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kagein, this could be caused by a typo in your code. When you declare "mavg" the variable is initialized with "(0 data2);". This would not tie the variable to data2 as you are missing a comma between 0 and data2. "0 Data2" is just a value like Close Data2 for example. Regards, ABC On a chart with da...

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Same here.

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Sallymeow, take a look at the "Price Order Emulation" feature as it might do what you have in mind: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Auto_Trading#Price_Order_Emulation Regards, ABC It seems that I have a misunderstanding that stop orders are pending at Multicharts and will be s...

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turbofib, this is expected behavior for functions of the type series. Multicharts will call them with every code calculation, even if your code seemingly calls them conditionally only. You might have the function type set to auto detect and when you remove the following line the function becomes sim...

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Jimmyrakete,

https://www.TS.com/pricing/service-fees/
https://www.TS.com/pricing/ma ... a-pricing/

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Jimmyrakete,

TS data will work in Multicharts, it is just not supported as a broker.

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champski,

the problem is likely not coming from the code snippet you posted and there might be other parts causing the issue.

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champski,

by "yourself" I meant write code to do that. You can for example reset a tracking variable when you are flat or directly after the entry and every time a high is higher than the value stored in the variable you update this variable's value to that high.

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champski, you introduced a variable length with BarsSinceEntry. This can become quite large depending on how many bars ago this happened and in turn this will affect the required max bars back. It might make sense to avoid that and to track the highest high during your position yourself. Regards, ABC

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Pipscalper, the code below returns the first bar on the visible portion of the chart for me and not the first bar of the data series in MC 12.0 Release (Build 18184). Print( DateTimeToString( GetAppInfo( aiLeftDispDateTime ) ) ) ; The value changes when I scroll the chart and have a different bar as...

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Mydesign, from glancing at your code the problem is likely coming from the variable lookback you introduce here: if HSwing then begin LastSwingHighBN = BarNumber[Strength] ; TLRef = TL_New_BN( LastSwingLowBN, Close[CurrentBar-LastSwingLowBN], LastSwingHighBN, Close[CurrentBar-LastSwingHighBN] ) ; en...

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David, can you elaborate why Max Bars back is not the problem here? How many bars do you have on the chart in total and was is the bar number of the first signal? In fact with 10 minute bars for the Dax and starting on the 6th of September it's not unlikely that the high Max bars setting you are usi...

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Aaron,

the code is designed to track from date change to date change and would have to be re-written to allow the tracking from session start to session end.

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Hi smhuggins, you might be able to walk around this by having your Money Management size the trades based on the equity which you could compute using the starting equity (you might want to use an input here instead of the reserved word) plus the net profit and another variable that you increment by ...

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Hi masber2000,

you are welcome. This error message is likely not related to the code or EasyLanguage Collections, but could for example come up again after a windows update.

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Hi masber2000, you can find several similar cases in the forum, like here for example: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=52079 Check if the error still comes up after a reboot. If it does it might make sense to contact the helpdesk so they can fix it for you via remote suppo...

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David, the design of Global Variables makes them suited for real time use. While what you have in mind might be doable with Global Variables, it would require storing each bar with a value using a differently named Global Variable. This could become hard to manage and depending on the amount of bars...

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~Zola~,

you are welcome. I am glad to hear that you have got it working.

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~Zola~, when you declare an array in C# the number within brackets is the number of elements. The first element however is at index 0. That's why int[,] array2Da = new int[4, 2 ] creates a two dimensional array with four rows and two columns, but int[,] Score = new int[24001, 1 ] is not really two d...

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Thanks for your reply.
I declared "private int[,] Score = new int[24001,1];", anything I still missing?

~Zola~,

check out the link I posted.

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~Zola~, your code declares a 2-D array with one row only and consequently you receive an error when you try to access the second row. Take a look at the link below for examples on how to create multi dimensional arrays in C#: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/arrays/mu...

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Samuel187, the built-in Pivot function does pretty much what you describe and you can take a look at the code for ideas. However it might be more efficient to go bar by bar as the chart progresses and check if your conditions are fulfilled (i.e. count bars with lower lows etc. in variables). You mig...

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Samuel187,

an indicator might make sense to visualize the levels and see if your code detects the levels you have in mind, but to keep the strategy simple I would put the logic inside the strategy code, too.

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martingale, vVolatility is a variable and you can back reference previous bar's values for variables using a number in square brackets. vVolatility[0] is the value on the current bar (although [0] is usually omitted), vVolatility[1] is the value one bar to the left of the current bar etc.. Regards, ...

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Ben,

you could write your own StrToBool function, pass a string to it, evaluate it and return a Boolean.

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martingale,

you can store the function's return value in a variable and use this variable within your code.

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Input: 
Length( 14 ) ;

Variable:
vVolatility( 0 );

vVolatility = Volatility( Length ) ;

Plot1( vVolatility, "Volatility" ) ;

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gioakino, it might make sense to take one step back to familiarize yourself with the basics of arrays a bit more as this should make it a lot easier later. The free EasyLanguage Essentials PDF contains a brief section about arrays that provides a good first start. In general your code will have to k...

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gioakino,

where do you store the values from the prior months?

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gioakino,

what are the results of your checks using the print reserved word?

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gioakino, I wouldn't suggest using the average function with the array, but to compute the average yourself over the desired length within your array. The print reserved word is a good way to find out what values are currently stored within your array, if you correctly update them etc.. Regards, ABC

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gioakino, a list would work, too if you want your code to be able to be flexible and allow varying average length settings. You could probably even use variables, but this would require a lot more coding and be a lot less flexible. Your idea sounds like a perfect opportunity to become more familiar ...

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gioakino, when you apply the study to anything but monthly bars, the average will be computed using the value of montlyprofit over the last avglen number of bars and not the last avglen monthly values. One approach to get the average over the last X month would be by using an array where you store o...

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rokanten,

one way to accomplish this could be a simple paint bar script that has update on every tick disabled or only gets updated at the end of a bar.

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Riccardo, your setup doesn't utilize a Portfolio Money Management Signal (PMMS) that would be required to effectively control the number of entries. In your setup all symbols are allowed to enter (according to your code) and while the one with the highest priority might receive the largest amounts o...

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kagein, if GVSetDouble returns the element location the value was stored. Otherwise it would return -1. To retrieve a value at an specific location you can use the corresponding GVGet... functions. You might find the Global Variable documentation and examples helpful (it should be available here in ...

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kagein,

the return value of GVSetDouble is the element location and not the value you stored.

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Hi maison6579,

yes, this should be possible via GetAppInfo and aiRow.

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~Zola~, the code is designed to create the drawings only once when the study gets executed i.e. it will apply them on the first bar after your max bars back settings. Having said that you should be able to find the drawings close to the start of your chart. Regards, ABC Scaling should be "Same as In...

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Hi ~Zola~, can you post a screenshot of the chart with the study applied, as this might help us in understanding the cause. Regards, ABC What is your chart resolution? ie the chart type and interval? I have tried the "Bar Chart" and "Hollow Candlestick Chart" with 1 minute or 1 day resolution.

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Al3cs, again I agree and that's why I wrote that it would be great to have it built in. My post was merely pointing out that MC.NET gives you the control and flexibility to implement it yourself in case your suggestions is not picked up. In terms of getting more feedback you might want to post the l...

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Hi Al3cs, while I agree that it would be great to have more control over the coloring options that Multicharts offers for the Delta, with MC.NET you have access to the volume profile values and can display your own Delta values for each bar (preferable using GDI+ due to the performance advantage) an...

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Hi Patrick, yes, this is the correct folder and you can find more information about moving the folder and have MC access it under a different location here: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/How_to_Move_MultiCharts_Database,_Studies_and_Logs_from_C_Drive_(Starting_from_8.7_Versi...

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Hi my2108, this sounds like something that is best implemented within the Portfolio Trader. https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Portfolio_Trader The Rank Strategy should give you an idea about how to implement your idea: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Portf...

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hbscreener,

you have to avoid looking back at previous bars values, like you do within the highest function. One way to deal with that could be to keep an array of the last 250 bar values and find your highest value within the array.

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Hi Multicharts Team, would it be possible to publish any current hotfixes that you created for a known problem and MC release within one sticky thread? This could spare your users from running into already fixed problems and in turn could even save you some time as it could reduce the support requir...

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Hi LRP, you should be able to get this code working in Multicharts by changing the conflicting (i.e. not recognized) reserved words/functionalty within the function. Indicator and strategy should work fine already. 1. Remove the using declaration near the top of the function code 2. Change throw Exc...

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Hello Anna, if possible these keywords should also be available in real time i.e. we need the ability to access the current time of a tick within a real time bar (regardless of the bar type). Regards, ABC Hello, McGeorge! Our developers have considered this feature request and new keywords for retur...

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Hi mav3r1c55,

you could utilize an additional 1 tick cumulative delta data stream and monitor advances/declines in the cumulative delta.

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matthewting,

this can happen if for example Multicharts is run as administrator, but PL Editor is not (or vice versa). I would suggest making sure that you run both PL Editor and Multicharts with administrator privileges.

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no erocla, you should be able to do that for the stocks that are within your portfolio by having either the money management or the entry signal on one symbol collect all the information and send the email. You will likely require a timer though as the markets might be closed by the time you execute...

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Hi pdemontferrier,

check your usage of DrwRectangle.Create. The onSameSubchart flag is still set to false:

BK_L1 = DrwRectangle.Create(new ChartPoint(BK_START,0), new ChartPoint(BK_FINISH,20), false);

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Hi pdemontferrier, you would have to post your code, as the SameAsSymbol attribute is not related to your problem. The onSameSubchart flag is part of DrwRectangle.Create and in the snippet you posted you have set it to false. Regards, ABC Hi ABC, Thank you very much for your contribution but it didn...

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Hi pdemontferrier,

your code sets the onSameSubchart flag to false i.e. the rectangle will be placed on the price chart. Setting it to true should display it on the indicator subchart.

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Deenius,

take a look at the built-in "Volume Avg" indicator, you can adjust the inputs of it to accomplish what you have in mind.

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dvdkite, according to Note 1 in the wiki (https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/I_setplotvalue) " i_setplotvalue can be used in signals, functions and indicators if any signal is applied to the main chart ." Check if it works if you apply any of the default signals to your chart. Fo...

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Hi RedBerlin,

you will have to track down why the exit isn't triggering when you think it should and the print reserved word can be useful here to evaluate your variable values on every bar.

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Hi RedBerlin, it might make sense for you to use the Print reserved word to check the values of todaynet and see why an order was or wasn't closed. Your strategy is evaluated end of bar, so this should be kept in mind as it will not issue orders when the conditions are met intrabar. The code snippet...

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Hi RedBerlin,

the code you posted already tracks the profit you could use this within your exit conditions, too. For example modifying your exit checks from

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...and  time >endtrade then...

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...and ( time >endtrade or todaynet >= dailyprofit ) then...

might work for you.

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Hi orad, you can create an indicator and have it plot the Price Vol according to your formula. This would then appear a column in the Scanner just like other indicators would do - for example add one of the built-in indicators to the Scanner (like one of the moving averages) to see what I mean. Rega...

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Wapi,

the last two posts in this thread might get you going: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5061

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Hi Johannes,

wouldn't unchecking the "Open Workspaces On Start" accomplish that i.e. the result would be no workspaces would be opened on startup.

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Hi Split, your code appears to miss an ending statement for the for loop. Apart from that you might be able to accomplish what you have by simply storing the value for CurrentBar in a variable when ever High = Low. Then you can check if the difference between CurrentBar (on the current bar) and the ...

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Tartalognion, both are fine. You need an additional variable and whenever Bars.CurrentBar is different than what you have stored in your variable, you update the value stored in your variable. However when you operate on 1 tick charts and only compute your code with incoming ticks, you might not eve...

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sternbergleonel, then this is likely the explanation, as both strategies issue a stop. In general these build in exit reserved words are best used unconditionally and you could have them once within a separate exit strategy. You might also wan to explore the "Optimize Order Flow" feature, as this wi...

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sternbergleonel,

is it possible that you have more than one strategy applied to the same chart that uses the setstoploss reserved word?

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Splint,

is Maxtradeclose a function on your end? Where does the code starting with "//-----Functions Used in the Code---------" reside, is it in a system or in a separate function?

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David,

unfortunately DOM data is only available for broker feeds and therefore you can't access the values using IQFeed.

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wilkinsw, they are likely functions for a 3rd party add-on indicator or strategy and are closed code. If that is the case they are automatically installed with Multicharts. The vendor has likely created separate functions of existing ones (you would have to contact the vendor to find out what they d...

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gianluca71, the value of your plot changes when a new trend line is drawn. The line is not created on the bar of the low/high (although it uses this point as the line's starting point for the drawing), but usually a few bars later when a new swing in the opposite direction is detected. That's what T...

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Al3cs,

you could update the text location of your text with every new bar.

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TrendFirst, it applies to both data streams. In other words you should see no trades until the max bars back are sufficient for the highest time frame you are using in your code and you will run into the error message when any of the length inputs in your code that require a look back (even if it's ...

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Hi gianluca71, Multicharts doesn't allow loading of other timeframes within the code. Therefore your best option will likely be using additional data streams on the chart. Alternatively you could look into computing the additional time frames out of the underlying chart time frame, but this might no...

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Hi Al3cs,

you can access the data via the volume profile collection and you can find an example in the WIKI here:
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... me_Profile

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Hi odrk, when prints appear depends on when the conditions for the prints are valid and when your code gets executed. If your strategy only computes end of bar, the prints could only appear at the end of the bar. You can take a look at the IntrabarOrderGeneration attribute for a way of executing str...

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Hi BBurnout,

you might find the Study on Study feature useful:
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... y_on_study

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Hi odrk, you wrote your code to print when "MarketPosition = -1" i.e. short and when "MarketPosition = 0" i.e. flat.. The best way to tackle this will depend a bit on how your systems trades, for example if it only evaluates trades at the end of the bar and never exits on the same bar as an entry yo...

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Hi Automeq,

since you are already using the study on study feature, you could for example use the Custom 2 Lines indicator and have it plot both indicators.

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BogeyGolfer, the code works fine and you can get it to work by either creating a new indicator within Multicharts.NET calling it MACD_color and overwriting all (!) of the code in it with the code posted by TJ in the first post. After that you can compile the code without any error message. Alternati...

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Hi waveslider, ELCollections2 is a 32bit TS DLL and I am not sure it would even work with Multicharts 32bit. You should make sure to use the code and DLL you can obtain in the forum here (in case you are running MC 32bit you will need to use the 32bit version of the ELCollections.DLL): https://www.m...

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Wish I only knew what to replace NumberOfBars with. This would do something on the last 34 bars. :P Hi Jobauma, you can use Bars.FullSymbolData.Count and Bars.FullSymbolData.Current. Bars.FullSymbolData.Count gives you the total number of bars on the chart and Bars.FullSymbolData.Current gives you ...

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birdman3000,

you might want to take a look at the build in Percentile function.

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It's pretty basic statistics. Can I request it gets added?

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Hi synonym, you might have to enable the indicator value display in the status line. Your code is showing the symbol names fine on my end. Regards, ABC Hi ABC have tried your suggestion, please see attached code. It make no difference, it still plots, but the status line still simply says, "Spread D...

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Hi synonym, you would use Plot5 and Plot6 for example (instead of Plot2 and Plot3 from Svetlana's code). The reason being that PlotPaintBar will use the Plot numbers 1-4 in your code. Regards, ABC HI Svetlana Thank you for your reply. How would i do this when i am plotting the spread as a bar and no...

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bowlesj3, your code misses the ProcessMouseEvents attribute and this might explain why it's not working. https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/ProcessMouseEvents Regards, ABC I created a script with the MouseClickEvent (shown below). I used the RecalcLastBarAfter(1); to force the co...

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Hi Parker,

there should be sample indicators in the zip file that can be used to check if everything is working correctly.

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Hi Parker,

since you have the entire file in lists already, you can use ListX.Count (where X is the type of list) to determine the size of a list and then read the specific entry.

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Syn,

you can accomplish something similar with trendlines already. Simply draw a trendline between your two points and click on the line. It will show you the difference in time and price in a popup window when you click on it:

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Hi Parker, I am afraid directly accessing the fundamental data TS provides is not possible via code in Multicharts. Besides importing the data into MC manually it might also be possible to exchange the data between TS and MC with custom code (for example via text files, Custom DLLs or Excel). Regard...

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turbofib,

take a look at the build in --- Market Depth on Chart --- indicator as it demonstrates different ways of flow control within an indicator.

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hi

Is it possible to use an output condition without using if then?

(in c# it's : If not(X) then return )

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JoshM, you can use the #return statement to accomplish that. Print( "A CurrentBar = ", CurrentBar ) ; if CurrentBar < 100 then #return ; Print( "B CurrentBar = ", CurrentBar ) ; The print starting with B will only start to appear with bar 100 in the output. Regards, ABC Is it possible to use an outp...

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synonym,

thank you for you kind words, I am glad to hear that my answer was helpful to you.

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synonym, one solution would be to do it within one study. Either write your own or use the Custom 4 Line indicator to display the RSI, the average of it and the two threshold lines. Regards, ABC Hi All forgive me posting this, but i felt that many would not look at my post on the end of the thread "...

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Gann_Man,

this is intended and you can get the correct volume using Bars.TrueVolume.
You can find some more information here: viewtopic.php?t=45347

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Henry, it appears MaxBarsForward and Getappinfo( aiSpaceToRight ) are static and don't reflect changes to the "Chart Shift" settings of a chart i.e. changing the number of bars for the chart will not change what MaxBarsForward and Getappinfo( aiSpaceToRight ) return for a study already applied to a ...

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shivax, what is your rational for setting TradeNumber to 1? Regards, ABC are you sure PosTradeislong run correctly? i try this example : .... if Time=1000 then sellshort next bar at open; print(Date,time," ",PosTradeislong(0,1)); i see all print =True https://gyazo.com/6da22860acd84ee78125b0597a4ff6...

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shivax,,

TradeNumber is the (zero based) number of individual entries into the position for the specific trade and you can use PosTradeCount to retrieve it.
If you don't scale in and out of trades, it should always be 0.

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shivax,

take a look at the strategy position trades keywords:
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... ion_Trades

PosTradeIsLong could for example tell you if a trade was long or short.

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Hello Maxzhi, you can programmatically access the volume within the value area for a bar using the Volume Profile collection: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/4.7.6_Volume_Profile. You can also display the Volume Profile for a session/bar and have it display the value area by c...

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Henry, it would be great if the reloading feature could be expanded to the Portfolio Trader, too. If for example you are running a large portfolio of stocks in the Portfolio Trader missing data might go unnoticed (by the user) and create problems. The same goes for data feeds that adjust the data af...

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I agree, when you are looking for code performance the for loop will be faster. Depending on how the array is filled (and as you know the values you use to fill it), you might even save more time by just performing the loop in case the value that drops out is equal to the current highest value in th...

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turbofib,

using Array_Sort you can sort the array in descending order. If you need to keep the original order in the array make a copy first with Array_Copy and then sort the copy.

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turbofib, TS does the backadjustment on their end. Once you have the data loaded in MC and stored in your database, this data will not be affected by what TS changes on their end anymore. That's why you have to reload this data in order to obtain the changes. Regards, ABC ok...but i don't understand...

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turbofib, this won't necessarily reload the data in case you have the option to store TS data in Quotemanager enabled. You can read more about reloading data here: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Reloading_Charts As an alternative you can delete the entire data for the particu...

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turbofib,

did you reload the data in Multicharts since roll over? Otherwise you might not see the back adjustment in the continuous contracts.

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Jobauma,

take a look at the "RecoverDrawings" attribute. This will prevent trendlines from disappearing in case they are created intrabar.

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Hello Henry, thank you for letting me know. The help file using MultiCharts64 Version 11.0 Release (Build 15566) shows these examples for PositionProfit on my end: Example PositionProfit (0) will return a value of 5 if the value of the open position has increased by ¤5 since it was entered PositionP...

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Hello Henry,

it's what the build in help file in MultiCharts64 Version 11.0 Release (Build 15566) shows, this might require an update.

So it's intended behavior that this reserved word behaves differently than in TS?

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Hello Multicharts, it appears there is a bug with the reserved word PositionProfit, at least in MultiCharts64 Version 11.0 Release (Build 15566). The help file states: PositionProfit (0) will return a value of 5 if the value of the open position has increased by ¤5 since it was entered However Posit...

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Order name length in MultiCharts = 32. We will have the performance report support the same length in MultiCharts 12 Beta 1. Hello Henry, great, thank you for the update. Not that it really matters, the chart appears to only show a length of 31 strings for me in MultiCharts64 Version 11.0 Release (...

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Hi Multicharts team, it appears there is a limitation for the length of an order name that MC displays and uses internally. However it seems that these limitations are different for what is shown on the chart versus what is shown on in performance report. 1. Could this limitation be removed? 2. Eith...

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monick, check this link and Henry's reply: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=51048&p=127428#p127415 You can find out if CurrentContracts and CurrentContracts[1] are giving you the value that you expect when positions are opened, changed or reversed by using the print reserve...

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jrgmak, you could assign the broker position to your strategy (https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Auto_Trading#Assign_the_Initial_Market_Position_at_the_Broker_Settings) or change the inputs via an indicator that could for example send the input values to your strategy via Global...

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Al3cs,

Powerlanguage allows displacing NoPlot, too.

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Plot1( Close ) ;

NoPlot[10]( 1 ) ;

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Well, now I know what the problem is.
What about the solution?

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waveslider, from your code snippet it appears you are trying to control the number of entries in the entry strategy. This will most likely not work, as too many entries on different symbols at the same time could go beyond your position limits. Take a look at how the build in "Portfolio Rank MM Sign...

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tradingest,

you are welcome and thanks for posting the solution as it might help others, too.

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tradingest,,

if you have to displace the plot, then use the values for that bar, too. Just displacing the plot will not automatically use the displaced prices.

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tradingest,

you displace your paintbar by one bar, but use the current bar's values. This way you don't necessarily have a full overlap.

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tradingest,

what are you trying to accomplish exactly? The result on the chart is what I'd expect to see from the code you posted, but without knowing what you are expecting one could only guess what needs to be changed.

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waveslider,

the "Portfolio Rank MM Signal" and documentation should get you going.

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waveslider, you can accomplish this using a portfolio money management signal and only let the number of entry orders pass that you want to allow. Regards, ABC I am aware of "Portfolio_CurrentEntries", but this will not limit the strategy from entering 10 new entries on one day. For example if it go...

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kagein,

according to your code anytime long_condition is true (even while you are in a trade), trade_on will become true and could allow an order.

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TJ, as far as I can tell from the code snippet posted, the trade_on reset to false is not done within the "if long_condition then begin" conditional statement. So for the snippet posted the code has a routine to "to turn trade_on = False" in case long_condition = False. However one could only guess ...

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shivax, not all reserved words can be back referenced (maybe the Multicharts support can provide a list of the reserved words that you can back reference), in that case the references provide the same value as the current bar does. You can overcome this by storing the reserved word in a variable and...

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LMC1,

if you just want to change the visual appearance, you can change the number of decimal spaces on the "Scaling" tab under "Format Instruments".

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Martin,

for the shell32.dll there is in fact a 64bit version in case you are running a 64bit OS, so the function should not be the problem here.

Regards,

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Martin,

in case the DLL is a 32bit DLL, calling it with MC 64bit will not work. That's a guess though as it's hard to tell without knowing what "cause an error to my indicator" exactly means.

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rst,

depending on the number of possible symbols you could also create a portfolio with all symbols and then read the number of symbols "into your code" and only allow trading on the specific ones.

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Smoky,

as far as I am aware WriteFile will create a new file and you can't append to an existing file with it. You could loop through your list and use FileAppend or read the contents of your file into the list first and then write it back together with your other list values.

Regards,

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John,

yes, you can detect if a study is running in the Scanner or on a chart via GetAppInfo( aiApplicationType ).

Regards,

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yoyotrader, while this is usually the case, you still might want to do a backup of your studies before installing a new version of Multicharts. Simply export all studies, this doesn't take more than a minute and it's better to be save than sorry when it comes to your studies. Regards, ABC If I downl...

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John,

the documentation and everything is available on the TS forum. I am not sure if you can find it somewhere on the net, but it might be possible.

Regards,

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bowlesj3,

Global Variables 2.3 works in the scanner. I don't recall testing it with 2.2, but I don't see why it shouldn't work.
I never tried it with Access, though.

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plaforte,

you might want to consider contacting the Multicharts support via helpdesk directly to demonstrate the situation. The support team does a great job and is surely able to help you.

Regards,

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dingmanhoe123, one way to accomplish that is to detect the next trading day. For that you'd require a list of the holidays for your respective market most likely. This would allow you to check every day if the next trading day is a Tuesday and in case it is, issue an order using your conditions. You...

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No Erocla,

you could convert the EasyLanguage date into a Julian Date using the DateToJulian reserved word first and then compute the difference.

Regards,

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Automeq,

isn't orw the extension for a workspace in 2000i i.e. they don't contain code of the studies (similar to MC workspaces)?

Regards,

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I should add 0.000001 then? stefanols, what if Value2 = -0.000001? I would suggest to check if the denominator of a division is different than 0 (for every division that you perform within a code). If it is, do the division otherwise you can do something else (optional). For example: if denominator...

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I would like to use ELExcel.dll with MultiCharts64 (Version: MultiCharts64 Version 10.0 Release (Build 14322)) and Windows 10.

gillesc,

do you have a 64bit version of the ELExcel.dll? I am not sure if one exists, but it would be required to use it with Multicharts64.

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Rick, you can either print the values to the output and add the required decimal spaces as described here: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Print Or you can change the number of decimals a plot will show on a chart. You'll find the setting under General (No. of digits after the...

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Zheka,

I have noticed something similar and it appeared that MC was executing the function, although it shouldn't have. You could add print statements to the function to check if it gets executed.

Regards,

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Martin, it's for regular MC and a DLL that you can download here https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=10094&p=51526&hilit=TicToc#p51526, but it appears it's just the DLL without the demo code. It's used as a performance timer to see how long certain code or code blocks take to...

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Martin,

Bamboo is the TS forum user name the creator of EasyLanguage Collections, ADE etc. goes by.
As far as I am aware there is no Bamboo.DLL and it probably just means Bamboo's DLLs.

Regards,

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Hi Martin, you could get the bar number with a workaround. Draw a text at aiLeftDispDateTime and ask for its bar number. txtID = Text_New_DT( getappinfo( aiLeftDispDateTime ), 0, "" ) ; Print( DateTimeToString( getappinfo( aiLeftDispDateTime ) ), "; Bar Number = ", text_getbarnumber( txtID ), "; Cur...

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Shahram,

there is no need to do that. Simply import the ELD with the functions, read the documentation and study the examples on how to use the functions.

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Hi Angelina, based on Henry's reply here: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/posting.php?mode=quote&f=1&p=120907 and from past experience I was under the impression that this wouldn't work due to the instruments having different parameters. Did this change recently? Regards, ABC Hello guantum, I...

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Trader M,

while what you experience doesn't sound like it is intended behavior, as a workaround you can
make the inputs numeric - 0 for false, 1 for true.

Regards,

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auoto, you might want to look into the reserved word recalcpersist (https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/RecalcPersist) and apply it to your code here: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=50624#p125429 You might also need to reset the variable at a later time. Re...

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Hi Angelina, as your are currently looking into this, can you please explain the questions raised in here: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=50519#p125102. As the difference is only in using "Enable access to intra-bar time..." once and one time testing without that (everything ...

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mcjohn,

EntryPrice doesn't return values from the Order & Position Tracker, it just returns the entry price of a signal on that chart.

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cktsui888, as far as I am aware there is no build in study for the Bollinger Width, but you can accomplish this with a quick modification of the build in Bollinger Bands indicator. inputs: BollingerPrice ( Close ), Length ( 20 ), NumDevsUp ( 2 ), NumDevsDn ( -2 ), Displace ( 0 ) ; variables: midLine...

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You can pass dynamic arrays to functions. Check out page 109 of the EL Essentials PDF and the examples there.
You'll have to check out what happens when you change the array size within the function.

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If you got the doc from the original zip file, it also contains the functions ELD that you'll have to import before you can use the DLL. You can probably find them here, although I didn't check it: viewtopic.php?=&p=8189

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I also considered using Lists. I downloaded the ELCollections DLL to the correct folder but statements such "ListID = ListN.New; " indicate it isn't recognized. Another question - what is the scope of those lists? can a function access a list? I don't see how can a list be passed to a function.. Tr...

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Hi Angelina,

is there an update to the questions raised in viewtopic.php?t=50519#p125102 and viewtopic.php?t=50519#p125124?

Thank you,

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Angelina, can you please elaborate the differences that occur in the above example, when "Enable access to intra-bar time..." is checked versus when it's unchecked (everything else is the same i.e. IOG enabled, bar magnifier with 1 tick resolution, the code, the data etc.)? Why is the execution occu...

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evdl, this appears to happen only when you check "Enable access to intra-bar time..." in the backtest. In my opinion this shouldn't be expected behavior as this results in the code behaving different in a backtest compared to the same code in realtime and that can be a problem. Can someone from Mult...

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Hi waldem,

I had the same a few days ago. Following the steps described by Henry here cured it for me:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=50407&p=124545#p124545

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Jonny473, if I understand you correctly it should be enough to compare the open of a year to the close on day 5 and then buy/sell according to that. You can get the new year with: "if Year( Date ) <> Year( Date[1] )" Then you can use a counter to increment on each day until day 5, where you compare ...

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tradingest,

Forms are not available in regular Multicharts like in TS (it might be doable via external DLLs), but this should be doable in Multicharts.NET.

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tradingest,

if you want to do this via code look into "Text_New" and the related reserved words.

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To clarify what I wrote above, when I say "to get results that are as close as the tick by tick behavior as possible", this means as close as you can get with MC. Historic testing will always be different to live trading as there is only so much you can simulate. JoshM makes a good point about pessi...

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kernel, in general it's possible and practical to optimize code that uses IOG (although there can be exceptions, if your code uses values that are only available realtime for example). When you backtest/optimize code that uses IOG I'd suggest to use the Bar Magnifier with the highest possible resolu...

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BC_Trading,

you can't accomplish this with keywords, but you can set it up with the plot styles under the indicator properties.
Simply set the Open to "Left Tick", the High to "Bar High", Low to "Bar Low" and Close to "Right Tick".

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BC_Trading, do you get the result you want when you don't limit the plotting to the date change? //OpenCloseIndicator Variables: OpenCloseIndicator (0); OpenCloseIndicator = close-openD(0) ; plot1(OpenCloseIndicator,"OC",Red,Default,5); You can probably polish it a bit more and have it display actua...

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Do you refer to the time it takes on startup until the data is loaded and the results are computed? If so, do you store the TS data in QM's database or does MC have to download it every time from scratch? If it's the latter see if changing that (https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php...

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TraderWalrus, you can make use of some of the reserved words starting with I_ to plot strategy metrics in an indicator that is applied to the same chart as the strategy. You could also use I_SetPlotValue and I_GetPlotValue to make any value from your strategy available to an indicator and plot it. T...

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Follow the correct usage of "NoPlot" as described here and it should work:
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... php/NoPlot

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You might want to read about the NoPlot reserved word in the help file and wiki. If you are still having troubles after that, post the code modifications you made and I am sure someone is able to point you into the right direction.

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Yes, follow either of the two suggestions I posted here: viewtopic.php?p=124496#p124487

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Because you set it when your condition is true, but never reset it. If you set the value of a variable within your conditional check "if Condition12 then begin..." it would keep this value until you change it again, too. It's similar for the plots in the Scanner, they will simply keep the last value...

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tradingest, the scanner is not wrong, it does exactly what your code tells it to do. When you set plot values they will be kept until you update them again. This means you will have to either remove them (using NoPlot) or set them to a different value when your Condition12 is no longer present. Rega...

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viewtopic.php?f=1&t=50365#p124375

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Helmut,

what is the result of your code?

You have IntrabarOrderGeneration enabled, but your variables are not intrabarpersist. This might be an explanation, but not knowing what actually happens with your code this is just a guess.

Regards,

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Jonny473, it appears you are not using the correct code for what you want and in turn use values internally that are different from what you expect them to be. Just because you feed the price of data 2 to a function doesn't mean the function is only computed on data2. It usually helps to print and p...

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Helmut, in general MC will keep orders alive as long as the conditions that triggered the order are true. If your order triggering condition is a mouse click, then this condition is not true anymore once you release the mouse key. One approach to solve this would be to set a flag to true with your m...

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BC_Trading,

in case of volume bars you can simply count a number of bars for your opening range. This will likely be simpler than using the volume directly.

Regards,

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Mark, you are welcome. Depending on your preference you might want to enable that TS data will be cached in QM (-> Tools -> Data Sources), as this is disabled by default. This way it doesn't always have to backfill all the data, although you will likely have to reload the data after each rollover ad...

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Mark,

did you add the symbol to the Quotemanager already or does it fail when you try that? If you didn't add the symbol to QM, this should be your first step. After that you should have not problem to chart the symbol (@ES works fine here coming from the TS datafeed).

Regards,
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pcrespo, I don't think MBB is the real problem here. Try the following: Set a date block in your code and only have it start when the chart date >= this date. Set this date to the beginning of 2016 and start your chart a couple of month earlier. Does changing the MBB value give you a different resul...

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datamonkey, how can you tell how many ticks are left in a Renko bar? For a tick bar this is simple, but for a Renko bar it could take 10 or 1000 ticks until the bar is finished. This is how I understand "ticks left" in a bar at least, which makes me think you are looking for something else. Maybe yo...

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The9000, you can use the three build in portfolio trading strategies as a good starting point. They are similar to the ones you can find in PowerLanguage MC. Regards, ABC Thanks Josh the content on your site is great for someone looking to make the jump to c#. I found it extremely helpful. Is there ...

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arnie, you are using tracking variables that are not intrabar persist, but reset them intrabar i.e. as soon as there is a market position change. This will likely result in the variables not saving the new values, but instead keeping 0 (which doesn't matter for SessHi, but for the other two it will)...

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There is no such function in MC (there is no such function in TS by default either), but you can probably get the function where you got the indicator code.

That was the input by another user.

What exactly did the other user say?

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syracusepro, the code you posted is definitely an indicator. Trying to put it into a function won't work without several code changes. in MultiCharts, inputs and variables have to be declared or defined in a different way Can you give an example of such a case, please? To my understanding there shou...

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syracusepro, it appears this is not the full code you posted. For example you are using a function called QQE, but did not post it. With blocking the function call the code compiles fine, so the problem is probably not within the indicator code. As the QQE function from the TS forum compiles fine in...

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Hi waldem, there is no equivalent like "TrueFalseToStr", but you can easiliy write a function with a string as return value and one input of type "truefalsesimple". Then you pass your boolean, evaluate if it's true or false and return the appropriate string that you want to see in either case. Then ...

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It will probably not make a difference (although the help states for i_MarketPosition_at_Broker that "This function can only be used in indicators."), but what happens when you use MarketPosition_at_Broker without the "i_"?

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arnie, this is probably the explanation. i_MarketPosition_at_Broker_for_The_Strategy will return the market position for a strategy on that chart and not the position at the broker. You will likely nave to use i_MarketPosition_at_Broker. Regards, ABC These are all manual trades, not auto strategies.

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masber2000,

as far as I am aware elcollections2.dll is a 32 bit DLL and will only work in TS (maybe MC 32bit, but I never tried that). You might want to switch to the 64 bit version of ELCollections.DLL that you can obtain here in the forum.

Regards,

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darob, you send the order using Bars.Low[0]. This will result in a cancellation or adjustment of the limit price every time the low of the current bar changes. When you want the limit order to keep a certain price, save that price into a variable (and don't update that variable after you saved your ...

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Xyzzy, you should be able to count fills or how many orders you let pass for the signals in the Money Management signal (where you can use IOG) and after one fill for a strategy don't let additional entries pass that day. Regards, ABC Hi Henry, Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately I do need to u...

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while(StrategyInfo.MarketPosition > 0) { output.writeline(example); } RobBoss, I never had an issue with while loops in MC.NET, but the above would become an infinite loop as soon you are long, which might explain why your computer locks up. MC doesn't detect infinite loops for you during execution...

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nuno-online, that is possible, but not as simple as the one liner Henry provided. For starters you will need to have a list of holidays (and probably weekends) you want to check for. Now you can do something along the lines of: 1. Check if the current bar is not a holiday, weekend and what ever you ...

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That's likely because a developer can easily protect his/her code in the FREE Multicharts.NET, but the PAID version doesn't have this ability, yet. As far as I am aware there is no plan to change that in the immediate future, but I am sure Henry is able to explain this better. Regards, ABC My MultiC...

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Gann_Man,

wasn't this list always empty in Multicharts.NET? I don't recall ever seeing anything in there (unless in regular Multicharts of course) and I don't have anything in there in Version 9.1 Release (Build 12589) either.

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dnickless, this should only be an "issue" with indicators like an exponential average, where the length is not connected to a number of bars (like it is in the simple average for example). Two solutions come to mind, either use the one you proposed and have the code wait an additional number of bars...

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Henry, I don't have a workspace or study, but you can simply test it for yourself when you create a new indicator and in the default code just change the plot color in line 12 from Color.Red to Color.Transparent in the code. Apply the indicator to any chart and you should be able to reproduce the re...

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Henry,

it appears in MultiCharts .NET64 Version 9.1 Release (Build 12589) Color.Transparent is back to the white color again. Is this intended?

Regards,

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ukcurrencier, while you can walk around the methods, your code seems to use PriceSeries providers to load data in the background without having the need to add these as datastreams on the chart. This is something not supported by regular Multicharts, so you would have to load each of the datastreams...

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The9000, do you use the words backtest and optimization to describe the same thing? Because if not and you actually did a backtest (and not an optimization) in your test where the CPU reached 8% utilization (was this overall or for one core?), this is not too surprising as a backtest has to be done ...

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