MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

dahmen walter

Thank You very much - I will install the new Build asap.

dahmen walter

In addition I can confirm that since this change there is a lot of disconnects and reconnects every 5 to 15 minutes and only US normal price futures reconnect within the chart after the disconnect - none of the EUREX futures reconnect and the cheaper Silver future and all FOREX pairs fail to reconne...

dahmen walter

Hi Svetlana,

Thank You for taking care of this unexpected obstacle. I assume other symbols may follow this path, unfortunately.

dahmen walter

Hello, IB changed the Interest Rate Futures with Base GBL, GBM, GBS and BTP from (for June 2023 Contract) from FGBL JUN 23 to FGBL 20230608 M - MC cannot cope with this change in building rule. I work with custom futures for GBL like [!GBL_101C0^HMUZ] Bund Future. How will I have to change settings ...

dahmen walter

Thank You for Your suggestions but they are not feasible for my set up with 2 rows of 9 charts in each row.
My suggestion give an option to choose the font size for the window title.

dahmen walter

it was Build 21978

dahmen walter

Hello, Upgrade from last but one version was without problems except one thing: The area with close cross, maximize / minimize / detach functionality is way to big ( twice as with previous version) crippling the text on windows with low width. Windows 10, 2 * 4k monitors Any Clue how to reduze the s...

dahmen walter

@Kate, @Tibouss I had successfully tested this modification on the EUREX Stock Index Futures for FDAX, FESTX50, FSMI and FXXP as well as on the Volatility Indices of EUREX prior to writing to You success. Unfortunately with FGBL, FGBS and FGBM there were serious problems still persistent with FGBL t...

dahmen walter

Thank You Kate,

this did the trick!

dahmen walter

Hello Kate, the cause of the problem (since Monday all EUREX / Soffex is affected) is that IB changed the exchange name from 'DTB' to EUREX. Newly created symbols with the exchange 'EUREX' work as expected, but there are no historical contracts made available from IB. I tried to change the exchange ...

dahmen walter

Hello, I am on MultiCharts64 Version 14.0 Release (Build 21978). Since July 11, 22 the futures for Symbol DJ600 do not connect with quote manager any longer. The symbol is in TWS but no data are gathered from quote manager after July 08 resulting in the following error reported: Interactive Brokers ...

dahmen walter

LIke CrazyNAsdaq I am using only custom Futures and I would like to have this restriction on Custom Futures (Break on Session is now prohibited on Custom Futures charts) removed. Please restore the previously available functionality, maybe in a patch available for those who dislike this change.

dahmen walter

Hello, as a european customer I find it hard to get acceptable and fairly priced data for european stocks and indices. By Chance I learned about Lenz & Partner software as a data provider for all relevant exchanges and indices - see them at https://www.lp-software.com/. I am using their data since a...

dahmen walter

a lot of ticks within 5 sec allocated to a single time point timestamp every 5 sec
for AUDCAD 4 to 8 within 5 sec

dahmen walter

Yesterday installed version 14, BUG for Desktops opening: Opening of desktops containing a blank inside the path is no longer working - version 14 does not handle the path to users\FirstName BLANK LastName - these can only be opened via explorer doubleclick I am not able to find a working descriptio...

dahmen walter

Hello, I have a setup of alerts generating alerts and sending out alerts via email. Monitoring all daily data for stocks from S&P 1000 is done by workspaces covering the underlying sector, one workspace for each sector. So I have to load these workspaces to generate the alerts sent out manually and ...

dahmen walter

Currently it is not possible to run your MultiCharts license offline on one computer and online on another computer at the same time. We are going to issue a separate product for offline usage by MultiCharts 14 Release 2. Hi, would MC 14 live and MC 12 offline work as of now? Thanks for clarification

dahmen walter

The bug has been identified and a solution was successfully applied via updater -thanks to the developers.

dahmen walter

as nobody seems to be using S&P indices realtime with BarChart as data provider I would like to point to this topic by illustrating it with a picture. I had asked support with ticket MC-CS-6405 but a live session remained dissatisfying as support ignored the real-time problem claiming that on MC sit...

dahmen walter

Hello, I am facing the problem that S&P indices from barchart in realtime have the wrong timestamp (+ 1 hour to the correct one, independent whether expressed in local time or in exchange time) whereas all historical data are with the correct time stamps. Does anyone reading here have BarChart data ...

dahmen walter

One license can still be used only in one MultiCharts in Online mode at a time, this hasn’t changed.

My erroneous interpretation was beta can be used in parallel for testing on the same machine at the same time.
I will check the changes during the weekend.

Thank You for the clarification

dahmen walter

Hello Henry, This Beta version is featured as a separate product with isolated application/ database/ study folders. You can have this Beta installed alongside your main MultiCharts64 installation to fully test all of the new features without affecting your current version. How to reach a parallel u...

dahmen walter

I have the cheapest server for 9 Euro / Month. I run automated systems there. Is cheaper then my electriciy at home for full continous operation. https://www.strato.de/server/windows-vserver/ starts with 10 € with2 vCores and 2 GB RAM - Since a week I have it on a machine with 4 vCores and 8 GB RAM...

dahmen walter

Walter, Please, come to our Live Chat MON-FRI from 6:30 AM to 12:00 PM EST (11:30 AM to 5:00 PM GMT) to demonstrate the issue with ZAR instruments to our engineers via remote connection. The engineers will also install IB API Sample to check the avaialability of requested data (trades) on your acco...

dahmen walter

Walter, Please, come to our Live Chat MON-FRI from 6:30 AM to 12:00 PM EST (11:30 AM to 5:00 PM GMT) to demonstrate the issue with ZAR instruments to our engineers via remote connection. The engineers will also install IB API Sample to check the avaialability of requested data (trades) on your acco...

dahmen walter

Hello Anna, thanks for taking care. Hello, Walter! The engineers have investigated this on our side and here’s their reply: 1) Trades on Forex instruments don’t update on demo accounts. We tested this in IB API Sample and the data won’t come there too. BUT: on Sim and Live accounts trades work fine....

dahmen walter

Hello to developers, yesterday I switched from IB Build 967.1e, Aug 22, 2017 12:00:06 PM to the new version 968.2a - Today I realized that there are 2 problems with Forex data: 1) data based on field trade are no longer updated Ask data are however functioning correctly 2) EUR.ZAR, GBP.ZAR and USD.Z...

dahmen walter

See this thread: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=50098 Thank you TJ - the sub-topic for the Stocks with the blanc inside the name was in part cured with the modified root setting - data are collected now but no backfill takes place despite clearing of cache and reloading ...

dahmen walter

Hello, I am having trouble with a few ETFs from Exchange Smart in IB refering to ARCA exchange. These are XLF and XLB while all other ARCA related Symbols work as expected (e.g. XHB, XLE, XLI, XLP, XLV, XLY). In IB TWS XLF and XLB work perfectly whereas an error message not subscribed appears in Quo...

dahmen walter

I can confirm that changing Java from 7u60 back to 7u55 has resolved the issue. :) I observed the same issue - java home page mentions an expiration date of July 15, 2014 respectively August 15, 2014 for this release 7u55 - Where can I get the old version and what can be expected in regard to prope...

dahmen walter

Hello
To vote:
https://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissu ... no=MC-1620

Martin

Done plus added a comment on alert options

dahmen walter

Hello dahmen walter, Did you contact IQFeed support in regards to this question? Not yet - I wanted to communicate it to the community - a friend of mine did experience the same problem with frozen forex data at the same times, however the mis-allocation was not observed on his PC with MC 8.8 lates...

dahmen walter

iqFeed_misallocation.png Hello, on January 22, 10:07 to 10:38 all .FXCM Forex symbols were frozen and til today no backfill is possible. All other symbol types were unaffected. Today I realized a total mismatch for all european index futures for Net Change and % change. From the picture from iqFeed...

dahmen walter

Walter, please make sure you are not running Portfolio Backtester and Collect RT data w/o plotting is turned off for your IQFeed symbols in the QuoteManager. Henry, i have not running Portfolio Backtester and only a few of the symbols (41 of the NYSE and 8 of the NASDAQ out of totally 500 Stock sym...

dahmen walter

Hello, on the weekend I switched from 8.5 to the latest 8.7634.400 and from IQFeed 5.0.0.14 to the latest IQFeed 5.1.0 .3. I realized that opening a workspace increases the counter of symbols in IQFeed Feed Stats Connection Manager but closing of the workspace does not decrease the number of symbols...

dahmen walter

Hello, I want to be able to cancel pending orders not filled within the bar the order was placed and have this functionality included in my signals. I was not able to find key words for pending orders management in the wiki - The conversion of unfilled orders to market orders is just the thing I def...

dahmen walter

http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12475&p=60456#p60200 If you still have the issue Henry, the issue is persistent, but can be located to some conditions as visible in the screen cast http://www.screencast.com/t/rkpWhisIDIot - Stocks are not affected - Database entries for CM...

dahmen walter

Nethertheless The starting screen of the installer is confusing and irritating. I agree, it is confusing. Please provide more details - what do you find confusing and irritating in the new starting screen of the installer? see #46 https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12475&p=6...

dahmen walter

http://www.screencast.com/users/Twovok/folders/Default/media/4270ae57-99cf-47b4-ac0b-8db293c260ef Installed MC 8.5 yesterday - Today I realized that for daily data, except for Stocks and Forex Futures, daily charts show ghost bars (not for other time frames like hour or week)- this was not the case...

dahmen walter

Leave everything as it is and press install button. Im sure you'll be ok. It worked OK, without compilation in less than 30 seconds. It seems to start a little faster, Changes observed so far relate to settings on the status bar. Nethertheless The starting screen of the installer is confusing and i...

dahmen walter

FileInfo_MC_8_5_64.png Just tried to run the installer and find the following screen http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/file.php?mode=view&id=6016&sid=e541aabddbfa85b72673aadb0ff89aa9 http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/file.php?id=6017 Is it save to continue with the Install...

dahmen walter

We have fixed that. If you restart MultiCharts (and wait until tsserver.exe process ends in Task Manager), you will get the new version notification and the proper download link. 2 Hours ago I got a link delivering the 32 bit version although running and only version is 64 bit. I will download 64 bi...

dahmen walter

After working with test amounts on Friday today again profit target and subsequently stop order was canceled after 7 seconds - a shame - see attached screenshot - I am to contact support right now

dahmen walter

Hello Henry, this morning I started sending orders with brackets with FA allocation to a single account with my own program and it worked fine. Next I changed MC settings from Client ID 8020 to 0 and removed check mark for use native OCO and it worked as intended with sending from FA account to one ...

dahmen walter

OCO Group working correctly ? To my knowledge all OCO orders at IB should have the same Base ID, with indexes incrementes for associated stop and / or profit target. This is described as well in https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Chart_Trading in the last sentence in OCO-Orders "...

dahmen walter

Hello Walter, Are you referring to automated trading or manual trading? What exact version and build number of MultiCharts are you running? (in MultiCharts go to Help tab-> About) What is the version of TWS you are running ? (TWS Help tab->About) 1) I am using manual trading 2) MultiCharts64 Versio...

dahmen walter

Hello Henry, unfortunately making settings for IQ Feed Datasource and IB Broker identical only solved a part of the problem. While before this measure bracket orders were rejected due to incompatible minimum fluctuation now the process [this is an adviser account using allocation profiles for varyin...

dahmen walter

Hello Dahmen, There is no need to save the parameters for each chart. The bracket order parameters are specified in ticks where 1 tick = price scale/min mov. As instrument parameters are incorrect-the bracket orders with such prices are not accepted by the broker. Once you have correct symbol param...

dahmen walter

Hello, I am facing serious problems with the logic for Bracket Orders with Currency Pairs at Ideal Pro. In general Stop Levels in Ticks should be equivalent to minimal movement of the respective instrument. Ideal Pro at IB in general has 6 post decimal separator digits, the last digit always being 5...

dahmen walter

Hello Walter,

Did you add the symbol through symbol lookup without changing its description?

Yes - I did it through symbol lookup with no additional action and got these irritating results.

dahmen walter

EURCNH_IB.png Hello, IB recently introduced chinese currency in IDEALPRO. Those can be seen and charted inside TWS but no connection to quote manager is made. Symbols can be added via the quote manager but there is no data flowing - message in the status line is no data - is there a need for an upd...

dahmen walter

Hello Walter, Once that is done please re-map the IQfeed instruments to correct IB instruments. remapping does not work for USD.SGD for whatever reason - over currencies work I will try out tomorrow what the impact of the 3 IB accounts with different ports and client iDs is. All old instruments see...

dahmen walter

Hello, in trying to map chart symbols from IQFeed to IB all works OK for Futures, however for the Forex Symols from FXCM no mapping is possible. I want to map IQ Feed symbols like IQFeed Symbol IB Symbol EURUSD.FXCM to EUR.USD USDSGD USD.SGD but no bid / ask is displayed in the Chart Trading full mo...

dahmen walter

Walter, all default values are specified while constructing the corresponding object. That means there is no need in "Use as default" option for study style. It will be eliminated in one of the future versions of MultiCharts .Net. From a user point of view it would be important that this feature "U...

dahmen walter

Hi Dave,

We need the source code of the functions in VB as well.

Thank you

Emmanuel

You may want to try http://converter.telerik.com/

dahmen walter

Hello,

I just realized that the check mark for personal preferences of colors is not working in MC.NET neither colors nor line weights or line styles are stored for the next use - anything special to be observed?

dahmen walter

When is the MC 8.0 Official Release due ?
Hopefully today.

How to switch from 8 Beta / RC to final version - uninstall and re-install?

dahmen walter

3) Do you mean that suddenly by itself MultiCharts window just changes its size? What are the exact steps of reproducing the issue? Please clarify. Full screen screenshots demonstrating the issue are welcome. The answer for this behavior was simple. I have given the HD4000 Graphics 256 MB RAM which...

dahmen walter

Hello Henry, please find my comments / clarifications: 1) Are you referring to the situation when auto trading is turned off and then started again? No - Simple Manual Chart Trading - It does not recognize the current status of a position in the respective instrument once the connection has been int...

dahmen walter

Could you provide some details on your PC software and HW configuration ?

Thanks

CPU Intel i3770 Ivy Bridge
MB Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H
OS Win 7 Pro 64 bit SP1
JAVA Version 1.7.0_04
TWS Build 925.6b May 1, 2012
MC 8 Beta 3 64 bit
16 GB RAM Corsair Vengeance LP
HD Crucial M4 SSD 256 GB

dahmen walter

There are (as far as tested with IB papertrading FA account) a few bugs in chart trading to be reported: 1) No remembering of active position after interruption of connectivity Position is not reported and therefore assumed to be zero 2) While all futures seem to be OK in regard to delivering Bid an...

dahmen walter

FGBL_NO_SPIKES.png: (104.79 KiB) Downloaded 1623 times

I am using IB papertrading account for data and cannot confirm these spikes - a difference to real account?

dahmen walter

Unfortunately that is not possible with the current implementation of Merging data feature and there are no known workarounds. You may want to submit a feature request to the Project Management of our web site so other users can vote for it: https://www.multicharts.com/pm/ Thanks for pointing to th...

dahmen walter

Unfortunately that is not possible with the current implementation of Merging data feature and there are no known workarounds. You may want to submit a feature request to the Project Management of our web site so other users can vote for it: https://www.multicharts.com/pm/ Thanks for pointing to th...

dahmen walter

Hello, thanks to eSignal on Demand interface to MC a cost effective source for data is available. Merging history data from the dalayed data source with real time data from IB always generates an empty time period of the delay - reload will only set a new starting point for that delay. Is it feasibl...

dahmen walter

We do our best

Dear Dave,

I was happy to construct the KC continuous contract after removal of the apostrophs.
The next contract I am not able to create continuous contracts is WTI oil, eSignal symbol WBS - any workarounds available? I am using Build 3605.

Thank you in advance.

Walter

dahmen walter

Hi Walter, Yours is a very good idea. And actually it has already been implemented. There is an indicator called Gapless Bar Chart. It won't plot canglesticks, but it wil look like a real bar chart with Open, High, Low, Close. If you make the two dataseries feeding the indicator invisible it won't ...

dahmen walter

Hello Walter, As far as I know, apart from separate day and night symbols, there should also be those combining the two sessions. However, if there is no such a symbol for this particular instrument there is a workaround: Plot a chart for NI Z7-SI. After that change the symbol's name to NI_1 Z7-SI....

dahmen walter

Hello, regarding certain future contracts at eSignal day and night sessions are given separate symbols. For Nikkei future at simex examples are NI Z7-SI for the day session and NI_1 Z7-SI. Daytime future starts at 07:45 Exchange Time and ends at 14:30 Exchange Time. Night future starts at 15:30 Exch...

dahmen walter

Hello Marina,

after uninstall of version 2.1.976.1109 and installation of 2.1.999.999 the problem no longer exists. Strange kind of a bug.

Kind regards and thanks for your support.

Best regards

Walter

dahmen walter

Hello Marina, this behaviour did not occur a second time for the symbols mentioned . I am content now that the data for these symbols are available as they should. Unfortunately $NZ50G.X-NZX now is making the problems. While on eSignal and QCollector Data are available. In contrast $NZ50C.X-NZX work...

dahmen walter

A few asian indices result in no data messages while displayed in eSignal and downloadable with QCollector, examples for no data are: - $019.X-SES Singapore Straits Time Index - $000002-SHG Shanghai A-Share Index while $000001-SHG, $000003-SHG, $000004-SHG etc do work properly - $TW50-TAI and $TAIEX...

dahmen walter

Being in CET-Zone only CEC-SYMBOLS like KC Z7 require to set the time zone from local to exchange to avoid the following: Daily dates have an offset of +1 like data for October 19 are represented as October 20 while the charts header is´displaying the correct time of the last tick in local time. Thi...

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