Much appreciated, MAtricks. I incorporated that code into my original code to get seconds with milliseconds added on: Var: BarDuration( 0 ); barduration = ( TimeToSeconds( Time_s ) + (MillisecondsFromDateTime( DateTime ) / 1000)) - ( TimeToSeconds( Time_s[1] ) + (MillisecondsFromDateTime( DateTime[1...

I only want it plotted for historical data. I wouldn't plot anything for real time data.

Does anyone have any code to calculate the duration of a non-time-based bar (contracts and ticks) in milliseconds for historical data? I'd like to plot the data with an indicator. This is my code for plotting bar duration in seconds: Var: BarDuration( 0 ) ; BarDuration = TimeToSeconds( Time_s ) - Ti...

I ran the Multicharts 64 installer's repair option. It seems to be back to normal, for now.

You are right. It's the last bar. The photos tell the story.

So your first post about this happening on the most recent bar is not correct? It happens for arbitrary bars?

I believe that it only happens on the first bar. As far as when a chart goes from normal to distorted, I don't know what conditions are making that happen.

Here is another example from this morning. Everything is normal except the low for that distorted price bar is 1.39. Does anyone else have this problem? The distortion is happening at unknown times/conditions, not just when initially loading data. And, reloading data usually doesn't fix it. It reloa...

Can anyone help me to understand why my charts periodically look like this? Reloading the data typically works for a minute, then usually once again, the price chart becomes unreadable again because the most recent bar's high or low gets changed to some rediculously extreme high or low value. I'm us...

The content of TJ's posts would be very helpful if added to the Custom Futures section of the Wiki help page re: Bar Magnifier not working. It would have saved me a bunch of work.

TJ, That's what I needed to know. It is easier and the FileAppend command is incredibly slow.

I'm trying to output custom futures tick data into a separate .txt files so that I can import the data back into QM as a continuous contract. The purpose is to function as a workaround for the inability of MultiCharts to use the Bar Magnifier for Custom Futures. Here is the indicator code that I'm u...

We are currently analyzing this behavior. After about a year, any success? I'm having this issue on MC64 8.8 R5. I discovered a specific condition that resulted in inoperable background dragging, as well as the solution. Here are the different states and the behavior: Condition: Data1, Data2, Data3...

Thank you. I have my historical data situation covered for futures. Let me simplify my original post by asking: Does anyone find it more appropriate to develop using bars based on tick data rather than minute-based OHLC data for any strategy type other than hardcore scalping, and can the rationale b...

Hi, I'm new to futures, coming from strategy development based on Forex historical data. A few questions for anyone with experience with futures: 1) What is the cheapest way to acquire historical data for futures? With a TS Forex account, I've been able to simply save Forex minute data into .csv fil...

what do you mean by cannot add...? do you get an error message? when you right click on the chart, can you select Format Indicators... ? if yes, do you see any indicators listed? if yes, can you format any of the indicators? No, neither Format Indicators or Format Signals is selectable. It is like ...

Solution is here https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8053&p=37284&hilit=compile#p37284 Please read the whole thread before installing Hello garp, Unfortunately, this is NOT the solution to my problem. It may work for _VADU's problem, but if you read this whole thread, you'll ...

Run "compile all uncompiled" in the power editor .. I noticed that only the built-in indicators seem to be compiled during install..

thanks but nearly all of my studies are compiled already. the problem is that they cannot be added to a chart.

I just updated to the MC7 official release (build 4510) and I can't add any signals or indicators that I've created to a chart! They are selectable either through the "add" function in the Format Objects window, or through the Insert Study window.... but when I click "OK", nothing happens. They don'...

This happened two times within a short period (maybe a total of an hour and a half of use). I am a new MC user and experienced TS user. TS 8.7 was running (however quite idle) while this happened both times. The problem: During a genetic optimization, I clicked the cancel button. The platform froze ...