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Ok.....something just did not seem right to me, so I rebuilt the WS charts and all is right in the MC indicator values world now....apparently a small digital SNAFU with the build of my chart. TJ....thanks for the patience and I'm happy to not have to code more stuff.....after 50 years of mousing an...

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Hey, thanks TJ....let me investigate LBOC....never used it b4, so it may be the key. I will leave this unsolved at this time, until I complete the work.

Sky

OK...here is a side by side of what I would like to view during RTH. On the RH chart are the values of the indicators as they build with each underlying data series set (i.e. subchart 3 is indicator value of 30m data series, etc.), or so I would hope to view during RTH. On the LH chart is what I see...

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Hi TJ....I knew I could count on you old friend....and I know you are still here kicking the can down the road with me. Hope all is well with you sir. I have the same indicator stacked in the chart window from a data1 series at 15m, data2 = 30m, d3=60m, d4=120m and data5 = 1 day. I have hidden the i...

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Hi everyone, I have 5 data series of timeframes (15m-1d) stacked. I run the same indicator over the 5 timeframes and would like to see the RT values of the indicator running in the appropriate subcharts? I have attempted to setup the LastBarOnChart function with my text routines but just can't seem ...

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I have attempted to push the TL created on my chart to the "back" so I can view my Paint Bars placed on my data series. Unfortunately, the TL seems to take "front" view and trumps all the indicators for the front spot in the chart viewing. Is there a way to place my Paint Bars in "front" of the draw...

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Is it possible to call the Vertical Time Line in MC code? I believe it is not, and it seems awfully simple to give us access to such a nice tool. I am not interested in a TL with extensions right (down) and left (up) as they only cover the subchart they are attached to. I am interested in a vertical...

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Thanks Henry...exactly what I was trying to accomplish. The DnD worked just fine...duh on my part....but a double click on the header bar did nothing for me here.....but, I'm happy with it connected to the main window again.....peace

Sky

Hi....for some reason, my Data Window floats as a window of it's own and outside of the Workspace and Desktop(?). I use a dual monitor setup with a chart filling both monitors. In the past, I could pull up (maximize for monitor 1) my IB portfolio page and it would cover the MC chart containing the o...

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Hmmmm......unfortunately I get the same result as the last pic I posted, but only if I set the Scaling to Screen, then the data2 and data3 show on SC#1. If I set Scaling to Same As Instrument the PB's of data2 and data3 disappear from the SC#1 screen.

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Ok....I set the Scaling to Screen and was able to view the data2 and data3 on the SubChart#1. I was hoping to get the SC#1 bars painted with the data points of data2 and data3 instead of the bar lengths of data2 and data3 painting on SC#1 as seen in the pic. I guess this is the best I can get. Thank...

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Thanks for the reply TJ and sorry for the confusion, I knew I could count on you for help. I have added a couple annotated pics to help clarify the query. What I want is for the BIG RED/GREEN dots from the data1-data3 (SC#1-SC#3) to be painted on the primary chart (SubChart#1). Same indicator applie...

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Hello all....here's what I have: 1. I have stacked 3 time frames as seen in the pic. Subchart 1 / data1 is the shortest timeframe, SC 2 / data2 is 2xtime of data1, SC 3 / data3 is 2xtime of data2. 2. I have inserted the PaintBar/Arrow indicator shown 3 times and want to display all the timeframes on...

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Hey rreyes22.........it's kind of customary to share a solution that you stated you discovered from the forums as you asked for help with a problem. Many of us would like to know how you solved your problem as it may come in handy for our own coding solutions. Please share with us how you place the ...

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Thank you kindly TJ!.......I will head to the IB website to see what the @xx contracts deliver. And, I figured the 5m data would be a challenge for the data delivery. So, it looks like a Custom Futures is the way to build a good data series as it loads from the local cache ......as you stated in the...

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No....I am not sure of the data supply at all. I just know that in the past I was able to stitch the individual HMUZ contracts together and it became a MC "continuous" contract and was/is located under the "Custom Futures" tab when choosing a data set to load into a chart. Thus the reason for unders...

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Hmmm.....I thought the @xx contracts are the continuous contracts put out by the data source.....in my case IB.....and they would alleviate the need to build a continuous contract via expired contracts? So if I want to have ES data extending back to 1998 I would need to add the years (1998-2013) and...

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Hi TJ.....yes, I believe they are? I am trying to understand some of the nuances of data management since my return to active trading. Before my leave, we had to piece together the contracts into the "continuous" contract which I have done, but they only span 4 years in the ES. In order for me to co...

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Ok.....I am attempting to open a chart with @NQ and I receive the message "Waiting for data....." , so am I waiting for the entire @NQ data set to load? Which I assume is data from the inception of the trade instrument, say ~1997 to today? If that is true, does anyone have any idea how long IB data ...

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Hi Folks, Help me to understand these @xx data contracts (e.g. @ES, @NQ, etc.) please. Am I correct that in the past we had to build these "continuous" contracts from all the previous expired contracts in order to obtain several years of minute or tick data in order to run our back testing on? But n...

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AaaHaaa.......thank you kindly JoshM......just gave it a shot and worked very nicely. That will save me mucho time and frustrations......

Sky

Hi folks, Is there a way to control a specific search in the forum? If I search for "Trading Performance Report" I will get hundreds of posts with the word "Trading" highlighted, and next the word "Performance" and then "Report". The quote marks do not work.....so, am I missing the process on how to...

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Hey thanks TJ....I know we had some of these conversations some years back. But over the past ten years I had to back away during my wifes' battles with Leukemia, which she unfortunately lost in 2014. So, now after my own "reboot" with life after death (it's all good bro as we all know no one is get...

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Thanks TJ and sptrader.....that's exactly what I need. I've been a discretionary trader for too many years to count. We'll leave it at before PC or Apple ever existed. Yes, I figured I missed throwing a connection switch on the two pieces. Perhaps you, or someone, can elaborate on the use of AA mode...

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I have a live account with IB and have been using the papertrading account to discretionary trade my work. I have been backtesting my system work with a strategy that I now want to run with the papertrading account. The trades appear on my MC charts but do not appear on the IB papertrade account. Ho...

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I have a question on the GA-WFA? I am running ~5 years of 5m-ES CustomSymbol as my data set, which is basically 20130101-present. In my strategy code I have set the strategy testing to be applied over 20130301 to 20150301. But in the Strategy Performance Report it states the Trading Period is > 4yrs...

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Ok, I see, the previous "swing" was a high so the next identifying point would be a low, etc.

Thanks for the help.

Sky

Hey there TJ...been a long time since my last visit, hope you are well. If I go to the top right ellipse (largest on the pic) and we go forward 3 bars from the HIP and that becomes price1 and follow the code for identifying a swing high, I think this point meets the condition? Am I missing something...

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Hi...I ran this code and cannot understand why it misses several obvious High Swing points and Low Swing points? I reviewed the code that Henry modified and this is the code I ran on 5m bars of ESZ4. See the attached pic to see the missing HIPs and LOPs.....am I missing something here? It looks like...

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Hi all. I am trying to get some direction for some code samples to follow (not a coder by profession...but can get by with some example formats). The values I am trying to compare are pulled off of time frame bars. The values cycle through a Positive half cycle to a Negative half cycle and each half...

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I think I have the solution.....I need to separate the two draw_Dom_level6 functions and redraw the information at different locations (e.g current bar high and low)...

that should allow me to keep my current price scale.

Thanks for the help folks.

Sky

Ok....this is the exact information I am looking for, but I have to stretch my price scale in order to separate the two values to readability. Does anyone know if an input can be installed to control the two levels separation without adjusting the price scale? Thanks for any help? //MaxSize ersetzt ...

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SP......thanks so much.....that's exactly what I am looking for....perfect!!! No code writing required this weekend...

....that means I have to lay bricks on the side of the driveway instead...ugh.

Thanks for the great help peps...problem solved.

Peace out.

Sky

Henry....thanks...but I think U are referencing B/A Volume totals per day, no? I'm looking for the "Sum" of the 10 levels for the Bid & Ask. Please see my pic above. Will the latest version provide this cumulative summation, or is the Total Volume U reference cumulative throughout the day? Also, can...

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Thanks TJ.....I think I can work with this, as the only component missing is the cumulative....U have helped me once again (notice my inline img?...U help school me a while back on this) ....very grateful.

Sky

Hello....please be patient as I am fairly new to MC ....I'm a TS import and all of my past TS indicators have imported nicely into MC. http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/file.php?id=7597 I was curious about this indicator, can it be done in MC, or has it been done and I just can't locate...

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Inline image test...meet Mr. Kooper and Ms. Molly (mugs)....both like to ride!

Thanks for your help TJ......I'll use Chrome for this forum from now on!!

Whew....what a work out.........peace out folks.

Sky

TJ....thank you sir.....I'm using IE because most of the forums tend to work their magic around IE....I'll move over to Chrome (my usual browser) and copy paste the link attempt there....crazy browsers....IE does not have the copy link address option, as that is how I worked the img tag in TS also. ...

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Now TJ...please don't get testy on me here...I'm just trying to get used to the forums and how they operate....it just makes sense to be able to add an image between image tags, right? Unfortunately, when I try to paste a link between the image tags, the "paste" is greyed out and won't let me input ...

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TJ....thanks for the input, but the use of the img[tag] seems pretty useless if we can't insert an image between the tags. I should be able to copy the image in between the tags and in the preview be able to view my inserted image? If you attempt to copy/paste between the tags you are blocked/greyed...

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Thanks TJ.....have a link handy on image size for posting?

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Ok....let me put this another way.....what are the tags used for? I would assume they would allow us to post an image between the tags in order for the image to be viewable in the post? Is there a bug in the forum posting tags that block this tag from working properly? Tnx....Sky p.s. also, is Left ...

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Hi Folks, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to U all!! I want to ask a question in a later post that contains some images for ease of understanding my MC issue. I come from 10 years with TS and the rollover has not been terribly painful, yet I have some learning curve to work through with MC. Fir...

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PriceScale_Charts_20131208.png PriceScale_Setting_Setup_20131208.png Ok, I hope this helps visualize what I am referring to? I think I will have to post this as a future feature upgrade, or project, in a future release, but it would sure would be a very useful feature for the discretionary traders....

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Hello All, I just cancelled my very expensive monthly subscription to TS and I am soooooosoooo happy to have found MC. What a great SW program!!!!! I was able to import my years of ELD indicators I have built in TS into MC and I can also use all the extras that TS charges you if you do not trade thr...

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