MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

Anastassia

Gpw797, We understand your point. It is logical to have the letter in the symbol, Z for example, match the description and expiry. However, in reality, it doesn't work that way because IB provides to us 20101119 expiration date for December contract CLZ0 which looks like the expiration date for Nove...

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Gpw797, Expiration date for the symbol is provided by IB while description of the symbol is not. We form the description based on the expiration date provided by IB. In your case, CLZ0 has expiration date 20101119 which is reflected in the symbol dictionary for autotrading. Assuming that the expirat...

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Gpw797,
We checked it on our end and it works fine. Can you please visit our live chat so we can check what the problem is on your end. Below is the link to access chat:
http://messenger.providesupport.com/mes ... pport.html
We work from 6:30 am to 2 pm EST, Monday - Friday.
Thank you in advance

Anastassia

Hi gpw797,
Please go to Strategy Properties -> Autotrading -> Select Broker Plug-in -> IB settings -> Symbol Disctionary and make sure the expiration date is correct.
Thank you

Anastassia

You are welcome.
Let us know if you have any problems.
Thank you

Anastassia

Hi fibonaccci,
What version of MBT Navigator do you use? If it is 11.6.0 or higher, please run the updater i am attaching. Close MultiCharts and all its applications such as QuoteManager, etc, unzip the file and run the updater.
Let me know if it helps.
Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Steven, Currently, you can test at most 100 symbols in the Portfolio Backtester because there is an artificial limit. However, the most important thing to keep in mind is that the Portfolio Backtester is a 32-bit application, which means it has access to only 2 GB of RAM at most. Your computer ca...

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Hi Gale99,
If you go to Window menu, you will see all of your chart names listed at the very bottom. By checking either one you will switch between charts within a WorkSpace.
Thank you

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You are welcome, Templ.

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You are welcome, rondot samuel ws.

Anastassia

Hi rondot samuel ws,

The right path to prebuild WorkSpaces can be found at Registry (Start -> Run -> Regedit)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TS Support\MultiCharts\Preferences
PrebuiltWSPath
Let me know if it is accessible.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi pablo gonzalez vidal, Nothing has changed from the previous versions. You should be able to copy MC to another pc using the same instructions. Please find them below: ~~~~ To save your strategies, workspaces and MC parameters follow the instructions. 1. To save your techniques (indicators, signal...

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Hi Guys, I try to chart COCOA (C@LIFFE_NF), but get "No Instrument". Templ, when plotting charts from IB, it is important to set the exchange similar to the one in TWS for the same symbol. In your case, it should be LIFFE_NF, as can be seen from the screenshot you provided in the post. So go to Tool...

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Hi chisound, Please modify your code as follows and let me know if it helps: Input: Len(20); vars: price1(0), price2(0), price3(0), RSI1(0), RSI2(0), RSI3(3); If barstatus(1) = 2 then begin price1 = Close of data1; RSI1 = RSI(Price1, Len); end; If barstatus(2) = 2 then begin price2 = Close of data2;...

Anastassia

You are welcome, Adam.
We will consider adding Extended Backtesting Mode option to Portfolio for the future versions of MultiCharts.

Anastassia

Hi Danilo,

Developers checked it on our end and confirmed it is a bug. We will soon provide a dll with the fix. I will post it to forum once it is available.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Adam,

There is no "Extended Backtesting Mode" option available in Portfolio.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi jl12,
Please try the following:
- export data from the symbol
- delete the symbol
- add the same symbol again
- import data into it
Let me know if that helps
Thank you

Anastassia

Hi tradersheldon,

We do not plan to release MultiCharts for Linux.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Guys,

TS 8.8 data source works with MC however for unknown reason it is not the case for all of the users. The issue is random and we are currently looking into the problem. I will make a post when we have any updates on it.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi gpw797, The error message you get appears due to incorrect Symbol Dictionary settings. Please go to Symbol Dictionary for Interactive Brokers (Strategy Properties -> Autotrading -> Select Broker Plug-in -> Interactive Brokers settings -> Symbol Dictionary) and make sure you have the correct setti...

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Hi Avincenzo,

Are you able to get data in Excel from visual trader 5 thru DDE? If so, what format is used?

Thank you

Anastassia

You are welcome, Jek!

Anastassia

Hi Jek, There is no need to uninstall 8.8 as we previously discussed. What you need to do is switch TS version over at QuoteManager (Tools -> Data Sources -> TS) and start TS 8.6 itself. Prior to entering your login information you will get a window asking you to activate TS 8.6 (see attached file)....

Anastassia

Hi Steven,

GetAccount and MarketOrder keywords are not supported in MultiCharts.
Commentary keyword doesn't function in PowerLanguage. It was added so the techniques containing that keyword can be compiled.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Steven,

How can I get the entry name of the one which got a more loss?

There is no way to get the name of the entry with the greater loss however you can get the number of the entry by comparing profits. Use OpenEntryProfit keyword.

Thank you

Anastassia

You are welcome NiC72!

Anastassia

Hi cdf,

The first Beta of MultiCharts 7.0 is due approximately in November.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi NiC72,

To get the script to check the positions I'm trying MarketPosition_at_Broker but it shows nothing.

Developers double checked the issue on our end and confirm it is a bug. It will be fixed in the following versions of MultiCharts.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Wegi,

It is a known case. Please visit our live chat so one of the developers can help you fix it.
http://messenger.providesupport.com/mes ... pport.html

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Spaceant, i_MarketPosition returns the market position for the strategy, while i_MarketPosition_at_Broker returns the market position at Broker. ~~~~~ i_MarketPosition_at_Broker Returns a numerical value, indicating the type of the specified position at the broker for the symbol. A value of 1 ind...

Anastassia

You are welcome!

Anastassia

Hi FuryTrader, It is possible to do so. Use i_marketposition keyword. ~~~~~ i_MarketPosition Returns a numerical value, indicating the type of the specified position. A value of 1 indicates the current bar has a long position, -1 indicates the current bar has a short position, and 0 is returned only...

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NiC72,

I get the same output even if AT mode is on.

If so, please visit our live chat to demonstrate us this.

Thank you in advance

Anastassia

Hi NiC72,

*_at_Broker keywords work only with AT mode on. If autotrading is off returned value will be 0.

Thank you

Anastassia

Furytrader,

You are welcome.

Anastassia

Hi MechTrader,

Please visit our live chat and one of the developers will help you get rid of the gap.
Here is the link to access the chat:
http://messenger.providesupport.com/mes ... pport.html

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Tresor,

We intentionally do not reveal the features that soon will be added for particular reasons. Please post your requests and suggestions and we will take all of them into consideration.

Thank you Tresor.

Anastassia

Hi SP, If you use "ADE.BarInterval" function in your scripts, then: [LegacyColorValue = TRUE]; // For intraday charts, this function returns the normal BarInterval. // Otherwise, it returns 0 for daily, -1 for weekly, and -2 for monthly. if BarType = 1 then ADE.BarInterval = BarInterval else if BarT...

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Hi Steven, Below is the example demonstrating an exit from the specific entry. Inputs: STime(310); if currentbar > 1 and marketposition = 0 and time > STime then begin Buy("Break Up") next bar at market; end; If Marketposition > 0 then begin Sell("Long Stop") from entry ("Break Up") next bar at mark...

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Hi Fernando and Tresor,

We will support breakout for generating position entry orders, but we do not plan to support exit orders based on breakouts, as of now.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Steven, When I have 2 long positions.. If there are two different symbols, you won't have any problems at all. Positions for those two symbols won't intersect so you can simply trade from two charts. If symbols are the same then the position at Broker for this symbol is joined. If that is the cas...

Anastassia

Hi Tresor,

Thank you very much for helping us.
On our end, we are open to any other suggestions on manual trading that you might have.

Thank you again.

Anastassia

Hi Furytrader, I am attaching the file for you of eSignal SDK Sample. Please unzip the file and run Sample. In the Sample, under Tick tab, indicate the symbol name that has a gap and the time interval of it. Please note, time has to be specified in local time zone. On the right side of the window, c...

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Hi Henrik,

At this moment, I am not able to provide you with the release date. I can only say that the Beta should come out before the end of November.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Furytrader, Here's my question: while these keywords can be used when backtesting a portfolio of markets and strategies using the Portfolio Backtester, can these same portfolio-specific keywords and rules be used to generate signals in real-time? Keywords starting with Portfolio_, such as "Portfo...

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Hi Jl12,

In order to accomplish this go to Format Signal after you apply the best combination and check Use As Default option. That way, selected parameters will be used for the particular signal every time you apply it to the chart.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi All, FXCM was not working properly because we were not on time to adapt the modified Order2Go API to MultiCharts. The update is now available. Please see the attachment. In order to update FXCM, close MultiCharts and all its applications such as QM, wait for tsserver.exe to unload, unzip the file...

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Hi Scalp2000, 1)Would it be possible to have a function that allows you to recall the price of other instruments present in other windows on the workspace without using close of data2/data3..? It is a great idea, indeed. We have thought about it and it will be implemented in the future, however do n...

Anastassia

Hi TJ,
The settings from the screenshot are the only ones that get saved for the particular technique in Format Study dialog. I have double checked with developers and they confirmed it was designed to work that way.
Than you

Anastassia

Hi TJ,
It is not a bug. It was designed to work that way.
For each particular technique, only PL settings are saved. The rest of the settings are general.
Thank you

Anastassia

Hi TJ,
Developers were able to reproduce the problem and confirmed it is a bug. Most likely, it will be fixed in 7.0 version of MC.
Thank you for reporting.

Anastassia

Hi Tresor,
Unfortunately, I am not able to post screenshots for you before the Beta comes out. However, we would very much appreciate if you could post your suggestions.
Thank you in advance

Anastassia

Hi Guys, Thank you All for sharing your thoughts. We will definitely take the following suggestions into consideration: MC_Prog, I'd love to see Copy Window be available in the window's right-click menu. TJ, also the label should be Copy Chart instead of Copy Window. Arnie, the possibility to change...

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Hi Spaceant, I wonder if it is possible to check the date of MP[1]..... If you want to find the opening date of last closed position on the chart then it is entrydate(1) or entrytime(1). If you want to find closing date of last closed position on the chart then it is exitdate(1) or exittime(1). Plea...

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Hi Tresor,

You are correct to assume so.
Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Riccardo,
"Tracking center" of TS is the same thing as "Order and position tracker" in MultiCharts.

I have found "Order and position tracker", but seems working only in automated mode.

You are correct, the information on orders will only be available with autotrading on.
Thank you

Anastassia

We will take your suggestion on ActivTrades into consideration for the future releases of MultiCharts.
Thank you Henrik

Anastassia

I can't find FXCM in Quote Manager for Add a Symbol?

MCFX is not pre-added.
You will need to contact us via email or chat so we can integrate MCFX for you.
Here is my email address if you have any questions:
alisenko@multicharts.com
Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Henrik, Is there a Broker (who works with MC6) who have Indices CFD? Brokers constantly modify and change the features they support. It is hard to monitor all changes that are made, although we try. We believe that FXCM provide the CFD, but we do not guarantee it. Even though we try to be as help...

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Hi Titletrading,

Is there a way to copy a symbol list directly to Excel?

You can add all of the symbols you want to export to the scanner and then use Export To Excel Option under File -> Export to Excel.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Guys, Thank you Tresor for taking your time to show us the trendline question via remote connection. It is very much appreciated! We have analyzed the question with senior developers. They concluded that at such high compression rates, the trend lines will not function properly (i.e. retain the d...

Anastassia

Hi ABC,
Neither myself or developers are able to reproduce the issue on our end.
We would really appreciate if you could visit our live chat to show us the trenline flipping.
Thank you

Anastassia

ABC,
We do see from the pictures that trendline flips with the decrease of bar spacing. However, we can't reproduce it on our end.
So please visit our live chat to show us.

Thank you in advance

Anastassia

Tresor,

Are you saying that you decreased bar spacing and trendline from vertical changed to diagonal?

Thank you

Anastassia

ABC, We don't see any issue on our end and tried to explain in this thread that this is the way it works which makes sense. I am not sure what you meant by the following, Then please explain why does the angle change when I decrease the changing and change back to normal when I decrease the spacing ...

Anastassia

Hi Guys, Then please explain why does the angle change when I decrease the changing and change back to normal when I decrease the spacing any further? ABC, please come to our live chat to illustrate this for us. Thank you It is clearly a bug. Tresor, When you draw red line please go to Format Window...

Anastassia

Hi ABC, Besides that your suggestion creates another issue, instead of flipping the direction, now the study can change the Trendline angle when you decrease the bar spacing. Which is also crucial. Angle changed in both cases. When decreasing the bar spacing trendline angle changes only visually. Yo...

Anastassia

Hi Guys, Modify technique as follows please. Change coordinates around. Inputs: BarNum (1000); Var: TLID (-1); if CurrentBar >= BarNum and TLID = -1 then begin if High[2] < High then begin TLID = TL_New_S(Date, Time_S, High, Date[2], Time_S[2], High[2]); TL_SetColor(TLID, green); TL_SetExtRight(TLID...

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MC_Prog,

We would really appreciate if you could find some time for us to illustrate the issue as we are not able to reproduce it on our end.

Thank you in advance

Anastassia

Hi MC_Prog, Program doesn't change the feed setting on it's own. What I meant was if you set IQFeed as history and IB as real time it should be that way but if you reopen Format Instrument the first setting you will see is the history for IQFeed. However if you change history to real time you will s...

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Hi Janus, Entryname appears to work but Exitname appears to print blank always. ExitName(PosBack) Where: PosBack - a numerical expression, specifying the position: 0 - open position; 1 - one position back (the last position closed); 2 - two positions back, etc. If PosBack is not specified, a value f...

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Hi MC_Prog, In MC 6.1 3605 I seem to be noticing cases of my setup for Realtime Feed Selection not sticking. It is the expected behaviour. When merging two symbols, history data feed is set up first, in your case, it is IQFeed. So when you reopen Format Instrument Dialog firstly you will see IQFeed ...

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Hi Maxpi,

it would be great if Multicharts included a dll for interfacing NxCore

At this point, NxCore data feed is not planned to be implemented into MultiCharts. However, we will take your suggestion into consideration for the future versions of MC.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Guys,

Exitname/Entryname keywords are officially supported in MultiCharts release of 6.0.
Entryname/exitname are available for signals only. Entryname allows to get name of orders that open last position and Exitname is used to get name of orders that close last position.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Oscar, Multicharts will not allow you to open MB Trading Navigator while Multicharts is connected to the feed.. It is not MultiCharts that doesn't allow you to open MBTrading while MC is connected to it. It is MBTrading that doesn't permit to use its login for more then one application at the tim...

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Hi Yann, I think I have a random (non systematic) bug in using the 'text_new' keyword with a time-offset attribute (X axis). It's sometime drawn in the wrong place as shown in the attached pic.. Engineers have double checked and confirm it is a bug. It will be fixed in the following versions of Mult...

Anastassia

You are very welcome Drudominique.

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You are welcome Bruce.

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Hi Drudominique,

We will implement matrix in 7.0 version of MC which is appoximately due this year in the fall.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Bruce,

Engineers have double checked and confirm it is a bug. It will be fixed in the following releases of MultiCharts.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Smashthepound,

We will take your suggestion into consideration for future versions.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Smashthepound, With regards to step no. 1 (adding missing roots to the Symbol Dictionary). If a root already exist with the same name, e.g. GB for Euro/british Pound, can I add GB __-DT as root for the BUND. Please advise. It is not possible to add this particular name GB __-DT because <_> ( and ...

Anastassia

Hi David,

Thank you for your suggestion. We will consider it for the future releases.

Have a nice day

Anastassia

Hi Sptrader,

There is no way to increase the Right Margin limit of 1000.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Algyros, if my internet goes down in the middle of the trading day, will my charts on autotrader simply turn themselves off? If Internet connection goes down autotradig will turn off. MultiCharts will stop controlling orders while on Broker orders and positions will remain the same. Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Stephenr317,

HighD(1) and LowD(1) return corresponding extremums for previous day (24 hours) without taking sessions into account. You can write your own function similar to pre-built one considering sessions.

Have a nice day

Anastassia

Hi CrazyNasdaq, QuoteManager stores all the data that you either receive when plotting a chart or in QuoteManager by "connecting symbol". Now, what kind of data, bid, ask or trade is collected and stored you specify yourself when plotting a chart or "connecting symbol"in QuoteManager. If you right c...

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Hi Thierry, 1) It seems that MC is sometimes out of sync with the status of indicators in PLE. Indicators appear "compiled" in PLE but not in MC. Re-starting MC does the sync job. Could you please describe me the sequence of action leading to this problem? 2) As already identified and acknowledged, ...

Anastassia

Hi Henrik,

Suggestion: please add a feature to actualize the BGP daily

That is a great suggestion however it would be very hard to accompish from a technical point of view so it will not be implemented in the future.

Have a nice day

Anastassia

Hi Tobias, Continuous contracts are available for none US based exchanges with eSignal as data vendor using the suffix (e.g. Bund Future GB __-DT). Please see attached screenshots with the corresponding explanations: 1. Missing roots have to be added in Symbol Dictionary of QuoteManager. If this is ...

Anastassia

Hi Henrik, Currency values at Strategy Properties Settings (Commission, Slippage) and Profit values at Strategy Performance Report will be in the currency that you set for Big Point Value. (even though the dollar icon is used) Your account is in EUR and in order to trade on this kind of account you ...

Anastassia

Hi Henrik,

BigPointValue is a numerical value, indicating the currency value of a single whole unit price change for the data series that the study is applied to.
If your account is in USD you need to set unit price of EURJPY or USDJPY in USD.

Have a nice day

Anastassia

Hi Arnie, CME Data Fee Waiver service frees you from paying Exchange Fees if you are already using Brokerage Services. It doesn't really have to do anything with symbols per se. Symbols don't change it is just that you either pay Exchange Fees for them or you don't. So you can just go to QuoteManage...

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Hi Henrik,

It is planned to add instruments "from data source" for MBT in the quotemanager?

MBTrading doesn't provide Symbol List so it is not possible for us to implement "from data source". You might want to contact MBTrading and find out if addition of Symbol List is planned.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Guys, We understand that some of you want to get back the original MC versions of Arw_GetActive, Text_GetActive, TL_GetActive so we will work on it in the near future. We changed the original behaviour because it was inconsistent with TS behavior. However, we are planning to incorporate both vers...

Anastassia

John, here what Dave wrote:

We understand that it may cause inconveniences for some users and plan to add the MC version of the keywords in the future.

I confirm that this is what we plan to do in the near future.

Have a nice day

Anastassia

Hi John, Has a command (or option) been created to allow the use of the original MC version of Arw_GetActive, Text_GetActive, TL_GetActive which is still available in MC 6.0 beta 2. It was a very valuable feature in MC.. I believe Dave and You already discussed this and came to a conclusion. Please ...

Anastassia

Hi Geizer, The default holiday list of the "Toronto Stock Exchange" (TSE) is incorrectly set to "Tokyo Stock Exchange". Instead TSE should be set to "Canada". Please verify holiday lists. Programmers have checked and confirm that the holiday list for "Toronto Stock Exchange" (TSE) is set incorrectly...

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Hi Steven,

What that below new feature for? can you give a example?

I am attaching the screenshot for you that will give you an idea of that feature.

Have a nice day

Anastassia

Hi SP,

if i use
input: FirstDate (lastcalcdate) ;
i get this error on some codes

Programmers confirmed it is a bug. Thank you for reporting the problem. The bug will be fixed in the official release of 6.0.
Thank you again.

Anastassia

You are welcome Phil.

Anastassia

Hi Phil, Linear Reg Curve (Indicator) Price (Numeric) - Price used to calculate linear regression. Length (Numeric) - Number of bars used to calculate linear regression. Displace (Numeric) - The number of bars to displace the plot of the linear regression curve. You input the value of 9.5 for the Le...

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Hi Guys, I think I found a buf the inputs. When you use as a inputs a decimal number like 5.2 it's give strange behavior. And when you use the same thing with a function it's give error. Phil, we are not able to reproduce the issue on our end. Can you please tell me what is your OS and language sett...

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Hi NiC72, Can you please tell me what is the symbol underlying? If it is OMXS30 then Custom Futures cannot be constructed as OMXS30 symbol format is not supported. Please see the information below for more details: =========Definitions:========= <Root> - all symbols <AbbrMonth> - letters F, G, H, J,...

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Hello Titletrading, You need to modify the code as follows in order to find out whether or not Time=sessionendtime(0,1) condition is met. If in PowerLanguage output you will see lines such as Yes :..., then the condition is met. So file is supposed to be created. If you won't see this line then the ...

Anastassia

Is the above comment right?

You could have gotten the exact result on the same build so it is not really about the version of MC but more about the lack of functionality.

Have a nice day

Anastassia

Hi NiC72 and Lantama,

Can you please tell me what are the data providers that you use? In order to provide you guys with the detailed instructions we need to know from which data vendor you want to plot OMX and DAX.

Thank you in advance

Anastassia

Hi Spaceant,

Is there any way to set priorties on entry signals of strategies appiled

There is no way to set priorities on entry signals of strategies as for now, however, it is planned for the future.

Thank you

Anastassia

please try this variables: varPrevHigh( 0 ), varPrevTime( 0 ), varCurrHigh( 0 ), varCurrTime( 0 ); if Date <> Date[1] then begin varPrevHigh = varCurrHigh; varPrevTime = varCurrTime; varCurrTime = Time; varCurrHigh = High; end else begin if High > varCurrHigh then varCurrTime = Time; varCurrHigh = H...

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Hi again, VarPrevTime is the time stamp, when the day high of yesterday occurs. variables: varPrevHigh( 0 ), varPrevTime( 0 ), varCurrHigh( 0 ); if Date <> Date[1] then begin varPrevHigh = varCurrHigh ; varPrevTime = time; varCurrHigh = High ; end else begin if High > varCurrHigh then varCurrHigh = ...

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Hi Joogen, Please try to get the time of yesterday's high in the strategy based on intraday data using the code below: variables: varPrevHigh( 0 ), varCurrHigh( 0 ); if Date <> Date[1] then begin varPrevHigh = varCurrHigh ; varCurrHigh = High ; end else begin if High > varCurrHigh then varCurrHigh =...

Anastassia

Hi Cael,

It is not planned to implement Worden as a data provider directly. However, we will take your suggestion into consideration for the future.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi TraderJ, In order to confirm the issue described is a bug we need to reproduce it on our end. Could you please tell me what exactly you are doing when the problem occurs? What is the symbol name, resolution, and the data range of the request? Data source is Interactive Brokers, right? Thank you i...

Anastassia

Hi Samuel,

It is a confirmed bug which will be fixed in the Beta 4.
Beta 4 will come out either at the end of this week or early next week.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hello TraderJ, Reload doesn't delete all of the data saved in the data base. Regarding intraday request, data in the base is overwritten by the data that is returned from the data vendor when reloading. If you data provider doesn't return any data for the session, data for that session stays unchang...

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Hi Alex522, When this happens next time could you please send us the logs so programmers can check what the problem is. Logs are located at Start->Programs->MultiCharts->Logs. You will need to zip each folder and send those to me (or attach to the post). Also, please point out at what time locally t...

Anastassia

Hi Samuel,

Can you please tell me what is your data provider? It is IB, right? And also, can you please plot the current future contract and let me know if it is updating.

Thank you in advance

Anastassia

Thank you StratMan and have a nice day

Anastassia

For information, the problem happens on MC6 beta 3 (Build 3276)..

So you get the error message appearing in 6.0 Beta 3? Could you please post a screenshot of the error message.

Thank you in advance

Anastassia

how to reduce the number of bars while the error window will not shut off and as it is open The only way to reduce the number of bars in this situation is to close everything down, open MultiCharts again and change the number of bars immediately after reopening. In MC 6.0 we have changed the way Mu...

Anastassia

Hello StratMan,

No matter how much RAM your PC has, MultiCharts can only use 2 GB because it is a 32-bit application. Please go to your Task Manager and check the memory usage of the Multicharts.exe process.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Guys, Thank you all for your suggestions and spending time to help us create the best trading software possible. It is our goal to make manual trading of the highest standard and thanks to your advice and suggestions. We apologize for not responding to each particular post, because it is very tim...

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Hi guys, We do not support Worden's Telechart data directly however as Sptrader has mentioned you can export Worden's data into ASCII format and then import it into MultiCharts. I have also contacted Worden's Telechart to double check on that and their support did confirm that they support export to...

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Hello Guys, Thank you for your request. Due to a number of other improvements that are being engineered for MultiCharts at the moment, this will not likely be implemented any time soon, nor can we guarantee that it will be incorporated at all. However, we will add this to our list of possible future...

Anastassia

Hi Virginiatrader,

I would like to see a "windows" button added to the toolbar.

Currently, the only way to organize windows within the workspace is by using the menu bar. However, we will take your suggestion into consideration for the feature.

Thank you

Anastassia

Hi Gann_Man,

Format Window:
"Show Weekends" (please add as a selection)

Could you please let me know the purpose of showing "weekends"?

Thank you in advance

Anastassia

Hi Drudominique, Please find the code below. inputs: BarWidth(3); variables: UpTrend(false), LowPainted(false), HighPainted(false), ExtremeBar(0), TriggerBarLow(0), ExtremeBarHigh(0), TriggerBarHigh(0), ExtremeBarLow(0), counter(-1); // Compare the 9-period MA to the previous bar's value as the basi...

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Hi All, Flipflopper, Thank you for responding and acknowledging Anastasia. I updated to the latest beta and it works perfectly. You are welcome! Nick, ...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 ) Re-connect...

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Hello Drudominique,

There is a reference to High[ExtremeBar], Low[ExtremeBar] with ExtremeBar < 0 when applying your code. It is not possible to have negative values in the brackets. You need to add the check that extremebar>=0 before the reference to High[ExtremeBar], Low[ExtremeBar].

Thank you

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Hello flipflopper, The crash while trading through ZenFire occured after Order Position Tracker was added to MultiCharts 6.0 Beta 1. There was no such a problem in 5.5. It is better to use Beta 3 since ZenFire API has been updated and plus some other bugs eliminated. If you have MC 6.0 Beta1 or Beta...

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Hi Mobiius, Finally got move over to IB custom Gold futures, its working fine, but I can't seem to figure out why it only has up volume...? We have checked on our end and found out that IB doesn't provide up and down volume on history. You can contact them directly to find out why. However, we were ...

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Hi all,

I am sorry i think i misunderstood the question. If you want to get the current account balance and account equity on Broker using keywords then it is not possible. We will implement this option in MultiCharts 7.0.

Thank you

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Hi Brendanh, 1. Add symbols that you want your continuous futures to be constructed out of. QuoteManager->Instrument->Add symbol->From data source->Interactive Brokers. 2. Add the root for eSignal in Symbol Dictionary of QuoteManager. 3. Add Custom Futures. QuoteManager->Instrument->Add Custom Futur...

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Hi GSATrader, As I have mentioned previously there is no special way to install MultiCharts and OwnData to the same machine. Both should work just fine together. If you could visit our live chat to demonstrate us the issue we would really appreciate it. Our office hours are from 6:30 am to 2 pm EST....

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Hi iso,

Can you please tell me what is your Broker? And also, how are the opened positions synchronized in TS, automatically or manually by setting the open position in the dialog?

Thank you

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We will take it into consideration for the future.
Thank you
Have a nice day

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Hi rondot samuel ws,

It is not possible to know the ID number from the inside of signal code or to put the strategy name in the order reference.

Thank you

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You are welcome Danilo.

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Hi all, I am attaching the screenshots that will help you in adding the continuous futures for 'FED funds future' symbol ZQ. Below is a short instructions to the pictures provided: 1. Add symbols that you want your continuous futures to be constructed out of. QuoteManager->Instrument->Add symbol->Fr...

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You are welcome Henrik
Have a nice weekend!

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Hi Henrik The keyword for account balance is InitialCapital and for account equity is initialcapital + openpositionprofit + netprofit. Here is the code example for last: var: _equity(0); _equity = initialcapital + openpositionprofit + netprofit; if (_equity < 100000) then buy next bar market; Thank ...

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Hi Mobiius,
What is the resoltuion of the chart? And also, are you referring to history or real time?
Thank you

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Hi NiC72, Shuld I make a array with dates and then make a check in that array for a early close? Yes, you should. Please see the code example: input: Time_Beg_Close(1550), Time_End_Close(1600); if time >=Time_Beg_Close and time <= Time_End_Close and date=X then begin sell next bar at market; buy to ...

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Hello Don,
You need to plot a chart with 2 data series on it: bid and ask. Then, apply your signal, go to Strategy Properties->Backtesting tab and check Extended (Strategy Backtesting on bid and ask data).
Thank you

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Hello GSATrader
MC 6.0 is compatible with OwnData 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7 on 1 computer and there is no special installation required. Please visit our live chat so one of the programmers can help you.
Thank you

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Hi Danilo,
Can you please tell me what version of MultiCharts you use and also, your data provider?
Thank you in advance

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You are very welcome!

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Duration, As i can see from the Event Log (which is located below the symbol list) you selected GLOBEX as an exchange for those 2 symbols and the one that you need to use is CME. "No security definition has been found" message means there is no such symbol that is why you have no data. So please cha...

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Hi Duration, Both of the symbols you have tried to plot (ESM0 and 6BM0) should work. You need to open QuoteManager, go to Instrument (symbol)->Add symbol->Manually. In the appeared window there are 4 fields. In the first one select ZenFire, in the second type in ESM0 or 6BM0. Please note, 0 in ESM0 ...

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Hello, guys
European Futures will be implemented in Beta 3 version of MC which is due next week.
Have a good day!

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Dear jl12 Point Original is no longer available on the list of resolutions, but it is still present in the program. What you need to do is use the Command Line in MultiCharts (the blank white bar on a toolbar, which says "type a symbol/interval"). Select the chart you want to apply the resolution to...

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Hello MCUser

It is not possible to customize the backtest report by adding coefficients such as TScore.

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Hello Tresor

We are planning to implement manual trading some time this year, most likely in the summer.

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You are very welcome! Happy to hear that it works!

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Dear Pivot You need to add your symbol Manually in QuoteManager. Please go to Instrument->Add Symbol->Manually. Select eSignal as a data feed, enter your symbol SB K0:SBN0 and choose Spread in the Category field. You can check whether or not you can use certain symbol in MultiCharts as follows: In t...

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Thank you very much Pavel for the information you provided. We will consider it for the future.

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You are welcome Pavel!

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Dear geizer Would this fact be considered a violation of the software agreement? No, It would not be considered as a violation of the software agreement. You are providing your computer to someone not selling MultiCharts so you are ok. I assume you will void my license so it's not used by the thief....

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Dear Gann_Man, It is against the licensing agreement to transfer the licensing information to or obtain licensing information from another user. When a user purchases a license, he/she does not buy the product, but obtains the right to use the product. This right is non-transferable. Here is an exce...

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You are welcome!

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You are welcome John!

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Dear flipflopper I changed that value in the quote manager and it didn't change the outcome in the strategy performance report. Please try to reopen your WorkSpace after you change the value in the QuoteManager and see if that helps to change the outcome in the Strategy Performance Report. Also for ...

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does ctrl + S actually work to save a workspace in MC 6.0

dear bowlesj3

Ctrl+S works in MultiCharts 6.0 to save WorkSpaces. You are unable to see the hourglass because your WS gets saved fast, just as you suspected.

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Dear Jnikansky MultiCharts supports both real and demo ZenFire accounts. The following message that you are receiving in QuoteManager means you have added incorrect symbol. There is no such symbol as ES #F. [02/08/2010 11:24:09] ES #F.CME: The subscription to this instrument has been aborted. Depend...

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Dear basscat2 You can open as many instances of MultiCharts as you want within one computer. However, if you try to open another instance on the second machine it will ask you to terminate the connection on the first computer. The policy states that you cannot run 2 instances of MC simultaneously in...

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Dear Fernando We have tried to understand your request very hard but were not able to figure it out. We don't see the difference between "symbol of a name" and "the name of a symbol". I am attaching the screen shot for you. Please look at it and try to express your wish one more time. Thank you in a...

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It would be great if this could be added to the PowerLanguage Editor's preferences..

That is a great suggestion Bruce, thank you!
We will consider it for the future.

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I am glad to be helpful Tresor.

And thank you very much for providing me with the name of the platform.

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Would there be any plans in the near future to support manual order entries in MC? Dear Tresor We are planning to implement manual order entries in MultiCharts some time this year. Can you please tell me what platform you used in the example of manual trading that you provided in the post? Thank yo...

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You can backtest and optimize a portfolio.... can you trade a portfolio the same way?

Dear flipflopper

Currently a portfolio cannot be traded in MultiCharts. This is a high-priority feature and we are planning to implement it in the near future, although there is no ETA yet.

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Dear brendanh Sometimes MarketPosition from the Broker doesn't work correctly for FA-Accounts in single account allocation mode. We have contacted IB and Raymund from API technical support department confirmed the problem is on their end. To decrease the probability of this issue happening Raymund f...

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Is there a way to have an equivalent record of past events so that looking back at a busy session, it is possible to see what happened on what chart and when? Dear Bruce DeVault It is not possible to have an equivalent record of past events. In MultiCharts you can only see the events of the current...

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Unable to view and edit data in Quote Manager Dear klmullins The reason why none of the buttons is actionable is that you have no data saved. With most of the data providers supported by MultiCharts data is saved automatically. However, when using TS as your data vendor, "Save data to local data ba...

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How to emulate "ExitName"?

Dear 2haerim

It is not possible to emulate "ExitName" in MultiCharts. PowerLanguage does not have "ExitName" as a reserved word and there is no other word to replace it.

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Can Multichart be supported by Windows 7

Dear Khho

MultiCharts is compatible with Windows 7 and Windows 7 x64.

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What function will make the strategy stop functioning for the rest of the day? Dear Flipflopper The following code will make your strategy stop functioning for the rest of the day: var: stop_trading_for_day(false); if date <> date[1] then stop_trading_for_day = false; If maxiddrawdown < -1000 then ...

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Recently, it has taken as long as 5-10 minutes from the time I double click the MC icon before the program will be in ready state to open workspaces. Dear Fugu We need more information to figure out what might be causing MultiCharts to take up to 10 minutes to start up. We need to establish what ex...

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Can i playback two different instruments in tick-resolution in MC 6 or not ? Dear Radekj No, currently you cannot playback two different instruments on a tick-by-tick basis within one chart. There may be many ticks in a second, and since ticks are not a time-based resolution, it is not possible to ...

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