MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

roesm

That worked. Thank you!

A message more informative than "Unknown Error" would be nice!

roesm

Annoyingly, windows (Win10) decided to do an update overnight, so it force-stopped Multicharts (15 Beta) in the process. Now, when I try to start Multicharts, it goes to the log-in screen and when I click LOG IN, is pops up a window that says only Unknown Error. I've tried running MC installation wi...

roesm

I uninstalled all versions of Visual C++ and then ran MultiCharts64OpenBeta.15.0.26024.700_x64.exe, which installs Visual C++ itself.

Back in business!
Mike

roesm

ok - the "Unblock" box was not there, so I tried the .NET framework selection. The update still does not install. I also un-installed my existing Multicharts installation. Still no luck and now I have no Multicharts at all. Argh. Are there particular parts of the .NET framework features I should ena...

roesm

Win10 system - Trying to update from 14.0.25793.400

I get to the "Installer" dialog (see attached), click Installer and the dialog box goes away and nothing happens.

I've tried both the latest version 14 and the Beta version 15.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Mike

roesm

For other users, please describe what an OPT tab is.

Through trial and error, I worked out that deleting the "strategy_orders" folder under ...\Storage does the trick.

Thanks for your help!

Mike

roesm

This is a follow-on from an earlier question. If I "connect" a chart to my broker (IB), then it will show my trades on the chart - even if I enter the trades using on IB's Trader Workstation (TWS). This is cool. However if, for example, I go long on TWS and then connect the chart, that entry is not ...

roesm

Seems to be working... Thanks for the tips.

roesm

No luck - I went through the tutorial and made sure all settings are right. I found that the "Download open orders on connection" box was un-checked, but alas, it made no difference. Re-loaded TWS and MC, re-tried deleting/resetting symbol mapping, disconnect/reconnect... nada. I can still place ord...

roesm

Symbol is ESU6 - the current e-mini front month.

roesm

I use MultiCharts with Interactive Brokers, but I typically place my orders using the IB price ladder. In the past, if I enabled chart trading on a MC chart, I was able to trade from the chart and I would also see historical trades, even if those trades were placed using the IB Trader Workstation pr...

roesm

This started when my code was behaving oddly and then I spent several hours constraining the problem, testing stuff and then writing up a detailed description of the issue. Then I get what looks like a canned response that doesn't address my questions. :-( My workaround now is to switch Realtime-His...

roesm

So the answer is no to both questions?

roesm

I have a chart set up that has 24-hour 1-minute bars in data1 and regular session daily bars in data2. The regular session bars are have the "Build from minutes" box checked, so the values match exactly. I have some code running which continuously reports market status. This code uses both data1 and...

roesm

I think you meant QuoteManager --> Holidays Setup, then un-tick "Show data on holidays". This works, but it completely blanks out all data (including 1-minute) instead of just skipping the daily bars on holidays (as it does when you do NOT build daily bars from 1-minute data). If that's the best we ...

roesm

When trading ES (as oh so many do), I'm having a problem with using series functions - such as average(c,10). I set up my chart with 5-minute bars and add daily bars in a data2 chart. I use the new "Build from minutes" feature - which is great btw! This is mostly OK, but its one flaw is that bars ar...

roesm

Fixed it. Perfect. Awesome. Thank you, and Happy New Year!

Mike

roesm

Ok - that's exactly what my system will not do. My data window will not dock. How can I fix it?

Mike

roesm

I've been living with this for a while, but it's annoying. At some point, my Data Window became undocked from the workspaces and no amount of moving it to the left or right, up or down will make it re-dock. I suspect a registry problem, but I don't know where to look. Any ideas? (MC V 8.8 build 8070...

roesm

Ah... my suspicions confirmed. It didn't even occur to me that the "bars referenced" number would apply to data2 as well as data1. Thank you for the prompt reply.

roesm

I get the sneaking suspicion that I'm doing something silly, but I have spent hours trying to solve this... I have a chart set up with 1-minute bars on data1 and a daily bars on data2, both starting at 7/1/2013. Initially, I just want set up a Study (not an Indicator) and try to print the data2 valu...

roesm

That works. Thank you!

eg...

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vars:

	OutputFile("C:\z1\T1.txt"),

	OutString("");



if LastBarOnChart and barstatus = 2 then begin

	FileDelete(OutputFile);

	OutString = NumToStr(o,2) + " " + NumToStr(h,2) + " " + NumToStr(l,2) + " " + NumToStr(c,2);

	FileAppend(OutputFile,OutString);

end;

roesm

I'm glad it is possible, but I don't know how to do it. For test, I tried this: vars: OutputFile("C:\z1\T1.txt"); if LastBarOnChart and barstatus = 2 then begin FileDelete(OutputFile); print(file(OutputFile),o,h,l,c); end; I thought that perhaps the FileDelete function needed time to complete, so I ...

roesm

I am writing status information to a file using the print(file(...)) function. However, I can only append to the file and with a lot of info, the file gets huge. I only need the latest data. Is there a way to overwrite the file data or delete it rather than append to it? (I can't use the File Delete...

roesm

Never mind... I found the DoubleQuote keyword!

roesm

Is there a means whereby I can output a specific ASCII character in an EL print statement? I need to print a quotation mark and the print function sees that as the start of a string.

Thanks,
Mike

roesm

I would like to read the contents (in real-time) of a small text file in EL to use the information as inputs to a study. Is there an easy way to do that?

e.g. the opposite of: print(file("C:{file}"), d1, d2, d3...

TIA

Mike

roesm

Thank you for resolving this issue. That's pretty disappointing.

Can you suggest a data vendor which provides multi-year 1-minute data (and custom session times for daily bars) at a reasonable price?

Thanks again!

roesm

Yes... I've also gone into Quote Manager and cleared the cache, deleted data and reloaded. The problem persists. Looking at the actual data in QM (using Edit Data) the prices are as reflected on the chart. Perhaps MC is not sending requested session times to IQFeed, so IQFeed is simply sending the d...

roesm

The "sessions" setting under "Format Instrument" does not affect the OHLC values received from IQFeed. I chatted with IQFeed on Friday and their system does support custom session times and IB works no problem, but I need the deep history provided by IQFeed. Please see attached pic and notice the di...

roesm

The "Regular Trading Hours" option was set. un-checking this and refreshing solved the problem. Thank you so much!
-Mike

roesm

Over the last few days, I see a well-defined H&S pattern on the hourly ES chart. This does not show up on the daily chart (yellow circles on attached image). I've tried various "Sessions", "Quote Field" and "Time Zone" settings on the Format Instrument window, but to no avail. Is there a setting tha...

roesm

Many thanks to both TJ & bowles3 for supporting me here. I modified the binary search routine to handle both data1 & data2 and it's now working great!

Thanks again!

roesm (Mike)

roesm

That what I figured... I was just hoping that I'd missed something obvious that would make it easy.

Thank you for your prompt attention!

Mike

roesm

Correct

roesm

In the attached screen-shot, I am analyzing the relationship between CL and ES over time. I have placed a red arrow at a point of overlap and I would like to retrieve the closing values of the two instruments at that point (in this case, CL=97.35 & ES=1240.15). But as I go back in history, the numbe...

roesm

When I place an arrow on the chart and I want to use the closing value of the bar (say, 1-minute) under that arrow in a study, I need to calculate the number of bars back from the end of the chart to that arrow. Is there an easy way to do that across days, with different types of futures contracts (...

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Re: Unknown Error on start-up [SOLVED]

Unknown Error on start-up [SOLVED]

Re: Installing update [SOLVED]

Re: Installing update [SOLVED]

Installing update [SOLVED]

Re: Trade log sync [SOLVED]

Trade log sync [SOLVED]

Re: Display of historical trades on chart [SOLVED]

Re: Display of historical trades on chart [SOLVED]

Re: Display of historical trades on chart [SOLVED]

Display of historical trades on chart [SOLVED]

Re: "Realtime-history matching" anomalies

Re: "Realtime-history matching" anomalies

"Realtime-history matching" anomalies

Re: Daily ES bars without holidays

Daily ES bars without holidays

Re: Window Docking [SOLVED]

Re: Window Docking [SOLVED]

Window Docking [SOLVED]

Re: Using data2 on a minute/day chart [SOLVED]

Using data2 on a minute/day chart [SOLVED]

Re: Writing MultiCharts Status Output to a File [SOLVED]

Re: Writing MultiCharts Status Output to a File [SOLVED]

Writing MultiCharts Status Output to a File [SOLVED]

Re: Print a quotation mark [SOLVED]

Print a quotation mark [SOLVED]

Reading data from a file (not importing) [SOLVED]

Re: IB / IQFeed daily chart session times discrepancy

Re: IB / IQFeed daily chart session times discrepancy

IB / IQFeed daily chart session times discrepancy

Re: Mismatch between daily and hourly charts.

Mismatch between daily and hourly charts.

Re: Bars back to time

Re: Bars back to time

Re: Bars back to time

Re: Bars back to time

Bars back to time