I received a notification that the endpoints are now live. It would be great if MC would add this zero-commission stock broker. If this isn't something that will be done, is it possible to open up the MC API so it can be done as an add-on by a third-party developer? https://beta-developer.schwab.com...

I don't know of a simpler way than adding SPY as Data 2 and creating the SMA.

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Something like:

Gary, it may be possible to send your orders to TS using an unsupported method as follows Write order information files to a folder and set up TS to read the files based on a timer event, say 10 times a second. Once read, the order can be executed on TS as instructed. I've done some testing on this ...

I have an older I7, maybe five years, and only 16GB of RAM. I can do it easily with daily bars going back a number of years. I've gone as high as 2000 symbols. What timeframe bars are you using, and what's the data source? Are you able to fulfill the data request for testing? Keep an eye on QuoteMan...

I don't use VS 2010, so guessing here. Do you have the 4.0 Framework loaded? I'm using VS 2019 for MC .NET, and it works fine. You can download the Community Edition here https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads/ if you join the free Dev Essentials program.

You will need an indicator to color the bars as described.

Example. https://www.tradingcode.net/multicharts ... harts-net/

I need ATR expressed in percentage for a project, and I didn't find it when I searched.

You can have a look at the Trade Manager. https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... statements

Here is an example of unmanaged orders.

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What's needed is a zero commission stock broker. IB is not a great option for many with their commission structure and fees.

Yeah, in TS I reviewed it and you can do it using OOEL ... but OOEL isn’t supported in MC — it’s also pretty heavy and not sure it’s worth the effort at this point, as radarscreen also limits the amount of symbols you can use. It would at least ‘allow’ it in TS though via OOEL. Do you have a sample...

While you cannot execute a "Strategy" in Radar, you can trade from an indicator using Order Objects. So trading 500+ Symbols without charts is certainly possible. Looks like this may be a possibility in the MC.NET scanner by accessing Trade Manager. For MC, I wrote sender/subscriber model where trad...

Yes, you need a row for each symbol in the scanner. Build a trading indicator, track your position count, PnL, bars in trade, and whatever else you need via a shared resource. This all can be done. SMOP. I run portfolios in a similar scanner scanner today, and execute on TS from an MC Strategy. What...

Thanks TraderGuy, very smart. Yes, I wouldn't use MC for direct execution anyway - that part is already separated. What do you suggest for data? IQFeed or similar? I use TS Data. I imagine that IQ Feed would work well. The MC Scanner "batches" it's symbol requests, so updating a large amount of sym...

IB may not be the right choice here, both from a data and symbol mapping standpoint. Couple of thoughts, assuming you want to stick with MC for this strategy. If you are running hundreds or thousands of symbols, you may want to get creative with the MC Scanner. With MC.NET you can fire orders from a...

For strategy execution, you can execute on TS by writing order information records with the strategy buy and sell signals. Then in TS, poll for the order information. This can be done by tick or with a timer object. It's old school, and it has many limitations, but it can execute your stock strategy...

I believe the mapping file will be built for you when you add all symbols to Portfolio trader. There are some threads on this. It's not perfect but it's a start.

It's been while since I used IB. I was able to auto build a mapping file that had many of them correct and had to fix the others manually.

For stocks, I create a csv file of all symbols on Nasdaq, NYSE, and AMEX with Exchange and Description. I import that list into Quote Manager with my data provider of choice. Refresh quarterly , monthly, or whenever.

What plugin? I am hoping they will add TS as directly supported broker. TS is the ONLY commission free equities broker besides Alpaca today with API connection. As an FYI, TDA is another. MC Support has indicated they are looking at connectivity, which would be great. https://www.multicharts.com/di...

Hello granitepeak, We've been communicating with the representative of TD Ameritrade on the API questions. Our Engineering team is working on the plugins and we plan to implement the connection to TD Ameritrade in the future release versions. At the moment we have the following brokers that support...

TS data with IB as the broker does work. And as far as I can see, works well. IB as a data provider, not so much,. I gave up on that rather quickly.

Wow, looking forward to working with the new beta. Thank you for all the hard work.

Surprised by your answer. If I read correctly the sharp meaning of the "yes"... it implies that if i do a strategy on, let's say, the full S&P 500...I do have to set 500 charts???? can any PC deal with that? Thanks That's what it means, there has been some mention of portfolio trading capability wh...

Hello, I'm a new user. I'm using limit orders in my strategies and I checked "Fill limit order when trade price goes beyond limit price by ..." option in Strategy Properties. Now I'm trying to set this option in Portfolio Backtester. But I can't find the option. Please tell me how to set Backtestin...

You can give the symbol dictionary a try. It is found under broker settings on the strategy properties auto trading tab.

Regards,
Guy

We have built something similar for another platform. Create an external form to communicate with the strategy running on the chart. The form can have simple entry buttons for manual usage; they will fire the entry long or short and perhaps have a close button as well. Once in the position the strat...

I have used email alerts regularly in the past, but my ISP just changed their email policy to disallow relaying. I have accounts with Mediacom, Gmail, and aol, and so far as I know, none of them will allow me to specify these email accounts as Sender, using their SMTP Server. Or maybe I'm just not ...

Hi tradinghumble,

It is not yet possible to trade from the chart in MC. Perhaps someone from TS will elaborate.

Regards,
TG