some cost range from Rs500 - Rs20000. and most of the
people forgot one more data vendor who is always with us.

The other vendor which people forgot is our trading platform only. Do you know? The
live quotes which you get in your trading terminal are faster than any other data vendors. You
can check this yourself by taking trial on some vendor and do compare with your trading
platform.
 The only drawback with your trading platform is you will not get any backfill. What
backfill mean is, suppose you network was disconnected for say 10mins, for this period you will
not have data, this is a very serious issue. But the data vendors will automatically backfill that
10mins with data from their server.

How this can be resolved? Yes we can somewhat manage this issue by taking some
steps as follows.

Run your trading system in Cloud...This will remove any network disconnection and
power shutdown problems. So your apps always running in your cloud without any
problem even you close your laptop/PC. You can refer this page
https://tradingqna.com/t/is-time-of-various-location-affect-trader/9463/2 for how
cloud will affect your trading.
We can use data table provided by trading platform to backfill any past data for free.

How can I feed the live quotes from Market Watch..?Live Quotes cannot be feed
directly from trading platform. But most of the trading platform support real time data to excel
using RTD. We can use RTD to feed our charting software

What is Steps Involved? There are many methods found all over the internet on
feeding data from Excel RTD to AmiBroker. But none of them was user friendly and involves
complex setup and no long term support. But we truly appreciate the effort put by those people
who developed such utilities. So we, who always cares for retail traders especially for beginners,
come up with a solution..Nest RTD

Nest RTD is a simple, robust and reliable tool that can be used to feed live quotes from
your trading platform to AmiBroker. It will be the best ever solutions for real-time feeding from
Terminal.

How much Cost.? Nest RTD is free and you can use it as long as you wish and will
always free. But make sure that you are using it for your personal use only not for any
commercial use.

How it works.? Nest RTD is receiving data from trading platform through RTD (Real
Time Data Server) and received data is parsed and stored and further sent to charting Platform.

Trading Platform NEST RTD AmiBroker

How much reliable? Instead of we tell us, you can use it yourself and if you think that
it will fit for you then you can use it. Nest RTD is mainly developed for beginners who can test
trading system and all, before investing real money. Of course you can use this for real time
trading also.

Charting Platform Supported? Currently supports AmiBroker only. We plan to add

more charting software in future.
 Trading Platform Supported.? We developed for Zerodha Pi & Zerodha Nest Trader.
But your trading platform supports RTD, please tell us at help@howutrade.in, we will make one
for your platform also.

Where to download.? You can download from our website https://howutrade.in

Pros:
You can true tick data from your platform (Others provide 1min or above)
Fast quote updates than other data vendors (You check it yourself)
Zero cost (Others involves cost)
Simple Setup (other involves little bit Complex)
Can be installed on Cloud (Other have separate higher plans for cloud)
Historical data (data table) from trading platform can be imported.

Cons:-
No automatic backfill (Of course run it on cloud to solve this)

What are the modes supported? Nest RTD supports two modes i.e. DDE and COM. Both have
advantage and disadvantage. But if you are beginner, then better use COM mode.

Requirements

System Requirements:-

Windows 7 or Later
.Net Frame Work 4.0 or above
MS Office 2007 or later (Optional)
Admin Rights
AmiBroker 5.3 & Above
Basic Technical Skills

Installation

Download the Installer from our website https://www.howutrade.in

You can scan the installer with AV first and disable Anti Virus for better installation.

Install it as Administrator.

If .Net Framework 4.0 or above not installed, please download and install first.

Nest RTD will be installed on C:\Nest RTD.

This will add necessary firewall rules.

Notice:-
Always Run Nest RTD as Administrator else you will get error. Admin Rights is required to
create feed data to AmiBroker and receive data from Trading Platform.
Nest RTD User Interface
 Notice:-
First opening of the day will take little bit time as Nest RTD will download latest symbol list
from our server (3Mb). Symbols will be downloaded only once for a Day and stored locally.
Second time onwards, symbols will be loaded from stored file, opening time will be fast.

AmiBroker Setup

Notice:-
Always Run AmiBroker as Administrator else you will not Get Quotes.

Ticker Format For AmiBroker is [TradeSymbol]

Trade Symbol should be as exactly as it is in Nest RTD Market Watch or Trading Platform

Example:- ICICIBANK-EQ SILVERM16NOVFUT NIFTY16OCTFUT

Nest RTD Supports two types of Feeding AmiBroker.
You can choose any method which you like.

DDE Plugin
COM

DDE Plugin:
It uses AmiBrokers DDE Plugin to Feed Quotes.
KiteApp will act as DDE server & AmiBroker DDE Client.
Pros:
Fast Quote Update

Cons:
Prone to Database Corruption.
Need to Manually Add Symbols in AmiBroker
Little bit Complex Setup.
Problem in import Data into AmiBroker

COM:
Its uses AmiBrokers COM method to Import Quotes
Pros:
Symbols Automatically Added
Simple Setup
Database will never corrupt
Seamlessly import Data into AmiBroker.

Cons:
Not as fast as DDE
 DDE Setup (One Time Setup)

Notice:-
Always Start KiteApp and Start AmiFeed First, then Open AmiBroker if the AmiFeed mode is
DDE

First Create a Database:

Database Folder: Type any name. I used

DDEDB.
Press Create.
DataSource : DDE Universal data Plugin
Local Data Storage Enabled.
Number of Bars: 50000
Base Time Interval : 1 Min or Higher.
Press Ok.

Ensure Trading Terminal Running

Ensure Nest RTD is Running.
Ensure AmiFeed Mode is DDE
Ensure AmiFeed is Started

Now add at least one symbol before going

Further steps. I added BHEL-EQ
To add symbol in AmiBroker.
Menu Symbol Add

Now Select the Added Symbol from

Symbol Pane.

Now Go to

Menu File Database Settings

In Database settings window

Press Configure Button &
Do as below.

NESTFEED

Preset:
Generic2
DDE Server
NESTFEED

Rest all leave

Press OK to close
Close Configure window.

Press Ok to close
Database Settings
Window.

As soon as you close,

You can see the DDE
Plug-in Status changes
From Yellow to Green
Color in Bottom
Right corner.

If it is still yellow,
Try reconnecting.

Still yellow then

Check all steps gain.

Notice:-
In DDE Mode, by default AmiBroker will request quotes only for those symbols for which
chart are open. Let me explain Little bit, suppose you added 30 symbols in AmiBroker, but
you have opened chart for only 3 symbols, then AmiBroker will request quotes for only
those 3 symbols and hence rest 27 symbols will not receive any quotes. To get quotes for
all symbols you have to add all symbols to Real Time Quote Window.
Menu Window Real Time Quote.

Adding each symbol to Quote window is pain, To add all Symbols at Once.Do as follows;
In symbol Pane select all Symbols & Right Click
Select Watch List Add Selected Symbols
Choose List0

Now Go to Real Time Quote Window

Right Click
Add Watch List Select List0.
This will add all symbols to Real Time Quote Window
 COM Setup (One Time Setup)

Notice:-
Always Start AmiBroker First and then Start KiteApp and Start AmiFeed if the AmiFeed mode
is COM

First Create Database.

Database Folder: Type any name. I used

LOCALDB.
Press Create.
DataSource : Local Database
Local Data Storage Enabled.
Number of Bars: 50000
Base Time Interval : 1 Min or Higher.
Press Ok.
Thats it.

Ensure that AmiFeed mode is COM

Now Start AmiFeed in Nest RTD
Symbols will be automatically added & quotes will be automatically feed for all symbols.

Notice:-
If AmiFeed Mode is COM, Ensure that the database you are using is your default database else
set it in Menu Preferences Data Default Database Select Your Database.

Starting and Closing Sequence

DDE Mode

Start Trading Platform

Trading Ensure RTD is enabled
Platform Add Required Symbols in MW

Start Nest RTD

Nest RTD Ensure Mode is DDE
Add Required Symbols in MW(same as TP)
Start AmiFeed

Start amiBroker
AmiBroke Ensure Database is DDE
DDE is configured.
Add tickers to RT Quote window

Close Reverse
 COM Mode

Start Trading Platform

Trading Ensure RTD is enabled
Platform Add Required Symbols in MW

Start amiBroker
AmiBroke Ensure Database is Local

Start Nest RTD

Nest RTD Ensure Mode is COM
Add Required Symbols in MW(same as TP)
Start AmiFeed

Close Reverse

Howutrade Software Solutions LLP,

Thanjavur
Tamil Nadu

Website: https://www.howutrade.in
Reach us at help@howutrade.in

Disclaimer

Nest RTD provided by Howutrade Software Solutions LLP is for personal use only and assume that
user is has sufficient programming and coding knowledge required to use Nest RTD. This software is
provided "AS IS" without any warranties. Howutrade Software Solutions LLP assumes no
responsibility or liability for the use of the software.

Howutrade Software Solutions LLP reserves the right to make changes in the software without
notification. Howutrade Software Solutions LLP also makes no representation or warranty that such
application will be suitable for the specified use without further testing or modification.

For Complete Agreement Terms refer C:\Nest RTD\EULA.pdf