IQFeed: Pinksheet Stocks Inaccessable
Hello,
IQFeed provides data for both Pinksheet and Nasdaq OTC stocks and often the same symbol will exist on both.
Example: "NTDOY.PK" and "NTDOY".
It seems that PTMC does not show data for Pinksheet stocks, only the Nasdaq OTC.
Using IQFeeds own Market Depth tool the top screenshot shows the Nasdaq OTC variant while the bottom shows the Pinksheets one.
Only the OTC version (with no L2 activity) is available in PTMC
Please note that when searching for Pinksheet stocks with IQFeed, the app MUST append ".PK" to the symbol name. Without doing this, PTMC will return the wrong symbol for Pinksheet searches.
It does not seem to be possible to run a search for Pinksheet stocks from PTMC.
Entering "NTDOY.PK" in the search box returns no result or errors out.
No problem! Just waiting for IQFeed to send me a list of everything i'm subscribed to. For some reason it's not available in my account portal.
In the mean time, here is a GIF of everything that is available in the IQFeed client.
I'm pretty sure the feed is fine as the IQFeed tools are able to pull the L2 data when the correct symbol + ".PK" is entered.
My account is a fully paid subscription, not trial.
I just noticed something.
If you search for the ticker "INNV" in IQFeed WatchQuote, the company information comes up. If you search for "INNV.PK", the company infomration does not come up.
The exact opposite is true for Level2 data. If you search for INNV, nothing comes up. If you search for INNV.PK, you can see the data.
If you look at the Level2 windows, the top one that is showing data has a blank name. The bottom one has the name populated but no data.
Maybe it's only for L2 data that the .PK has to be added?
We will solve this problem with IQfeed support.
This friday release will include fix for your question. According to IQFeed support: "NTDOY.PK is not a valid symbol, it is only used to see the level 2 data". We don't see any reason to show you this not valid instrument, so you will have only one original (NTDOY) but with level1 and level2. We think it is more convinient way.
