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- 18 Mar 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: How do I download/install software? [SOLVED]
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1212
How do I download/install software? [SOLVED]
Hello, I have a lifetime license for MultiCharts but have not used the software in a while. I have tried to re-download the software from the website but have been unsuccessful. I have tried going to MultiCharts >> Download and it requires a User ID which I don't know what that is. I've tried to go ...
- 21 Jan 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Questions on Portfolio Tester
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4295
Re: Questions on Portfolio Tester
But I still don't understand how is the acct. size required calculated, exactly? Which variables are incorporated from symbol settings? What is the formula? You said it was only applicable to futures markets? What is "account multiplication"? Also, you didn't mention average annual return / CAGR (us...
- 18 Jan 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Questions on Portfolio Tester
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4295
Re: Questions on Portfolio Tester
Hi Henry Thanks for the reply. Maybe I am a bit of a noob to futures trading. May I ask, if you buy for example, 2 futures contracts each which require 5,000 overnight margin - how is this translated into money you need into your account? If the contract value value doesn't change, do you need $5,00...
- 16 Jan 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Questions on Portfolio Tester
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4295
Questions on Portfolio Tester
See the attached pic highlighting my questions. How is the "Account Size Required" calculated? And is there a way to circumvent required account size in live trading perhaps by trading mini/micro futures instead of full sized contracts? Also does the portfolio tester include average annual % return ...
- 12 Jan 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Strategy backtesting a with tick or minute resolution
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1679
- 11 Jan 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Strategy backtesting a with tick or minute resolution
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1679
Re: Strategy backtesting a with tick or minute resolution
How would I program my strategy to execute using daily bars while keeping the resolution at 1 minute? Otherwise it will try to execute using the last (for example) 150 minute bars where I want it to execute using the last 150 daily bars, just using minute bars to check information about the where th...
- 10 Jan 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Strategy backtesting a with tick or minute resolution
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1679
Re: Strategy backtesting a with tick or minute resolution
Thanks for your reply. I have strategies which run on daily charts (ie donchian breakout, etc), however, I would like to test incorporating all data on lower resolutions in order to accurately quantify where the stop losses occurred, etc. and have a better feel for how this daily chart strategy woul...
- 07 Jan 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Strategy backtesting a with tick or minute resolution
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1679
Strategy backtesting a with tick or minute resolution
Hello, how would I backtest a daily bar strategy (in portfolio backtester) on multiple instruments with tick / minute / second resolution? Thanks in advance
- 29 Oct 2011
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Pyramiding Orders w/unique stops & current acct balance
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2513
Re: Pyramiding Orders w/unique stops & current acct balance
SELL <AMOUNT> CONTRACT TOTAL FROM <"ENTRY LABEL"> NEXT BAR AT <PRICE LEVEL> STOP; Actually placing a price with each order where it would exit would be much easier than manually telling it to exit this many contracts as was done above, because with the implementation above I will have to recognize ...
- 29 Oct 2011
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Pyramiding Orders w/unique stops & current acct balance
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2513
Re: Pyramiding Orders w/unique stops & current acct balance
Thanks for the info. viking, looks like MC does not support the functionality I described in terms of multiple pyramid entries / and a unique stop loss for each one.
- 27 Oct 2011
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Pyramiding Orders w/unique stops & current acct balance
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2513
Re: Pyramiding Orders w/unique stops & current acct balance
MC is in its 7th iteration and still is severely lacking in order execution and order management. In theory with auto-trading software I should be able to (at least emulate) any sequence of manual orders with a broker (simply and robustly), and ideally automate those orders seamlessly through a brok...
- 26 Oct 2011
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Pyramiding Orders w/unique stops & current acct balance
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2513
Pyramiding Orders w/unique stops & current acct balance
Hello all, is it possible to pyramid orders w/unique stops in MC (not all exiting at once), and if so, how do you recommend to do so? Also, my stops are based on Acct equity (ie while portfolio testing a result of my trades at the time), volatility (ATR), and are a % of overall equity. My question i...
- 10 May 2011
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Obtaining account equity from IB and trade management?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 714
Obtaining account equity from IB and trade management?
For designing strategies for automated execution at IB, how would I obtain account equity at this broker (as I need this information to calculate position sizes for orders)? Also, how are orders tracked and managed? I know that MT4 (which I'm familiar with) uses OrderMagicNumbers to track orders (i....
- 27 Jun 2010
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Question placing orders with EasyLanguage / MultiCharts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1467
- 27 Jun 2010
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Question placing orders with EasyLanguage / MultiCharts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1467
Question placing orders with EasyLanguage / MultiCharts
Hello all, is there a simple guide that explains how to, say, place a buy stop order which expires at a certain time or # of bars in the future (instead of after the next bar), has a set stop loss price where the trade is exited, and a take profit price where the trade is exited, and is sized accord...
- 20 Feb 2009
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: VOTE FOR MC FEATURES TO BE IMPLEMENTED
- Replies: 53
- Views: 29994