MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

Dave Masalov

QCDragon,

The issue is still in the works. We will notify you as soon as the "Unchanged Vol" parameter will be removed. Thank you for your patience.

Dave Masalov

The reason behind this issue is that data coming from historical servers has also "Unchanged Vol" parameter which is not available in real-time. The issue should be fixed shortly (for historical data starting from the date of the fix). Thank you for reporting.

Dave Masalov

QCDragon,

We are investigating this issue and will get in touch with you shortly. Thank you for reporting.

Dave Masalov

Hello bluefightingcat,

You can download historical data for multiple instruments at once using Real-time Market Scanner or Portfolio Trader.

Dave Masalov

Dear Users,

If you are a subscriber of the Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES magazine we encourage you to vote for MultiCharts in the following category: Standalone Analytical Software, $1000 and more.

Please use this link to log in and vote.

Thank you,

MultiCharts Team

Dave Masalov

Dear Users,

We have not received much feedback regarding the Forex Board window added in MultiCharts and MC .NET 9.1.

Please let us know if you are using this feature and also if you have any commens or suggestions to improve it.

Thank you,

MultiCharts Team

Dave Masalov

MB Trading has just informed us that their Forex accounts will be moved to Tradeking brokerage which is not supported in MultiCharts at the moment. This transaction should be completed by 10/23/15. We are considering the possibility to implement the connection to Tradeking brokerage in the future an...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users,

We are working on this issue at the moment. All the gaps should be rectified shortly. Thank you for your patience.

Dave Masalov

Hello,

The following indicator is needed to compile your code: Jeffrey_ATR_v2

Please send us the indicator above so we can help you.

Dave Masalov

We are sorry for your negative experience. There is indeed no recommended path for storing the workspace files, but personal user files should not be stored in the "system" MultiCharts folders as those may be affected during upgrades. We will add a note now that one should not store his personal fil...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users, We would like to announce the series of sponsored educational events by the Algorithmic Traders Association. ATA is the world’s leading professional organization and resource center for the discussion of algorithmic trading strategy, methods, software, and technical analysis. For more in...

Dave Masalov

Please provide us with the information described here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=48567&p=115643#p115643

Dave Masalov

Hello, I am very sorry to hear about your negative experience. We need to have the dumps for this occurrence in order to investigate the issue. When MultiCharts freezes please leave it running (do not end any processes). Go to Start->All programs->MultiCharts NET 64 ->LogsCollector. The tool will co...

Dave Masalov

For those on Windows 8.1, don't you feel your workspaces take more time to load than they would on Windows 7? My workspaces almost opened instantaneously on Windows 7 but now they take their time to load. I'm on build 10759 and IQFeed is version 5.1.1.3. Hello arnie, Please send us the following so...

Dave Masalov

Сергей,

К сожалению, на данный момент мы не можем воспроизвести проблему с USB донглом на нашей стороне. Мы будем продолжать тесты и вернемся к Вам, если будут новости по этому вопросу.

Dave Masalov

Программа работает не стабильно, качеством не удовлетворен. Технической поддержки частично лишен. :( Сергей, Результаты многочисленных расследований выявили, что практически все проблемы, на которые Вы жалуетесь вызваны особенностями Вашей системы (например были проблемы возникающие из-за нелицензи...

Dave Masalov

Hello MaRCHeW,

AMP Futures can offer the new product for at least 5 years if they are interested in it business-wise.

Dave Masalov

Dear users,

MultiCharts Support will close at 3:00 PM EST Friday, February 13th, 2015 and will reopen at 6:30 AM EST Tuesday, February 17th, 2015.

MultiCharts Team

Dave Masalov

Please add to MC v9.1 the missed keywords for the bid/ask size corresponding to existing keywords InsideBid and InsideAsk. Missed keywords are InsideBidSize and InsideAskSize. https://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissue.php?issue_no=MC-1526 Thank you. Hello swisstrader, InsideBidSize and InsideAskSize...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users,

MultiCharts Support will close at 3 PM Friday, January 16th and will reopen at 6:30 AM Tuesday, December 20th (all times are US Eastern Standard Time).

MultiCharts Team.

Dave Masalov

Hello orad,

Point is always the minimum possible price increment. For ES it is 0.25.

Dave Masalov

The order is always executed on the next bar. We will update the documentation. Thank you for your feedback.

Dave Masalov

Hello, There is no such example available. However, there are some similar examples on this Forum, like this one: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=10730&p=52673&hilit=TradeManager#p52673 You should use the TradeManager object. Order and position information is available vi...

Dave Masalov

Hello, Please collect and send us MC logs and dump files after the problem occurs but before restarting MC using MC Dumper as described here: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/How_to_Collect_Dumps Alternatively, you can come to our Live Chat Mon-Fri from 6:30 AM to 3 PM EST afte...

Dave Masalov

The configuration that you described should work fine as long as Symbol Mapping is configured correctly.

Dave Masalov

I can see that I can create two different Pats broker profiles. But I can't create two pats datafeeds, as the data source clone feature is for universal DDE only?? Is this right? Hello wilkinsw, You are absolutely correct. You can create two Pats broker profiles connected to different accounts at d...

Dave Masalov

Just installed update 4 (my SSD died Saturday and the new one only arrived yesterday) and uploading my workspace, DOM color and font settings were reset to default while everything else was OK. Hello arnie, Was Windows installed on the corrupted drive? If yes that explains it since the settings you...

Dave Masalov

Hi

Does this plug-in give us ability to hedge orders?

Regards
MaRCHeW

MaRCHeW,

Hedging is not supported in MultiCharts.

Dave Masalov

Dear Users, We are happy to announce that the long awaited and highly requested OANDA broker and data feed plug-in is now available for public beta testing. Please send us a request to support@multicharts.com to get the download link and connection instructions. All feedback should be sent directly ...

Dave Masalov

I find it slightly disappointing that there is, after 33 days, no response from MultiCharts Support on this topic, not even the common text that 'all ideas are forwarded and evaluated in a timely manner'. JoshM, Let me apologize for the delay in evaluating your request. We had a higher than usual a...

Dave Masalov

Hello JoshM,

There is no such feature. Please submit a feature request to the Project Management section of our site so other users can vote for it: https://www.multicharts.com/pm/

Dave Masalov

Hello wilkinsw,

There is no ETA for these features at the moment.

You may want to vote for this feature request here: https://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissu ... no=MC-1634

Dave Masalov

MultiCharts .NET 8.8 Release 4 is a minor upgrade that includes the hot fixes for issues in 8.8 Release reported by our customers and some minor improvements along with the all new features of MultiCharts .NET 8.8 Release. >>>MULTICHARTS .NET 8.8 RELEASE – WHAT’S NEW<<< >>>Go to Download Page<<< You...

Dave Masalov

MultiCharts 8.8 Release 5 is a minor upgrade that includes the hot fixes for issues in 8.8 Release reported by our customers and some minor improvements along with the all new features of MultiCharts 8.8 Release. >>>MULTICHARTS 8.8 RELEASE 5 – WHAT’S NEW<<< >>>Go to Download Page<<< You can get acqu...

Dave Masalov

Hello Japhro, indicators appear to read the time or tick value rather than the bar counts they should be reading the bar count and not the time or tick value Could you be more precise? I am not sure I got you right. the indicators are very different between a tick and 1min chart This is absolutely n...

Dave Masalov

Due to problems plotting indicators and failure to connect to chart trading with Ib for v9 I need to go back to 8.8. Would this just be a case of re-installing 8.8 Hello jl12, Could you be more precise? Were you able to connect IB broker profile in MC 9.0 Beta1? Did you see any error messages in Or...

Dave Masalov

MultiCharts 9.0 Beta 1 is a big step forward for our platform. We added a huge feature - real-time portfolio trading through all available brokers! In this version we also concentrated on dramatically improving individual and portfolio backtesting, making it the most accurate version ever. We added ...

Dave Masalov

MultiCharts .NET 9.0 Beta 1 is a big step forward for our platform. We added a huge feature - real-time portfolio trading through all available brokers! In this version we also concentrated on dramatically improving individual and portfolio backtesting, making it the most accurate version ever. We a...

Dave Masalov

Hello datamonkey, It was not a lie. We did have a sincere intension to support the SE version for a longer period, but in reality it turned out to be not as popular as we expected. The demand for TWS-integrated product on the contrary has increased. That was the reason why we replaced MC .NET SE wit...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users, New CME API requirements has been incorporated into Interactive Brokers TWS. Because of this, all clients using API feeds need to upgrade to the latest build of the standalone version of the Trader Workstation available from IB website: http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/contro...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users, New CME API requirements has been incorporated into Interactive Brokers TWS. Because of this, all clients using API feeds need to upgrade to the latest build of the standalone version of the Trader Workstation available from IB website: http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/contro...

Dave Masalov

MultiCharts .NET 8.8 Release 4 is a minor upgrade that includes the hot fixes for issues in 8.8 Release reported by our customers and some minor improvements along with the all new features of MultiCharts .NET 8.8 Release. >>>MULTICHARTS .NET 8.8 RELEASE – WHAT’S NEW<<< >>>Go to Download Page<<< You...

Dave Masalov

MultiCharts 8.8 Release 4 is a minor upgrade that includes the hot fixes for issues in 8.8 Release reported by our customers and some minor improvements along with the all new features of MultiCharts 8.8 Release. >>>MULTICHARTS 8.8 RELEASE – WHAT’S NEW<<< >>>Go to Download Page<<< You can get acquai...

Dave Masalov

Hello squiggles,

The feature that you are looking for is not available in MultiCharts. There is no ETA because this functionality will require some profound changes in program architecture.

Dave Masalov

I can't paste a copied chart into an empty workspace. I first have to create a new chart within this workspace to be able to paste a chart in there that I have copied from another workspace. I am using MultiCharts64 Version 8.8 Release (Build 8363). Is this intended behavior? Thank you, ABC Hello A...

Dave Masalov

TrueBalance, We failed to reproduce the behavior that you describe in a similar environment. Calcualtion on tick data can be resource demanding, but you should not experience several minutes delays. Please come to our Live Chat tomorrow from 6:30 AM to 4 PM EST to demonstrate the problem: http://mes...

Dave Masalov

http://screencast.com/t/y1J3L4mW85 can scanner be improved so that it can be set up as shown. I created the above in NT trader to show me the trends on multiple timeframes .All i did was use MACD to give me the signals for price above or below a moving average to indicate up or down trend. It would...

Dave Masalov

Here's something that you guys need to address. I have 2 data series, a 2 min and a 30 min. The 2 min address the moves inside each 30min bracket and the 30min is giving the VPOC for each 30min (yellow rectangle). The problem is that each time a new 2min bar is made the 30min VPOC rectangle shifts ...

Dave Masalov

When opening or format instruments, the dialog window sometimes goes behind a pinned window, MC is then locked waiting for a response and everything is frozen. This window should have an always on top priority. The result is that it is necessary to close MC. Is there any way to access or close the ...

Dave Masalov

furytrader, As far as I understand, you want to calculate standard deviation of a series of PnL values for each instrument (or entire portfolio). Unfortunately, there is no such sample code available. You can use the Portfolio NetProfit to get PnL values and feed them into the StandardDev function. ...

Dave Masalov

furytrader, Could you be more precise? I am not sure I am following you. Are you referring to standard deviation based on Portfolio Strategy Performance‎ values that can be retrieved using the following keywords: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Category:Portfolio_Strategy_Perf...

Dave Masalov

Hello furytrader,

You can calculate the values in your script using the StandardDev function and print results to a file.

Dave Masalov

On page 28, the manual says: All of the drawings are created by calling the Create () method. The code example, however, uses CalcBar(): protected override void CalcBar() { if (Bars.CurrentBar == 1) { ChartPoint top = new ChartPoint(Bars.TimeValue, Bars.HighValue); ChartPoint bottom = new ChartPoin...

Dave Masalov

G'day Dave, I wouldn't call what I'm asking about to be "hedging". It is just controlling which exit is matched to the CurrentPosition.OpenTrades entries. You are saying this is beyond my (the programmers) control? With kind regards, MK MidKnight, You can use the ExitFromEntry mechanism. Different ...

Dave Masalov

Hello MidKnight,

Hedging is not supported in MultiCharts. There is only one position opened by several entries and it will be closed in the same sequence in wich it was opened.

Dave Masalov

Is this a 30 day trial or can i use it to update my starter edition ?
Been waiting awhile now for a fix on the starter edition, I cannot use it with the memory leak issue.

thanks
shane

Hello Shane,

We release Betas only for the full version. Please wait for the next MC .NET SE Release.

Dave Masalov

Is "Custom Fitness Value" for Portfolio Backtester still planned for 9.0? My fellow traders and I believe that this is #1 MultiCharts flaw/blocking point for a serious Asset Manager... Hello vindiou, At the moment I cannot tell you exactly if this feature will be released in MC 9.0. However, I want...

Dave Masalov

Beta 2: 1) Download page indicates a file size of 103.8 MB for 64 bits. Actual file size is 99 MB. 2) Upon installation, a number of indicators are still not compiled. Alex from support told me the issue was known, where is the fix? 3) Data window is blank Thierry Hello Thierry, Let me address your...

Dave Masalov

Hello Fabrice, Please see the code example below. namespace PowerLanguage.Indicator{ public class a1 : IndicatorObject { public a1(object _ctx):base(_ctx){} private IPlotObject plot1; private ADX m_adx_indic; protected override void Create() { plot1 = AddPlot(); m_adx_indic = (ADX)AddIndicator("ADX"...

Dave Masalov

The BarsBack code example (4.5.3, page 36; manual version 1.0) gives an error (reference not set to an instance of an object-exception): the instantiation of the VariableSeries is missing.

Thank you for reporting.

Dave Masalov

If I follow the DataLoader example in the manual, I get an error message (on MultiCharts .NET64 Version 8.7 Release (Build 7636)). I've double-checked it, and it seems I've made no mistake compared to the example. Would someone be willing to take a look at my code to see where I go wrong? Or, if so...

Dave Masalov

Today(10/3) at 3:30pm est, I received the following message from MC. "Dear MultiCharts Customer, Since the moment the latest MultiCharts 8.8 beta 1 there had been reported couple of minor issues and we reassembled the beta 1 in order to allow all customer get a more stable beta version. Please re-d...

Dave Masalov

Hello AntiMatter,

We failed to reproduce the issue on our end. Please send us screenshots or a video showing the issue or come to our Live Chat Mon-Fri from 6:30 AM to 4 PM EST to demonstrate the issue: http://messenger.providesupport.com/mes ... pport.html

Dave Masalov

Arnie,

Can I ask if you're finding the beta stable and whether you'd install it for a live trading system at this stage ?

Thanks

Hello mobelby,

It is a Beta version and it has some known issues that will be fixed shortly. We do not recommend you to trade live with this version.

Dave Masalov

Is it possible to make the High and Low a bit more pronounced? It's too small, almost invisible. Maybe extend it into the bid and ask columns also. I think it looks better if the bracket of trades could be placed behind the volume instead behind the price. Hello, Thank you for your comments. It dep...

Dave Masalov

It seems Price columns size is not enough since it's "eating" 2 characters. Only with a font size of seven I was able to see all characters. The bigger the font the less you see. http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/file.php?id=6881 I would love to be able to narrow this window more becau...

Dave Masalov

MultiCharts .NET 8.7 Release New Builds 7635/7636 MultiCharts .NET 8.7 Release builds 7635/7636 is a minor upgrade that includes the hot fixes for issues in MultiCharts 8.7 Release reported by our customers. BUGS FIXED: • FXCM Trading plug-in: CreateFixOrder and ChangeOrderRate methods upgraded. • ...

Dave Masalov

MultiCharts 8.7 Release New Builds 7633/7634 MultiCharts 8.7 Release builds 7633/7634 is a minor upgrade that includes the hot fixes for issues in MultiCharts 8.7 Release reported by our customers. BUGS FIXED: • FXCM Trading plug-in: CreateFixOrder and ChangeOrderRate methods upgraded. • Issue with...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users, We plan to release a pre-alpha vesrion of Porftfolio Trading within a month. Please send us an e-mail to support@multicharts.com if you want to take part in Porftfolio Trading testing. It is not about serching for bugs, but rather for suggesting features that can be added or new approach...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users, We plan to release a pre-alpha vesrion of Porftfolio Trading within a month. Please send us an e-mail to support@multicharts.com if you want to take part in Porftfolio Trading testing. It is not about serching for bugs, but rather for suggesting features that can be added or new approach...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users,

Due to the change of data certificates Rithmic/ZenFire data connection only works in the latest MultiCharts 8.7 Release. Please upgrade following the link on this page: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software-download/

Dave Masalov

Hi, I just draw the "Fibonacci Retracement Price Lines", but there seems to be issues with those: You can't select them, you can't delete them, they don't appear in the drawings view, and the scale change when scrolling the graph. Thierry Hello Thierry, We failed to reproduce the issue on our end. ...

Dave Masalov

•Added a Jump tool that lets you jump to needed bars and dates without scrolling. More info here - https://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissue.php?issue_no=MC-1200 . Is this already implemented? I couldn't find it yet... Hello seneca, The feature is called Go To Specified Bar. Please see the descripti...

Dave Masalov

I can't remember if I've already spoken about this, If I did I apologize mentioning it again but this is really getting on my nerves.... How in god's name can I switch Off my "gann swing" study if the damn button is always moving? Please, please, "hot fix" it. http://www.screencast.com/t/otdXxQsnhX...

Dave Masalov

I definitly decide to revert to Multicharts 8.7 beta 2 which had normal and much more clear candle chart. If you compress the chart a little bit, candles become tiny lines unreadable as candles. In my opinion (first time in many years using Multicharts ) this kind of chart is very very bad and is i...

Dave Masalov

Where are the instructions for the feature:

"AutoLoad Workspaces based on Command Line Parameters"

?

Hello KhaosTrader,

Please see the following MC Wiki article: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... Parameters

Dave Masalov

Dear Users, We are working on a new extended scanner functionality, allowing you to scan an entire market for certain criteria using only historical requests and then output the instruments that meet the specified condition to the real-time part of the scanner which will be updated every specified a...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users,

We have just released PDF version of MultiCharts documentations.

MultiCharts User Manual
Click here to open the file

PowerLanguage Keyword Reference
Click here to open the file

Dave Masalov

Dear Users,

We have just released a PDF version of MultiCharts User Manual describing all the features of the platform. Click here to open the file.

MultiCharts Team

Dave Masalov

Hello, What version of MultiCharts and MB Trading platform do you use? In order to use MultiCharts with MBTrading you need to have MultiCharts 8.5 Release or MultiCharts 8.7 beta 2 and MBT platform Release Candidate version installed on your PC. MultiCharts can be downloaded from this page: https://...

Dave Masalov

Hi Henry, Thanks for the reply. Why is there secrecy surrounding the features that will be part of portfolio trading? Surely your programers know what features they are working on? Why can't you share this information? I need to know the exact features and custom variables of the planned portfolio ...

Dave Masalov

How soon before Multicharts 9.0 beta will be release to the public? Will Multicharts 9.0 beta be the next public beta?

quantarb,

There is no exact ETA yet. Next planned version is MC 8.7 Release. Then, several 8.x Beta versions are planned to be released.

Dave Masalov

Hello martingale, There is no Extended Backtesting feature in Portfolio Backtester. You should apply your signal to a chart in MultiCharts. Add three data series to your chart: Trade, Ask and Bid. Then, you need to configure Extended Backtesting as described here: https://www.multicharts.com/trading...

Dave Masalov

Hello Andrew I installed the latest beta version to resolve the date & time of a rectagle that was not respected. It work, but another strange behavior now occur Draw a rectangle up to a space further in time than the last bar on a chart. The rectangle will be draw, A next bar comme along, the rect...

Dave Masalov

On my tick charts the time has too many digits, it has millisecond.. so its 13:51:27.000 how can I make it so that the time scale doesnt have so many significant digits? KhaosTrader, There is no way to reduce the number of digits. Milliseconds are displayed only on tick charts. We believe that this...

Dave Masalov

martingale,

Extended Backtesting gives your strategy access to ask and bid prices during the calculation. Generally, the signal is applied to the main trade data series (close price) when using Extended Backtesting.

Dave Masalov

turbofib,

Please read the following MC Wiki article on differences between backtesting and live trading and different backtesting options: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... ve_Trading

Dave Masalov

martingale, I misunderstood your question. I thought you want to enter in a position on both symbols if the condition is met on any of them. Sorry for the confusion. Buying at ask and selling at bid using to instruments in Portfolio Backtester as you describe it is not possible. The workaround is to...

Dave Masalov

Hello turbofib, Are you referring to the real-time calculation or backtesting? In real-time calculation your code should generate orders in the middle of the bar (on the next tick) if the condition is met. However, in baktesting mode the script is calculated only 4 times per bar (on Open, High, Low ...

Dave Masalov

Hello martingale,

During the protfolio calculation you can pass the "tradable" state of a symbol using the time of the bar, where the signal is generated (pass the long/short state along with the time of order generation). Then, you can read this information on the next symbol.

Dave Masalov

Hello Malcolm, Please make sure that you follow instructions in the following post: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9794#p46791 These parameters are very important: In the Money Management Settings section Max % of Capital at Risk per Position should be 100%. In the Money ...

Dave Masalov

FB2013,

Correct. I apologize for the confusion.

Dave Masalov

The developing POC get's extended to the left and we can see delta bars out of sync with price bars.
Reloading the data fixes the issue, until we start change periodicities again.

Hello arnie,

Thank you for reporting. Please explain the cumulative delta issue in details.

Dave Masalov

I use the scanner to see which stocks are in a mode my system could be used. If they show a good mode it would be great to enable a auto trading strategy within the scanner. This would make the scanner a ultimative tool for portfolio level automated trading with discretionary input. Hello FB2013, W...

Dave Masalov

Any updates about this issue ? I testet the same situation on a second machine. Same problem. The mapped ASCII File does not contain any data. Hello bailey, Your files work fine on our end. Please ssee attached scrrensots showing two ways to map your files. If the problem persists, please come to o...

Dave Masalov

Any updates about this issue ? I testet the same situation on a second machine. Same problem. The mapped ASCII File does not contain any data. Hello bailey, Your files work fine on our end. Please ssee attached scrrensots showing two ways to map your files. If the problem persists, please come to o...

Dave Masalov

Will the next beta contain some new key words for text and trendlines to use the microsecond timestamps (Text_New_MicroS and TL_New_MicroS)? Hello, Microsecond keywords are already available in 8.7 Beta1. MC Wiki will be updated shortly. PowerLanguage Editor context help will be updated in 8.7 Beta...

Dave Masalov

Thank you for the Time and Sales. Just one request, please make it possible to make the window narrower. If you only display price and volume a huge amount of screen space is wasted. Hello Geoff, Thank you for your suggestion. Your request has been forwarded to the developers and will be considered...

Dave Masalov

MC lacks the ability to retrieve the exit price of a strategy via the broker with a reserved word. Monitoring a change in the market position and taking the last traded price then works like 7 out of 10 times, but in a fast market it's 1-2 ticks off. Which can become a problem. The information is a...

Dave Masalov

Hello LMC,

We applied the attached signal to a CQG EPM13 10 Minute 500 Bars Back chart along with Bollinger Bands SE, Bollinger Bands LE default signals. No exceptions on our end.

Dave Masalov

Will we still need to install this API for 8.7?

Hello Stormy,

Yes, the same API should be used with MC 8.7.

Dave Masalov

It was mentioned that "full access to command line functionality will be available from within the code" in Multicharts 8.7 but I don't find this feature in the list of new additions. Please see this thread on automatic data re-loading upon losing internet connection and specifically post number 23...

Dave Masalov

Hello LMC,

We failed to reproduce the issue on our end. Please send us the code you use as well as detailed description of how to reproduce the issue.

Dave Masalov

Hello ACMilan,

Please send us your signal so we can reproduce the issue on our end.

Dave Masalov

Ascii quotes which were mapped, do not contain data anymore. Do somebody have same problem ? I tried to delete and map again same csv files in MC 8.7 but there are still no data. Hello bailey, Please send us a sample file as well as screenshots showing the issue so we can check the problem on our e...

Dave Masalov

Thanks for reply TJ. TypeZero library was installed. I also created a VirtBarTypes.cfg file named "201,Point" to let ADE know of this bar to use for Interval function as per Virtual Bar Type instructions and got this error: " Interval not supported: -201". Hello Rick, The post above by Anastassia p...

Dave Masalov

Hi All, There is a large number of projects which have the potential to be ported to the MultiCharts platform. Hindrances to this development are mainly two-fold: 1. Lack of documentation 2. Lack of cost-effective tools for developers The SE edition seems to address the latter point, and will certa...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users,

MultiCharts .NET Programming Guide has been released. Please see the following post: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=15742

Dave Masalov

Dear Users,

MultiCharts .NET Programming Guide has been released. Please see the following post: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=15742

Dave Masalov

Dear Users, We have released MultiCharts .NET Programming Guide. The new Guide describes the process of developing and applying studies in MultiCharts .NET. It will help you build and debug your custom studies in MultiCharts .NET. Please follow this link to download MultiCharts .NET Programming Guid...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users,

Due to the fact that MCFX forum has been inactive for a while, it has been removed from Forum front page and is not monitored on a daily basis.

If you have any questions regarding MCFX, please send your requests to support@multicharts.com

Dave Masalov

Hello onedigit, I believe this has been discussed in our Live Chat and in e-mail conversation as well. There seems to be some misunderstanding here. If you place an order in the DOM window, it is filled (or starts to be filled) when the price in the OPPOSITE column touches the order price. Your orde...

Dave Masalov

Hello onedigit, I believe this has been discussed in our Live Chat and in e-mail conversation as well. There seems to be some misunderstanding here. If you place an order in the DOM window, it is filled (or starts to be filled) when the price in the OPPOSITE column touches the order price. Your orde...

Dave Masalov

Hello Team Multicharts,

are you already allowed to give us a hint, how Portfolio Trading will be implemented? Many suggestions were made and it would be great to know, what we can expect. Thanks!

Hello,

There is no exact ETA yet. Portfolio Trading should be publicly available later this year.

Dave Masalov

Dear Users, We understand the importance of .NET documentation and we are working on it at the moment. Meanwhile, we want to hear some feedback from you to make sure that new manual meets your expectations. Please post the questions/topics that you want to be answered/covered in full details in the ...

Dave Masalov

My questions again to MultiCharts developers : 1) When will "Custom Fitness Value" be available with Portfolio Backtester? 2) Is there a workaround with the Portfolio Backtester "Custom Criteria"? Thanks Hello vindiou, 1) This feature is planned for MultiCharts 9.0 2) Unfortunately, there is no wor...

Dave Masalov

Hello Lars, I am sorry to hear about your negative experience. Unfortunately, we failed to reproduce disconnect issues on our end. MC 8.5 uses new ZenFire (Rithmic) API version 5.7. ZenFire claimed that some disconnect issues have been addressed in this API version. We need more information in order...

Dave Masalov

Lou,

A rough estimate would be 3-4 weeks. Again, MC .NET user manual is a high priority task for us and we will do our best to release it as quickly as possible.

Dave Masalov

Hello Josh,

Thank you for feedback. We undrestand your point and we really appreciate your concern. MC .NET help is a high priority task for us and we are putting a lot of ressources in creating a comprehensive programming guide which will then be added to MC Wiki.

Dave Masalov

I couldn't get out but accept a repair. Hello Lisa, Could you be more precise? Did installer give you two options: Uninstall and Repair? afterwards I had to open my brokerinfo, point to the location of the workspaces (they were gone), and got a message to compile some of my indicators again. This i...

Dave Masalov

Henry made an important comment here in relation to the Real-time Market Scanner: Unfortunately there is no way to do reload for all symbols in the scanner at the moment. Please vote for the corresponding feature requests: #1 and #2 . Such a reload feature ( Reload -> Individual Instrument and Relo...

Dave Masalov

In MC64Bit 8.5 Release (Build 6778) I have encountered the problem that when I change a strategy input in the format tab, the change is not reflected in the strategy. I have strapped it down to a very simple strategy for checking. When the strategy is loaded to a chart it will show one long, if I c...

Dave Masalov

When I start MultiCharts Version 8.5 Release (Build 6777), I get the pop-up message that my version of MB Trading software is obsolete, please update: http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/file.php?id=6040 I have however already upgraded to the latest release version of MBT Desktop 11.9.0....

Dave Masalov

Dear Users, To connect MultiCharts .NET 8.5 Release Candidate to CQG, you should install the following version of CQG API: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95112551/Multicharts_COMAPI_en-US_production_V4.05.101_Install.msi All previous versions of CQG applications installed on your PC should be uninstalled....

Dave Masalov

Hi If open the navigator window (menu : view , Navigator) The window "Studies" appear, but out of the windows "Powerlanguage .NET Editor" As soon as you click on the windows "Powerlanguage .NET Editor", the window "Studies" disappear behind the windows "Powerlanguage .NET Editor" and you can not wo...

Dave Masalov

Hello Martin, I use MC8.5 64 bit latest release version and have 16gb of RAM. Didn't try this with releases before 8.5 or beta 8.5. In windows taskmanager, quotemanager is not taking much memory (max 8.000kb) I am not backtesting, but scrolling through the data in quotemanager. * select a symbol, r...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users,

We have extended our Phone Suppor hours. Now you can call us from 6:30 AM till 5 PM Eastern Standard Time.

MultiCharts Team

Dave Masalov

Dear Users,

We have extended our Phone Suppor hours. Now you can call us from 6:30 AM till 5 PM Eastern Standard Time.

MultiCharts Team

Dave Masalov

But first I have looked in my Multicharts --> Help --> "Check for updates": There is the Info about the new version. When I click on the link " download the new version" then I can download multichats.8.0.exe aiti, If you restart MultiCharts (and wait until tsserver.exe process ends in Task Manager...

Dave Masalov

Hi guys,
you publish a note during opening of MC that there is an update to build 6778, but on your server is the old file.
Please repair it.
Thank you.
-swisstrader

Hello swisstrader,

Sorry for the inconvenience. This has been fixed. Thank you for reporting.

Dave Masalov

In Strategy Performance Report -> Settings -> Display -> Regional Currency If I set for the regional setting a conversion rate, it is applied to all charts with Strategy Performance report. this setting must be chart / instrument related. Eg.: Chart 1: the setting is for Currency is $ because all p...

Dave Masalov

MC_Prog,

Thank you for your suggestion. This modification has been added to our to-do list.

Dave Masalov

Decimal separator problem exists in Portfolio Backtester too. Field: Potential Loss Per Contract. If input 0.001 it is saved as 1 when loading the saved portfolio backtester workspace. Please check also whether the same problem exist with optimizer in portfolio backtester. swz168, We failed to repr...

Dave Masalov

Please check the Store Optimization Report in File -> Preferences -> Workspaces -> Saving Data. Very good. That solves that. Thanks! I have another observation. In the Exhaustive Search Properties dialog it seems that when a box is UNchecked (meaning do not optimize this param, and ignore the range...

Dave Masalov

Hi.

I am observing that the optimization report is not remaining with a chart window when the chart is copied. (MC 8.5rc 64b Build 6662)

Hello MC_Prog,

Please check the Store Optimization Report in File -> Preferences -> Workspaces -> Saving Data.

Dave Masalov

I figured out the problem. The marker of one of the indicators was covering the counter, although it's a bit strange because being the indicator marker the last price and being the counter below it, why is it covered? arnie, This is normal behavior. Price marker and counter are one and the same obj...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users, To connect MultiCharts 8.5 Release or MultiCharts 8.7 Beta to CQG, you should install the following version of CQG API: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95112551/Multicharts_COMAPI_en-US_production_V4.05.101_Install.msi All previous versions of CQG applications installed on your PC should be uni...

Dave Masalov

Is it me or despite having the countdown checked on the Format Window there's no countdown on the charts? Hello arnie, Please make sure that you get real-time data on your chart, your local time and time zone settings (including daylight saving settings) are correct and resolution of your chart is ...

Dave Masalov

I'd love to show you, but as I've told Andrew, this issue needs a windows restart to show your developers the issue. How can I be connected and restart my pc at the same time? MAtricks, We can connect to your machien before restart and then reconnect after it. Alternatively, you could make two vide...

Dave Masalov

I'd like to create a thread for little annoyances, suggestions, and small bugs. Nothing too in depth.. just the small things that bug us on a day to day basis that seem like it wouldn't take much time for MC to make these changes. http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/file.php?mode=view&id...

Dave Masalov

This one gets me every day...!!!! Probably the most annoying of all. http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/file.php?mode=view&id=5594&sid=85912dd056a2f9cd86e268b4758b5326 The developers working on the 8.5 beta 2 look to have fixed the trade tab from switching ACCOUNTS (only the accounts no...

Dave Masalov

Hello MAtricks,

Please come to our Live Chat Mon-Fri from 6:30 AM to 10 AM EST to demonstrate the issue: http://messenger.providesupport.com/mes ... pport.html

Dave Masalov

Hello all,

Full multicurrency support is planned to be implemented after we release a version with portfolio trading feature. It will be the next step. Most likely it will be done in MC 9.0 which is planned to be released in the first half of 2013.

Dave Masalov

Dave, Can you tell us approximately which month of 2013 can we expect MC 9.0 to be released? Many of us are eagerly waiting to try out portfolio trading which is the highlight of this version. Thanks. Hello hilbert, MC with Portfolio trading is planned to be released in the first half of 2013. Ther...

Dave Masalov

This might be basic but I still want to mention it. I would like to activate 3 different Portfoliostrategies at the same time with each one of them having different portfolios with the possibility of having the same stock in each one of the portfolio using just one ticker per stock from IB and havi...

Dave Masalov

Hi all, is there any progress? I am using TS 9.1(and MC.NET) and the data is refreshed only when you do changes into symbol? Is there any hint here? IB data started to work when I changed Build Volume to based on Tick. TS data is stuck:-( Thank you for any help. Hello mirek, TS data should work fin...

Dave Masalov

Hi all,

See attached the EL version of the ConnorsRSI indicator.

Dave Masalov

Hello Andreas, It is hard to recommend any particular data feed. MultiCharts is a data feed neutral trading platform and we believe that our customers should be able to choose a data provider that suits their needs best. I have not yet managed to explain why this happens - my tests are the same, so ...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users,

Thank you for your feedback. All reported issues have been fixed and the fixes will be available in Multicharts 8.5 Release.

Dave Masalov

It would be useful to have the option to build profiles from minute data rather than tick data, that is plenty accurate enough for these larger profiles.

Nick, Arnie,

This option will be added in the future.

Dave Masalov

For some reason my computer (Windows) went down and since I really didn't have the patience to find out what was wrong with it I decide to just to use my disk image and have a "clean" system. Amazingly a year already had past since the last time I cleaned the system with a fresh new installment. Si...

Dave Masalov

Thanks Dave, actually I just run the Beta 2 and then everytime I tried to open a new chart and then a pop-up error message appeared. I had installed back the 8.0 and is currently using it, may be will try the Beta 2 on Saturday or Sunday and then report more clearly to you, thanks. ahlam, If the pr...

Dave Masalov

Hi. I'm pretty sure there is something wrong with the Optimizer in relation to a) the check box, b) the current value, c) the start/end/step values, d) what the optimizer actually iterates over or tests. I have a strategy here (sorry I cannot supply it) where I'm iterating over stops and targets an...

Dave Masalov

Hi all, had started using the MC 8.0.5620 for a couple of week and trade with IB and is quite satisfied except that I have 2 linked accounts in IB so I can only use the AA mode instead of SA mode. came across a thread about the linked account http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&...

Dave Masalov

It's of the utmost importance to find a solution for this. QM needs to have an option so continuous contracts can be back-adjusted, otherwise we will never have more than 120 days of data. Arnie, ABC, What you describe should be fairly easily accomplished using Custom Futures feature in MultiCharts...

Dave Masalov

Please allow us to set a keyboard shortcut for switching on and off strategies.

https://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissu ... no=MC-1219

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Hello swz168,

Thank your for your suggestion. It has been forwarded to the developers and will be considered for future implementation.

Dave Masalov

As a follow up to crazy Nasdaqs example some time ago- Looking at Deltas on points charts calculation of deltas can differ from the calculation of delta on time bars, however unlike CrazyNasdaqs example deltas are being calculated for one side. However I have plotted the same data on other occasion...

Dave Masalov

I have been looking at differences between Deltas in MC and other platforms. The data feed used is IQ. I examined an example from the Bund 16/1/13 for trades at 143.27 between 1030 and 1033 , see attached spreadsheet and screen grab. 1679 volume on the bid, 207 on the offer and 62 between. MC 1679 ...

Dave Masalov

Hi, A little update re LMAX orders. It has been fixed for Limit orders to appear as GTC in LMAX, but if you place exit strategy eg. Profit Target it appears as GFD instead of GTC. Hello Zoli, We failed to reproduce the issue on our end. Please right-click on the Profit Target exit strategy, click E...

Dave Masalov

Does anyone noticed that from time to time tsServer does not close right after MC's? It stays there... It's midnight and I've just spent 8 minutes sit in front of the screen looking at the task manager waiting for it to close so I could go to sleep. http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/fi...

Dave Masalov

The volume Delta is no longer available for Point and figure charts, this was available in the first beta, can you please add it back. Thanks. Hello Jesh, Could you be more precise? I am not sure I got you right. Volume Delta and Point&Figure are different chart types. Nothing has changed with resp...

Dave Masalov

I occasionally get "catastrophic error" crash with even simple studies. (like CCI) I notice this only seems to happen on tick or contract bars. It won't happen on minute bars. Hello sptrader, We failed to reproduce the issue on our end. Please send us your workspace, the signal that you use and a ....

Dave Masalov

Dear Users, We are thinking about allowing arbitrary expressions to be used in MC .NET studies' inputs as it is implemented in regular MC PowerLanguage. For example, Mov Average indicator does not allow to use anything other than Close to be used as a price. PowerLanguage allows custom values, like ...

Dave Masalov

Problems with Volume Delta charts based on Point chart resolution with every instrument I select. No problems if the resolution chart is based on minutes or contracts IQfeed datafeed - Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit - MC 8.5 beta 2 http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/9250/volumedeltapointchart.png Hello ...

Dave Masalov

If it was set up as it is shown on your screenshot, every closed workspace is automatically saved (no matter, if the workspace was closed manually or when the software was shut down). Thanks for your reply. I'm not perfectly clear about the statement above. Do you mean that (with this setup) the wo...

Dave Masalov

Optimizer Input Problems ... CRITICAL! Another Problem related to decimal system where decimal seperator is a comma: E.g. In Strategy code: Input: RISK (0.05), .... Now when I start optimizing the strategy leaving RISK unchanged, that means start and end value not changed -> Step=1 Only other param...

Dave Masalov

When copy/paste windows I get the most weird window sizes possible, http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/file.php?id=5717 and also different shapes, really small squares, sometimes on the left of the workspace, other times on the right side, maybe in front of a chart, maybe behind the cha...

Dave Masalov

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 ...

Dave Masalov

ABC,

Thank you for your suggestions. They have been forwarded to the developers and will be considered for future implementation. As for time, date, percent and currency formats recognition, it will be implemented in one of the next versions.

Dave Masalov

I just upgraded from 8.0.5622 to 8.5.6525 Beta 2, I appreciate the new features and improvements. I’m noticing that the slippage calculation is not being displayed in the Strategy Performance Report, even though one has been set in the appropriate field under Strategy Properties. This was working b...

Dave Masalov

Dave, what does the number on the upper left on a volume profile mean, i.e. 60,17K (lmF -22,63%) ? http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/file.php?mode=view&id=5692 Hello SP, 60,17K is Total Volume lmF -22,63% is Imbalance factor. The Imbalance factor is calculated by taking the difference ...

Dave Masalov

It's of the utmost importance to find a solution for this. QM needs to have an option so continuous contracts can be back-adjusted, otherwise we will never have more than 120 days of data. Arnie, ABC, What you describe should be fairly easily accomplished using Custom Futures feature in MultiCharts...

Dave Masalov

Will your upcoming portfolio trading allow us the ability to trade our subcharts (data 2, data3, dat4, etc)? Does this current ability exists in Multicharts.Net? Portfolio trading feature will allow you to trade a portfolio of symbols as a single system, instead of trading different instruments fro...

Dave Masalov

Optimizer Input Problems

Hello swz168,

Thank you for your feedback. Your request has been forwarded to the developers.

Dave Masalov

Re: the new Exhaustive Search Properties dialog check boxes - When a box is unchecked, is it the Current Value, Start Value, or End Value which we should expect the optimizer to use for that item? If check box is unchecked the current value will be used. Do I understand correctly that the Current V...

Dave Masalov

Hi. I'm pretty sure there is something wrong with the Optimizer in relation to a) the check box, b) the current value, c) the start/end/step values, d) what the optimizer actually iterates over or tests. I have a strategy here (sorry I cannot supply it) where I'm iterating over stops and targets an...

Dave Masalov

Hi. re: Optimization dialog window now shows current best results during optimization. I seem to be only observing this during a Genetic Optimization, but not during an Exhaustive Optimization. For Exhaustive algorithm, you need to have the "Use limitation" check-box checked on the Optimization Cri...

Dave Masalov

Clarification please: is 8.5 also compatible with Windows 7 or must one have Windows 8? Thanks.

Hello escamillo,

MultiCharts 8.5 is compatible with both Windows 7 and Windows 8 as well as other available Windows versions.

Dave Masalov

jl12 wrote: When plotting delta every x bars there is an issue with displaying the text for the latest bars. In the attached example the profile is plotted every 18 bars for 20 second increments however the Bid ask numbers are not displayed until a significant number of the 18 bars have formed. As ...

Dave Masalov

"Optimisation settings should remain after editing the study": https://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissue.php?issue_no=MC-1207 Hope you change the current behavior, because it costs a lot of time if you do a lot of editing a strategy and optimizing. Hello swz168, This should be implemented in MC 8.5 ...

Dave Masalov

Currently the export of performance report is not complete: Equity Curve Detailed is included in the excel file but not - Equity Curve Detailed Long - Equity Curve Detailed Short Please include everything in the export file. https://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissue.php?issue_no=MC-1206 Hello swz168...

Dave Masalov

One problem occured with FormatTime, i dont think i had it with the previous version 8.1. On minute charts the line if LastBarOnChart_s then print (FormatTime ("HH:mm:ss",el_timetodatetime_s (time_s))); doesnt return seconds. I always get xx:xx:00 rounded to end of the bar time. On tick and volume ...

Dave Masalov

If i decrease the bar space the delta is displayed sometimes as " bid x ask" instead of " bid x ask". For me it is very confusing to see the bid above the ask, is there a way to change this behaviour to display at least the ask above the bid or better to prevent that three rows instead of one are d...

Dave Masalov

When plotting delta every x bars there is an issue with displaying the text for the latest bars. In the attached example the profile is plotted every 18 bars for 20 second increments however the Bid ask numbers are not displayed until a significant number of the 18 bars have formed. As long as ther...

Dave Masalov

There is a scaling issue when trading contracts like Copper which trade in .0005 increments. Setting the scale at 10,000 hasn't been a problem in the past. For volume profile the colour blocks only form 1/5 of the price leaving no space for the Bid ask numbers to be displayed. HG.png Hello jl12, Pl...

Dave Masalov

Hello Christian, Our manual is up to modern standards. A year ago we have transitioned to the online help format. Entire MultiCharts help has been moved to MultiCharts Wiki, so it can be quickly updated and accessible from anywhere. Printable manuals are much less flexible and, furthermore, are not ...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users, Thank you for your comments. We appreciate your feedback and understand your concerns. All your suggestions have been forwarded to the development team and to the management of the company. MC .NET 8.5 will be released most likely in the beginning of the next year. We do plan to update ....

Dave Masalov

I just noticed that it happens for Renko, too. But I guess the fix will cover this too.

Yes, this will be fixed too.

Dave Masalov

When I open a plain Kagi chart, MC is pulling in bid and ask data from IQFeed besides just the trade data. I made sure that Volume Profile or Delta studies are not active. Is this intended to work this way, as if I recall correctly this is new behavior? Thank you, ABC Hello ABC, This issue has been...

Dave Masalov

I reduced my database from 2.8GB to 1.2GB by exporting all symbols and data, deleting the original databases (after backup), setting up new db's and importing all data again. I figured out this way, because never saw the storage database reducing the size after deleting symbols and data. So I tried...

Dave Masalov

Is there a way to clean this workspace list? Many were just tests, ideas that are no longer useful and I'd like to remove them from here. http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/file.php?id=5579 arnie, You should delete the following registry key: 32 bit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TS Support...

Dave Masalov

I am having a recurrent problem with MC hanging on establishing connection it happens regardless of whether i am opening an iq or ib chart. When I close MC processes more often than not remain open. Please send us MC logs collected after the issue has occurred but before restarting MultiCharts as w...

Dave Masalov

The ability to draw a horizontal trendline using the Ctrl key is perfect but something is missing there. If we decide to extend a bit more a trendline (to the left or to the right) that is already on the chart the Ctrl key does not work anymore. Looking at the image below, while extending the trend...

Dave Masalov

Dear Users, Following multiple suggestions we have decided to change the way manual trading exit strategies are handled in the next MC 8.5 Beta. It won't be a definitive change yet, we would like to see how it goes first. At the moment, exit strategies, such as Stop Loss or Profit Target are always ...

Dave Masalov

Anyone else using 8.5 beta and TS 9.0 (8816) having disconnection problems usually at 16:05 EST? Either MC crashes and take TS with it or the DRM stops working? See attached. Thanks. tekram, Please send us MC logs and dump files (see links to the instructions below) collected after the issue has oc...

Dave Masalov

Today I've the same problem with CD on DAX future even for ASk vs. BID or UpTicks vs. DownTicks.

Hello CrazyNasdaq,

The problem has been confirmed and added to our fix list. Thank you for reporting.

Dave Masalov

We failed to reproduce any issues with LMAX data feed on our end. Please compare MC charts with the charts in LMAX Web Charts application (open the web page listed in QuoteManager -> Tools -. Data Sources -> LMAX -> API). If data in MC and LMAX Web Charts is different, please send us screenshots sh...

Dave Masalov

Today in Cumulative delta charts on DAX future I've found bad ticks either in Upticks vs. Downticks or Ask vs. Bid. Datafeed IQFeed, but same problem on Zenfire data. http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/5020/cdbadticks.png Hello CrazyNasdaq, Was this data collected in real-time or downloaded from hi...

Dave Masalov

BTW, there are some problems with Lmax data, e.g. bad ticks on .../HUF pairs (see daily resolutions). Unreliable traded volume (spikes out of the blue when compared to tick volume). We failed to reproduce any issues with LMAX data feed on our end. Please compare MC charts with the charts in LMAX We...

Dave Masalov

*bug* the new commissions are not being calculated correctly. Look into this.. Hello MAtricks, Please explain the issue in details. What exactly is not calculated correctly? Have you read the description of the commission rules feature: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Commiss...

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