Hi smashthepound, ridiculous as it sounds, with those settings, trading 1 contract, MC now reports the profit at $100USD per pip! Here is a sample trade: Trade # Order # Type Signal Date Time Price Contracts Profit ($) Profit (%) Cum. Profit ($) 19 37 EntryLong LONG Only 3/09/2010 12:00:00 AM 1.2875...

Hi Dave, this doesn't help either. Using the settings that multicharts gets from IB results in every 1 pip being worth 1/10000th of a dollar. Changing it to big point of 10 makes each one worth 1/1000th of a dollar. So far I have had quite a few different suggestions from a number of helpful people,...

Hi smashthepound, I am not sure how to get this information out of IB TWS??? This page http://www.interactivebrokers.co.uk/contract_info/index.php?action=Details&site=GEN&conid=12087792 shows some contract details, but is actually quite confusing... ....is there anyone who actually trades EUR.USD wh...

Hi smashthepound,, you missed my point here. The value of a 1 pip movement in 1 EURUSD is $10USD according to the forex contract. That is, if I trade 1 contract of EURUSD and the price changes by 1 pip, that is a $10USD profit (ignoring transaction costs etc). It is not $1USD per pip. I am talking a...

Hi,
that certainly works, but it means the strategy is buying 100000 contracts... I assume this is a workaround for a bug in multicharts?
Assuming so, it seems like a pretty major thing to have wrong
Cheers,
Bruce

Hi, I have downloaded data from IB for EUR.USD via idealpro. When I run a strategy performance report for my strategy, every pip is priced as $1. I was expecting them to be $10. Have I misunderstood, or do I need to set this somewhere. I used IB and am using Exchange & ECN settings for idealpro when...

Hi,

I was just writing a reply that it still didn't work. I went through the process 1 last time, and now the data is plotting fine. I am not sure what I have done differently to previous attempts, but... its working!

Thanks for everyones comments and help.

Cheers,
Bruce

OK, does that mean that as new data is received, it isn't passed through to multicharts to display?
I wasn't expecting historical data, but I thought I would see data that was being sent.
Cheers,
Bruce

Hi I am running the IB demo user TWS, found here: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/pagemap/pagemap_demo.php and it works fine. I have enabled the API tab, and can see the symbol I want to test with EUR.USD being updated on the TWS. However, I can't seem to define it into QuoteManager. I have tri...

Hi Dave,
if I set up a workspace for each one, how could I do backtesting etc?
Cheers,
Bruce

really, nobody knows how to do this?
Doesn't anyone on this forum trade stocks ? - its a pretty standard thing to have different scripts for either different sectors or different indicies.
Bruce

Hi, apologies for what seems a simple question - still a noobee with MC! I am setting up existing metastock data in multicharts, which I get through a 3rd party (norgate). The 3rd party automatically seperates data into various folders, and I would like to replicate this process in MC, but can't see...