I think you're confusing "getting real time quotes" with "displaying real time quotes". However, you may be right -- I wonder if there's anyway to tell? Let me ask you, does it cost money for you to view real time quotes?
The old field I was using, the price would only update every 10-15 minutes or so. The new field I'm using, the price seems to change by the second. I suspect it is a real-time quote. Streaming the data and polling the data are two very different things.
Let me ask a stupid question. I'm trying to figure out a way to determine if the market is open based on the data of one specific stock. I'm thinking of using the "Last Trade Date" and "Last Trade Time" fields. If a stock hasn't been traded in say the last 30 minutes, is it "safe" to assume the market is closed? Or is it possible a stock may go hours, days or even longer without ever being traded?
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