Available Data Feeds
Supported by MultiCharts

MultiCharts supports a wide range of data suppliers. Contact information and set-up instructions, including animated tutorials, are posted in the member's area of our website.

Built-In Data Sources

To get the most out of MultiCharts, you need a real-time data service subscription from a data vendor or broker. If you do not subscribe to a real-time data feed, you can still use MultiCharts with Free Quotes or ASCII data.

Data Source Price* Real-Time History Symbol List
ASCII Mostly free. Price depends on data source. No Tick-by-tick, 1 minute, daily up to 7Gb file size No
Barchart Contact data vendor Yes Tick-by-tick 6 months back, one-minute bars 2 years back and daily bars (inception for futures and indices, 20 years plus for stocks and since 2000 for Forex) Yes
Bloomberg Contact data vendor Yes Tick-by-tick up to 50 days, intra-day up to 50 days, daily up to 20 years Yes
eSignal $49/month and higher Yes Tick-by-tick 10 days back, minute bars 60 days back, daily bars 10 years back Yes
Free Quotes n/a No Yes No
GlobalServer Price depends on GlobalServer's data source Yes Unlimited Yes
Interactive Brokers Free for customers Yes Second, minute or daily bars 6 month back Yes
IQFeed $50/month and higher Yes Tick-by-tick 30 days back, 1 year of minute bars (over 2.5 years for the CME Eminis), 1000 daily bars, 500 weekly bars Yes
Marketcast n/a Yes No Yes
MetaStock n/a No Yes Yes
Open E Cry Free for customers Yes Tick-by-tick up to 7 days, intra-day up to 14 days, daily up to several years back Yes
Patsystems Free for customers Yes No Yes
Rithmic Free for customers Yes No Yes
TradeStation8 $99.95 and higher Yes Tick-by-tick 30 days back, minute bars 20 years back, daily bars 45 years back Yes
Trading Technologies Depends on broker Yes No Yes
Universal DDE** Mostly free. Price depends on data source. Yes No No
Zen-Fire Free for customers Yes No No

* Plus applicable exchange fees and taxes. The prices presented in the table are subject to change from time to time. We don't guarantee the accuracy of the presented information.

** More than 20 predefined templates are available: Bloomberg, CAIT s.c., FAINEX, FXCM, GL Trade, Hi Sat, Infobolsa.de (BOVESPA A VISTA), Infobolsa.de (BOVESPA OPEOES COMPRA), Infobolsa.de (EUREX Futures), Infobolsa.de (FUTURES BM&F), Infobolsa.de (XETRA), IQLINK, MetaTrader, QLink, QuoteSpeed, Reuters, Taipan Realtime, Tradexpert.