Hi

I followed all the steps that you have mentioned and eventually the data came through, but there was a really long lag, 1-2 hours, at first I thought the market might not yet be open, but i checked that it was definitely open.

Who is the best broker for FX trading? I have been using IB for some time, but they just seem to disconnect far too often leaving many orders unfilled and generally causing a lot of problems. I'm looking for the broker with the least amount of disconnects as well as very tight spreads, any suggestio...

So on friday i created a new workspace using Open E Cry as a new datafeed and everything was working just fine, however it wont load data from the start of the new FX session. Its just stuck on Friday. Any suggestions?

thanks, but what does it mean practically if it says false?

How is it possible that you are long/short in multicharts and long/short with your broker, say IB, but its says false?

Is it an error?

If you were currently long but had a sell order would this be "false"

What does it mean when it says "false" for position matching?

Where in the mc documentation is the order and position tracker discussed in detail?

yeah i figured it out eventually, i had to change the settings in quotemanager so that i was receiving data from my simulated account.

im trying to paper trade, how do i trade my paper account while still receiving quotes from my real ib account?

so ive created a simulated account with ib and would now like to paper trade my system.
how do i do this?

if i open tws in my simulated account and then try to get data from ib into mc, nothing happens.

i want to know all the steps that i need to take to paper trade, thank you.

thanks for the reply. i think you have a product with potential here, its just that if your whole edge is the fact that you make automated trading easier, then you need to have significant documentation to explain your software. most of the people buying mc are not computer programmers or IT people,...

when i change my backtesting settings from classic to extended, the results of the backtest do not change, why? also im getting drastically different results from portfolio backtester and backtesting within mc, the settings are exactly the same, portfolio backtester 'misses' trades, why is this? the...

i see. that is not exactly a great service from ib is it?

how do i increase the number of bars that i can backtest on, when i use portfolio backtester, it wont give me data before 4/26/2010, why?

so ive backtested my system and now want to start paper trading it to take care of any bugs in the code. where is the best source of information on how to deal with errors and that sort of thing? i mean what should i be reading so i can see how to make my system trade ready? there doesn't seem to be...

yeah thanks, i got some joy with NetProfit.

Newby error. How do I create a variable for my rolling equity balance then?

i keep getting this floating point invalid operation message when i try to backtest and im pretty sure its coming from my money management block of code which ive included below. i think its pretty clear what im trying to do there. could one of the programming whizzes out there please point out the ...

ive checked the code and there is no dividing by zero going on. as i said before it seems to happen intermittently. its incredibly frustrating.
also the system works when i just place it on a chart...

thanks for the info tj. the charting problems don't bother me that much. for the system i'm looking to trade, execution (ie minimal slippage) and transaction costs are absolutely critical so if there is another broker out there with spreads to match IB then i would use them, but that doesn't seem to...

yeah it was 1 minute data that i purchased. i managed to get the correct settings eventually through some trial and error.

i'm considering using IB as my broker but i've heard some worrying things about them. Number one being that they shut down intermittently during the night to perform "system maintenance" and any orders will not go through. Also that stop orders are often missed. Yesterday while on their website, the...

in portfolio backtester i keep getting this message "{exception} floating-point invalid operation" the strange part is that it only happens when i backtest multiple instruments. if i start off testing say gbpusd and then add eurusd or usdchf then the error pops up. can anyone help explain what this ...

i'm not using a broker yet. i purchased data separately.

what are the correct symbol settings for spot currencies, specifically eurusd and gbpusd?