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by HPF
13 Nov 2020
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Autotrading with Interactive Brokers fired off an order much too late
Replies: 8
Views: 1547

Autotrading with Interactive Brokers fired off an order much too late

Hi, I had the following (somewhat dangerous) situation. MC64 10.0 (build 13626) IB Gateway 976.2s instrument: Dax Future (Eurex, Frankfurt), symbol FDAX DEC 20 (25 EUR multiple) in IB terminology I have a strategy based on minute bars, auto-trading with IB, which submitted an order buy ("Enter Long"...
by HPF
13 Mar 2019
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: [FIX] Multicharts failed to retrieve new eSignal symbol [SOLVED]
Replies: 6
Views: 1924

Re: Multicharts failed to retrieve new eSignal symbol [SOLVED]

Thanks for the hint about manually adding the symbol in the QM. It worked for me. Note that you need to know the precise spelling of the symbol and of the name of the exchange. Fortunately, you can always use the eSignal frontend to search their symbol data base, and so adding new symbols may be cum...
by HPF
12 Mar 2019
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: [FIX] Multicharts failed to retrieve new eSignal symbol [SOLVED]
Replies: 6
Views: 1924

Re: Multicharts failed to retrieve new eSignal symbol [SOLVED]

Same here, both with MC64 V 10.0 (build 13626) and with MC.NET 64 V 11.0 (build 15811). The eSignal DataManager is 12.2 (build 465.0). The eSignal trading frontend 12.8 build (12.8.4785.825 64bit) works as expected and can retrieve new symbols from the eSignal server. But neither version of MC64 can...
by HPF
05 Sep 2017
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Restart MC after a crash without any mouse click
Replies: 1
Views: 869

Restart MC after a crash without any mouse click

Hi, sometimes when MultiCharts has crashed and a restart is needed, it complains that the data have not been properly saved and that the data base needs to be repaired. In this case, right after starting the program, a dialogue box pops up, and I think it requires two clicks on 'yes' or 'ok' before ...
by HPF
29 Feb 2016
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Log file tsESignalSupplier_Trace.txt [SOLVED]
Replies: 1
Views: 1096

Log file tsESignalSupplier_Trace.txt [SOLVED]

Hi, we are running MC64 8.8 (build 8967) with ESignal as the provider of real time data. For a few weeks now, the log file at c:\Users\...\AppData\Local\TS Support\MultiCharts64\8.8.8967.400\Logs\tsServer\tsESignalSupplier_Trace.txt keeps growing at an increasing rate. I noticed the growth of this f...
by HPF
22 Sep 2015
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: Time zone, trading session hours, and holiday schedule
Replies: 8
Views: 5463

Re: Time zone, trading session hours, and holiday schedule

Can I come back to this issue and ask for an update on the status? Let's say I have a signal that works on daily bars, and the current bar is a Thursday, then how can I find out whether tomorrow, Friday, is a holiday at the relevant exchange or not? Thanks for your help, HPF PS: How is the situation...
by HPF
21 Sep 2015
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: PowerLanguage, referencing previous values of a variable
Replies: 1
Views: 1271

PowerLanguage, referencing previous values of a variable

Hi, here is a stupid and rather basic question about PowerLanguage. I have a signal with a local variable whose previous values I refer to using the square brackets [...]. {Example signal code} variables: v1(123.45); v1 = close[0]; print ("CurrentBar = " + NumToStr (CurrentBar,0) + ", close[10] = " ...
by HPF
29 Apr 2015
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Wrong opening price of Eurex futures with eSignal
Replies: 3
Views: 1723

Re: Wrong opening price of Eurex futures with eSignal

Just to clarify, are you saying that when I work with daily bars in MC, then MC receives from the eSignal data manager a sequence of daily bars (time, OLHC, volume) that are continuously updated? I'll then try a tick chart and a daily chart in parallel and see whether they are consistent or not. Kin...
by HPF
27 Apr 2015
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Wrong opening price of Eurex futures with eSignal
Replies: 3
Views: 1723

Wrong opening price of Eurex futures with eSignal

Hello, I'd be most grateful for some advice on the following problem with eSignal data at the opening auction of Eurex futures contracts. We have MC 9.0 Build 10759. The problem appeared a few weeks ago out of the blue (without having updated any of the software involved). For example, on April 27, ...
by HPF
24 Apr 2015
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: What if MC servers down or if MC closes shop?
Replies: 1
Views: 2020

What if MC servers down or if MC closes shop?

Dear users and MultiCharts staff, I have a serious question about system availability. As far as I understand, whenever I start MC, my machine connects to some license server at MC and verifies whether my license is valid. Also, it seems that my machine connects to MC at regular intervals in order t...
by HPF
22 Apr 2015
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: ASCII mapped data has disappeared from Chart
Replies: 4
Views: 2445

Re: ASCII mapped data has disappeared from Chart

Perhaps the following helps. We have a setup similar to what robbob describes. It seems there is the following bug: 1. Start MultiCharts with a daily chart that is a combination of historical data from ASCII mapped CSI data and live data from some other source. Chart displays fine. 2. CSI runs an up...
by HPF
09 Jul 2014
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Daily Charts Stop Updating Overnight
Replies: 10
Views: 2412

Re: Daily Charts Stop Updating Overnight

We are having similar issues as follows, and they show up only sometimes, but not always. There are several daily charts with several data series each. Each data series is a combination of ASCII imported daily bars for the backtest plus live data from eSignal. Intra bar order generation is on. I.e. ...
by HPF
09 Jul 2014
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: closing auction of Eurex futures(eSignal) [SOLVED]
Replies: 14
Views: 4440

Re: closing auction of Eurex futures(eSignal) [SOLVED]

Just to close this case, I can report that the problems disappeared when we did a fresh installation of MC64 V 8.8 build 8967 on a newly setup virtual machine. When we updated existing versions of MC or when we uninstalled MC and then installed a new version on an existing machine, however, the issu...
by HPF
21 Mar 2014
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: closing auction of Eurex futures(eSignal) [SOLVED]
Replies: 14
Views: 4440

Re: closing auction of Eurex futures(eSignal) [SOLVED]

Eventually, we need the closing auction to work in the following setting. The chart has daily bars and is a combination of historical data (ASCII mapping) and live data (eSignal). The ASCII mapped data is a custom made continuous future with rolling on specific days, everything checked manually. I w...
by HPF
19 Mar 2014
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: closing auction of Eurex futures(eSignal) [SOLVED]
Replies: 14
Views: 4440

Re: closing auction of Eurex futures(eSignal) [SOLVED]

Thanks for that suggestion, LinxDeb, I'll try it (although it ought to be unnecessary to use such weird work-arounds).

Kind regards,

HPF
by HPF
18 Mar 2014
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: closing auction of Eurex futures(eSignal) [SOLVED]
Replies: 14
Views: 4440

Re: closing auction of Eurex futures(eSignal) [SOLVED]

Thanks - I did some testing during the past few days. If I use a session from 8:00 to 22:30 and a 5-minute chart, say, of eSignal AX H4-DT, the chart indeed receives the closing auction as an additional tick around 22:03 (which then becomes part of the 22:05 bar, say). On a daily chart that is drawn...
by HPF
11 Mar 2014
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: closing auction of Eurex futures(eSignal) [SOLVED]
Replies: 14
Views: 4440

Re: MultiCharts misses closing auction of Eurex futures(eSig [SOLVED]

Yes, the eSignal application does show the closing auction. (In my first posting above, I forgot to mention that the example was the DAX Future at Eurex, March contract, eSignal symbol AX H4-DT, on March 5, 2014 .) The attached screenshot is the eSignal tick chart on that day around 22:00 Frankfurt ...
by HPF
07 Mar 2014
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: closing auction of Eurex futures(eSignal) [SOLVED]
Replies: 14
Views: 4440

Re: MultiCharts misses closing auction of Eurex futures(eSig [SOLVED]

Thanks, any comments on the Eurex closing auction?

HPF
by HPF
06 Mar 2014
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: closing auction of Eurex futures(eSignal) [SOLVED]
Replies: 14
Views: 4440

closing auction of Eurex futures(eSignal) [SOLVED]

Hi, I work with eSignal data for the DAX Index Future, March contract, at Eurex (eSignal symbol AX H4-DT). The session runs from 8:00 to 22:00 CET with a closing auction during the first few minutes past 22:00. The last tick before 22:00 was 2 contracts at 9550.00. The closing aution was 20 contract...
by HPF
28 Feb 2014
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Compiled with error(s): [SOLVED]
Replies: 17
Views: 6726

Re: compile error:"line 0, column 0" [SOLVED]

I see. It seems the error that we have experienced is the "virtual allocation" type. It happened after working with MC for several hours. In C:\ProgramData\TS Support\MultiCharts\StudyServer\Studies\compiler_error.log I had the error message: C:\PROGRA~2\TSSUPP~2\MULTIC~2\STUDYS~1\Studies\SrcCpp\STR...
by HPF
27 Feb 2014
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Compiled with error(s): [SOLVED]
Replies: 17
Views: 6726

Re: compile error:"line 0, column 0" [SOLVED]

We know this sort of error, too. It shows up whenever the underlying GNU C/C++ compiler from the MinGW project that MultiCharts uses in order to compile power language, quits with an error. The original error message can be found in C:\ProgramData\TS Support\MultiCharts\StudyServer\Studies\compiler_...
by HPF
24 Feb 2014
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Still Glitches IntraDay
Replies: 31
Views: 10499

Re: Still Glitches IntraDay

With MC 8.5, we, too, had neither the zero price ticks nor the block trades in the live chart. We upgraded from 8.5 to 8.7 some time in December. Since reverting to MC 8.5 is, however, no option for us, I cannot tell whether eSignal changed the API, whether they are now sending different ticks than ...
by HPF
24 Feb 2014
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Still Glitches IntraDay
Replies: 31
Views: 10499

Re: Still Glitches IntraDay

We are having issues with MC and eSignal data, too. Here is some further information. The attachment shows how eSignal lists the ticks during the time in question (I looked up the EuroStoxx 50 future, March contract, from the example at the very beginning of this thread). It's not a "spike", but rat...
by HPF
16 Jan 2014
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Order and Position Tracker with a signal - no auto trading [SOLVED]
Replies: 1
Views: 1476

Order and Position Tracker with a signal - no auto trading [SOLVED]

Hi, apologies if this newbie question has been answered elsewhere - I am stuck with the follwing. I have MC 8.8 (build 8362). I have a strategy that consists of one signal and is applied to several 1-minute charts. Here is a (silly) example of such a strategy {example signal} variables: count (0); i...
by HPF
07 Nov 2013
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: Capture Mouse Events
Replies: 2
Views: 1750

Capture Mouse Events

Hi, I have MultiCharts 8.7 (build 7410). I have an indicator, and I am trying to capture mouse events. namespace PowerLanguage.Indicator { [MouseEvents] public class my_indicator : IndicatorObject { ... the usual stuff ... protected override void OnMouseEvent ( MouseClickArgs args ) { Output.WriteLi...
by HPF
15 Aug 2013
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: how to use RecalcLastBarAfter [SOLVED]
Replies: 5
Views: 5081

Re: how to use RecalcLastBarAfter [SOLVED]

Very nice! Does exactly what I need, thanks!

The key to why this works is apparently that I can call CalcBar() myself as often as I want, and in the absence of any new ticks, its context (Bars.xyz) remains that of the last tick.

HPF
by HPF
13 Aug 2013
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: how to use RecalcLastBarAfter [SOLVED]
Replies: 5
Views: 5081

Re: how to use RecalcLastBarAfter [SOLVED]

One further question. When I call ExecControl.Recalculate(), the entire indicator is recalculated, starting with StartCalc() and then calling CalcBar() for every bar of my chart. It would be sufficient if MutliCharts called CalcBar() on the most recent bar only. Is there any way of doing this? I.e. ...
by HPF
12 Aug 2013
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: how to use RecalcLastBarAfter [SOLVED]
Replies: 5
Views: 5081

Re: how to use RecalcLastBarAfter [SOLVED]

Thank you! It works. I just tried it with an indicator.

HPF
by HPF
08 Aug 2013
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: how to use RecalcLastBarAfter [SOLVED]
Replies: 5
Views: 5081

how to use RecalcLastBarAfter [SOLVED]

Hi, I have a question on how to properly use RecalcLastBarAfter. We have MultiCharts.NET 8.7 build 7410. I have a study on a daily chart and would like CalcBar() to be called on today's bar at least once every 10 seconds even if there are no ticks in the meantime. When I use (with intra bar order ge...
by HPF
29 Jul 2013
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: When Multicharts.NET crashes after compiling several C#files
Replies: 1
Views: 2695

When Multicharts.NET crashes after compiling several C#files

At the moment, I don't have an isolated test case, and so the following description is rather vague. I nevertheless post it here so people who google the symptoms can find it. We have several C# classes in seperate files under c:\ProgramData\TS Support\MultiCharts .NET\StudyServer\Techniques\CS whic...
by HPF
23 Jul 2013
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: MC.NET 8.7 forgets signal inputs
Replies: 3
Views: 4089

MC.NET 8.7 forgets signal inputs

Hi, I wonder whether the following might be a bug that crept into 8.7. We have MultiCharts.NET 8.7 build 7410. I have a signal with inputs. Initially, all inputs are set to their default values. Then I go to Format Signal -> Inputs and manually change one of the inputs. The signal is recalculated wi...
by HPF
03 Jul 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Unstable Internet connection - Reload data automatically
Replies: 60
Views: 24161

Re: Unstable Internet connection - Reload data automatically

Just wanted to say thank you. We upgraded to 8.7 (.NET) and I can confirm that when our esignal connection is interrupted, MultiCharts automatically reloads the data as soon as the connection is back.

HPF
by HPF
29 May 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Suggestions, annoyances, small bugs
Replies: 119
Views: 57399

tab key when entering inputs of a strategy

This is a comment about MultiCharts.NET 8.5 (build 6861). Apologies if this has already been mentioned here and I just overlooked it. When I enter the inputs of a signal in the "format signal" window, "Inputs" tab, pressing the TAB key does not take me to the next input field as it is customary in m...
by HPF
28 May 2013
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: Optimizer in the background?
Replies: 1
Views: 1400

Optimizer in the background?

Hi,

when I run the optimizer on a signal, it blocks all other functions of MultiCharts.NET. As long as the window "optimization progress" is open, I cannot even switch to another workspace or display a new chart.

Is there anything I can do about this?

Thanks,

HPF
by HPF
17 May 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Unstable Internet connection - Reload data automatically
Replies: 60
Views: 24161

CommandLine in .NET

Hi,

do you already know how access to the command line will look like in MultiCharts.NET and which version is going to provide it?

Thanks a lot,

HPF
by HPF
08 May 2013
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: double values as inputs in the optimizer - localization?
Replies: 1
Views: 2401

double values as inputs in the optimizer - localization?

Hi, We have Windows 7, .NET 4.0.30319.296 (also installed: 2.0.50727.5466, 3.0.4506.5452) with German localization and MultiCharts.NET 8.5 (Build 6861). When I run the following strategy in the exhaustive optimizer using System; using System.IO; namespace PowerLanguage.Strategy { public class _verif...
by HPF
07 May 2013
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: Can I add a clickable button to the status line of a chart?
Replies: 4
Views: 2096

Re: Can I add a clickable button to the status line of a cha

Thanks.

I also figured out that you can hide and show the tool bar of the current chart window by

Code: Select all

ChartToolBar.Visible = false;
HPF
by HPF
06 May 2013
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: Can I add a clickable button to the status line of a chart?
Replies: 4
Views: 2096

Re: Can I add a clickable button to the status line of a cha

Thank you! Can I ask a (stupid) follow up question?

How do I control whether some given chart window shows a tool bar at all?

HPF
by HPF
06 May 2013
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: Check for absence of real time data
Replies: 1
Views: 3590

Check for absence of real time data

Hi,

In MultiCharts (with PowerLanguage), you have explained how to detect an interruption of the real time data feed:

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=11715

How do I accomplish the same in MultiCharts.Net ?

Thanks for your help,

HPF
by HPF
03 May 2013
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: Can I add a clickable button to the status line of a chart?
Replies: 4
Views: 2096

Can I add a clickable button to the status line of a chart?

Hi, I know that we can use System.Windows.Forms functions in order to display custom alerts and other dialog windows. I wonder whether it is possible to add a clickable button to the status line of a chart and to have one of my own functions called when the button is clicked. Any hints on how to imp...
by HPF
25 Apr 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Moving databases [SOLVED]
Replies: 4
Views: 3544

Re: Moving databases [SOLVED]

Can I ask a related question? I have two installations of MultiCharts on different machines each of which has its own QuoteManager. When I add new symbols to one QuoteManager, for example add new futures contracts, what is the best way of synchronizing the other installation with it? I can export th...
by HPF
12 Apr 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Unstable Internet connection - Reload data automatically
Replies: 60
Views: 24161

Re: Unstable Internet connection - Reload data automatically

We have decided to expand MultiCharts by adding full access to command line functionality from the code. That includes not only reloading of data, but other command line features as well, such as changing chart symbol and resolution, etc. The feature is targeted to MultiCharts 8.7. You are mentioni...
by HPF
11 Apr 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Unstable Internet connection - Reload data automatically
Replies: 60
Views: 24161

Re: Unstable Internet connection - Reload data automatically

But perhaps you can give us C# access (in the .NET version) to the "reload n bars" function for any given chart? That seems not to involve any serious programming on your side, and it would allow us to implement an economic workaround (economic = my time spent implementing this new functionality is ...
by HPF
10 Apr 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Unstable Internet connection - Reload data automatically
Replies: 60
Views: 24161

Re: Unstable Internet connection - Reload data automatically

I use eSignal, futures and forex, with minute bars. If I understand the situation correctly, they don't have any protocol in order to verify data integrity which is a design flaw IMO. But I definitely would like to be able to trigger a "reload n bars of historical data" whenever some minute bars go ...
by HPF
05 Apr 2013
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: Time zone, trading session hours, and holiday schedule
Replies: 8
Views: 5463

Re: Time zone, trading session hours, and holiday schedule

Here is a partial answer: Bars.Sessions.Count is the number of trading sessions per week as specified in QuoteManager. Bars.Sessions[i].StartDay Bars.Sessions[i].EndDay are DateTime.DayOfWeek variables indicating on which day, each sessions starts and ends, and Bars.Sessions[i].StartTime Bars.Sessio...
by HPF
04 Apr 2013
Forum: MultiCharts .NET
Topic: Time zone, trading session hours, and holiday schedule
Replies: 8
Views: 5463

Time zone, trading session hours, and holiday schedule

Hi, I'd be most grateful for help with the following question. In QuoteManager, I can specify for each symbol the exchange, time zone, hours of the trading session for each day of the week, and a holiday schedule. When I draw a chart in MultiCharts, ticks outside the trading hours or on holidays are...
by HPF
02 Apr 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Unstable Internet connection - Reload data automatically
Replies: 60
Views: 24161

Re: Unstable Internet connection - Reload data automatically

Hi,

I'd like to second the feature request. In addition to your proposal, can you also give us C# access in Multicharts.net to the menu function

View -> Reload -> Reload x bars/days back

for the current chart in any indicator? Then we _can_ use it if we understand the implications.

Thanks,

HPF

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