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Nicolas23

For completeness purpose, enclosed please find documentation for the Java tool which downloads economic events from Forex Factory.

Nicolas

Nicolas23

ducktail, I am a bit puzzled, because the way the Java application (.jar) works should be independent of the region of the computer, since date and time formats are, either hard-coded, or forced as "English" in the code. Or perhaps the region of the computer changes the way Forex Factory displays th...

Nicolas23

Hi,

I am sorry but I do not succeed in reproducing the problem.

On my side, seems OK. Please see attached pic.

Nicolas

Nicolas23

Hi bomberone1, I am (was) in charge of the Java part for downloading, so I will only answer to "Is it possible load more historical data" question. When previous versions of the tool were designed, downloading data from ForexFactory was only possible back to 2009. Now, it seems OK back to 2007. So, ...

Nicolas23

JoshM informed me that v4 was not downloading events which happen at the same time as the previous event. It was due to another change in the structure of Forex Factory calendar. Enclosed please find a new version ( v5 ) of EconomicEventsDownloader.jar which corrects this issue. As for previous vers...

Nicolas23

Enclosed please find a new version (v4) of EconomicEventsDownloader.jar which addresses the new way Forex Factory formats its calendar (underlying HTML). As for previous versions, the enclosed ZIP also contains source code. This source code is useless for the execution of EconomicEventsDownloader.ja...

Nicolas23

I think that the problem is due to the fact that that "future events" tries to download this month (December 2012) and next month (January 2013) information whereas January 2013 calendar is not yet available on Forex Factory. Enclosed please find v3bis which shall only be used in December 2012 . It ...

Nicolas23

Same error on my side. I'll try to fix it.

Nicolas23

Enclosed please find a new version (v3) of EconomicEventsDownloader.jar which addresses the new way Forex Factory formats its calendar (underlying HTML). As for previous versions, the enclosed ZIP also contains source code. This source code is useless for the execution of EconomicEventsDownloader.ja...

Nicolas23

This problem on EconomicEventsDownloader is due to the fact that ForexFactory totally modified the underlying HTML format of its pages.

Nicolas

Nicolas23

Hi imoneyfish, Your screenshot shows that you use v1. You should switch to v2 proposed on message #39 above ( https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=9951&p=55117#p52241 ). EDIT. Sorry, the screenshot was not yours. I phrase it differently: are you sure that you use v2? (Answer is...

Nicolas23

I vote for it too!

Thanks,

Nicolas

Nicolas23

Hi, I am "Nicolas11 (from BMT)" who helped JoshM by coding EconomicEventsDownloader.jar Forex Factory has recently modified the HTML code behind its calendar of economic events . So v1 of EconomicEventsDownloader.jar is not able any more to retrieve the information from Forex Factory Web site. Enclo...

Nicolas23

Hi Henry,

DTN IQFeed.

Nicolas

Nicolas23

Hi Henry, Thanks for your answer. :) Actually, my question is a bit different. It relates to the way MultiCharts structures the data . Let's take a 1-tick chart, and consider - Close - Ask - Bid of the last tick. Close corresponds to the price of the most recent trade. Let's suppose that this trade ...

Nicolas23

Henry, I know that I am reacting to a message which is a bit old, but I would appreciate a confirmation... You suggest to compare Trade with Bid[1] and Ask[1] (generically). It means that, for the bid and ask received at the same time as a price are the bid & ask in their status following the trade,...

Nicolas23

Hi,

I am pushing up this old topic.

I have MC8 and DTN IQFeed as a data feed.
Is there now a built-in way to have real Cumulative Delta in MultiCharts?
Or shall we use one of the indicators proposed above? Which one is the most up-to-date?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Nicolas

Nicolas23

Yes, it is this one. I have repeated the same process as above: - close all MultiCharts applications - manually synchronize the computer and Internet Time - open MultiCharts again. Now, it works. When the countdown timer is at 0s, a new bar begins. Problem seems solved. Thanks for your help. :) Nico...

Nicolas23

Hi Henry, Thanks for your message. My computer is automatically synchronized with Internet Time. But, anyway, I have closed all MultiCharts applications. Then manually synchronized the computer and Internet Time. Then opened MultiCharts again. Unfortunately, the problem is still here : countdown rea...

Nicolas23

Hi, I am facing the following issues on many 1-min charts. When the countdown timer arrive at 0s, a new bar is supposed to begin. However, this does not happen. On the contrary, the current bar continues to evolve according to the change of price (and there is no countdown timer displayed any more)....

Nicolas23

Henry,

I have proceeded according to your instructions, and my problem is solved.

Thanks a lot!

Nicolas

Nicolas23

Hi evdl,

Thanks for your help.

I have checked in the symbol mapping table, but I just have one line with DAX.
But I will keep your advice in mind.

Thanks again

Nicolas

Nicolas23

Hi, I am facing the following problem while discretionary trading German DAX with MultiCharts Data feed: XGM12 from DTN IQFeed mapped with broker: FDAX_JUN_12 Interactive Brokers. Both XGM12 (DTN IQFeed) and FDAX_JUN_12 (IB) have the following settings: PriceScale : 1/10 Minimum Move: 5 It should co...

Nicolas23

This is good news. Thanks!

Nicolas23

Thanks for this follow-up!
Efficiency has a name: this name is Henry.

Nicolas23

Hi Henry, Thanks for your message, which is perfectly clear. In order to avoid any misunderstanding, I was not asking for any modification of this feature. I just wanted to understand, so that I could adapt. With my current trading style, as I target a 4-tick profit before deduction of the commissio...

Nicolas23

Thanks for your message, Neil! :) With respect to point 1 , do you know if a topic has already been open under PM ( https://www.multicharts.com/pm/ )? I have searched but have not found something close to your description ("moving by themselves"). In my case, point 2 seems plausible. I set the Profi...

Nicolas23

Hi, I am facing the following issue, and any answer or comment would be appreciated. :-) I am performing discretionary trading with a personal exit strategy based on a template of Master Strategy. Profit Target is set at 4 ticks. When the order is waiting to be triggered by an adequate movement of t...

Nicolas23

Thanks to your answer, my problem is solved. Thanks a lot!

Nicolas

Nicolas23

Hi, I am performing manual (discretionary) trading with MultiCharts, coupled with Interactive Brokers. I would like to follow what my trading, in order to perform some statistics. In this purpose, I am trying to write an indicator or a signal, which would run in parallel of my discretionary trading,...

Nicolas23

Following your request, I have created MC-773 issue under PM:
http://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissue ... _no=MC-773

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Nicolas23

The ones I know are the following, with examples of price taken a few minutes ago. Cotton @ ICU (NYBOT) eSignal : CT #F, 86.61 IB : CT H2, 0.8661 Cocoa @ ICU (NYBOT) eSignal : CC #F, 2206 IB: CCH2, 2206 (Actually, this one is OK, contrary to what I wrote in my previous e-mail. My mistake.) Coffee @ ...

Nicolas23

Hi, I do not succeed in applying a price multiplier when adding or mapping symbols between data feed and broker. Let's take the example of cotton (CT) @ ICU (NYBOT). Interactive Brokers data are 100 times smaller than eSignal ones. For instance, closing last Friday is @ 86.07 on eSignal (CT #F) on @...

Nicolas23

Hi,

For information (since problem solved)...

I had the same problem when using ET Z1-DT from eSignal data feed.

Apparently, it was due to the fact that the contract rolled over.
Problem was solved by using ET Z2011-DT (manual import) instead.

Nicolas

(EDIT: correction of typos)

Nicolas23

The way you propose work on my computer.
Thanks!

Nicolas

Nicolas23

Hi, On my computer, the search of any symbol in the "Commodity" does not show anything. The window keeps writing "Waiting..." QuoteManager log states: Connecting to symbollist data for X CMDTY 0 0 0 TWS error message: Id= 500013; code= 200; description= No security definition has been found for the ...

Nicolas23

Hi, I faced the same difficulty, and solved it the following way. (1) In your "account management", subscribe to "UK-Cleared Commodities" (free). (2) When IB's TWS is open, do the following under QuoteManager: Instrument / Add symbol / Manually Data Source : Interactive Brokers Symbol : XAUUSD Categ...

Nicolas23

Hi, I have two questions about the way the function LastHour is coded in MultiCharts. The built-in code is: LastHour = Time >= CalcTime( SessionEndTime( 1, 1 ), -60 ) and Time < SessionEndTime( 1, 1 ) ; Question #1 Shouldn't SessionEndTime(1,1) be replaced by SessionEndTime(1, CurrentSession(1)) in ...

Nicolas23

(13) [FAQ] Setting Up Email and SMS Alert Can't send email alert through my gmail account. What can I do? Hello, You need to run MultiCharts 9.0 beta 3 or higher as it supports the recently updated Gmail protocols. Then you need to configure the email alert settings. Here is how to do that . p.s. i...

Nicolas23

Hello,

As far as I understood, Gmail requires SSL encryption, which is not compatible with MultiCharts.
Please refer to this other topic:
http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/v ... f=1&t=7920

Nicolas

Nicolas23

It is exactly what I have done.

Thanks,

Nicolas

Nicolas23

Hello, Problem is solved for me, but in case it could help somebody else... I became impossible for me to choose a file to import ASCII data in QuoteManager. The windows was freezing with a partially-developed directory in a strange layout. See attached screenshot. The issue was solved by installing...

Nicolas23

OK. Clear.
This is not a big issue.
I just wanted to be sure I was not wasting time for nothing.
Thanks again.

Nicolas

Nicolas23

Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to optimize the process for creating continuous future contracts with eSignal. Let's take the example of ET, Euro Stoxx 50 (for which eSignal does not provide ET #F). In QuoteManager, I have created an "ET" root. Then, in QuoteManager, I have manually added...

Nicolas23

Thanks!

Nicolas23

Sorry for this late feedback. Following your suggestions, the problem has been solved in the following way: If MyRSI > 50 then PlotPaintBar(High, Low, Open, Close, "", Green); This code paints instrument chart (candlesticks in my case) in green when RSI > 50. The study shall be added within the inst...

Nicolas23

Hi, Is it possible, when some criteria are met, to change the display color of the instrument (typically: ES as candlesticks) instead of changing the color of the study? For instance, let's display an instrument (ES as candlestick) and, below, a RSI. I would like that, when RSI is overbought, the co...

Nicolas23

It worked, thanks!

(I also "cleared cache" in Quotes Manager before opening the chart in MultiCharts, but I do not know if this additional operation was necessary.)

Thanks again,

Nicolas

Nicolas23

Thanks for your answer.
Unfortunately, this indicator is flat at zero as well.

I would like to highlight that no volume information is available in the "Data Window" of MultiCharts, as if the volume has not travelled from Quotes Manager to MultiCharts.
Thanks again!

Nicolas

Nicolas23

Dear all, I am a beginner with MultiCharts, so please forgive me in case of stupid question. My problem: Volume information is not available in Chart Window or in studies whereas volume information was imported. More precisely... I am using ES historical 1-minute data which contains volume informati...

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