I searched their site and ET but found no information how much historical data is kept. Anyone have a pointer to a resource that tells how much tick, minute, and day history is kept and available for download?
This thread http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=37006 points to this table that states there is almost no historical data for IB: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/historical_data.htm
This link sort of suggests one year: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/php/apiUsersGuide/apiguide/api/historical_data_limitations.htm But it is kind of an obscure place to define that! This also seems relevant: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/p...orical_data.htm#XREF_67601_Viewing_Historical