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- 15 Jan 2021
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trading Books
- Replies: 0
- Views: 443
Trading Books
After two decades of trading for a living, I decided to retire in November. I'm also moving to AZ from CA and have a number of trading books that I don't need anymore and do not want to move. There are 25 titles in all--many classics--and some that are hard to find nowadays. I priced them out on the...
- 08 Oct 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Stop Limit Order getting filled too early [SOLVED]
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2914
Re: Stop Limit Order getting filled too early [SOLVED]
Q: Did you emulate the stoplimit order? A: I used MC Chart Trader stop limit orders Q: if so, what have you set as the trigger? The quote (bid/ask) or last traded? A: I set the entry order below the prior bar's low and my order was filled without a trade appearing on the chart Q: Futures trigger sto...
- 08 Oct 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Stop Limit Order getting filled too early [SOLVED]
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2914
Re: Stop Limit Order getting filled too early [SOLVED]
I could not resurrect and provide the logs from the time frame above. I've been away for a few weeks and haven't replicated the issue. At this point I'll mark this issue solved and will open a new issue when/if I can replicate it.
Thanks to all.
Thanks to all.
- 20 Sep 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Stop Limit Order getting filled too early [SOLVED]
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2914
Re: Stop Limit Order getting filled too early [SOLVED]
Hi Svetlana, Yes, my chart is displaying trade price and the data feed is real time data. The problem with the explanation is that my trade actually transacted at 1578.8 a few minutes before the chart shows that a trade occurred at 1578.8. My trade should have plotted at 1578.8 on the chart immediat...
- 18 Sep 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Stop Limit Order getting filled too early [SOLVED]
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2914
Stop Limit Order getting filled too early [SOLVED]
In using Stop Limit Orders as entry orders recently on RTY, I've encountered several situations where the order gets filled BEFORE price has traded at the stop price. Here's an example from this morning: Stop_Limit_Order_--_entered_too_early.png My Stop Limit short entry was set 1 tick below the pri...
- 14 Jun 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Signal vs. Indicator calculation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1111
Re: Signal vs. Indicator calculation
Excellent. Thank you, Henry!
- 11 Jun 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Signal vs. Indicator calculation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1111
Signal vs. Indicator calculation
When using a two data stream chart (data1 = 3 Point/ data2 = 5-minute), computing a moving average based on data2 returns different results using identical indicator and signal code. The signal code waits to update the 5-minute moving average value until the 5-minute bar closes, while the indicator ...
- 21 May 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Drawing Rectangle: fill and UI layer level
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3075
Re: Drawing Rectangle: fill and UI layer level
The fact that the behavior was based on the data stream's Visual Order was the missing piece for me. Thanks very much for following up, Anna.
- 16 May 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Drawing Rectangle: fill and UI layer level
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3075
Re: Drawing Rectangle: fill and UI layer level
Hi Anna, It is certainly possible that my recall on point #3 is in error. I have pictures such as this one from 3/15/2019 2019-03-15_1614.png It shows manually-drawn ellipses which display above study-drawn rectangles. However, it is possible that the study that produced the rectangles shown above w...
- 14 May 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Drawing Rectangle: fill and UI layer level
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3075
Re: Drawing Rectangle: fill and UI layer level
Hi Anna, Sorry, but the explanation given cannot be correct in that it does not explain the following three observed phenomena: 1. Objects drawn by studies NEVER occlude manually-drawn one dimensional objects (trend lines, horizontal lines, time lines, arrows, etc.) despite being calculated later an...
- 08 May 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Drawing Rectangle: fill and UI layer level
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3075
Re: Drawing Rectangle: fill and UI layer level
Hi Anna, I have raised a minor bug for the UI layer issue (MC-2586). This reply is to provide a test workspace and code. Here's the code: [RecoverDrawings = false]; variables: Rect_ID (0); if LastBarOnChart_s then once begin Rect_ID = RectangleNew_BN(barnumber -100, high + 5, barnumber + 10, low - 5...
- 08 May 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Drawing Rectangle: fill and UI layer level
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3075
Re: Drawing Rectangle: fill and UI layer level
Hi Anna, the RectangleSetPattern function is exactly what I needed. I simply missed that in searching for a solution. Sorry for exercising you and thank you!
- 28 Apr 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Renko chart issue & question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1561
Re: Renko chart issue & question
Yeah, I had already coded an indicator that mimics Renko bars years ago. I looked at the out-of-the-box functionality again yesterday because I wanted to add an indicator based on the Renko data stream--particularly bar highs and lows. Oh well. Sorry to hear that it's still not there yet. Thanks, all.
- 28 Apr 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Renko chart issue & question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1561
Renko chart issue & question
Issue: I just created a two data stream chart that includes a 3 range (point) chart as data #1 and a Renko chart as data #2. The Renko bar tails appear not to be calculating properly. You can see from the picture below that the Renko high and low tails do not agree with the 3R chart data. For some r...
- 27 Apr 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Drawing Rectangle: fill and UI layer level
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3075
Drawing Rectangle: fill and UI layer level
Using RectangleSetStyle(Rect_ID, 6) it is possible to programmatically set the rectangle's border line to invisible. There does not seem to be a comparable function to set the rectangle's fill to invisible (hollow), so there is no way to programmatically hide a rectangle that has been given a fill c...
- 11 Apr 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Multiple data streams rectangle drawing issue [SOLVED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1812
Re: Multiple data streams rectangle drawing issue [SOLVED]
Thanks, Anna!
- 03 Apr 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Question re: Plot function [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1388
- 03 Apr 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Question re: Plot function [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1388
Re: Question re: Plot function [SOLVED]
Awesome! Thanks so much, TJ.
- 03 Apr 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Question re: Plot function [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1388
Question re: Plot function [SOLVED]
Here is a simple code for plotting an moving average: inputs: MA_Length (20), Sensitivity (1), Color_Up (green), Color_Down (red), Color_Neutral (yellow); variables: MA (0), MA_Rising (false), MA_Falling (false); MA = round(XAverage(Close, MA_Length), 1); MA_Rising = MA > MA[Sensitivity]; MA_Falling...
- 02 Apr 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: MC_Text_GetActive -->> MC_Text_SetInactive??? [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1255
Re: MC_Text_GetActive -->> MC_Text_SetInactive??? [SOLVED]
Thanks Svetlana. I'm aware of that, but when you have more than a few indicators applied to the chart, the Status line becomes very crowded and reduces usable screen real estate.
- 28 Mar 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Please update Wiki PowerLanguage Keywords for TL_SetStyle [SOLVED]
- Replies: 1
- Views: 885
Please update Wiki PowerLanguage Keywords for TL_SetStyle [SOLVED]
I was trying programmatically to set some trend lines to invisible and before thinking to check the Discussion Forum I went to the PowerLanguage Keywords Wiki. Trying TL_SetSize(TL_ID, 0) didn't work so next I tried TL_SetStyle(TL_ID, 6) and it worked. When I came to the Forum, I discovered it had a...
- 19 Mar 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: MC_Text_GetActive -->> MC_Text_SetInactive??? [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1255
Re: MC_Text_GetActive -->> MC_Text_SetInactive??? [SOLVED]
Thanks for the answer, Svetlana. It's a minor hassle in this application, but what it really speaks to is the need to enable buttons or other clickable objects on MC charts that allow the user to make rapid changes to indicator/signal parameters without requiring the user to perform a multi-step pro...
- 10 Mar 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: MC_Text_GetActive -->> MC_Text_SetInactive??? [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1255
MC_Text_GetActive -->> MC_Text_SetInactive??? [SOLVED]
Quick question: is there a way to programmatically set a specific text ID that has been previously clicked (and is therefore "active") back to inactive state? Quite a few years ago I built some stuff based on jbowles code enabling on-screen changes to code parameters by clicking various text objects...
- 18 Jan 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Multiple data streams rectangle drawing issue [SOLVED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1812
Re: Multiple data streams rectangle drawing issue [SOLVED]
Anna, I have raised an (MC-2549 - RectangleNew_BN plots improperly on a multi-datastream chart). I'm attaching the workspace and .pla here and have also sent the same directly to Henry.
- 15 Jan 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Global Variable as an input to an indicator [SOLVED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1058
Re: Global Variable as an input to an indicator [SOLVED]
Not what I wanted to hear, but thanks so much for the rapid reply, Anna.
- 15 Jan 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Global Variable as an input to an indicator [SOLVED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1058
Global Variable as an input to an indicator [SOLVED]
Quick question to see if it's possible to have an indicator that is already running take a global variable as an input and then recalculate all bars? For example: feed Exponential Moving Average indicator different Length parameters via global variable and have the EMA replot using the new length. R...
- 12 Jan 2019
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Multiple data streams rectangle drawing issue [SOLVED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1812
Multiple data streams rectangle drawing issue [SOLVED]
I finally got around to trying out the rectangle functionality new in release 12 and ran into my usual multiple data stream difficulty. Not having code-based rectangle drawing, some years ago I used three lines to define volume zones (vertical start line, a top line, and a bottom line). It looked li...
- 24 Dec 2018
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Multiple data streams question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1076
Multiple data streams question
I have a two data stream chart with a test indicator that I have applied twice--one is based on data1 (3 point) and one is based on data2 (8 point). The indicator explicitly defines each variable as data1 or data2 and performs two calculations: 1) a simple EMA calc and 2) a paintbar calc that marks ...
- 09 Nov 2018
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Floating-point invalid operation caused by rounding an environment function [SOLVED]
- Replies: 0
- Views: 997
Floating-point invalid operation caused by rounding an environment function [SOLVED]
I just isolated the line of code that caused an intermittent Floating-point invalid operation error to be this: Text_Plot_Top = round(GetAppInfo(aiHighestDispValue), 1); The error would stop the indicator but I'd be able to restart it and it would keep working. Couldn't replicate in playback, but go...
- 05 Nov 2018
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Moving Average Calculation not correct on multiple data stream chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3051
Re: Moving Average Calculation not correct on multiple data stream chart [SOLVED]
Glad to share: The :7:2 is simply a specified output format for numeric data. Thus, "MA[1]:7:2" will result in the prior bar's MA value being output 7 digits wide with 2 decimal places.
Thanks for the reference to TJ's post. I had not seen that.
Best,
-pdq
Thanks for the reference to TJ's post. I had not seen that.
Best,
-pdq
- 04 Nov 2018
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Moving Average Calculation not correct on multiple data stream chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3051
Re: Moving Average Calculation not correct on multiple data stream chart [SOLVED]
BTW, MAZINGUER: I forgot to mention yesterday that I was also using the Linear Regression Curve function in my code. The syntax that I used for that was the same as my original syntax for the MA: LRC = LinearRevValue(close data2, Length, 0); Strangely enough, this actually works with that function. ...
- 03 Nov 2018
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Moving Average Calculation not correct on multiple data stream chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3051
Re: Moving Average Calculation not correct on multiple data stream chart [SOLVED]
DANG! That did it! I tried several permutations of using "(3)" for data3, etc., without having tried that one. I'll need to do more extensive data analysis, but on first inspection of a random dozen 5-min bars it appears that your solution works. I've spent way too many hours messing around with wha...
- 03 Nov 2018
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Moving Average Calculation not correct on multiple data stream chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3051
Re: Moving Average Calculation not correct on multiple data stream chart [SOLVED]
{************************************************************************************ variable initialization section *************************************************************************************} inputs: MA_Length (20); variables: // intrabarpersist MA (0, data3); MA (0, data3); {*********...
- 03 Nov 2018
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Moving Average Calculation not correct on multiple data stream chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3051
Re: Moving Average Calculation not correct on multiple data stream chart [SOLVED]
Hi MAZINGUER,
That was one of the thoughts that I had--and tried--before posting. It makes no difference. Here's with intrabarpersist: And here's without: I appreciate your comment.
-pdq
That was one of the thoughts that I had--and tried--before posting. It makes no difference. Here's with intrabarpersist: And here's without: I appreciate your comment.
-pdq
- 02 Nov 2018
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Moving Average Calculation not correct on multiple data stream chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3051
Moving Average Calculation not correct on multiple data stream chart [SOLVED]
I have signal code that is running on a multiple data stream chart (3R, 8R, and 5-min bars). For reasons I cannot see, the signal is not calculating the correct values for an exponential moving average calculation on the 5-min (data3) bars. That is, it does not produce the same results that an expon...
- 23 Feb 2018
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plotting global variable data on charts with different bar types [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1705
Re: Plotting global variable data on charts with different bar types [SOLVED]
I decided that the ADE framework was overkill for an application that doesn't need to calculate and plot data on each bar. I didn't think going up the learning curve was value added for my needs. Instead, I'm using one sending indicator and a receiving indicator on several charts. The receiver simpl...
- 18 Feb 2018
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plotting global variable data on charts with different bar types [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1705
Re: Plotting global variable data on charts with different bar types [SOLVED]
Are there any updated links to the TypeZero Library? This one appears to be a dead end now: http://www.tradersxchange.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=4 After some reading I Googled TypeZero Sync and found this: DATA/20050302173356TypeZeroSyn c.zip but am not sure if this is equivalent to the "TypeZero Libr...
- 18 Feb 2018
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plotting global variable data on charts with different bar types [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1705
Re: Plotting global variable data on charts with different bar types [SOLVED]
No. This is the first I've heard of it. I will check it out.
Thanks!
Thanks!
- 17 Feb 2018
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plotting global variable data on charts with different bar types [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1705
Plotting global variable data on charts with different bar types [SOLVED]
I have an indicator that calculates long and short signals that I have used on my main 3 range (point) trading chart for a couple of years. Its calculations are based on several different swing strengths. Lately, I started applying this indicator to different chart types and it still throws signals,...
- 14 Feb 2018
- Forum: MultiCharts FAQ
- Topic: The MC10 Win10 4k Display Implementation Q&A
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17068
Re: The MC10 Win10 4k Display Implementation Q&A
Hi Charles,
I'm sorry to be tardy in responding. Yes, MultiCharts supports 4K. I'm still on version 10.0.14417 and it works fine.
PDQ
I'm sorry to be tardy in responding. Yes, MultiCharts supports 4K. I'm still on version 10.0.14417 and it works fine.
PDQ
- 31 Oct 2017
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Regular Trading Hours Session Template Issue [SOLVED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2384
Re: Regular Trading Hours Session Template Issue [SOLVED]
D'oh!! Thanks, Anna. All my charts but that one use the 24/7 session. I created a custom CME RTH setting and it's all good now.
- 19 Oct 2017
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Regular Trading Hours Session Template Issue [SOLVED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2384
Regular Trading Hours Session Template Issue [SOLVED]
Only one of my charts (a 30-min) uses a regular trading hour (RTH) session template. When I switched instruments from @TFS# (the ICE Russell emini contract) to the @RTY# (the CME Russell emini contract), I noticed that two bars now plot after the 16:00 session end for RTY--causing a custom indicator...
- 21 Sep 2017
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: MULTICHARTS 11.0 RELEASE
- Replies: 85
- Views: 161048
Re: MULTICHARTS 11.0 RELEASE--is slow to load
I upgraded to 11.0.14941.400 this afternoon. The first time I started MultiCharts it took probably 2-3 minutes to load all my workspaces. So, I shut it down and did four more starts. Average load time: 1 min 40 secs. I uninstalled and reinstalled 10.0.14417 and ran four start-up tests: Average load ...
- 16 Sep 2017
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Need other sets of eyes [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1619
- 16 Sep 2017
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Need other sets of eyes [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1619
Re: Need other sets of eyes [SOLVED]
Mr. Potato Head. It had been long enough since I used this code that I had forgotten that to do multiple entry orders in the same direction, Strategy Properties>Position Limits setting has to be set in the chart. It is not stored in the PowerLanguage File>Properties. When I set that the code worked ...
- 16 Sep 2017
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Need other sets of eyes [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1619
Re: Need other sets of eyes [SOLVED]
Thanks for your response. I should have mentioned that these issues are in Sim001 account in backtest mode--not live. Haven't tried live orders since it's no longer working in backtest mode like it did when last used. BTW: The candles that are larger than others are actually virtual renko candles. T...
- 14 Sep 2017
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Need other sets of eyes [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1619
Need other sets of eyes [SOLVED]
Going a little crazy here. I'm updating signal code that I used extensively in the past. It is a multiple entry system and it worked fine both in live trading and backtesting modes. In this test the number of entries is set to five. This evening when I applied it to a chart to start working on it, t...
- 29 Mar 2017
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Keeping text objects fixed on the right edge of the chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1811
Re: Keeping text objects fixed on the right edge of the chart [SOLVED]
Quick note about using DateTime3ELTTime_s(GetAppInfo(aiRightDispDateTime)) and Text_SetLocation_s:
You should also use Text_Anchor_To_Bars(ID, true) when defining the text. Otherwise, the text jumps around.
You should also use Text_Anchor_To_Bars(ID, true) when defining the text. Otherwise, the text jumps around.
- 26 Mar 2017
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Keeping text objects fixed on the right edge of the chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1811
Re: Keeping text objects fixed on the right edge of the chart [SOLVED]
Josh, The combination of assigning the Text_Plot_Time variable using DateTime3ELTTime_s(GetAppInfo(aiRightDispDateTime)) and Text_SetLocation_s did the trick. Background dragging and using the scroll bar to move in either direction keeps the price text pegged close to the right hand edge of the char...
- 20 Mar 2017
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Keeping text objects fixed on the right edge of the chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1811
Keeping text objects fixed on the right edge of the chart [SOLVED]
I've got a number of studies that plot horizontal trend lines that extend to the right edge of the chart (swing highs, swing lows, gaps, etc.). I like to label the price value of the trend lines flush right against the right edge of the chart. The code I've been using works okay as long as I don't s...
- 24 Feb 2017
- Forum: MultiCharts FAQ
- Topic: The MC10 Win10 4k Display Implementation Q&A
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17068
Re: The MC10 Win10 4k Display Implementation Q&A
So... is anyone using a 4K monitor and graphics card with Win 10 to report the 4K graphics compared to the old graphics regime of MC? I am not using Win 10--because I was strongly discouraged from doing so by a support tech at Falcon. I'm paraphrasing, but he said, "After the first 100 repetitions ...
- 25 Nov 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plotting actual trades on a chart after the fact [SOLVED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2167
Re: Plotting actual trades on a chart after the fact [SOLVED]
Finally got around to doing some more work on this idea this weekend. I'm at the point where I read the broker order transaction data, convert it into unique trade details, and plot the results on a chart. I'll be happy to share the code, but I'm trying to figure out the last piece of the puzzle fir...
- 22 Nov 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Weekly & daily data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1535
Re: Weekly & daily data [SOLVED]
Just got off the phone with IQFeed. They discovered yesterday that one of their servers did not properly capture EOD data for the last year, which impacted both daily and weekly data. They've fixed the problem so reloading data will now work.
- 20 Nov 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Weekly & daily data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1535
Weekly & daily data [SOLVED]
I was gone for last week and did not open any charts. Now, my weekly and daily charts will not display the data from last week unless I click the "Build from minutes" checkbox in the Format Instrument>Settings UI. If I click that setting, however, my weekly chart will only display back to 8/25/2007 ...
- 22 Oct 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Chart interplay between Renko and Points type bars [SOLVED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1917
Re: Chart interplay between Renko and Points type bars [SOLVED]
"I have a dream..."
Debugging strategies with Renko bars is currently like trying to thread a needle behind your back: with enough iterations you can eventually get there--but is it worth the effort?
Cheers!
Debugging strategies with Renko bars is currently like trying to thread a needle behind your back: with enough iterations you can eventually get there--but is it worth the effort?
Cheers!
- 21 Oct 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Chart interplay between Renko and Points type bars [SOLVED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1917
Re: Chart interplay between Renko and Points type bars [SOLVED]
You too, eh Smoky?
- 20 Oct 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Chart interplay between Renko and Points type bars [SOLVED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1917
Re: Chart interplay between Renko and Points type bars [SOLVED]
Never mind. After spending most of today experimenting, I've decided that mixing Renko bars and other bar types on one chart to do analysis is a fool's errand. No matter which data stream the Renko bars are assigned to, there are problems in playback, backtesting, chart plotting, execution--or some ...
- 19 Oct 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Chart interplay between Renko and Points type bars [SOLVED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1917
Chart interplay between Renko and Points type bars [SOLVED]
I've got a signal that trades off 3 Point bars, with multiple entries calculated based on retracements from synthetic "renko bars" that I calculate myself in the signal code. I coded these synthetic, on-the-fly renko bars a long time ago when MC's renko bars were pretty basic. The code handles all t...
- 07 Sep 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plotting actual trades on a chart after the fact [SOLVED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2167
Re: Plotting actual trades on a chart after the fact [SOLVED]
Thanks, Josh. Looks like I need to study ELCollections first. I've never used it. I've done a fair amount of work with trendlines so I'm not concerned with that part of it.
- 06 Sep 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plotting actual trades on a chart after the fact [SOLVED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2167
Plotting actual trades on a chart after the fact [SOLVED]
Like most traders, I keep a daily record of all trades whether taken through automation, MC's chart trader, or through the broker's client. At the end of the day, the basic trade data is automatically extracted from the broker into a .csv file. I then grade the trades and make comments and append it...
- 22 Jul 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Order and Position Tracker data accessible within MC?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1650
Re: Order and Position Tracker data accessible within MC?
Thanks Josh. Although 80% of my trades are executed via signals, the other 20% still need to be captured. You've got some other good ideas to ponder.
The quest continues...
The quest continues...
- 21 Jul 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Order and Position Tracker data accessible within MC?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1650
Order and Position Tracker data accessible within MC?
Is the data from Order and Position Tracker accessible within MC? For the purpose of automating my trading performance tracking log, I would like to access OPT's data and automatically produce the basic parts of my log. For five years I've been downloading my daily brokerage records into Excel and r...
- 18 Jun 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: MC_Text_GetActive de-select function
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1952
MC_Text_GetActive de-select function
Reference this thread: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7764 Is there a command that you can embed in code that will programatically de-select a selected text object? Several years ago, I used jbowles MC_Text_GetActive technique as the springboard for coding the activation ...
- 21 May 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts FAQ
- Topic: The MC10 Win10 4k Display Implementation Q&A
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17068
Re: The 4k Display Thread
Does for 4K help traders become more profitable or is it more of bragging rights? It is not like watching action movies. It is a chart with 4 data points OHLC. Don't get me wrong, how many different shades or pixels do you need for a 1M or 15M chart? Even with a decent GPU, a large 4K TV as a monit...
- 19 May 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts FAQ
- Topic: The MC10 Win10 4k Display Implementation Q&A
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17068
Re: The 4k Display Thread
Thanks all. I have been researching GPUs. Not sure how much horsepower is necessary for charts vs. the demands of gaming (about which I know next to nothing except that it is obviously graphic intensive). I guess I try loading MC 10 Beta and see how things look.
- 19 May 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts FAQ
- Topic: The MC10 Win10 4k Display Implementation Q&A
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17068
Re: The 4k Display Thread
Henry, I'm using 9.1 (Build 12587) with Windows 7 Professional. From long experience with MS, I haven't been willing to go to Windows 10 until it's well shaken out. Until now I saw no need to do so, but if MC's 4K graphics improvements are significant then maybe I'll build a Windows 10 test machine....
- 17 May 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts FAQ
- Topic: The MC10 Win10 4k Display Implementation Q&A
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17068
Any hardware gurus out there?
I know this is a bit off topic, but I'm kicking around using a large 4K TV as a monitor to replace my current multiple monitor arrangement and thought I'd see if anybody here has any inputs. On a recent vacation I plugged my laptop into a friend's good quality 4K TV and opened up a six chart workspa...
- 10 Apr 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Is there a way to limit use of code to a single machine ID? [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1947
Re: Is there a way to limit use of code to a single machine [SOLVED]
Thanks to all. Some combination of the above would make me feel better about sending code off into the ether.
Have a good week, all.
PDQ
Have a good week, all.
PDQ
- 08 Apr 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Is there a way to limit use of code to a single machine ID? [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1947
Is there a way to limit use of code to a single machine ID? [SOLVED]
I have shared code (.sef) with other traders in the past and have always included a simple "poison pill" that renders the code inoperative after a certain date. This is a admittedly a pretty clunky way to manage IP, but I couldn't find any info that indicated that there might be a more elegant solut...
- 07 Jan 2016
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Is there a link to v9.0 available?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1790
Is there a link to v9.0 available?
I gave a friend who is still using v9.0 an .sef file of an indicator I compiled in v9.1 and he was unable to import it. Does this sound possible that he lost some backward compatibility in a minor release? I have another machine that I could load v9.0 on if I can find a download link. Then I can com...
- 23 Aug 2015
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Volume profile is missing data in middle section of chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2418
Re: Volume profile is missing data in middle section of char [SOLVED]
Arnie: That was it. Talk about feeling foolish ;-D
- 20 Aug 2015
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Volume profile is missing data in middle section of chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2418
Re: Volume profile is missing data in middle section of char [SOLVED]
Using Quote Manager, I exported @TFS# tick data from IQFeed for 08/19/2015. All the data is present (two files attached).
See also attached pictures of Instrument and Volume Profile settings.
Note from the picture of the 15-min chart that the phenomenon is present on all days--not just 08/19/2015.
See also attached pictures of Instrument and Volume Profile settings.
Note from the picture of the 15-min chart that the phenomenon is present on all days--not just 08/19/2015.
- 19 Aug 2015
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Volume profile is missing data in middle section of chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2418
Volume profile is missing data in middle section of chart [SOLVED]
I have looked through the settings multiple times and can see no obvious reason why volume profile data appears at the top and bottom of the chart but with a large section missing in the middle. The session is set to 24x7.
Please see attached picture.
Please see attached picture.
- 29 May 2015
- Forum: MultiCharts .NET
- Topic: Is there a .PLA version of Time & Sales code? [SOLVED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3142
Re: Is there a .PLA version of Time & Sales code? [SOLVED]
That's a drag. Thanks for the link, Henry.
- 29 May 2015
- Forum: MultiCharts .NET
- Topic: Is there a .PLA version of Time & Sales code? [SOLVED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3142
Is there a .PLA version of Time & Sales code? [SOLVED]
The following thread contained an entry from Henry on Feb. 4, 2014 that contained a sample code download (Test_T_and_S_ab_traded.pln) to replicate the time & sales window data: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=45940&p=101877#p101877 Is there a .PLA version of this code ava...
- 04 May 2015
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Indicator default subcharts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1895
Re: Indicator default subcharts
Thanks, Henry. That's good to know, even though it is not exactly intuitive. I think users expect that the "Use as Default" selection pertains to all properties on the tab.
- 02 May 2015
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Indicator default subcharts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1895
Indicator default subcharts
What was the resolution to this topic? https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10508&hilit=indicator+subchart Why do some indicators get "stuck" with the wrong subchart selected for every chart to which they are applied? I have attempted to select the "Use as Default" checkbox, sa...
- 25 Mar 2015
- Forum: MultiCharts .NET
- Topic: How exactly is chart data built from merged data sources?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2347
Re: How exactly is chart data built from merged data sources
Excellent. Thank you, Henry.
- 17 Mar 2015
- Forum: MultiCharts .NET
- Topic: How exactly is chart data built from merged data sources?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2347
How exactly is chart data built from merged data sources?
I am cross-posting this from this thread: http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=45735 How exactly is chart data built and merged when two data sources are used? I did not find a detailed description of how real time and historical data sources are merged in the documentation. Do...
- 04 Mar 2015
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Text_GetActive anomalies [SOLVED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1341
Re: Text_GetActive anomalies [SOLVED]
Josh, Somehow I had missed seeing MC_Text_GetActive when looking at the Text Drawing page in Wiki. Using MC_Text_GetActive and making some modifications to code it all works. I had built my routine based on bowlesj3 InteractiveScriptBase code that uses Text_GetActive. http://www.multicharts.com/disc...
- 03 Mar 2015
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Text_GetActive anomalies [SOLVED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1341
Text_GetActive anomalies [SOLVED]
I am experiencing cases where the Text_GetActive function thinks that text has been selected when it has not . Here's what is happening: my code places text strings on the screen and when a text string is manually selected, a Text_GetActive loop gets entered and the signal takes various actions base...
- 05 Feb 2015
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Code to delete all trend lines at bar close
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1116
Re: Code to delete all trend lines at bar close
Henry,
Your code works as desired when "once" is removed from the statement:
once ID = tl_getfirst(3);
Otherwise, it only works one time
Thanks!
-PDQ
Your code works as desired when "once" is removed from the statement:
once ID = tl_getfirst(3);
Otherwise, it only works one time
Thanks!
-PDQ
- 04 Feb 2015
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Code to delete all trend lines at bar close
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1116
Code to delete all trend lines at bar close
As a small piece of a routine that draws a varying number of trend lines at the close of each bar, I want to delete all existing trend lines on the close of a bar. No matter what I try, I can only get one TL to delete. Here's what I thought would work: variables: ID (0); if LastBarOnChart and barsta...
- 28 Oct 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Unexpected behavior in plotting arrows on a Renko chart
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1062
Unexpected behavior in plotting arrows on a Renko chart
Version 9.0 Release (Build 10014) The test code below is supposed to initialize two arrows above price on the last bar of a Renko chart. Ultimately the objective is to be able to move either arrow and have the code pick up data from the bars that they point to and perform other calculations. Instead...
- 11 Jul 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Requesting Playback mode for Renko charts
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1208
Requesting Playback mode for Renko charts
Prior to adding an enhancement request, I wanted to check with the multitudes: Unless I am missing something, not only is it not possible to accurately backtest strategies for Renko charts (using bar magnifier), but it is also not possible to debug Renko chart strategies using "Tick by Tick" in Play...
- 12 May 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Issues with limit entry orders (v8.8 build 8593)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1171
Re: Issues with limit entry orders (v8.8 build 8593)
Thanks Andrew. I definitely experienced issues in SA mode as well. I will visit the chat room the next time I am free.
- 10 May 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Issues with limit entry orders (v8.8 build 8593)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1171
Issues with limit entry orders (v8.8 build 8593)
I have spent the past few days testing the use of limit entry orders for TF futures in my IB simulated account. I have gotten some very unexpected results. Brief notes on how my signal works: all my entries are currently on stops, but my setups do not include trading breakouts. My main code implemen...
- 27 Apr 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Problem with aiHighestDispValue [SOLVED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1896
Re: Problem with aiHighestDispValue [SOLVED]
thanks for that, too.
- 27 Apr 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Problem with aiHighestDispValue [SOLVED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1896
Re: Problem with aiHighestDispValue [SOLVED]
Thanks, TJ. That did it. Not sure why I got away with not using the LastBarOnChart conditional in the past, but I'll use it going forward.
PDQ
PDQ
- 26 Apr 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Problem with aiHighestDispValue [SOLVED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1896
Problem with aiHighestDispValue [SOLVED]
I wrote a simple indicator to test plotting a value in the upper left hand corner of the chart and opened a can of worms. It keeps driving a floating point error. Here's the code: {***********************************************************************************************************************...
- 08 Apr 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Weird interaction between signals using two data streams
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1683
Re: Weird interaction between signals using two data streams
When printing variable values to output, barstatus values changed in unexpected ways: sometimes barstatus(2) changed when barstatus(1) changed and occasionally neither changed at the proper time. I don't want to mess with my TL signal so I guess I'll continue to dink around with the trail stop. Good...
- 07 Apr 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Weird interaction between signals using two data streams
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1683
Weird interaction between signals using two data streams
Generic question: I've got a trend line trading signal that has worked bug-free for a few months now. I have a trailing stop signal that I use in conjunction with the TL signal and they play nicely together. No bugs or issues in at least two months. Today I added the TL signal to a 3-min chart and i...
- 31 Mar 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Volume of Contracts Traded
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1935
Re: Volume of Contracts Traded
MAtricks, When all is said and done, I decided that the simple upticks vs. downticks approach made the most sense to me. Rather than attributing the entire volume value to either up or down, displaying both of the components of volume on the same bar are more revealing. I do like presenting the up v...
- 28 Mar 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Volume of Contracts Traded
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1935
Re: Volume of Contracts Traded
Thanks much, MAtricks! I'll play with it over the weekend.
- 27 Mar 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Volume of Contracts Traded
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1935
Re: Volume of Contracts Traded
Thanks, TJ. I had tried that but couldn't make the scaling agree.
- 27 Mar 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Volume of Contracts Traded
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1935
Volume of Contracts Traded
I'm trying to develop a volume bar chart indicator that shows the total volume of contracts traded during a bar with the up volume stacked on top of the down volume (see the attached mock-up) so you can easily see the total number of contracts traded for the bar and can get a quick visual on the spl...
- 28 Jan 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Drawing Object Question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1178
Re: Drawing Object Question
Dang, Dru. Thanks. Shows what a few sleepless nights will do for your thinking process...(very similar issue last week). Feel like Homer Simpson.
- 27 Jan 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Drawing Object Question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1178
Drawing Object Question
I have a simple test routine that draws a TL and text object and moves them at the close of each bar. It works fine in playback mode, but the TL and text disappear one tick after being drawn in real-time mode. I want to avoid using TL_Delete and Text_Delete commands because of the havoc they play on...
- 22 Jan 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend line trading
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8675
Re: Trend line trading
On to the next TL trading issue: I am getting an array out of bounds error when there are trendlines on the chart other than the ones drawn by my signal. When there are no drawing objects on the chart other than those created by the signal the code works as expected. The function I use (see below) g...
- 21 Jan 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend line trading
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8675
Re: Trend line trading
I think you missed my update to Post 14: [RecoverDrawings = false] worked for my simple application.
Thanks for all the work on this!
PDQ
Thanks for all the work on this!
PDQ
- 20 Jan 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend line trading
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8675
Re: Trend line trading
Digging through the threads, I saw that TL_Persist, Text_Persist, etc. were released in MC 8.5 (see attached screen shot). The commands are not available in 8.7.
What's up?
Update: I added the [RecoverDrawings = false] parameter and that fixed it.
What's up?
Update: I added the [RecoverDrawings = false] parameter and that fixed it.
- 20 Jan 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend line trading
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8675
Re: Trend line trading
Pushing some pieces around and need another set of eyes here. The simple code below calculates initial values for a stop, target_1, and target_2 upon entry into a position. These values are used to initialize three corresponding horizontal trend lines and associated text. Once these trend lines have...
- 15 Jan 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend line trading
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8675
Re: Trend line trading
bowlesj3, I did a lot of that sort of programming (meaning 3 to 6 weeks of constant programming). I am at the point now where I do everything I can to avoid that and try to avoid any more than a few hours of trading time lost. Exactly. I'm not interested in a science project, but have concluded afte...
- 14 Jan 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend line trading
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8675
Re: Trend line trading
Thanks, TJ. I spent more time Googling after the close and found this as well: http://systemtradersuccess.com/a-semi-automated-trend-line-trading-strategy/ There is a downloadable .ELD that looks very well done. UPDATE: won't compile. Uses method, #region / #endregion, switch, case constructs. The c...
- 14 Jan 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend line trading
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8675
Re: Trend line trading
Hi Roman, I am looking for sample code for trend line trading--rather than starting from ground zero. I looked through the user contributed studies and didn't find anything that appeared to directly address trend line trading. There was a note from TJ back in Jan 2009 (https://www.multicharts.com/di...
- 12 Jan 2014
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend line trading
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8675
Trend line trading
I read through a number of threads and saw some posts by bowlesj3 and others that discuss the MC TL and text functionality that could be used to develop TL-based trading. I don't want to re-create Chart Trading, but there are some limitations to it that finally discouraged me from using it: 1) it on...
- 08 Nov 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: MultiCharts ATR vs. NT ATR [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2612
Re: MultiCharts ATR vs. NT ATR [SOLVED]
Results. Thanks again, SP.
- 08 Nov 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: MultiCharts ATR vs. NT ATR [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2612
Re: MultiCharts ATR vs. NT ATR [SOLVED]
Thanks Fury and SP. I don't read C# so I missed that the summation is different. Awesome catch, SP. I'll try that after session close today.
- 07 Nov 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: MultiCharts ATR vs. NT ATR [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2612
MultiCharts ATR vs. NT ATR [SOLVED]
I'm trying to emulate an ATR-based trailing stop in a NinjaTrade black box indicator (I can't see the code). The basic issue appears to be that NT's and MultiChart's ATR calculation produce quite different results. Any ideas why this might be? ATR should be a really straight-forward calculation and ...
- 16 Oct 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plotting gaps / multiple passes through bar data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3182
Re: Plotting gaps / multiple passes through bar data [SOLVED]
I must have read your brainwaves because I finally stumbled across it and was just typing this to wave you off.
Thanks for your help on this.
Thanks for your help on this.
- 16 Oct 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plotting gaps / multiple passes through bar data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3182
Re: Plotting gaps / multiple passes through bar data [SOLVED]
Half way there. I get the time portion of the last bar as follows: Text_Plot_Time = DateTime2ELTime(GetAppInfo(aiRightDispDateTime)); ...and I know that aiRightDispDateTime also contains the date portion from the Wiki example: FormatDate("MM/dd/yyyy", GetAppInfo(aiRightDispDateTime)) which = 10/20/2...
- 16 Oct 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plotting gaps / multiple passes through bar data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3182
Re: Plotting gaps / multiple passes through bar data [SOLVED]
I got some time to work this again last night and am mostly finished. It all works except for the gap text label horizontal positioning. I'd like to have the gap label text flushed all the way to the right like you can with the horizontal line drawing tool (see attached image). There must be a way t...
- 13 Oct 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plotting gaps / multiple passes through bar data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3182
Re: Plotting gaps / multiple passes through bar data [SOLVED]
Good to know that the trend line and text ID's remain static. That will make things easier. At this point I'm thinking to apply the indicator to a chart that goes back one or two years only -- so the arrays would be fairly small (TF has only 14 unfilled gaps since 1/1/2013). Ultimately I could see w...
- 13 Oct 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plotting gaps / multiple passes through bar data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3182
Re: Plotting gaps / multiple passes through bar data [SOLVED]
I'm thinking that this kind of approach would work: 1. if EOD a. draw a trend line from the bar close extended to the right b. label it with price and date text. c. write the value of the trend line ID and closing price to an array. d. write the value of the price and date text ID's and--associated ...
- 11 Oct 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plotting gaps / multiple passes through bar data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3182
Re: Plotting gaps / multiple passes through bar data [SOLVED]
Here is what I am looking to do (attached). When a gap is filled the plot would be dropped.
- 10 Oct 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plotting gaps / multiple passes through bar data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3182
Plotting gaps / multiple passes through bar data [SOLVED]
I'm trying to devise an indicator that will plot a line for each open gap from the date of the gap's close to the right hand margin of the chart--where the gap date and price will plot. When the gap gets filled the line should no longer plot. It seems that processing multiple passes through chart ba...
- 14 Sep 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Questions on Global Variables
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3915
Re: Questions on Global Variables
Thanks, TJ and JB both for the latency info! For real-time execution I run only one very simple indicator and the master signal on one chart, with only the slave signal on the other chart. I'm sure C#, C++, or VB code could be much faster, but from what I've seen I can live with the execution throug...
- 14 Sep 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Questions on Global Variables
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3915
Re: Questions on Global Variables
Follow-up to this thread: Having failed to find any good documentation or even much in the way of code samples that could illuminate some global variable (GV) best practices, I have spent the past several weeks coding, testing, and executing strategies that perform pair trades in a live account. I h...
- 28 Aug 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Questions on Global Variables
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3915
Re: Questions on Global Variables
Tried your search suggestions along with several other Google searches. Also, looked through the indices of all the books that came up in the Amazon "Easy Language TS" search... no luck.
This functionality appears to be a well-kept secret.
This functionality appears to be a well-kept secret.
- 27 Aug 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Questions on Global Variables
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3915
Re: Questions on Global Variables
Good catch. I was assuming that the memory storage location had to be > 0 and read too quickly. Thanks.
BTW: If you--or anyone else--know of any sources that discuss global variable use beyond the bare bones 2.2 Word doc please advise. There really seems to be little out there.
BTW: If you--or anyone else--know of any sources that discuss global variable use beyond the bare bones 2.2 Word doc please advise. There really seems to be little out there.
- 26 Aug 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Questions on Global Variables
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3915
Questions on Global Variables
I'm attempting to use global variables to pass exit order conditions from one chart to another. Chart #1 calculates the spread (close Data1 - close Data2) between two instruments and launches an order for the Data1 instrument when the criteria are met. Chart #2 is basically a slave chart that contai...
- 22 Aug 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: MC 8.7 question about T&S data
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7539
Re: MC 8.7 question about T&S data
Thanks, TJ. I'm aware of that function from a prior thread where you pointed me in that direction. What I'm having trouble wrapping my head around is whether using the RecalcLastBarAfter timer to poll the data1_bid / data2_ask data stream every second is responsive enough. The spread criterion to ex...
- 22 Aug 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: MC 8.7 question about T&S data
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7539
Re: MC 8.7 question about T&S data
Piranha, Hey, thank you very much. It had not occurred to me to chart both data1 and data2 as three separate streams (bid, ask, trade). Lots to think about and test there. The open question is whether or not an MC strategy can execute unless a new tick event occurs? With your approach the bid+ask+tr...
- 21 Aug 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: MC 8.7 question about T&S data
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7539
Re: MC 8.7 question about T&S data
I'm trading the spread between two instruments, shorting one and going long the other simultaneously (or vice versa), when the spread between the two hits a certain value. My strategy currently uses a spread calculation that is based on the last trade price of each. Normal entry and exit slippage is...
- 02 Aug 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Creating an instrument from calculated data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6954
Re: Creating an instrument from calculated data [SOLVED]
I just wrote a quick indicator to plot the price difference between two different instruments. It works fine when the plot is built from tick data on the fly, but all bars plotted before the live tick stream started plot as one big blob (from zero to the high). I understand why that happens given my...
- 31 Jul 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Creating an instrument from calculated data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6954
Re: Creating an instrument from calculated data [SOLVED]
You're probably right. I haven't done any research yet...
- 31 Jul 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Creating an instrument from calculated data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6954
Re: Creating an instrument from calculated data [SOLVED]
I know I could construct a custom instrument from the data, but that comes with the burden of having to update the data regularly and being without real-time data between updates. Not sure what I'm going to do at this point. I can use indicators that only require one price data point per bar but hav...
- 30 Jul 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Creating an instrument from calculated data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6954
Re: Creating an instrument from calculated data [SOLVED]
Great idea...that didn't occur to me. Although it still wouldn't allow applying indicators directly to the chart.
- 26 Jul 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Creating an instrument from calculated data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6954
Re: Creating an instrument from calculated data [SOLVED]
TJ, I know I can plot four points for each hour, day, etc., but I was hoping not to have to re-create candlestick or bar charting functionality, i.e., drawing small horizontal opening and closing tick trend lines, and vertical bars or bodies of the proper length and color, in order to view the data ...
- 26 Jul 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Creating an instrument from calculated data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6954
Re: Creating an instrument from calculated data [SOLVED]
Agreed, but if I want to chart those four points as a candle on a chart?
- 26 Jul 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Creating an instrument from calculated data [SOLVED]
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6954
Creating an instrument from calculated data [SOLVED]
I've got a strategy that trades the price delta between two instruments. Right now the delta is an indicator that plots as a line but I want to apply some studies to it that require OLHC data points to calculate. Is there any way to create to this on the fly or do I have to construct a custom instru...
- 24 Jul 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Capturing the last entry price using IOG on a daily chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1911
Re: Capturing the last entry price using IOG on a daily char [SOLVED]
Thanks, TJ.
PosTradeEntryPrice was just what the doctor ordered--one new line of code solved it.
PosTradeEntryPrice was just what the doctor ordered--one new line of code solved it.
- 23 Jul 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Capturing the last entry price using IOG on a daily chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1911
Capturing the last entry price using IOG on a daily chart [SOLVED]
I have a proprietary swing indicator that I am applying to a daily chart that will cause entries at multiple levels within the same day or across several days (see attached pic). I am attempting to add a test to ensure that each long entry is lower than the prior entry (and higher for shorts). This ...
- 03 Jul 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Two signals on one chart--unexpected results [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3426
Re: Two signals on one chart--unexpected results [SOLVED]
I knew that! Just had a glass of wine too many last night!
- 03 Jul 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Two signals on one chart--unexpected results [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3426
Re: Two signals on one chart--unexpected results [SOLVED]
Thanks, Henry, but I decided to combine the two signals rather than try to understand the interplay between the two signals running independently. It now works as expected.
- 02 Jul 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Two signals on one chart--unexpected results [SOLVED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3426
Two signals on one chart--unexpected results [SOLVED]
I'm using both a long- and short strategy on the same chart. This morning, the short strategy was short three contracts when the criteria were met for a long entry of two contracts. The expected result was that 1) the three contract short position would be covered and 2) a two contract long position...
- 16 May 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Session template not applied to instrument [SOLVED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3144
Re: Session template not applied to instrument [SOLVED]
Thanks Henry. After I thought about it a while longer--but after I'd logged the post--I realized that the daily bars probably contained just four data points. No tweaking of the session would make any difference. Thanks for the detailed answer about the nature and implications of changing data granu...
- 14 May 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Session template not applied to instrument [SOLVED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3144
Session template not applied to instrument [SOLVED]
I have a strategy that I've applied to a daily chart that executes EOD. Unfortunately, in the case of this chart EOD = 23:59 and I'm an early to bed / early to rise kind of guy. I have tried several things to get the bars to close at 18:00 so I can backtest results with a more realistic execution ti...
- 24 Apr 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: .sef file import problem [SOLVED]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2914
Re: .sef file import problem [SOLVED]
The MC 8.0 machine on which the code was compiled was Build 5603...not 5622. I was able to rename and import it successfully. I did a clean re-install of 8.0 (5622) and recompiled / exported and everything worked...but that may not have been the problem. It turns out that my friend had tried to do a...
- 23 Apr 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: .sef file import problem [SOLVED]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2914
Re: .sef file import problem [SOLVED]
Thanks: I should have mentioned that his version is also 64-bit.
- 23 Apr 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: .sef file import problem [SOLVED]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2914
Re: .sef file import problem [SOLVED]
It's 64-bit, Henry.
- 21 Apr 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: .sef file import problem [SOLVED]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2914
.sef file import problem [SOLVED]
I have a simple indicator that was created and compiled on MC 8.5 (6744) that I'm trying to share with somebody who is still on MC 8.0 (5622). Here is how I attempted to share the code: 1. I copied the compiled code from the MC 8.5 PL editor and pasted it into a Word document. 2. I copied the code f...
- 13 Apr 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3686
Re: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
It appears that running in replay mode causes GetAppinfo(aiRealTimeCalc) to return a value of 1.00 even though there is no connection to a live data stream. Is this as designed? Seems odd, if so. Also reduces the utility of replay mode because the following code causes the position to exit as soon a...
- 12 Apr 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3686
Re: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
Thanks Henry and TJ.
I was flailing around with RecalcLastBarAfter but your code snip is clean and simple. I've tested it number of times and it works yet it does seem to lag by 5-8 secs so I'll have to build in a buffer.
Thanks again, guys!
I was flailing around with RecalcLastBarAfter but your code snip is clean and simple. I've tested it number of times and it works yet it does seem to lag by 5-8 secs so I'll have to build in a buffer.
Thanks again, guys!
- 11 Apr 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3686
Re: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
Sorry to be a drone on this one subject, but I now realize that there is another facet to the EOD exit issues I was experiencing on tick charts. Call me slow, but I finally realized that when using statements like: if currenttime_s >= 160000 then sell currentshares this bar; or, if time_s >= 160000 ...
- 10 Apr 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3686
Re: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
Dropping the "once" that I added yesterday while fiddling around did, indeed, fix the problem. What I don't understand, however, is why it didn't work: all the execution code for the real strategy is embedded within a begin/end loop that only operates on the current day forward . That loop's conditi...
- 10 Apr 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3686
Re: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
I just added that yesterday while throwing ideas at the wall. It is redundant I guess.
- 10 Apr 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3686
Re: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
All my trendlines work perfectly now, but my open position still failed to close EOD after switching to time_s and currenttime_s. To debug, I reduced the code down to just a simple market order entry and the EOD exit code I'm using: [IntrabarOrderGeneration = true]; [LegacyColorValue = true]; //****...
- 09 Apr 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3686
Re: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
Ahhhhhh.
Makes sense. Thank you, swami.
Makes sense. Thank you, swami.
- 09 Apr 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3686
Re: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
Thanks, TJ, I'll check it out. I'll post back if I figure out the EOD exit problem.
- 09 Apr 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3686
Trendlines and text misbehave on tick charts
I've got a strategy that also plots fib levels, entry, stop, target, etc. trendlines on the chart so I can see what it's thinking. It was originally developed for use on minute charts, but I recently discovered that its results are better when I use it on a tick chart. As designed, on the minute cha...
- 07 Mar 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Are 8.5 .sef files backward compatible?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1023
Are 8.5 .sef files backward compatible?
I just shared an .sef created in 8.5 with a colleague and he reported that he was unable to import it. He is using 8.0 (5622). Is this correct or might there be an operator error? I'd do a chat with MC, but it's after hours and I thought the assembled multitude might have a quick answer. Thanks in a...
- 03 Mar 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plot Paint Bar Issue [SOLVED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1992
Re: Plot Paint Bar Issue [SOLVED]
Thanks TJ! (I tried to use the "thumbs up" on your reply but got a fatal error, so I'm thanking you the old-fashioned way). Here's where my code ended up after viewing your suggested link. Clean and works. //******************************************************************************** // inputs a...
- 03 Mar 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Plot Paint Bar Issue [SOLVED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1992
Plot Paint Bar Issue [SOLVED]
I am trying to create a simple paint bar study for a moving average filter. When the three EMAs (13, 34, 255) are stacked in the proper order for a long entry (shorter EMAs above longer EMAs), I want the bar to be painted BLUE. For some reason not obvious to me all the bars get painted blue whether ...
- 02 Feb 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: sell shares at current bar vs next bar
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3270
Re: sell shares at current bar vs next bar
What causes this radio button ("Allow unlimited entries and exits per bar") to reset to the default ("Limit this signal to one entry and one exit per bar")? I have been testing some IOG strategies the last few days that require unlimited exits. Every now and then I will find that this setting has re...
- 30 Jan 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Using an indicator change strategy profit targets
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2584
Re: Using an indicator change strategy profit targets
Thanks NW, but I don't want to expose my exit orders to the market. I want them held locally until the price is hit and then released--knowing that there may be a slippage penalty to be paid for the stealth. It would be great if MC would implement that option (stealth orders) in Chart Trading. BTW: ...
- 29 Jan 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Using an indicator change strategy profit targets
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2584
Re: Using an indicator change strategy profit targets
Thanks for the links, TJ. I'll check them out.
- 29 Jan 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Using an indicator change strategy profit targets
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2584
Re: Using an indicator change strategy profit targets
Andrew,
I don't need to change a strategy input: I need to update the value of a strategy variable that when present overrides the strategy target input. Sounds like it might be able to do that.
PDQ
I don't need to change a strategy input: I need to update the value of a strategy variable that when present overrides the strategy target input. Sounds like it might be able to do that.
PDQ
- 28 Jan 2013
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Using an indicator change strategy profit targets
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2584
Using an indicator change strategy profit targets
Has anybody experimented with using an indicator to feed override changes to profit target(s) to a strategy that is running live? Rather than turning off the automation, making changes to the strategy inputs, and then turning the automation back on, I have been thinking about using an indicator to d...
- 22 Dec 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Sample code for moving trendlines
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2480
Re: Sample code for moving trendlines
Just checking in during a break from some brandy eggnog and Christmas present wrapping, and saw your post. I'll dig into your links tomorrow, but for now just wanted to say that I appreciate your input. Thanks again!
- 21 Dec 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Sample code for moving trendlines
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2480
Re: Sample code for moving trendlines
I spent a couple of hours poring over the Easy Language reference guide and determined that there was reason to believe management of TL's after creation might have some tricks to it (checking for the existence of a TL before trying to reference it in subsequent code, error trapping, etc.) that migh...
- 21 Dec 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Sample code for moving trendlines
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2480
Re: Sample code for moving trendlines
As the moderator of a software user forum—a forum that has as its sole purpose the sharing of good ideas, expertise, tips, tricks, and best practices—your response to an honest request for help is “read the f*cking manual”? Really? How about this: some people derive satisfaction from spending hours ...
- 21 Dec 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Sample code for moving trendlines
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2480
Re: Sample code for moving trendlines
And a happy holidays to you, too.
- 21 Dec 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Sample code for moving trendlines
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2480
Sample code for moving trendlines
I would appreciate it if any of the assembled multitude here on the forum could offer up a code sample that demonstrates how to move (i.e., delete existing and re-draw new) trendlines. My goal is to auto-create Fibonacci retracements that adjust themselves as the endpoint price moves. I know how to ...
- 17 Sep 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Setting the color of all text labels on a chart to one color [SOLVED]
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2409
Re: Setting the color of all text labels on a chart to one c [SOLVED]
Never mind...D'oh!
I finally de-fogged and saw what you meant: use High_text and Low_text as the IDs
Thanks, TJ!
I finally de-fogged and saw what you meant: use High_text and Low_text as the IDs
Thanks, TJ!
- 17 Sep 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Setting the color of all text labels on a chart to one color [SOLVED]
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2409
Re: Setting the color of all text labels on a chart to one c [SOLVED]
I borrowed this code. I have done very little coding for drawing and text objects and all based on the same borrowed code. When I do a Format Objects>Drawings I see text objects numbered up to 68. I thought the "Number" property of that grid referred to the ID of the text object. Apparently not so? ...
- 17 Sep 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Setting the color of all text labels on a chart to one color [SOLVED]
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2409
Re: Setting the color of all text labels on a chart to one c [SOLVED]
It was arbitrary: the Text_SetColor function requires two input parameters, ID and color. I didn't find any other function or sample code showing how to set the color for all text objects. Seems like it ought to be easy.
- 17 Sep 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Setting the color of all text labels on a chart to one color [SOLVED]
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2409
Re: Setting the color of all text labels on a chart to one c [SOLVED]
I guess I wasn't clear: there are two text label objects IDs per day (High_text and Low_text). If the chart has ten days of data, there will be twenty text objects. If the chart has 30 days of data there will be sixty text objects. The objective is to set all the text objects to color=blue when the ...
- 17 Sep 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Setting the color of all text labels on a chart to one color [SOLVED]
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2409
Setting the color of all text labels on a chart to one color [SOLVED]
The Text_SetColor function requires a text ID to set the color of an object, but my code draws two lines every day with price labels for each line. I'm looking for the easiest way to make all these labels blue instead of the default cyan. This code below changes only the first day's labels after whi...
- 13 Sep 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Stop Trading After Daily Gain = {input value}
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1348
Re: Stop Trading After Daily Gain = {input value}
Thanks very much for the response. I would have thought that there would be a more direct method of accessing brokerage account data directly from within the strategy without the added overhead--and opportunity for breakage/errors--of creating an intermediary indicator to get the data and then pass ...
- 12 Sep 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Stop Trading After Daily Gain = {input value}
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1348
Stop Trading After Daily Gain = {input value}
I've done some searching but am not clear which functions can be used in a strategy in real time and which cannot. Objective: I want a strategy to stop trading for the day when total equity (closed P&L + open position P&L) > {input value} Evidently MC does yet not support "GetTodaysRTTradeEquity" fu...
- 30 May 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend lines not appearing on chart
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3016
Re: Trend lines not appearing on chart
Thanks TJ. Just got off a chat with Customer Service. The problem was that unless the instrument is selected on the scale, the indicator reverts to "User Defined" and breaks the scale relationship. Tricky little bugger. I appreciate your help.
- 30 May 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend lines not appearing on chart
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3016
Re: Trend lines not appearing on chart
SP, TJ, Thanks. Tried that, but still no go. All objects are assigned to SubChart #1. The problem is that for some reason the trendlines and indicator are plotted using two different scales--so they don't line up--making the trendlines worthless. I can't figure out what combination of settings will ...
- 29 May 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend lines not appearing on chart
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3016
Re: Trend lines not appearing on chart
They were all on SubChart #1 at first and I have returned them back to SubChart #1. Here is a picture. The yellow indicator's scale is on the right and the instruments' scale is on the left, with the trendlines way down at the bottom. If they are all on SubChart #1 why doesn't the indicator show dow...
- 29 May 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend lines not appearing on chart
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3016
Re: Trend lines not appearing on chart
Well, fer Chrissakes TJ, I found the "missing" trendlines: they are plotting....just not where I could see them. The default scaling was set to "Screen" and the TF plot would fill the screen. When I set the scaling to "User Defined" and changed the minimum to a value lower than the expected trendlin...
- 29 May 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend lines not appearing on chart
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3016
Re: Trend lines not appearing on chart
No luck...
- 29 May 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend lines not appearing on chart
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3016
Re: Trend lines not appearing on chart
instruments: TF (data1) and EMD (data2)
chart resolution: 1 minute
chart resolution: 1 minute
- 29 May 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend lines not appearing on chart
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3016
Re: Trend lines not appearing on chart
Here's the code to plot the trendlines. Haven't even begun working on the guts of the strategy...was just trying to get the basics in place first: //***************************************************************************** // inputs and variable initialization section //*************************...
- 29 May 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Trend lines not appearing on chart
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3016
Trend lines not appearing on chart
I'm using two data streams to calculate an indicator and then plotting the indicator on the chart. Even though I'm displaying data1, data2, and the indicator all on SubChart #1, a simple horizontal trendline that I'm also calculating does not plot. When I go to Format Objects>Drawings the trendline ...
- 23 May 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Adding a linear regression (best fit) line to an indicator [SOLVED]
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1180
Adding a linear regression (best fit) line to an indicator [SOLVED]
Does MC (or anybody else?) have any code samples for feeding indicator data into the LinearReg function? I've got a custom indicator to which I'd like to apply a best fit line and have been chasing my tail. Any help or references would be hugely appreciated.
- 22 May 2012
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Multicharts 6.01 official release feedback
- Replies: 79
- Views: 22558
Re: Multicharts 6.01 official release feedback
What if the primary data is a live feed and the second data set is NOT live (overnight data from a 3rd party) ..?? Dear evanscje, The script will not be calculated correctly in real-time if the second data series has no real-time data. You can use one data stream and use the values from the second ...
- 08 Feb 2011
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Misunderstanding Intrabar Order Generation code?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1031
Re: Misunderstanding Intrabar Order Generation code?
TJ,
It finally occurred to me to use intrabarpersist on BBFlag. Worked. Thanks for your help just the same...
PD
It finally occurred to me to use intrabarpersist on BBFlag. Worked. Thanks for your help just the same...
PD
- 08 Feb 2011
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Misunderstanding Intrabar Order Generation code?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1031
Re: Misunderstanding Intrabar Order Generation code?
I want the default behavior to use BB tag entries at the start of every day. I just now changed it so it is initialized it to 'false' (since I'm setting it to 'true' the first bar of every day). Same results. I tried commenting out the statement that sets the flag to 'true.' That didn't work either....
- 07 Feb 2011
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Misunderstanding Intrabar Order Generation code?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1031
Misunderstanding Intrabar Order Generation code?
I've written an IOG strategy that enters positions based on Bollinger Band tags (short at the upper band / long at the lower band) that works fine. Today I attempted to add a stop & reverse feature for when price begins to walk the bands--going against the open position. The attached, distilled code...
- 17 Jan 2011
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Relative bars using Intrabar Order Generation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 852
Re: Relative bars using Intrabar Order Generation
Thanks TJ. Got it. I appreciate the help and the syntax correction.
- 17 Jan 2011
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Relative bars using Intrabar Order Generation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 852
Relative bars using Intrabar Order Generation
I’ve written a system that oscillates long and short between support and resistance values that are recalculated dynamically. I am getting the intrabar entries and exits I expected, but being the first time I’ve used Intrabar Order Generation, I am not clear on how to track events happening on speci...
- 12 Jul 2010
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: TS 9 will be very tough for MC to be compatible
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4784
TS's main problem isn't their platform
TS's main problem is that they want to make money off of their ridiculously weak brokerage arm. By failing to support easy integration to IB and other real brokers, TS has chosen to improve their platform while leaving their users unable to successfully execute their strategies. What is the value of...
- 30 Apr 2010
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Multicharts 6.0 Beta 3 feedback
- Replies: 185
- Views: 82193
Had MC 6.0 b3 running with data from TS in testing today. When I went to shut down I got a message that MC was updating historical data. This message hung and was still displaying several hours later when I returned. I had to kill the process with Task Manager (see attached screenshot) Windows XP Pr...
- 29 Apr 2010
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Multiple instances of Multicharts?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5679
TS, Multicharts and IB TWS configurations
I’m trying to determine the configuration possibilities that exist between TS, Multicharts and IB TWS. Currently I have one TS login, a single lifetime Multicharts license, and a Friends and Family account with IB with four subaccounts beneath it. I’m doing all my autotrading on a single desktop mac...
- 29 Apr 2010
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Multiple instances of Multicharts?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5679
Discussion Forum entry form is user hostile
I just wrote up a lengthy post and when I submitted it, I was informed that because it included the word "L i n k" (actually I used "TWSL i n k") my post was forbidden to combat spam. I even did a Preview and this feedback was NOT provided on Preview. Fine if you want to fight spam, but you complete...
- 27 Apr 2010
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: IB Gateway
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11888
Thanks Bruce- Wow those dual wan router prices are great, looks like $100 would do it. After further checking them out, most do not offer wireless with dual Lan, that's unfortunate. The one that did, had many complaints of disconnects. I guess my search will continue. I need reliability. I've been ...