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by Nick
11 Sep 2022
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Global Draw Objects?
Replies: 10
Views: 3268

Re: Global Draw Objects?

Arguably this is 'basic functionality' for a charting package.
by Nick
11 Sep 2022
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Update in place rather than re-install
Replies: 3
Views: 1385

Update in place rather than re-install

Was update in place (without uninstalling previous version) ever added? I'm only going from 14.0 to 14 release 4 so assume that there have been no format changes. I'm guessing the answer is uninstall and re-install. Is there anything I need to backup apart from studies I have modified and databases?...
by Nick
27 May 2022
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Trading Forex Spot - Alternative to Interactive Brokers
Replies: 8
Views: 2102

Re: Trading Forex Spot - Alternative to Interactive Brokers

Thanks for confirming Kate. I seem to remember they where in the past. In any case not relevant now.
by Nick
25 May 2022
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Trading Forex Spot - Alternative to Interactive Brokers
Replies: 8
Views: 2102

Re: Trading Forex Spot - Alternative to Interactive Brokers

bomberone1,

FXCM is supported as a broker profile.
To connect it, in MultiCharts go File -> Broker Profiles -> Manage Broker Profiles.
If you don’t see FXCM in the list, go New -> FXCM.
Just to be clear does that mean MC can no longer use FXCM for data?

Thanks.
by Nick
08 Feb 2021
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Feature "Postponed"
Replies: 2
Views: 553

Re: Feature "Postponed"

Thanks!

Sometimes its the little things that are important.
by Nick
12 Jan 2021
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Feature "Postponed"
Replies: 2
Views: 553

Feature "Postponed"

Hi there, In the Multicharts Project Management system what exactly does "Postponed" mean? Is that something that can be looked forward to some time in the future and is there a way to ensure that it will be re evaluated some time? In particular https://www.multicharts.com/pm/public/multicharts/issu...
by Nick
22 Aug 2016
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Bookmap
Replies: 40
Views: 12553

Re: Bookmap

Does an order book change cause an indicator to be recalculated? One of the uses of this sort of analytic is to see orders being pulled. That often happens when aggressive orders have dried up and price is 'hanging' without actual trades going off especially on thinner markets. Not sure if this woul...
by Nick
22 Aug 2016
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Bookmap
Replies: 40
Views: 12553

Re: Bookmap

So nobody has a solution for my initial issue? I would try having two plots one tick apart and plot a high low style with the thickness adjusted to be solid. I seem to remember hilo plots have a rounded end when they are thick though which might be a problem. So if the book is above the market at 2...
by Nick
02 Aug 2016
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: How orders from Power language work
Replies: 3
Views: 2388

Re: How orders from Power language work

Do I have to use IOG to place a stop loss order on the same bar as the entry? I get the syntax error 'This bar' can only be used in close orders. Even though it IS a close order. I am using something similar to if getappinfo(aiCalcReason)= CalcReason_OrderFilled then buytocover next bar NNN stop; I ...
by Nick
31 Jul 2016
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: How orders from Power language work
Replies: 3
Views: 2388

Re: How orders from Power language work

Hi Josh, thank you very much for not only taking the trouble to reply in detail but providing links too. It's very much appreciated. I did spend a couple of hours trawling the wiki, and PL manual trying to get a feel for how things worked at a basic structural level. I also searched the wider intern...
by Nick
30 Jul 2016
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: How orders from Power language work
Replies: 3
Views: 2388

How orders from Power language work

Well its a milestone day, I thought Id take a look at autotrading! Below is a quote from TJ, is this still how things work? Is this the only option? Can I have a pair of entry orders resting at the exchange even if MC has to manage the bracket? e.g. lets say it is with a broker/exchange that does no...
by Nick
22 Jul 2016
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Formatting how FX price is displayed
Replies: 2
Views: 1418

Formatting how FX price is displayed

Hi, Is it possible to format which digits of an FX cross price are displayed? I am thinking particularly in watch lists and charts Y axis displays of price, particularly with FX crosses. for example EUR/USD 1.10148 last price traded. I am not really interested in the least significant 8 when quickly...
by Nick
08 Jul 2016
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MouseClickBarNumber
Replies: 5
Views: 1766

Re: MouseClickBarNumber

Thanks for these cunning suggestions! Perhaps more elegant than what I was thinking My idea was to have a separate study whose sole purpose is to get a bar number. The study could be turned off simply without effecting anything else. The clunky bit would be that the bar number would have to be manua...
by Nick
07 Jul 2016
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: LMAX Depth of Market
Replies: 3
Views: 1952

Re: LMAX Depth of Market

Hi Henry, Thanks. It is quite expensive for there full order book so I'll probably skip that for now. That does highlight a problem though. If the best bid or best ask gets hit with a market order that is the same size or larger it disappears from Multicharts (as you would expect), however I do not ...
by Nick
06 Jul 2016
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MouseClickBarNumber
Replies: 5
Views: 1766

Re: MouseClickBarNumber

Thanks Josh but I don't think that will do what I require. I am already using shift clicks etc. However the problem is if I have several studies (or multiple instances of the same study) on the same chart . If I shift click it will change all the start points of all I think? Whereas I want (for exam...
by Nick
06 Jul 2016
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: LMAX Depth of Market
Replies: 3
Views: 1952

LMAX Depth of Market

I just opened an LMAX demo account and like what I see. I plan on funding it shortly. One problem I am having is that I am only getting the inside market (best bid, best offer) in the DOM. There is a video on youtube that shows full depth with multicharts but as it is October 2011 I suspect it might...
by Nick
06 Jul 2016
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MouseClickBarNumber
Replies: 5
Views: 1766

MouseClickBarNumber

Hello, I'd like to update a variety of my studies to use MouseClickBarNumber to get the starting bar to use for calculations etc. Is there a way to use this once (or maybe x2 to get startbar endbar) in a study and then turn off processing mouse events for that study? I'd like to use MouseClickBarNum...
by Nick
08 Oct 2014
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Custom Futures Tick chart causes IB pacing violation [SOLVED]
Replies: 34
Views: 9192

Re: Custom Futures Tick chart causes IB pacing violation [SOLVED]

I think it is because MC requests data from previous (expired) contracts (future ones too). See http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/v ... 15#p109018 why this is requested if it is not required for back adjustment I am not sure.
by Nick
08 Oct 2014
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Opening Custom Future Charts - Message Confusion [SOLVED]
Replies: 4
Views: 1819

Re: Opening Custom Future Charts - Message Confusion [SOLVED]

I wonder how far prior is requested and why it is required? Is it necessary to back adjust data that the chart does not use? I load a single day of Dax data and am getting warnings for 9 month old contracts, no big deal but puzzled why.
by Nick
09 Aug 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: X Axis labels resolution
Replies: 4
Views: 2643

Re: X Axis labels resolution

Hello Nick, Make a right-click on the chart -> Format Window... -> X-Time Scale -> check off "Show Millisecond Timestamp" -> OK. Hi Andrew, I could have swore I looked there....ahhh wait it is not there on mine.....time to upgrade. Actually there is a strong argument to have the option to turn of s...
by Nick
07 Aug 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: X Axis labels resolution
Replies: 4
Views: 2643

X Axis labels resolution

I notice since microsecond accuracy has been introduced that the X-Axis is labelled with milliseconds. Milliseconds are for machines! Could you round it to the nearest second for display on the chart axis? It essentially looks like gobbledygook. :) temp.png It's pretty meaningless labelling a bar th...
by Nick
16 Jul 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 8.7 question about T&S data
Replies: 26
Views: 7587

Re: MC 8.7 is totaly inaccurate and it is missing data !

<sigh> TJ 'gets it' you really need to think about what people are telling you.
by Nick
16 Jul 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 8.7 question about T&S data
Replies: 26
Views: 7587

Re: MC 8.7 is totaly inaccurate and it is missing data !

Your code only will run when there is a TRADE. There could be millions of bid ask changes and they will not be detected by your code because MC will not run it for bid ask changes.

Incidentally I am not 'trying to say' anything. Read what I wrote again and try and understand what I actually said.
by Nick
16 Jul 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 8.7 question about T&S data
Replies: 26
Views: 7587

Re: MC 8.7 is totaly inaccurate and it is missing data !

Just to state the obvious if you only have one data series in your chart, only ticks in that series will cause your code to run. So for example you could have dozens of bid ask changes that you wont see in your code as there are no ticks generated (to trigger a run of your indicator) until you get a...
by Nick
12 Jul 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Volume not reflecting actual volume on live data
Replies: 9
Views: 3942

Re: Volume not reflecting actual volume on live data

These reserved words adjust based on the settings you are using for your chart: UpTicks/DownTicks: Return the total number of Up/Down ticks for the current bar if Build Volume On is set to Tick Count. Return the total Up/Down volume for the current bar if Build Volume On is set to Trade Volume. Hi ...
by Nick
03 Jul 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Volume not reflecting actual volume on live data
Replies: 9
Views: 3942

Re: Volume not reflecting actual volume on live data

Thanks Henry. I wonder why using existing keywords was chosen rather than introducing new keywords (e.g. UpVolume,DownVolume)? If you want to study up/down ticks and up/down volume on the same data series you can't the way I understand it (which may be incorrect). Of course you could apply a second ...
by Nick
02 Jul 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Volume not reflecting actual volume on live data
Replies: 9
Views: 3942

Re: Volume not reflecting actual volume on live data

A quick side question that is kinda related. Are there reserved word to get volume conducted at the bid and volume conducted at the ask? Presuambly this is done through a similar mechanism to upticks but with volume@ask returned instead? I seem to recall a beta before the current implementation that...
by Nick
02 Jul 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Volume not reflecting actual volume on live data
Replies: 9
Views: 3942

Re: Volume not reflecting actual volume on live data

Hi Henry,

Ahh, OK thanks. So on intra-day charts "ticks" contain the actual volume and volume contains volume on upticks! I don't know why I thought that "legacy" stuff had gone, a senior moment. I guess Omega thought it was a good idea back in the eighties.
by Nick
01 Jul 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Volume not reflecting actual volume on live data
Replies: 9
Views: 3942

Re: Volume not reflecting actual volume on live data

Hi Henry,

I noticed it on Interactive Brokers though have not tested on a non brokerage feed.
by Nick
01 Jul 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Volume not reflecting actual volume on live data
Replies: 9
Views: 3942

Volume not reflecting actual volume on live data

Hi, When I plot an intraday chart of an instrument with "build volume on trade volume" selected not all of the incoming ticks are increasing the volume on the display using plot(volume); in fact if you also plot(ticks) this is a larger (correct) number. If you hit refresh it corrects itself but as t...
by Nick
14 Jan 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2
Replies: 98
Views: 40012

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2

I certainly see where you are coming from but the problem stems from the fact you can only have one profile per data series. This is a sticking plaster solution for a 'broken' (no disrespect to the great work TS are doing) implementation. Hey, I do agree with you how annoying they can be, although y...
by Nick
14 Jan 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2
Replies: 98
Views: 40012

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2

In too much of a rush to make a mock up right now, I will later. What I am saying is it would be cool to set the transparency of each component (in the main component list box) of the profile individually rather than the profile as a whole. You would select it when you slected its colour or other p...
by Nick
11 Jan 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2
Replies: 98
Views: 40012

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2

That rectangle/dash line that surrounds each profile is what makes the profile clickable. If you remove that line and you also choose to make the price bars invisible you have no way to call for the profile settings. Sorry I absolutely cant agree. Every single object that you place on a chart excep...
by Nick
11 Jan 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2
Replies: 98
Views: 40012

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2

Just a tiny tiny thing but its starting to annoy the bejeezas out of me. The out line rectangle when you mouse over any area of chart that has a profile. Its starting to really irritate me as I move round my charts. Could you change it to so it only appears if you right click on a volume profile ele...
by Nick
09 Jan 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2
Replies: 98
Views: 40012

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2

There appears to be an issue with Developing PoC and Developing Value Area. They are significantly slowing down MC. The other plots I have tested (most not all) that is not the case. Simply load up 5 days of ES data (I used 1 tick) and change these from invisible and the problem is apparent. Menus t...
by Nick
08 Jan 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2
Replies: 98
Views: 40012

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2

Ahh OK so I am. They perhaps should be labeled naked or virgin rather than extended? Probably. The regular VA/POC have extended plot options too, how do they differ? Presumably they do not stop plotting when crossed? They extend only on their own session. Thanks I think there is probably a requirem...
by Nick
08 Jan 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2
Replies: 98
Views: 40012

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2

I would suggest daily and above charts built from minute data. Intraday time frames still built from tick. This would originate a problem when you generate your daily bar from minute data. Considering minute charts your intraday time frames, every time you request a 405 minute bar which is the tota...
by Nick
08 Jan 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2
Replies: 98
Views: 40012

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2

Extended Value Area (blue line) should start plotting in the next session not in the current session. It makes the display confusing where it clashes with the current value area (grey wide line). Same with extended PoC (I didnt show that as the display became too confusing!) Note there also appears...
by Nick
08 Jan 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2
Replies: 98
Views: 40012

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2

Well after banging on about precision and accuracy I'm going to suggest something that goes against all that! :) When loading profiles that go back days weeks or even months it obviously takes an age to generate the profile! (I have had one that is only 30 days long and that has been at it for hour...
by Nick
08 Jan 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2
Replies: 98
Views: 40012

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2

Extended Value Area (blue line) should start plotting in the next session not in the current session. It makes the display confusing where it clashes with the current value area (grey wide line). Same with extended PoC (I didnt show that as the display became too confusing!) Note there also appears ...
by Nick
04 Jan 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: What component of MultiCharts do you want to be optimized?
Replies: 87
Views: 28151

Re: What component of MultiCharts do you want to be optimize

If backtesting and optimization is not fast enough, you can always buy a faster computer, or to wait overnight for results. If backtesting and optimization result is not good enough, you can always make another run. The market waits for no one: Live trading is the priority , whether manual trading ...
by Nick
04 Jan 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2
Replies: 98
Views: 40012

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2

Thanks Arnie I was aware of that. The question was really in regards to having multiple profiles per chart. Multiple data series would be one workaround for sure though somewhat cumbersome. For your needs, the best would be a manual profile drawing tool. I'm sure this will be offered sooner or late...
by Nick
03 Jan 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2
Replies: 98
Views: 40012

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2

Well after banging on about precision and accuracy I'm going to suggest something that goes against all that! :) When loading profiles that go back days weeks or even months it obviously takes an age to generate the profile! (I have had one that is only 30 days long and that has been at it for hours...
by Nick
03 Jan 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2
Replies: 98
Views: 40012

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2

Thanks Arnie I was aware of that. The question was really in regards to having multiple profiles per chart. Multiple data series would be one workaround for sure though somewhat cumbersome.
by Nick
03 Jan 2013
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2
Replies: 98
Views: 40012

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 2

profile.png profile.png profile.png Am I right in thinking that you can only have 1 profile per chart? (even though that can be reset every session/bar/week). Personally I think 'dynamic' profiles are far more useful (where you define the start point and end point). However you really need to be ab...
by Nick
11 Dec 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW
Replies: 184
Views: 64051

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW

Hi guys, forgive me if this is in already (I don't plan on testing until beta 2). It would be good (arguably 'necessary') to have a parameter for the percentage of the distribution used to calculate the value area. Some might want 68% others 95% or even 99%. This corresponds to 1 2 or 3 standard de...
by Nick
11 Dec 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW
Replies: 184
Views: 64051

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW

Hi guys, forgive me if this is in already (I don't plan on testing until beta 2). It would be good (arguably 'necessary') to have a parameter for the percentage of the distribution used to calculate the value area. Some might want 68% others 95% or even 99%. This corresponds to 1 2 or 3 standard dev...
by Nick
07 Dec 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW
Replies: 184
Views: 64051

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW

Pardon me if this is in/or planned already but a constant delta chart type is very useful. Essentially you start a new bar when delta changes by nnn amount. Similar to a constant volume or range chart except the new bar is plotted when delta changes by a predefined amount. like a range chart this ca...
by Nick
07 Dec 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW
Replies: 184
Views: 64051

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW

Is there any way to access the Volume Profile, Volume Delta or Footprint data by code? I would be most interested in being able to access the Volume Profile data even an indicator would be fine where I can get the values for the POC, VAH and VAL. That would be pretty useful. MC must maintain an arr...
by Nick
03 Dec 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW
Replies: 184
Views: 64051

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW

Was this data collected in real-time or downloaded from historical servers? Have you tried to reload the charts (press Ctrl+R) Won't pressing Ctrl R break the charts due to the averaging algorithm currently implemented? Of course when the update for IQfeed that was discussed a few posts back is imp...
by Nick
29 Nov 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW
Replies: 184
Views: 64051

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW

R|thmic backfill has no bid ask data though?
Nick,

We contacted Rithmic to confirm this. Here is the response by Jonathan Walden from Rithmic:
We do not provide such a mechanism.
Thanks for taking the time to confirm this.
by Nick
29 Nov 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW
Replies: 184
Views: 64051

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW

Brilliant news Arnie. I must be honest I have not even tried the new beta as there are a couple of things (like these) that I would need to see to make it useful fir me.

I have no excuse now!
by Nick
29 Nov 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW
Replies: 184
Views: 64051

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW

On the subject of volume profile. A couple of features that would be very useful. 1) easiest first. Being able to plot the developing value area / volume point of control. Normally VA from the previous period is plotted in the current period. It is very useful to plot the current periods VA as it de...
by Nick
29 Nov 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW
Replies: 184
Views: 64051

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW

It is unlikely that we implement tick-by-tick playback on Volume Delta charts in the near future due to the complexity of this feature. So this means that it will be possible to see tick by tick playback, just not in the near future. :) Until enough information is stored in the MC database to accur...
by Nick
25 Nov 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW
Replies: 184
Views: 64051

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW

In terms of real-time collected data and historical data I did find some discrepancies but it's being investigated by MC developers so let's wait (I don't know if it's a MC problem or was I that didn't do things correctly). MC is still on beta 1. I'm sure till the final version we'll see a couple o...
by Nick
24 Nov 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW
Replies: 184
Views: 64051

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW

I assumed that MC would also have 120 days available from IQ, however from the discussion on this thread and gaps in my charts I gather this is not the case. I use IRT to study Delta and NT trader Gomi add-ons for Footprints both of which use IQ data and pull in 120 days of Bid/ask out of market ho...
by Nick
24 Nov 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW
Replies: 184
Views: 64051

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW

Nick,
Thanks for your comments. So you believe that MD/IRT backfills footprint charts right? Am I correct?

Yes I believe so. Using the mechanism described by the DTN guy I quoted in my first post I presume. It also fills cumulative delta from historical data that matches live.
by Nick
22 Nov 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW
Replies: 184
Views: 64051

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW

Nick, 1. Could you specify software that works identical with real-time and historical data? 2. Take a look at the picture attached. That is the native IQfeed client. You can see that the trade price doesn't match either bid or ask. Ideas? Hi Andrew, Delta is based on an algorithm Lee & Ready descr...
by Nick
22 Nov 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW
Replies: 184
Views: 64051

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.5 BETA 1 – WHAT’S NEW

Hi guys, thanks for the update! Can you please let me know if it is possible to access bid/ask volume from Easylanguage. I use IQ-Feed. Regards, Manuel Manuel, Unfortunately, there is no way to get bid/ask volume from IQFeed. You can get bid/ask volume DOM data using Dom_asksize and Dom_bidsize key...
by Nick
10 Sep 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: what keyword to use to get bid and ask price of data [SOLVED]
Replies: 11
Views: 2184

Re: what keyword to use to get bid and ask price of data [SOLVED]

I tried buy, but seems 'buy' refer to the action of buying is there another keyword that I can use in PLE to get buy or ask or data? Look up: InsideAsk InsideBid Just be aware that these return the value of the current best bid and ask which may not be what the value that they where at the time of ...
by Nick
08 Aug 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Insidebid-Insideask problem on delta studys
Replies: 18
Views: 5505

Re: Insidebid-Insideask problem on delta studys

Since they are going to offer footprint charts and since they need volume at bid and ask so the ladder is correctly calculated, I assume that all the problems that existed in calculating the delta will be solved now. I'm really thrilled to have this tool in MC. Well after a bit of email tag with An...
by Nick
03 Aug 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 8.1 -- DOM, MD indicators, etc.,
Replies: 42
Views: 17778

Re: MC 8.1

So I think we can say that SC is indeed using tick volume since both outputs are identical. Great, great job ABC. They do. Just to be clear they process the volume of every single tick individually. At the risk of repeating myself that is all that is required for this sort of study (and a whole bun...
by Nick
03 Aug 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 8.1 -- DOM, MD indicators, etc.,
Replies: 42
Views: 17778

Re: MC 8.1

A picture is worth a thousand words.... This is why the built in profile is not useful, because it puts all the volume for a bar at a single price. Just to really flog a dead horse :)
by Nick
03 Aug 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 8.1 -- DOM, MD indicators, etc.,
Replies: 42
Views: 17778

Re: MC 8.1

Personally I would like the option to calculate everything tick by tick (including user studies). Just like the 'update on every tick' checkbox but for historical data too. For some applications splitting the volume across the bar from high to low is aceptable. Putting it all at a single valu (be it...
by Nick
01 Aug 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Problem with sessionstarttime
Replies: 14
Views: 4242

Re: Problem with sessionstarttime

Im thinking something like this will work in most cases, its still not really satisfactory n(0),WeekDaySession(0); once repeat until WeekDaySession >= 1 begin // get first weekday session n = + 1; WeekDaySession = SessionEndDay(1,n); end; if time > sessionendtime(0,WeekDaySession) and time[1] <= ses...
by Nick
01 Aug 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Problem with sessionstarttime
Replies: 14
Views: 4242

Re: Problem with sessionstarttime

Can anyone explain what is the difference between AutoSession an RegularSession is supposed to be. They currently return identical values when used in any session function. The following code illustrates that. var: n(0); once begin for n = 1 to sessioncount (0) begin print (n," ",SessionStarttime(0,...
by Nick
01 Aug 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Problem with sessionstarttime
Replies: 14
Views: 4242

Re: Problem with sessionstarttime

I decided to revisit this (as I am trading a couple of different instruments to my old faves). Did anyone crack it so that it works for all instruments be it Spot FX, Globex, or any other exchange round the world?? I thought I had but still unpredictable sometimes when I load up a brand new instrume...
by Nick
29 Jul 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 8.1 -- DOM, MD indicators, etc.,
Replies: 42
Views: 17778

Re: MC 8.1

The big thing volume profile needs is to load volume to build the profile tick by tick. If you have 30 minute bars on your chart all the volume is applied to the price at 30 minute close. This is not much good for anything to be honest. As an aside The ability to have 'update on every tick for histo...
by Nick
28 Jul 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Insidebid-Insideask problem on delta studys
Replies: 18
Views: 5505

Re: Insidebid-Insideask problem on delta studys

I missed that announcement Annie, that's great news! Fantastic! I think they must know its a job that has to be done to take MC forward, but I guess messing with the database is quite a significant change. Depending on how the code is written significant need not mean masses of work.
by Nick
28 Jul 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Insidebid-Insideask problem on delta studys
Replies: 18
Views: 5505

Re: Insidebid-Insideask problem on delta studys

Insidebid and Insideask are not appropriate for this as they return the current value rather than the value at the time the trade occurred (that your are processing). I wrote a couple of the studies that do it like that so am partly to blame I guess! You can use data1 data2 data3 for last bid ask bu...
by Nick
10 Apr 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.0 BETA 2
Replies: 127
Views: 37675

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.0 BETA 2


"Skip Identical Ticks" is another new default that concerns me.
Deja Vu!! Sorry had started the thread from the start and had not got to your post on identical ticks yet.
by Nick
10 Apr 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.0 BETA 2
Replies: 127
Views: 37675

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.0 BETA 2

John, It seems my happiness is your disaster. I am finding the current way of setting the right margin much better than the old one. I do agree the optional solution is needed then. As I said above why have to set the right margin at all? None of the more recent charting packages require you to, yo...
by Nick
10 Apr 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 8.0 BETA 2
Replies: 127
Views: 37675

Re: MULTICHARTS 8.0 BETA 2

I have many indicators that plots and draws in the "future" white space. Any changes will create unmanageable havoc to my signals. Please keep any " new " infrastructure changes as an option . Quite so! Backward compatibility should be top priority. A good recent example I mentioned recently is "sk...
by Nick
22 Feb 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Problem with sessionstarttime
Replies: 14
Views: 4242

Re: Problem with sessionstarttime

Yes that might do thanks. I was trying to get something that would work regardless of the instrument.
by Nick
22 Feb 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Problem with sessionstarttime
Replies: 14
Views: 4242

Re: Problem with sessionstarttime

Thanks for the detailed reply Henry. Odd, I have re-applied the study to a new chart with a newly constructed session template and it seems OK. Guess that means I must have previously mucked something up though was aware how the sessionnumber parameter worked. A side question is there a function tha...
by Nick
21 Feb 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Problem with sessionstarttime
Replies: 14
Views: 4242

Re: Problem with sessionstarttime

The problem is not to do with exchange or local time (It happens however this is set). The problem is that the function sessionstarttime (and sessionendtime) returns the start of the very first session defined in QM. That is the only value ever returned. So using my example even if you are processin...
by Nick
21 Feb 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: skip identical ticks
Replies: 9
Views: 2126

Re: skip identical ticks

Henry, it would be great and useful if this can be switched off for indicators by default in PL Editor, like it's possible with "Update on every tick" or "Same as symbol" as for some indicators every tick is needed. Currently it seems that if you uncheck this box in Format Study on a chart and chec...
by Nick
21 Feb 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Maths error?
Replies: 6
Views: 1649

Re: Maths error?

Thanks Josh (and TJ).

It seems to be an issue with negative rather than floating point storage absvalue(fpnumber) fixes it rather than if fpnumber <>0.

Thanks though it is a good thing to be aware of!
by Nick
21 Feb 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Maths error?
Replies: 6
Views: 1649

Re: Maths error?

Hello Nick,

Math.sqrt(-0) does not cause Floating point error in our environment with MC 8.0 beta 1.
You can add a condition to check for the negative value and avoid using it.
Yes it is easy to work around, thanks Henry.
by Nick
17 Feb 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Problem with sessionstarttime
Replies: 14
Views: 4242

Problem with sessionstarttime

For currencies I have my sessions set up Sun 22:00 - Mon 07:00 Mon 07:00 - Tues 07:00 etc. These are London times. I want to reset an indicator on the first bar of a session so used if time > sessionstarttime(0,1) and time[1] <= sessionstarttime(0,1) then........ Whatever parameters I use for sessio...
by Nick
16 Feb 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MultiCharts WIKI proposed
Replies: 25
Views: 6050

Re: MultiCharts WIKI proposed

Sounds good Stan. Could power language help eventually link from the editor to the wiki. Just a thought.

This is a great move anyway.
by Nick
16 Feb 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MultiCharts WIKI proposed
Replies: 25
Views: 6050

Re: MultiCharts WIKI proposed

Stan do you plan to make the wiki the central resource for all documentation eventually? Cant help that by moving help files, forum posts and various scattered documentation to one central place the true power will be unleashed (to put it in marketing speak :)) Edit just saw the We want to use it a ...
by Nick
16 Feb 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MultiCharts WIKI proposed
Replies: 25
Views: 6050

Re: MultiCharts WIKI proposed

Great Idea providing TSS put all there documentation effort into that repository. Whilst it will take a bit of effort to set up it will eventually pay dividends. Just having something like this where developers and support can enter information instantly has got to be a step in the right direction h...
by Nick
16 Feb 2012
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Maths error?
Replies: 6
Views: 1649

Maths error?

Hi, I have the following line in a function. s = s + SumWeightsOld * Square(VWAPOld) + w * Square(p) - SumWeights * Square(VWAP); where s SumWeightsOld & VWAP old are zero on the first pass. The expression is returning -0 (-zero). This causes a floating point error in a subsequent Sqrt function. I b...
by Nick
13 Dec 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC7.0 beta 4 IB backfill spikes
Replies: 86
Views: 24583

Re: MC7.0 beta 4 IB backfill spikes

OK Henry, thanks.
by Nick
13 Dec 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC7.0 beta 4 IB backfill spikes
Replies: 86
Views: 24583

Re: MC7.0 beta 4 IB backfill spikes

Hi Henry, I showed the issue to live support so I am surprised to find it is not confirmed. It was them (live support) that could not find the log files, I seem to remember there is/was a registry entry to turn them off. I seem to recall doing so when they where becoming excessively large. How does ...
by Nick
13 Dec 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: What component of MultiCharts do you want to be optimized?
Replies: 87
Views: 28151

Re: What component of MultiCharts do you want to be optimize

As nearly everyone else has said, the basic processing of data getting quotes (either from the database or downloading them) and displaying them in a chart in the most timely way possible. This should make everything feel more 'snappy'.
by Nick
13 Dec 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC7.0 beta 4 IB backfill spikes
Replies: 86
Views: 24583

Re: MC7.0 beta 4 IB backfill spikes

What is the status of this? I did go to live chat but my computer did not have log files, still at least it demonstrated the issue.
by Nick
18 Oct 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Any good forums to ask about root kits.
Replies: 32
Views: 8572

Re: Any good forums to ask about root kits.

Hi John, maybe there forum would be a good place to set out what has happened? This is how Symantec define fals positive btw A false positive, also known as a false detection or false alarm, occurs when an antivirus program detects a known virus string in an uninfected file. The file, while not infe...
by Nick
18 Oct 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Any good forums to ask about root kits.
Replies: 32
Views: 8572

Re: Any good forums to ask about root kits.

It does rather sound like a false positive (even though that seems unlikely with no software installed). I guess you know that virus software looks for a 'signature'. Every now and then a legitimate piece of software will show a false positive. The virus scanner guys will usually fix this quite quic...
by Nick
17 Oct 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Any good forums to ask about root kits.
Replies: 32
Views: 8572

Re: Any good forums to ask about root kits.

P.S.

Obviously a back up and restore strategy is a useful weapon however I am always a bit wary to use it in the fight against malware. Fine to go back to a clean virgin image of your machine but I always worry that using a more recent restore might actually have the malware already backed up to it.
by Nick
17 Oct 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Any good forums to ask about root kits.
Replies: 32
Views: 8572

Re: Any good forums to ask about root kits.

Cnet / download.com are generally trusted sites. They host downloads for lots of companies. Am I right in thinking you got an alert after a format and a clean install if windows? That sounds like it may be a false positive to me? What else did you re-install so far? Thinking on my feet I am trying t...
by Nick
17 Oct 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC7.0 beta 4 IB backfill spikes
Replies: 86
Views: 24583

Re: MC7.0 beta 4 IB backfill spikes

Indeed. 1 minute bars to fix the minute data and <1 minute will refresh tick data. I did actually have one (spike) that was higher than the days high it does no harm to refresh the daily data too.
by Nick
17 Oct 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC7.0 beta 4 IB backfill spikes
Replies: 86
Views: 24583

Re: MC7.0 beta 4 IB backfill spikes

Yes the problem persists in V7. I connected to live support a couple of weeks back but had no logs on my machine so wasn't much they could do. I had 2 identical 1 hour charts of EUR one had a spike the other did not. Strangely restarting did not fix it though I guess that means it is a cache issue o...
by Nick
17 Oct 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Any good forums to ask about root kits.
Replies: 32
Views: 8572

Re: Any good forums to ask about root kits.

Malwarebytes is my go to malware checker at the moment. Whilst not specifically designed for rootkits it detects a good number. Boot in safe mode to minimise anything hoodwinking it. If your mother board has flashable ROM and you suspect it has been hijacked (theoretically possible but hugely, hugel...
by Nick
05 Sep 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: backtesting with multiple data series
Replies: 4
Views: 1616

Re: backtesting with multiple data series

+1 from me

Though it will require higher precision time stamping (and/or sequencing across data series) in the MC database to achieve.

I won't start banging on about that again :)
by Nick
01 Aug 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC chart price doesn`t match IB price by 1p
Replies: 9
Views: 2177

Re: MC chart price doesn`t match IB price by 1p

There is no 'last' price reported on spot FX all you have is best bid and best ask changes. Providers estimate what trades there might have been based on those changes. I think (though I may be mistaken) IB prints the mid price hence the discrepancy with MC. (Of course IB knows about its own custome...
by Nick
14 Jun 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Debugging a floating point invalid operation error
Replies: 5
Views: 3213

Re: Debugging a floating point invalid operation error

... and you would be right. It turns out that the issue had to do with trying to calculate performance-related statistics when there were no trades. I had thought I had programmed a catch for this, but apparently not! Oh for a run time debugger :) Even a rudimentary one! AS TJ helpfully suggested d...
by Nick
14 Jun 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: best solution for analysis of tick by tick by staff
Replies: 2
Views: 964

Re: best solution for analysis of tick by tick by staff

It would be interesting to have a 'rule of thumb' for calculating memory requirements? I guess its a question of (2gig - executable requirements) divided by (how many bits a 'tick' requires to represent it + storage for study plots). Something along those lines. It does seem 30days * 3 plots is rath...
by Nick
13 Jun 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC7 and Forex market in 1/10 pip
Replies: 50
Views: 16307

Re: MC7 and Forex market in 1/10 pip

Here is an image as requested.
by Nick
13 Jun 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC7 and Forex market in 1/10 pip
Replies: 50
Views: 16307

Re: MC7 and Forex market in 1/10 pip

Any news on this? It does appear to be a rather nasty bug. In any indicator on a spot fx xhart if you use close high low or anything that should return a price it is returning X.XX rather than X.XXXXX So for example GBP USD is returning 1.62 for everything. Quote manager settings are correct price ...
by Nick
10 Jun 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC7 and Forex market in 1/10 pip
Replies: 50
Views: 16307

Re: MC7 and Forex market in 1/10 pip

Whilst this may not be critical (I guess a critical bug is one that crashes MC or renders it completely unusable). This has to be the highest level of 'severe' as it renders MC unusable for FX traders that use studies. What I find frustrating (and worrying) is that no one from TSS has acknowledged t...
by Nick
08 Jun 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: DOM - IB - How to get stops not simulated
Replies: 6
Views: 2541

Re: DOM - IB - How to get stops not simulated

DARK BLUE indicates that an order has been accepted by the system (simulated orders) or an exchange (native orders) and that this order has yet to be elected. GREEN indicates that your order has been accepted and is working at the destination. Isn't there a setting somewhere that says make both halv...
by Nick
08 Jun 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 7 BETA 4 RELEASE -- Questions/Issues
Replies: 98
Views: 28999

Re: MULTICHARTS 7 BETA 4 RELEASE -- Questions/Issues

I believe a 64-bit version will address many memory and performance issues. It is relatively cheap nowadays to get a simple quad core i7 with 16GB of RAM - and that much will be enough to do a whole lot more with MultiCharts. If Moore's Law stays true, then it will be even cheaper later on as techn...
by Nick
02 Jun 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Detect Mouse Click event and Bar information?
Replies: 14
Views: 5742

Re: Detect Mouse Click event and Bar information?

I've always thought that would be a great feature. Sometimes you want to start a study on a particular bar. It might need a little UI work to accomplish. I guess you would need a ClickInput reserved word and then some sort of prompt when you apply the study on a chart to select a bar(s). Get's my vo...
by Nick
02 Jun 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC7 and Forex market in 1/10 pip
Replies: 50
Views: 16307

Re: MC7 and Forex market in 1/10 pip

Not sure if its better do discuss this is issue here or through the bug tracker. Could someone explain why this is no longer targeted for release candidate? Is it simply a logistics issue? This is a severe bug, you can not do much of anything with FX right now. I just wonder whether you guys appreci...
by Nick
25 May 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC7 and Forex market in 1/10 pip
Replies: 50
Views: 16307

Re: MC7 and Forex market in 1/10 pip

Thanks Stan. It's a little worrying when it is in the tracking data base as a 'feature request'. One wonders if it is going to get the attention it needs with this category. It does seem to be slipping down the page! Anyway glad you are on the case :)
by Nick
25 May 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Timing tick to tick
Replies: 10
Views: 3629

Re: Timing tick to tick

Neat, thanks for the link.

Pretty much what i have just coded, though I am looking at volume intensity rather than tick intensity. Turning points often come right after a pop in intensity.

OOEL looks like it has a couple of neat features...e.g. timer objects
by Nick
25 May 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Timing tick to tick
Replies: 10
Views: 3629

Re: Timing tick to tick

Thanks SP! I had a copy of the getmachinetime.dll however the sample code I had did not have the MachineTimeMill parameter and so was only returning seconds. Still it does seem that ComputerDateTime should return full PC clock resolution. Multicharts must actively mask out the highest resolution bit...
by Nick
24 May 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC7 and Forex market in 1/10 pip
Replies: 50
Views: 16307

Re: MC7 and Forex market in 1/10 pip

I wonder why this does not have a higher status when it is a critical bug. Studies do not work at all on spot FX charts on MC7.0 that is pretty severe (if you trade spot :D)
by Nick
24 May 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Timing tick to tick
Replies: 10
Views: 3629

Re: Timing tick to tick

Well it appears ComputerDateTime should return the time since midnight from the computers real time clock. It seems to truncate this at seconds. Is this working as intended? It would have zero effect on other functions to return the full time. I understand the limitations of the database but limitin...
by Nick
23 May 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: X Scale of Data1 when 'hidden' Data2 is different time frame
Replies: 8
Views: 1939

Re: X Scale of Data1 when 'hidden' Data2 is different time f

Yes it's a nuisance. Any hidden data series should be completely ignored when it comes to scaling.
by Nick
23 May 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Timing tick to tick
Replies: 10
Views: 3629

Timing tick to tick

Is there anyway to measure the time difference between tick N and tick N+1 to millisecond or better resolution? I understand that the database is only 1 second resolution but can I accurately measure the timing on ticks for live data? My hunch is no though I notice there is a reserved word Milliseco...
by Nick
17 May 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7 Beta 3 - Questions/Issues
Replies: 44
Views: 17955

Re: MC 7 Beta 3 - Questions/Issues

Studies that use reserved words close high low etc to return a price are returning price in 1/100ths even if they are set up to return 1/100000's in quote manager. Basically this means I can not use MC beta on forex at all. Pretty serious issue. They plot on the chart fine it's just studies that are...
by Nick
17 May 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC7 and Forex market in 1/10 pip
Replies: 50
Views: 16307

Re: MC7 and Forex market in 1/10 pip

Any news on this? It does appear to be a rather nasty bug. In any indicator on a spot fx xhart if you use close high low or anything that should return a price it is returning X.XX rather than X.XXXXX So for example GBP USD is returning 1.62 for everything. Quote manager settings are correct price s...
by Nick
16 Mar 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: 2 copies of database files
Replies: 5
Views: 1055

Re: 2 copies of database files

Yes having a backup strategy for important data is a good plan. I used to be quite rigorous but as time has gone by the data is probably not quite as clean and not backed up quite as often.
by Nick
16 Mar 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: 2 copies of database files
Replies: 5
Views: 1055

Re: 2 copies of database files

Ahh right thanks. I guess it is something to do with UAC and different users writing to program data. As I am the only user not a problem :)
by Nick
16 Mar 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: 2 copies of database files
Replies: 5
Views: 1055

2 copies of database files

Hi there, I just noticed that there seem to be two copies of each database file one at

C:\ProgramData\TS Support\MultiCharts\Databases

and one at

C:\Users\All Users\TS Support\MultiCharts\Databases

I wondered can I delete one set? It seems like a waste of space (14gb in my case).
by Nick
18 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Hi there it occurs to me one last thing would be very useful for this and all sorts of other things too. There is currently a check box for 'update on every tick'. For this sort of indicator to work well on historical data a 'update historical bars on every tick' option would be good. I guess you gu...
by Nick
18 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Sorry for the delay in replying. Sometimes when I am away the laptop stays in its bag and phone stays off :) Not often however it did this time. Here is the code in case anyone else wants to try things. It is pretty fluid code I edit depending what I want to look at. The real test is to highlight in...
by Nick
18 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Marketdepth Analysis in Chart
Replies: 7
Views: 3213

Re: Marketdepth Analysis in Chart

I had heard this was in the beta... are they just a 'quote board' type field or is the information available sequenced correctly to studies? Do they provide any history? The next release will be interesting but I wonder if they will go far enough.
by Nick
12 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Hi guys, Just to be clear I don't think that the delay is needed or any other adjustments to the zenfire dll. (Unless we discover any other 'wrinkles'). Knowing the sequencing is A C B (from my example a few posts back) users can construct their code accordingly. We will need to store the number of ...
by Nick
10 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Image attached with version number. It looks like the problem could actually be the way the data is presented by Zenfire. If you recall my example a couple of posts ago it would appear Zenfire are are actually reporting things as A C B. (Which is crazy imho but such is life :)). I think it can be wo...
by Nick
10 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Still seems to be issues This image shows a couple of 'disturbances in the force' within a few ticks. Remember if there is no red/green dot you need to look to the left to see what the prevailing bid/ask is at. Put another way you only get a dot when they change. EDIT: I should say this is a prelimi...
by Nick
09 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Hi Andrew thanks for the help getting the new zen dll's going. It's simply based on the fact that it will result in a crossed market! It depends somewhat on the matching algorithm of the exchange but if contracts are bid and asked at the same price they will never show on the book as they will immed...
by Nick
09 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Nick, I do understand your concern, but the issue is Zen-fire/Rithmic specific. Let me give you an example. Let’s say we have Best Bid = 10 and Best Ask = 11. The new Best Bid comes and it is equal to 12. MultiCharts design requires that we send both ask and bid at the same time. So we must use som...
by Nick
09 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Hi Andrew,

The settings seem to be intact. I was wondering whether it was because I was on an older version? I wouldn't mind updating to V7.0 alpha/beta to test this. Seems to make sense to all be on the same page. Cheers.
by Nick
09 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Hi there... I am getting a message in quote manager log....

unable to connect to trading system. Please check connection settings.

V6 build 3276
by Nick
09 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

With respect I am only discussing it because I believe there may be a more fundamental problem. I have obviously just not stated it clearly enough. :) I understand that the bid and ask will be updated separately but the sequence should never alter and they should never ever cross. Not at any time be...
by Nick
09 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Hi Andrew, I'm still on version MC 6 will this be a problem? I was planning to upgrade everything before doing further testing. Seems to make more sense to me. By delaying are you saying that after a trade tick you will delay until you get a corresponding bid ask update (because the quote update occ...
by Nick
08 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Hi Andrew, I'll give it a go. I am not sure that this is the best way to go. To be honest I do not fully understand how Rithmic/Zen report things let me explain.... lets say that 15 are bid @ 1153.25 | 1153.50 has 25 Asked OK lets say someone places a market order to buy 25 (which will hit the ask) ...
by Nick
04 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Last I used it was on the DAX, something that jumps around is possibly better to see it on than say the ES which is quite orderly. Of course that begs the question is it bad prints from Eurex! Nick, these are most of the time Eurex OTC trades (FESX > 1000 lots, FGBL>2000, FDAX>250). The OTC trade d...
by Nick
04 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Dear Nick, Thank you for the explanation. Also, please confirm that you are talking about real-time calculation (not on historical data). Yes, real time. Nothing gets processed on historic. Incidentally I am not sure but I dont think things will work simply by adding. bid = close of data2; ask = cl...
by Nick
02 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Hi Dave, I have been using Rithmic & Zenfire recently (basically the same infrastructure). In the past I have tested with IQFeed. It did occur to me that it might be a data issue but I did not see the same with Zen/NT. My subscription to IQFeed has lapsed and I don't currently have NT set up anyway....
by Nick
02 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

You can add something like this to check to see if it occurs

Code: Select all

if (Ask <= Bid) then
print ("crossed, BB:", Bid, " | BA: ",Ask); // Market is crossed
As I say should never happen on a centralised exchange as it will be immediately matched and result in a trade.
by Nick
02 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Hi dave, yeah I do sometimes I see the bid higher than the ask (crossed). Whilst that can be legitimate (very infrequent though) on ECN's it is not on centralised exchanges like Globex. I am on MC 6.xx so have not had a chance to test on 7.0.
by Nick
01 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Why I don't trust "IntraBarPersist"
Replies: 86
Views: 46965

Re: Why I don't trust "IntraBarPersist"

Super Awesome!!! I'm rather excited, which is a sad state of affairs over a piece of software.
by Nick
01 Feb 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Hi dave, in my last post all of the questions and observations I was mentioned where when getting the best bid and ask from data2 and data3 NOT from the insidebid and insideask functions. Could the issues I am seeingit be to do with the issue that you mentioned in the intrabar persist thread recently?
by Nick
31 Jan 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Hi Dave, indeed. I have to say I have noticed some errors with the 3 data stream approach too. The problem is I don't believe that when a tick occurs that every study that relies on that tick is processed from beginning to end before the next tick is dealt with. Let me ask this.... Lets say a tick f...
by Nick
28 Jan 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Hi Dave, The matter is mentioned briefly here https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6640 in the indicator section. This describes the problem towards the end of the thread (it's a short thread). It links to a thread at traders laboratory (probably not worth reading at 50+ pages)...
by Nick
27 Jan 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Hi Dave, you need to know the price of the best (inside) bid and ask so you can determine if the last tick was at one of those levels. You then accumulate the volume of the last tick accordingly. // // Plots Cumulative Delta // // Start at the begining of day and plot as a 'bar' // Has large trade a...
by Nick
26 Jan 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Hi Dave, Gomi has a whole suite of indicators for NT. At there core is the GomRecorder and a database that holds bid ask & last ticks with millisecond time stamps. This is completely separate to Ninjas own database! What you probably saw was the volume ladder chart (an add on to the basic indicator ...
by Nick
24 Jan 2011
Forum: User Contributed Studies and Indicator Library
Topic: Cumulative Delta & Volume Delta
Replies: 31
Views: 28596

Re: Cumulative Delta & Volume Delta

Indeed we did though you had already done the hard work John. Here is a graphic illustration....The two left hand charts are both set up the same 1 tick with a delta indicator. The indicator simply uses intrabarpersist and InsideBid InsideAsk to calculate if a tick is at the bid or ask. It's pretty ...
by Nick
22 Jan 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Very few of the broker feeds are good enough for delta work. At least IB come clean and say they aggregate. Personally I find there data 'adequate' for price and volume based work. Obviously you have less ticks but all the volume is reported.
by Nick
22 Jan 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Yes most feeds are unsuitable you need a full feed complete with all bid ask data. It needs to be clean and properly sequenced. The requirements for cumulative delta are a bit more onerous than simply looking at delta shifts over shorter periods. If you are doing the latter you may get away with les...
by Nick
22 Jan 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Yes I remember! I too am hopeful and excited but at the same time slightly nervous that TSSuport might not be fully aware of all the issues. Even if things are spot on you absolutely need history to trade live day in day out with cumulative delta.
by Nick
22 Jan 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Pre Alpha
Replies: 143
Views: 30805

Re: MC 7.0 Pre Alpha

There seem to be some fanatism about MT, and lack of rational analysis, probably because it is free. Fanatism is well grounded. MT is easy to use for discretionary traders who do not care for MQL's complexity. It is easy to place a stop loss or a take profit in MT - it takes a few seonds. It is a n...
by Nick
22 Jan 2011
Forum: User Contributed Studies and Indicator Library
Topic: Cumulative Delta & Volume Delta
Replies: 31
Views: 28596

Re: Cumulative Delta & Volume Delta

Hi TJ, Thanks for the kind words earlier. I believe the problem lies with the functions InsideBid & InsideAsk. Basically these functions return the current live best bid best ask not the value from when the tick occurred that your indicator is processing. This can lead to race conditions even on pow...
by Nick
22 Jan 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Hi CrazyN, It looks encouraging however I have a nasty suspicion that they are relying on an EasyLanguage indicator. Could perhaps Dave or Andrew confirm or deny? If that's the case then sadly it does not give accurate results. I should know I wrote the indicator linked here https://www.multicharts....
by Nick
22 Jan 2011
Forum: User Contributed Studies and Indicator Library
Topic: Cumulative Delta & Volume Delta
Replies: 31
Views: 28596

Re: Cumulative Delta & Volume Delta

I should caution people that this is not accurate due to possible race conditions in MC, I uploaded the indicator under the name 'BlowFish' at traderslaboratory.

Hopefully this will be sorted out in version 7.0, it is being discussed on the main forum right now.
by Nick
22 Jan 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

Dear Nick, Bid and ask data is stored in the correct sequence. When you plot bid and ask data on the same chart, this sequence gets corrupted. But we see the same behavior in other software, such as NT for example. As for delta type indicators for MC, they are already available. Please contact Fulc...
by Nick
20 Jan 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

Re: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data hand

The important thing is to have correct sequencing of bid ask last data so you can correctly build delta (volume @ bid vs volume @ ask) all of them do this. Arguably the best way to do it is with higher resolution time stamping. Either would do. Will MC offer delta type indicators in version 7.0? (wh...
by Nick
20 Jan 2011
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling
Replies: 60
Views: 19148

MC 7.0 Question - improvements to precision in data handling

Hi there, For some while we have been unable to do accurate work with 'MD' 'cumulative delta' 'volume@bid vs volume@ask' type indicators. These are pretty important to a large number of traders as you can see from numerous forums. Several competitors obviously do too:) Software that now includes the...
by Nick
19 Nov 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Global Draw Objects?
Replies: 10
Views: 3268

Re: Global Draw Objects?

+1 for Global Draw. Also, it would be nice to be able to change the thickness of the dashed lines as well as the solid ones. Indeed this is one of the instances of where basing things on TS (which is based on Supercharts) is quite a limitation. Take a look at something like Ensign for an idea of wh...
by Nick
09 Nov 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Global Draw Objects?
Replies: 10
Views: 3268

Re: Global Draw Objects?

+1 for that :D
by Nick
08 Nov 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: dinging sound
Replies: 7
Views: 1759

Re: dinging sound

Thanks for the suggestion. The thing is, I have no strategies or indicators that generate alerts. No drawings that generate alerts. I wonder if it could be a system level thing? Perhaps interruption to the data feed or something? It sounds pretty much like windows 'ding.wav'.
by Nick
28 Oct 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: dinging sound
Replies: 7
Views: 1759

Re: dinging sound

I get an occasional dinging, I haven't a clue what it is. I have no alarms set. Hard to track down as it is occasional.
by Nick
28 Oct 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Multicharts 6.01 official release feedback
Replies: 79
Views: 22689

Re: Multicharts 6.01 official release feedback

Dear evanscje,

It does not work correctly in 100% of cases. It is not stable - double orders issues were reported.
So it is bugged rather than not possible? Clearly it is possible.
by Nick
26 Oct 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Seeking the size of current bid and ask ...
Replies: 10
Views: 2925

Re: Seeking the size of current bid and ask ...

I tested with Zenfire and it appeared to. You do get 'ticks' that update two of the data streams on the same tick, you would expect this though. I didn't explicitly detect for ticks where everything was the same though. The problem I had was there where too may 'wrinkles'. I wrote some test code to ...
by Nick
25 Oct 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Seeking the size of current bid and ask ...
Replies: 10
Views: 2925

Re: Seeking the size of current bid and ask ...

It will never be possible to retrieve continuously the current bid-ask sizes since MC has to wait for a trade before it can run the study. Until this is changed, there's no point even attempting to request such a feature. It will require some changes to how MC operates. In very active markets such ...
by Nick
21 Oct 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Seeking the size of current bid and ask ...
Replies: 10
Views: 2925

Re: Seeking the size of current bid and ask ...

No flames from me, in fact quite the reverse. Personally I think it is critical to provide proper sequencing, time stamping, and full and complete data for multiple real time and historical data streams. (bid and ask data are just 'other data streams'). Not doing so rules MC out for a whole bunch of...
by Nick
10 Sep 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Drawing/Plotting Multiple Horizontal Lines
Replies: 7
Views: 3241

Re: Drawing/Plotting Multiple Horizontal Lines

Just a couple of quick tips how to get round the lack of a shading function. The easiest way is to use the high low plot (selected by selecting bar high type for the top of the range and bar low type for the bottom range in the indicator style tab). You then set the bar width as wide as it will go s...
by Nick
03 Sep 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Why I don't trust "IntraBarPersist"
Replies: 86
Views: 46965

Re: Why I don't trust "IntraBarPersist"

The biggest problem in my book is the high precision handling of live and historic data. Sure you can write code to interface to a data provider and store ticks in your own database (MC's 1 second resolution is no good for applications that require accuracy) - however at this stage you have to ask w...
by Nick
06 Aug 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Question about bid-ask quote
Replies: 4
Views: 1144

Re: Question about bid-ask quote

Can't do it as MC only stores historical data with 1 second precision, all sequencing information across more than 1 data stream is lost.

Hopefully TSSupport will re architect before too long to allow high precision work. Really important for a whole range of things.
by Nick
06 Aug 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Why I don't trust "IntraBarPersist"
Replies: 86
Views: 46965

Re: Why I don't trust "IntraBarPersist"

I have noticed some inconsistencies too, they are particularly apparent on multiple data streams. My testing had 3 - bid, ask, and last, of the same instrument. Far too many trades that are not at best bid or best ask.
by Nick
06 Aug 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Multicharts and Zenfire
Replies: 13
Views: 3908

Re: Multicharts and Zenfire

Zenfire does offer backfill now (in beta) I think its a day of tick and a week of minute data. Incidentally, I believe the tests that people have conducted at BM are including bid and ask changes too. I have not seen issues with simple trade prints (not looked hard though). Also it is worth noting t...
by Nick
06 Aug 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Multicharts 6.0 official release feedback
Replies: 42
Views: 8993

Re: Multicharts 6.0 official release feedback

Hmm.... i wonder why "Pace violation" error occurs faster than mc5.5. I don't think IB change any of their policies on their end. Indeed. If this is the case it would seem that 6.0 requests more data (or requests it in a different way) for some reason (thus causing pacing violations sooner). As you...
by Nick
21 Jul 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Missing bars on IDEALPRO, errorneous BID/ASK based backtest
Replies: 19
Views: 4142

If you have several data series, gaps are inevitable, because data series are synchronized with each other. This is true for live data however it is not for historical data. MC time stamps data to 1 second resolution so it can not preserve the correct sequencing on historical data. I only mention t...
by Nick
15 Jul 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: High low midpoint
Replies: 2
Views: 973

Inputs: Session_Start(930), Session_End(1615); vars: G_H(0), G_L(0), Globex(false); If Globex and Time >= Session_Start and time < Session_End then Globex = false; if not Globex and Time >= Session_End then begin // Should only execute first tick of Globex session G_H=High; G_L=Low; Globex = True; ...
by Nick
14 May 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Be careful autotrading -- ZenFire requires new update
Replies: 16
Views: 5966

Hi Anastassia there are still a couple of isues with Zen. Firstly there API should re-connect I believe but it does not! MC could do with handling the re-connection (or pressure Zen to fix it :)) There are also zero ticks still (reported in the stickied beta thread)
by Nick
14 May 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Multicharts 6.0 Beta 3 feedback
Replies: 185
Views: 82377

MC Version 6.0 Beta 3 (Build 3276)

I am still getting zero ticks from zenfire happens on FDAX havent checked other instruments. Should have been fixed in beta 3...not for me :)

• Ticks with the zero price on historical data from Zen-Fire are not filtered out.
by Nick
28 Apr 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS PLS FIX DATA ACCURACY BEFORE ADDING NEW FEATURES
Replies: 12
Views: 3232

+1 Stability and core functionality over new features every single time! I have been banging on about this since v2 (or maybe even 1). Accurate and timely collection, storage and recall of data + precise rasterisation are core functionality on which everything else depends. I'd like to see some arch...
by Nick
28 Apr 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: [PL] How to stop a loop?
Replies: 21
Views: 4401

either that or you use the "break" statement. Gee a break statement. I went searching for "break" and "exit" before and all the help I have did not show it. I guess I should have just tried it (which I did just now and it works). So is there a help kicking around for MC that I am not aware of that ...
by Nick
28 Apr 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Multicharts 6.0 Beta 2 feedback
Replies: 79
Views: 70554

While work-arounds are possible (GV, ADE, etc.) they're generally cumbersome and prone to error because of complex sequencing/timing and other issues. Just while we are on the subject of sequencing I would like to see millisecond time stamps so that indicators behave the same on historical data as ...
by Nick
03 Feb 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: New Subject: Studies not getting executed on every tick.
Replies: 20
Views: 8838

Can anyone confirm whether this is in fact fixed in version 6?

I see no mention in Version 6 release notes so presumably it has not been? A rather serious problem for the project I am currently planing.

Cheers.
by Nick
03 Feb 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Failure to save minute data after 12 months is stored
Replies: 25
Views: 5023

this experience highlights the need for a one-button backup and restore.

every professional grade database should have one.
Been asking for better data base tools for years. It perplexes me that TSS seem to tick boxes rather than provide robust core functionality.
by Nick
26 Jan 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Forex Broker Support
Replies: 39
Views: 22483

Excellent couple of posts eloquently put Bruce. Personally I would prefer timely data over complete data. Who wants to trade based on what the price was 10 seconds ago particularly in a fast market (when data is prone to lag)? The one exception to this is the ever more popular 'MD' type of analysis....
by Nick
26 Jan 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC7.0 beta 4 IB backfill spikes
Replies: 86
Views: 24583

Another example. One of these days I will get around to writing the code to find these rather than the using the random manual detection of the human eye. Most traders would agree that priority wise, this problem is right up there with 1/ missing ticks and 2/ DRM. From my position it is ahead of mo...
by Nick
26 Jan 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Free Quotes not updating
Replies: 24
Views: 6584

I know this thread is 2 years old but I recently upgraded to 5.5 and free quotes sill appear not to be working. Could someone update what the status of this issue is? The free data providers actually have a massively broad range of instruments they cover (some you would be hard pushed to find data f...
by Nick
21 Jan 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Qcharts Line Features.
Replies: 2
Views: 1157

I'd like a 'smart snap' that only snaps when you are within a few pixels (say 10) of a snap point (OHLC). Often you want to snap one end of the line but not the other. Going in and out of snap all the time is cumbersome and irritating. This would allow you to leave snap on all the time.
by Nick
21 Jan 2010
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Forex Broker Support
Replies: 39
Views: 22483

It might be worth pointing out there is no volume reported for Forex (no central exchange or reporting requirements) No broker or data feed is going to give accurate volume information. What they actually send down the wire is bid ask changes. Really there are only a couple of brokers that offer acc...
by Nick
09 Dec 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: New Chart Types You Wanted to See in MultiCharts
Replies: 8
Views: 3732

I would like to see some improvements to volume profiles charts. 1) Option to have volume 'averaged' across the whole bar. (this is the most common way of doing it however MC does not offer it). 2) more options for ranges of data (e.g. last weeks profile, or monday and tuesdays) 3) Multiple profiles...
by Nick
09 Dec 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: daily bars not updated MC 5.5
Replies: 3
Views: 1375

Are you using V5.0? Was a known problem for ages (since version 3.0 or maybe even 2.0) however I thought it got fixed in V5.0. Does a refresh <cntrl>R fix it?
by Nick
09 Dec 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Volume breakdown chart
Replies: 5
Views: 2764

Even if the bugs that are mentioned in the threads that Bob linked are fixed such indicators will be inaccurate unless MC version 6 introduces a way to synchronously read best bid ask. Sadly you will need to look at a different solution to TS/MC if you want to use this type of indicator.
by Nick
25 Nov 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Why I don't trust "IntraBarPersist"
Replies: 86
Views: 46965

Hi Bob, Missing ticks of course is a much more fundamental issue than synchronously storing and making available order book updates (the latter won't work properly if the former doesn't anyway). Having said that if they are looking at how ticks are processed may as well look at removing some of the ...
by Nick
23 Nov 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: New Subject: Studies not getting executed on every tick.
Replies: 20
Views: 8838

TS works perfectly because it is single-threaded. We didn't have the issue until we introduced the multi-threading. However we know how ot fix it.
As this is a pretty fundamental bug (it effects the accurate reception, storage or display of data) any chance of a hotfix?
by Nick
23 Nov 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Why I don't trust "IntraBarPersist"
Replies: 86
Views: 46965

Hi John, That's not something I had noticed but it is not something I have looked for! Seems to suggest a fairly fundamental architectural issue handling data. Incidentally the issue with inside bid is not so much that best bid and ask change independently it is that insidebid insideask functions re...
by Nick
20 Nov 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Books for Beginners
Replies: 6
Views: 3917

You can also learn a lot looking at other peoples code. Take a piece of code and modify it to do some thing else. It really is pretty easy, diving in with a project is not such a bad way to learn.
by Nick
20 Nov 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Free Quotes not updating
Replies: 24
Views: 6584

Can anyone confirm if this was fixed in v5.5? I am currently running Version 5.0 but will update if this has been fixed. Cheers...Nick.
by Nick
20 Nov 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: How Do You Solve A Problem Like Marina?
Replies: 10
Views: 3229

Alex was great too, as long as TSSupport employ someone with the same work ethic and calibre of Marina or Alex all will be fine.
by Nick
20 Nov 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Why I don't trust "IntraBarPersist"
Replies: 86
Views: 46965

Here is why things don't match :- I didnt read the whole thread and only scanned your original code. Having written similar I am quite familiar with what you are doing :). The issue is with CurrentBid CurrentAsk not intrabarpersist. They are read asynchronously. Therefore it is quite possible for th...
by Nick
16 Jul 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: A quick Question about 5.5
Replies: 3
Views: 1460

Hi Andrew its the option to load a chart with bars (lets say 5 minute for example) but have them built tick by tick even for historical data. This allows all sorts of clever stuff with indicators and strategies.

Edit: a bit like bar magnifier but for regular studies and strategies.
by Nick
13 Jul 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Bar magnifier not working at all in beta 2
Replies: 8
Views: 2433

Can I read a bit more about the bar magnifier? Does it let you have indicators 'see inside' a bar tick by tick. That would be outstanding!
by Nick
13 Jul 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Can't download Freequotes from Yahoo
Replies: 4
Views: 1940

Guess I need to contact support though it does seem to be a bug in the release version? Currently I would rather stick to the release as I mentioned before.
by Nick
13 Jul 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Plot styles in new beta
Replies: 11
Views: 3944

Actually what I meant was a horizontal stair step a bit like the attached. You can do it with lines but you end up with thousands.
by Nick
09 Jul 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: A quick Question about 5.5
Replies: 3
Views: 1460

A quick Question about 5.5

I seem to remember that an option to build bars tick by tick was planned (when loading and processing historical data). Did I imagine that or is it still planned?

Cheers.
by Nick
09 Jul 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Plot styles in new beta
Replies: 11
Views: 3944

And a 'region plot' .....shade between a hi and lo value. Stair case would be useful too rather than an indicator moving diagonally between plot n and n+1 have it horizontal and then 'step' to the new level.
by Nick
09 Jul 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Can't download Freequotes from Yahoo
Replies: 4
Views: 1940

Thanks :D

To be honest I don't really want to install the beta just for this. Any official word?
by Nick
08 Jul 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Can't download Freequotes from Yahoo
Replies: 4
Views: 1940

Can't download Freequotes from Yahoo

Hi there I have not been able to download free quotes from Yahoo recently. I am using V5.0 Release. The symbol names I am using had worked in the past and are correct as far as I can see I have tried ^FTSE ^GDAXI ^DJI. (I use it for a longer term view of the indexes and am only trying to download da...
by Nick
27 May 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Why I don't trust "IntraBarPersist"
Replies: 86
Views: 46965

What would be great is if MC would Have the option to store (in its database) best bid and best ask changes with size and time stamp. Have the option to store deeper levels of the order book with size changes and time stamp. The time stamp would probably need to be locally generated. The ability to ...
by Nick
27 May 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Upgrade Fee
Replies: 14
Views: 5776

Thanks for making things crystal clear Andrew. Good news for early adopters. One question if I may. Will people that supported the development of MC by purchasing lifetime licenses in the early days have to pay for 6.0? To be honest I really don't use a fraction of the features as it is but that's n...
by Nick
14 May 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: What you should expect to see in MultiCharts soon
Replies: 50
Views: 20982

Hi Andrew, Yes I am confused.....nothing new there :) Thanks for clarifying. I bought MC long before the offer you mention. At the time the offer was similar though the wording was different. Something along the lines of "in our appreciation for supporting the development of MC you will qualify for ...
by Nick
08 May 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: What you should expect to see in MultiCharts soon
Replies: 50
Views: 20982

Hi Andrew,

Did you see my question a couple of posts ago?

Can you confirm that people who bought lifetime upgrades will continue to receive them?

Cheers,
Nick
by Nick
01 May 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: What you should expect to see in MultiCharts soon
Replies: 50
Views: 20982

Hi Andrew, Will those of us that 'grandfathered' in early in MC's life automatically qualify for free upgrades? Apart from the fact that there where a few of us that put in a lot of blood sweat and tears testing in the earlier days, that was always the deal way back then wasn't it? Cheers, Nick. Ni...
by Nick
21 Apr 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: What you should expect to see in MultiCharts soon
Replies: 50
Views: 20982

Hi Andrew,

Will those of us that 'grandfathered' in early in MC's life automatically qualify for free upgrades? Apart from the fact that there where a few of us that put in a lot of blood sweat and tears testing in the earlier days, that was always the deal way back then wasn't it?

Cheers,
Nick.
by Nick
11 Mar 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: RobotMan Rant - "Layers" keep changing order
Replies: 22
Views: 8543

Let me post an example from another forum

Here the high low plot type is set to the widest plot to simulate a shaded range. (when will MC have shaded ranges btw?)?)

Obviously the data series absolutely must go on top in this scenario.
by Nick
11 Mar 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: HIGH DEFINITION CHARTING ...BUGS OR WHAT???
Replies: 92
Views: 30640

Nick, Initially we didn't have any restrictions and it caused us a lot of support. Newbie set very small volumes or used wrong price scale/min movement settings. As a result MC generates billions of artificial bars that eventually consumed all recourses and crashed PC. This is why decided to limit ...
by Nick
11 Mar 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: HIGH DEFINITION CHARTING ...BUGS OR WHAT???
Replies: 92
Views: 30640

Nick, Initially we didn't have any restrictions and it caused us a lot of support. Newbie set very small volumes or used wrong price scale/min movement settings. As a result MC generates billions of artificial bars that eventually consumed all recourses and crashed PC. This is why decided to limit ...
by Nick
09 Mar 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: HIGH DEFINITION CHARTING ...BUGS OR WHAT???
Replies: 92
Views: 30640

Late to this thread and kind of skimmed it. One question Why limit the number of splits? As long as the number is less than the maximum bars a chart can support whats the problem? I can't imagine why a would want to plot an instrument that trades in 1000's of lots with 1 lot volume charts but if the...
by Nick
09 Mar 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: RobotMan Rant - "Layers" keep changing order
Replies: 22
Views: 8543

That is exactly the problem. MC assumes that the symbol will be on layer 0. It is quite a limitation to have to put it there. The whole point of layer ordering is to be able to bring stuff forward so it is not obscured. Price data itself is pretty important not to obscure. Lines and stuff should anc...
by Nick
23 Feb 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Drawing tools attached to indicators
Replies: 8
Views: 2895

Re: Drawing tools attached to indicators

Drawings are snapped to whatever is placed at a zero level (closest to the background). Brining a data series to the front, forces drawings to be snapped to an indicator that now happens to be at level zero. This is how it is supposed to work. Then why have a 'ticked' layer? (right click in the rig...
by Nick
18 Feb 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Drawing tools attached to indicators
Replies: 8
Views: 2895

This is something that has annoyed the pants of me since they introduced plot ordering. every now and then I shoot them an email or post here about it. The problem is that anchoring always occurs to layer 'zero' rather than the 'ticked' layer. There are a couple of other places (that I can't recall)...
by Nick
06 Jan 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Chart arrangement lost in workspace after restart
Replies: 24
Views: 7722

In several places MC operates against objects on layer 1 where as it should operate against the 'ticked' layer. (right click on the X axis to see which layer is ticked). TJ suggests a way round this but that defeats the purpose of orderable layers somewhat! As for remembering workspace layouts corre...
by Nick
06 Jan 2009
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: again rollover , collect data tssupport
Replies: 9
Views: 3696

There is a problem with renaming if you need to do a refresh you will write over the old contract data unless you change the date range of bars on the chart first which is pretty impractical.
by Nick
12 Dec 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Some features I wish to have before Gold release
Replies: 23
Views: 9228

Hi everybody,

We understand that you would like to see many various features in MultiCharts Gold. .
These are features people believe are needed in the basic version. Apologies if you knew this.
by Nick
03 Dec 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Problems with eSignal Data Feed
Replies: 43
Views: 16989

2. Missing Historical Daily data. (One solution is to force the daily chart to reload historical data every time it's opened). That has been a problem since version 3 at least. I thought it was supposed to have been fixed in 4.0? I dunno as I haven't upgraded. Its a huge PIA and of course refreshin...
by Nick
03 Dec 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Release of the new ZenFire data feed dll.
Replies: 43
Views: 27714

Kalid spot on my friend. Tresor Zen never was a historical data feed. It is, and always has been, a real time data feed and execution engine. I think where you might have been confused in the past is that NT stores historical Zen data and provides it as a service to their customers :)
by Nick
03 Dec 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Last opportunity!
Replies: 20
Views: 8299

It will be interesting to see what is considered basic functionality and what is considered gold functionality. There are still functions that might be considered basic functionality I'd like to see in the basic package. There are also things that with some small changes would be really useful tools...
by Nick
01 Dec 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Some features I wish to have before Gold release
Replies: 23
Views: 9228

Strongly Agree with point 1. Not sure how I have survived so long without it. Better still improve how MC handles 'holes' in data so reloads are not needed!
by Nick
01 Dec 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Release of the new ZenFire data feed dll.
Replies: 43
Views: 27714

Nick, Thank you. NEXT QUESTION: Amongst the topics which have run more than a month, this one, with more than 1250 views per month, is probably the most popular. What on earth are so many wanna be scalpers doing with MultiCharts? Khalid Actually that's a pretty good question! Maybe people want tip ...
by Nick
01 Dec 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Last opportunity!
Replies: 20
Views: 8299

I quite like MC particularly that it compiles easy language that I am too lazy to convert or have converted. I have to say this made me smile, I am currently running V3.something having tired of the painful, time and money consuming upgrade game. I wish you good luck getting people to pay 6k to beta...
by Nick
09 Nov 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Holes in Volume bar charts- when will this be fixed???
Replies: 36
Views: 16884

My concern is that these things are not fixed in a timely fashion. I was looking forward to upgrading but guess I'll stick with v 3.0 for now. Issuing hotfixes as opposed to rolling everything into the next version is a much better way of doing things. If you have a version + hotfix you have a stabl...
by Nick
06 Nov 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MultiCharts Beta 5.0.1737.201
Replies: 18
Views: 6867

I am sorry to report, the volume bars are NOT correct.
Has this been hotfixed yet? Really the only impediment I have to upgrading.

Cheers,
Nick
by Nick
30 Oct 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC gets locked up so often and TradingServer uses up CPU 100
Replies: 1
Views: 1531

This used to happen a lot in version 2.0. :cry: to see a similar problem raise its ugly head.
by Nick
29 Oct 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: IB Spot forex through IDEALPRO
Replies: 4
Views: 2334

Not sure exactly where I went adrift but its working flawlessly today. Thank you both for your advice.
by Nick
28 Oct 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MultiCharts Beta 5.0.1737.201
Replies: 18
Views: 6867

Hehe Khalid your enthusiasm has tempted me to completely skip version 4. I don't know why but I find it amusing (and quite exciting too).
by Nick
28 Oct 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MultiCharts Beta 5.0.1737.201
Replies: 18
Views: 6867

Guess I'll hang on a day or two to see if this gets a hotfix. I guess it will as accurately retrieving, storing, and displaying data is a pretty fundamental and crucial cornerstone. Without this foundation more advanced features are redundant. (Yeah I know I keep saying that :D ) Thanks for the head...
by Nick
28 Oct 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: IB Spot forex through IDEALPRO
Replies: 4
Views: 2334

IB Spot forex through IDEALPRO

Any idea why I can connect to EUR.USD but not USD.JPY? Both set up the same in quote manager.
by Nick
28 Oct 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MultiCharts Beta 5.0.1737.201
Replies: 18
Views: 6867

I am running version 3 (release) currently. Would you guys recommend upgrading straight to 5.1 beta or to 4.0? I really just want the most stable reliable version as at the end of the day if you have problems during the trading day it tends to loose you (a lot of) money! In the past i have had issue...
by Nick
20 Oct 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: New Beta 4
Replies: 6
Views: 3019

Hi,

Just another request for H,L,C bars. Thanks.
by Nick
20 Oct 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Indicators and chart scaling
Replies: 3
Views: 1630

As have I. Its an issue with how the layering is done.
by Nick
20 Oct 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Features that make you drool
Replies: 14
Views: 4885

MC has a volume histogram however TSSupport have so far ignored suggestions to get it into a really useful trading tool. Kind of a strange really as it would be pretty trivial to make it much much more useful. A shame.
by Nick
20 Oct 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: NEW PRICING STRUCTURE FOR MULTICHARTS?
Replies: 16
Views: 7613

Can you confirm that you will continue to support the old edition of MC with bug fixes and that users will not have to purchase upgrades to get fixes?
by Nick
09 Sep 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Data Backup - Vista
Replies: 10
Views: 3771

Data management is (imo) one of the 'core' functions that need to be 101%. I'd like to see backup and restore, integrity checking (look for holes in a specified range), DB compacting, tick filter, easier ways to reload a section of data etc. Oh and a way to splice the new front month to make a 'cont...
by Nick
02 Sep 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: I HAVE TRASHED MULTICHARTS
Replies: 25
Views: 8608

Tresor, High-defination charting is excellent ; EasyLanguage compatibility is very good; extensive choice of data feeds is quite true. Khalid Actually there are a few issues with charting still that I have reported in the past. I work around them now. I have discovered a new one recently (aspect ra...
by Nick
02 Sep 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: I HAVE TRASHED MULTICHARTS
Replies: 25
Views: 8608

My 2c. (Which I have voiced on numerous occasions over the years) "Core" functionality needs to be rock solid before moving on to the next "must have" feature. By rock solid I mean fast accurate and reliable. That includes receiving, storing, managing, and displaying data. This gets better over time...
by Nick
02 Sep 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Release of the new ZenFire data feed dll.
Replies: 43
Views: 27714

ZenFire data is attracting lot of attention.

I wonder: other things being equal would ZenFire data increase profitability?

Khalid
Possibly for a scalper. It is not only a data feed but an execution engine. Some think it has surpassed TT in speed and data completeness.
by Nick
02 Sep 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Re: Merging of Contract Data on Roll Over with IB Feed [SOLVED]
Replies: 12
Views: 5350

It would be very useful. As someone pointed out if you have to hit refresh (which happens) you are in a world of nuisance.
by Nick
02 Sep 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: LAG IN 1 TICK CHART
Replies: 7
Views: 2457

I notice this with version 3.0 also. It seems to be to do with rasterisation and display of the bar (well thats my hunch)
by Nick
15 Aug 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Autotrading, is it really...
Replies: 29
Views: 10689

Just to reminisce a little. I used to be involved with a company that put in high availability systems some 30 years ago now. They where based on DEC's PDP 11 and where fully replicated (locally and at separate locations). These where turnkey systems (no operating system to screw up). Of course the ...
by Nick
15 Aug 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Autotrading, is it really...
Replies: 29
Views: 10689

This is what I figured, however I do wonder what the appeal of 'assisted' trading is. If you have a profitable mechanical strategy hand it to a (trusted) broker to trade - or run it on something like strategy runner where they have the redundant infrastructure in place already. Personally I would li...
by Nick
14 Aug 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Autotrading, is it really...
Replies: 29
Views: 10689

Its just I wouldn't leave MC (or any 'desktop' charting package) running while I went on holiday. It might be a great tool for prototyping but to run live strategies on a live account I would want a whole lot more. I would want a high level of redundancy (i.e. multiple instances of the system runnin...
by Nick
14 Aug 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Free Quotes
Replies: 4
Views: 2514

Thanks for your prompt reply Marina I think I might have used hourly....daily is fine.

Free quotes is a very nice feature for checking out instruments you don't normally watch
by Nick
13 Aug 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MULTICHARTS 4.0 BETA 1 NOW AVAILABLE
Replies: 19
Views: 8998

I agree to DUPL. Not only that it would be great if you had a similar feature to NEoticker's tick precise technology. This allows you to load every data stream into a chart tick by tick (even if it is say a 5 minute bar chart). This means that indicators based on historical data look the same as liv...
by Nick
13 Aug 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Day & 24h Sessions
Replies: 23
Views: 7083

Me too. This sort of stuff is really just 'basic functionality'. I understand that it might be difficult because of the programs architecture but its simply necessary.
by Nick
13 Aug 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Autotrading, is it really...
Replies: 29
Views: 10689

My two cents....MC is unsuitable for auto trading for a variety or reasons. Just off the top of my head...tick filter ...holiday management....General robustness. If you want to run auto - run it on something like strategy runner on your brokers server in a properly managed data centre. Personally I...
by Nick
13 Aug 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MC vs TS Indicator Scaling
Replies: 7
Views: 3553

Yes I asked several times over the years. Each indicator should have a check box to select whether it will rescale X. Failing that assume not (i.e. opposite behaviour to now).

Cheers,
Nick.
by Nick
13 Aug 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: Free Quotes
Replies: 4
Views: 2514

Free Quotes

I am trying to get this http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=IUKP.L data into MC.

I have set up the symbol IUKP.L in quote manager but it come back no data when i open a chart. Any ideas? I am getting other stuff (^IDAXI) from Yahoo.
by Nick
18 Jul 2008
Forum: MultiCharts
Topic: MinMove returnd wrong value
Replies: 6
Views: 2435

Ok I guess I need minmove/pricescale.

Cheers,
Nick

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