MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

FutureTrader

Another small issue is that when using a Cross Pointer and also selecting Show Cross, The horizontal line does not always show. It temporarily reappears after right clicking or clicking on another (attached) chart first. So far, I've noticed that this only happens on 'Detached Charts'. I haven't se...

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I have one improvement for MC 10.0. Portfolio Trader: If you have the same strategy name, on the same symbol but different timeframe and you have "set market position manually" set you don't have a display field of the timeframe in the dialogue. Therefore you cannot set the correct position to the c...

FutureTrader

Is it possible to show the expected Profit/Loss on price level for an open position on a normal Multicharts chart window like the Profit/Loss (in Amount, Ticks, Percentage) is shown in DOM?
Is there an indicator available?

FutureTrader

PT: 9.1.12010.400 If you try to set interest rate or minimal acceptable rate of return to zero, you're unable to backtest your portfolio as PT doesn't start your backtest. 1) Why is it allowed to input zero, if PT stops after it? 2) In a NIRP world it's a must to set it to zero 3) Consider implement...

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I know it's not helpful to post this without debugging logs, but I wanted to share this information with other users in case they have same problems. It happens if you don't restart MC once a day and get a disconnection on historical market data farm on InteractiveBrokers. MC gets into memory leak m...

FutureTrader

Hello FutureTrader, We were unable to replicate this behavior on our end. Both TS and MC behave the same way appending the line to the end of the file. Please make sure you using this script on one chart at a time. Please also specify how do you know that the complete file is rewritten. I'm using t...

FutureTrader

I've always thought that MC's orderbook is accurate, but today at the start of the trading day with very light volume I could "test" both orderbooks and here is my result: See lowest price 10579.5, where MC has no value in this area and IB has value in this area. Actually I've traded those 2 contrac...

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Hello FutureTrader, One IB broker profile = one unique Client ID. IB data connection = one unique Client ID. All IB DOM windows (if any) = one unique Client ID. So MultiCharts with one IB broker profile and a DOM window will utilize three unique IB Client IDs. Thanks Henry. And there is no need of ...

FutureTrader

Try this one :: You'll notice Multicharts is not appending each new line instead Multicharts is rewriting/replacing the complete file everytime it tries to append a new line. Running the same logic in TS "Get-Content" is behaving as expecting printing each incoming data as new line. Please state yo...

FutureTrader

Try this one inputs: filePath("C:\multicharts\export\"); variables: intrabarpersist vFileName(""), intrabarpersist resolution(""), int output(0); if StrLen(filePath) > 0 then begin once begin switch bartype_ex begin case 1: resolution = NumToStr(barinterval,0) + " tick"; case 2: resolution = NumToSt...

FutureTrader

I'm using MC + IB Gateway. How many API client connection is MC requesting? I'm using IB as datasource and I have one active broker profile. So can I assume MC doesn't need more than 1 API connection? or two? or a third when trying to add a new symbol to the database? My assumption is MC needs up to...

FutureTrader

Hi. I seem to be observing that slippage is being inconsistently applied during backtests. In some cases it seems to be once per-side (twice per position), and in some cases it seems to be once per-position. http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/file.php?id=9365 Shouldn't slippage always b...

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i just want to look at to see where big buyers or big sellers are in the book of orders. But i'don't want to switch between TWS and MC while trading, that's all. PS: look at colmex platform or das trader level 2, which agregate different ecn books, so it's already possible. As you stated it's not a...

FutureTrader

I also had this problem with MC 9.0. I'm using the latest IB Gateway. I still have the problem with MC 9.1. on the one hand it's glad to hear but on the other hand it's fantastic that there are other users, who have the same experiences! I've sent logs months ago, but no success. It was just said, ...

FutureTrader

Hi, who is running MC with Interactive Brokers and who is able to run it more than 24 hours? IB's servers are "resetting" once every day, this is the time when MC stops working correctly. MC still draws correct prices, MC still is able to show ask/bid prices, but MC doesn't show correct values for P...

FutureTrader

Attached are the modules with the hotfix for MultiCharts 9.1 Release. Please save the file corresponding to your version of MultiCharts, unzip it and follow the installation guide: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/How_to_Install_an_Updater Thanks Henry, I immediately installed...

FutureTrader

A patch day, once a week, for Multicharts would be great!

FutureTrader

setting up same templates is a great thing, but it's way harder for me to keep the "colours" in memory then the arrangement of the symbols. for example I'd like to setup 4 schemas: Profit Taking 10 points, 20 points, 30 points and 40 points. I see now way that I can arrange those Profit Taking rules...

FutureTrader

Hello Jim, Our engineers have studied the logs you have provided. The issue you have experienced is similar to a known case which we are already working on. The fix is targeted to MultiCharts 9.1 Release 2. There is no ETA for the version yet. Please follow our blog to get the latest updates: https...

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use more semicolons and then begin ... end; condition1 = var2 crosses over 0 and Price > var3 ; if condition1 then begin value1=arw_new(date,time,low,false); Alert ("Bullish") end else begin condition1 = var2 crosses under 0 and Price < var3 ; end if condition1 then begin value1=arw_new(date,time,hi...

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As the discussion above, the issue is not pacing violation itself, it's about "Bars Back" and "Days Back" for Custom Futures tick charts. Even I set "Bars/Days Back" to a very small value like 1 for Custom Futures tick charts Multicharts will request many many many days back tick data... thus causi...

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multicharts64.9.1.11815.400_release_x64 It crashes randomly when closing workspaces. So when you go to task manager and if you want to end the remaining processes, Multicharts64.exe goes into suspended mode and cannot be stopped. You have to restart your computer, also repair MC, as MC won't startup...

FutureTrader

I've reported this while testing the 9.1 beta. Sorry to hear that it wasn't fixed before a 9.1 release candidate came out.

FutureTrader

DataFeed + Broker: Interactive Brokers
when opening many charts, ask and bid prices in Chart Trading Panel are just updating, when you have an open position, as soon as you close your position, ask/bid prices are stalled with the last prices you got, when your position was closed.

FutureTrader

downgrading from 9.1 RC to 9.0 stable deletes all private functions/indicators/strategies(read only studies)..
there was a bug that installing 9.1 RC deleted them, this was fixed, but downgrading isn't fixed.

FutureTrader

... a little bit more comfortable

yes your indicator looks really more comfortable, would you mind to share the source code, too?

FutureTrader

If you do and you don't mind sharing, please post code. thanks
Look under Bands and Channels
http://www.tradersxchange.com/index.php

The site seems do be down. Does anyone have a copy of the Ichimoku cloud indicator?

FutureTrader

Hey. I need to assign the "fixed contract size" from the strategy properties to a variable, so I can either use those or use my own contract size. :: Go create a function with the name "strategies properties settings" and assign it whatever contract number you want. Whenever you need to change the ...

FutureTrader

Hey. I need to assign the "fixed contract size" from the strategy properties to a variable, so I can either use those or use my own contract size. At the moment I've got the following code, so I need to write the "Buy" line two times. inputs: system.use.pool.position.sizing(true); variables: system....

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if (Close > Average(Close, 200)) and (MarketPosition = 0) then begin if useTimeEntryClosePosition and (currenttime_s >= timeClosePosition) then begin Buy("LE " + NumToStr(timeClosePosition, 0)) next bar at market; end else begin Buy("LE") this bar at close; end; end; RecalcLastBarAfter(1); but the ...

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if (Close > Average(Close, 200)) and (MarketPosition = 0) then begin if useTimeEntryClosePosition and (currenttime_s >= timeClosePosition) then begin Buy("LE " + NumToStr(timeClosePosition, 0)) next bar at market; end else begin Buy("LE") this bar at close; end; end; RecalcLastBarAfter(1); wouldn't...

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is the condition only checked when the daily bar is closed, or is it checked in realtime? That condition is checked in real-time due to the Intra-bar order generation attribute being set to true. What would happen with IOG enabled with following code: if Close > Averge(Close, 200) then begin Buy("L...

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I'd like to enter/exit my positions before session close. Timeframe is daily. Is the following code working correctly or is the condition only checked when the daily bar is finished. Thanks for your help [IntrabarOrderGeneration = true] timeClosePosition = 215930.00; useTimeEntryClosePosition = true...

FutureTrader

Hello novaleaf, This is not exactly correct. When you plot a chart for ASCII mapping instrument - MultiCharts reads historical data (from a text file) from the starting point of your data range until current moment. That is not required to have the data in the file until current time. Data can end ...

FutureTrader

According to the logs no historical data is provided for these instruments. You may want to double check it with your data provider directly.

According to Interactive Brokers there are no historical data available. So other traders know it reading here ...

FutureTrader

Hi Andrew, Katrin solved the issue. Just for everyone else out there, you need to have the instrument set to Real Time data and the data must be updated after the close of the instrument session. Also note when you change the existing line in the ASCII it means that you are changing a historical da...

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This is actually an old thread, but I wanted to use the advcaning declining data from IB. Is it possible to get historical data for the following symbols? I tried "ask", "bid" and "trade" in the settings, but it didn't work: AD-NYSE VOL-NYSE AD-NASD VOl-NASD AD-AMEX AD-VOL If it's working perhaps I'...

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Ok thank you TJ Yes I saw that there is a daily reboot done by IB every day at the same time. Do you know if there is a solution to avoid this reboot of IB server? Rgds, Did you get a solution for this problem, as I have the same annyoing messages everyday and hadn't the time yet to contact IB. @Mu...

FutureTrader

An extensive gitignore makes sure that I only track the important files.

Could you share your .gitignore that would be great!

FutureTrader

There is no solution for such operations... Not in any types of single user software; whether it be wordprocessing or Photo editing, or whatever. If you have 2 copies of a software opened, they work independently of each other. ps. to be able to do real-time cross update, you will need a software t...

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:: I have 3 computers running with MC and TS. I know I can export a eld file and import it in the other instances, but this brings problems with consistency... :: What do you mean by "problems with consistency"? If you have one main computer where you make all your changes and send it to the other ...

FutureTrader

How many indicators you are talking about? Just one or two? or hundreds?

> 300

FutureTrader

If you're running multiple Multicharts or TS instances, how do you keep your EasyLanguage files in sync? I have 3 computers running with MC and TS. I know I can export a eld file and import it in the other instances, but this brings problems with consistency... I've setup a git repository where I pu...

FutureTrader

Hi there, I asked pretty much the exact same question a couple of weeks ago: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=47943 I am currently working on some Perl code that looks at the audit.xml files created by TWS and then sends out emails. I will share that code shortly. Cheers, ...

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I'm missing the possibilty to have email alerts when running PortfolioTrader, or haven't I found it yet? So there is no notification possibility when a new buy/sell trigger occurs in the strategy. Is there a PowerLanguage/EasyLanguage possibility to code email alerts directly into the strategy and u...

FutureTrader

Is there a possibility to choose TWS Group/Profile in ChartTrading, like it's possible to choose a sub-account for ChartTrading? If I set something in the Financial Advisor Settings tab, I cannot trade through the sub-accounts in Chart Trading. So how can I do the normal Chart Trading with sub-accou...

FutureTrader

Thanks for this great tool!
Perhaps you can update the attachment in your first post, so that the EconomicEvents_v1.14.zip includes already the newest EconomicEventsDownloader_v5.1 version.

FutureTrader

write an indicator which writes the realtime data to a file.
then do a ascii mapping on this file, so you can reimport the saved data later again.

FutureTrader

Is it possible to fix this in the next 9.0 Release 5? Sorry, but the problem turned out to be more complicated than we thought and the fix cannot be included in existing version. could you give any hints when 9.1 will be released. Q1 2015, Q2 2015? Or perhaps a month range in 2015? It's about my fu...

FutureTrader

Hi All, I have tested Mc 9.0 release 2 but I see the same issue. Tell me if you need a remote session: I can show you exactly the issue. I'm not sure you have get the point. Let me know Hello bluemulti, You are right, it is not yet included in current MC version. I checked it with engineers: unfort...

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So how can I sync them at start, as there is not the manual sync dialog available. Hello FutureTrader, If you are talking about Assign Market Position At Start Dialogue , it is availble in Portfolio Trader: make a right-click on "Strategy1" in Portfolio Tree window -> Show properties... -> Auto-Tra...

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so I'd like to start trading with Portfolio Trader. Let's say I've got about 20 strategies, where some are on the same symbols. My Broker account is 100% flat. So how can I sync them at start, as there is not the manual sync dialog available. If I start Forward Testing, there is the possibility to "...

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We have identified an issue with Balance values not updating when using IB Financial Advisor account. This issue will be fixed in MultiCharts 9.0 Release 2.

when will MC 9.0 Release 2 be released?

FutureTrader

are there any news on this topic? I had also to roll back to 8.8
It would also be great to have the last stable version as download link still available ... It was a little bit hard to guess the correct download link.

FutureTrader

In the panel there are the two field Placer Order and Exit Strategy. Both have some symbols in it. Is it possible to set a option, that they are always expanded so that all symbols are beeing seen all the time and that there is no overlapping with the Place Order or Exit Strategy field? I hope I mis...

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What exact version and build number of MultiCharts are you running? (in MultiCharts go to Help tab-> About)

Multicharts64, Version 8.8 Release, Build 9589

FutureTrader

Our further analysis with IB has shown that in order to include the required value into Open P\L value of Order and Position Tracker Window -> Accounts tab it is essential to enable "include FX position when sending portfolio" selection in the TWS > Global Configuration > API > Settings. this optio...

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I'm really interested how other traders are solving this problem, with daily bars on new-york and chicago time-zones and applied strategies ...

It would be helpful to get some response as I'm stuck in my developing process

FutureTrader

Hello, As you are using daily bars and instruments with Exchanges with different Time Zones, the following steps should help: 1. Set the chart how you want them, change the daily chart session settings to 24/7. Right click on the chart -> Format instruments -> settings tab. Save the workspace. 2. Y...

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Are your entries Limit orders or Market orders? If I'm not mistaken, the slippage setting doesn't apply to Limit orders. However if you're referring to slippage, but using the Commission tool, disregard this. Entry was at market and exit at profit limit. So this makes sense that there is no slippag...

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I'd like to convert my strategies from TS to multicharts so I can autotrade them with IB, but I have problems setting up the charts correct. I'm not a newbie, but guys I need your help :) I have the following chart setup in TS: Data1: @ES - Regular Session (Sunday 17:00 - Monday 16:15 ...) Data2: $V...

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30 trades are 30 entries and 30 exits.

FutureTrader

Hi, I've set the "per Share/Contract" slippage for e.g. 12.5$ (ES trading) having 30 trades with 10 contracts, I expect slippage to be: (30*10*12.5)*2 = 7500 but multichart is calculating slippage per contract/share as follows: (30*10*12.5) = 3750 TS calculates slippage as in the first example. You ...

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Thanks Henry, I nearly got it work. Using GetRTUnrealizedPL with IB doesn't include positions from" FX Portfolio - Virtual FX Position". I (as IB does, too) consider those positions as Portfolio positions. IB lists those positions under UnrealizedPL. It would be great if MC considers to show those p...

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Isn't I_OpenEquity for strategies? I'll try to describe my question again: I'm using MC and IB as broker. When I connect to IB I can see my real account balance under Order and Position Tracker correctly. What I want now, is to plot my account balance. a) does MC save live status of my real account ...

FutureTrader

hey,

is it possible to chart the equity curve of the broker connected to?
It would be great if there were an option to save the equity curve as time series to display it later again.

FutureTrader

Simple question: How do I get all my custom studies from Multicharts to TS?
Some simple export/import function would be great. If this is not available I have to copy and paste all studies from MC to TS.

FutureTrader

I have the same problem. I'd like to bring all of my EL Code from MC to TS, as MC is to instable. Is there really no other way then to copy and paste my 300 indicators and strategies to TS?

FutureTrader

TJ thank you for your quick reply. I got it working with your help.
Is this a Multicharts solution only, or is it the same in TS?
And where can I read about exact this topic in the manual from MC? Do you have an link to the documentation/manual?
Thanks again.

FutureTrader

I'm not new to EL, but I cannot resolve this problem ... Could someone have a look on it :) I'd like to buy on a 1-minute chart when Time=929 and MACD is positive on 240-minute chart. Exit at End of Day. Data 1: @FDAX, 1 Minute Data 2: @FDAX, 240 Minute inputs: FastLength(12), SlowLength(26), MACDLe...

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I have the following situation: I loaded ES in chart and loaded my testing indicator on subchart #1 (same frame as ES). inputs: series_es(close of data1); variables: var0(0); var0 = series_es; plot1(var0, "ES", white); Now have a look at the attachment. wrong.drawing.png You would expect, that both ...

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Is this feature already implemented?
It is a must have for any charting software.

FutureTrader

yes I thought of bug.
could you fix it in the 8.7. beta3?

FutureTrader

The settings are the same.
I also see data for DE:$DAX in the scanner window.
Example:
When I click on @ES in the scanner, the chart window updates to @ES
But when I click on DE:$DAX the chart window doesn't udpate.

This behavior is just with symbol DE:$DAX, all other work.

Just give it a try.

FutureTrader

Hi, I'm using 8.7 beta 2. (problem also exists with older MC versions) Data Feed TS. I have a scanner linked to a chart window. Symbols: @FDAX (or any else, e.g. @ES) DE:$DAX Loading DE:$DAX never seems to work. Putting the symbol directly in a new chart, is loading the data in the window. What is g...

FutureTrader

my indicators and strategies also don't work with 8.7 beta1.
What data stream are you using? I'm using TS.

FutureTrader

So what is the difference between MultiCharts .NET and MultiCharts .NET Starter Edition?
Could you post a diff?
Thanks.

FutureTrader

Those two indicators were coded for TS RadarScreen. One RadarScreen Window sent the Data to the other RadarScreen window. I have read that this could be coded with GlobalVariable instead of GlobalDictionary. Is GlobalVariable a default library in Multicharts? I searched the forum and found, that it ...

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I have the same question. I'm transfering my TS code to multicharts. What is equivalent to: method void doScaleInLong() begin //Buy("LE_Add02") scaleInContracts02 contracts next bar at addPositionPrice02 limit; //Buy("LE_Add03") scaleInContracts03 contracts next bar at addPositionPrice03 limit; end;...

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