MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

Gargoyle

Hello, it is great to see this release already! I would like to comment, that in my opinion it would be nice to add the square icon for the full screen expansion, of the Monte Carlo analysis window. Like were the arrow in the picture is.. Now only the "X" (windows close) icon is available. Thank you...

Gargoyle

I find that for backtesting a single signal set, with 192 value in one parameter, Max Bars Back of 200, allows me to open the SPR. While trying an optimization with variations between 3 and 192 of this and some other parameters, with Max Bars Back=200, on the same historical, same signal, gives me a...

Gargoyle

What is your chart resolution? How many bars do you have on the chart? (ie how far back in history) Actually the historical has +274 000 bars, 5minutes resolution. I am reviewing the definition now. It is the first time I am having such problem, I always used a value around 300-500 for MaxBarsBack,...

Gargoyle

Here you have the error message:

Gargoyle

Hello, I am trying to make a Genetic Optimization on a trading signal. The highest value of the testing parameters, is 192, as you can see in the file I am attaching.... but when I start the optimization, soon I receive the error of: "Tried to reference back more bars... etc".... Initially I was usi...

Gargoyle

Hello,

is there any function in MC's EasyLanguage that returns the Base Currency setting configured in the Signal Properties window?

In TS there is "BaseCurrency" function, not available in MC.

Thank you.

Gargoyle

Because trading is disabled in those 5 minutes. Try and send an order tonight..

Sure it is logical... but with a broker marking such "illogical" 80-120 pips spikes on so many instruments for the last 10 days, the logical thinking may not be the most appropriate...

Gargoyle

If this is in the 5 minute roll-over period then no.

How do you know? Have you seen a similar case in LMAX in the last days? Thanks.

Gargoyle

Bad ticks.

What do you mean with "bad tick"? Why it usually happens?

Gargoyle

Hello, I have seen that since a week, on many forex pairs, LMAX is displaying very alterated prices, during the rollover period, with also more than 100 pips wicks, on live account... Such abnormal prices remain also after reloading the data in MC.... It happened mainly to CHF pairs but also to some...

Gargoyle

There is no code available to draw a rectangle. I did post a similar request few years ago :: Martin He is not just asking to draw rectangles. He is looking for codes that can recognize a rectangle chart pattern for trading purposes. Yes, true. Thank you TJ. As there are many auto-drawng coded solu...

Gargoyle

Hello everybody, While using the function "Highest" in Easy Language, is it possible to get the BarNumber of the specific bar that contains the "highest" price, of the N bars ago I select in this function? My goal is to take the Bar ID of that bar, which has the highest price... Thank you very much!

Gargoyle

Hello folks,

I would like to ask if there is available any EL code, for auto drawing "rectangle" chart patterns..?

I am looking for a code which could automatically detect rectangle consolidations...

Thanks!!

Gargoyle

Hello, I need to build a signal, that calculates the max H and the minimun L, using a start time and an end time.... so it has to found them between this time period. Until the moment, I have used the functions "Highest"/"Lowest", which work with "n" bars. Is there any or a way to base that calculat...

Gargoyle

Thank you very much! Hello all, I have a strategy with SetExitOnClose, but it is working correctly only in backtest, while in live trading, it is not closing the opened position... My code is: if ExitOnClose = True then begin SetExitOnClose; end; It was expected to close a live trade at 22:00 GMT in...

Gargoyle

Hello all, I have a strategy with SetExitOnClose, but it is working correctly only in backtest, while in live trading, it is not closing the opened position... My code is: if ExitOnClose = True then begin SetExitOnClose; end; It was expected to close a live trade at 22:00 GMT in EURUSD... The broker...

Gargoyle

IMHO, it would be an useful and very flexible improvement...

Gargoyle

Hello, is it possible to change the Email Alert format in order to can convert it to a tweet of less than 140 characters? Actually every mail bears an automatic text with: Date Time Source: Resolution: Message: They consume many characters, and I don't know how to edit them... Is it possible to edit...

Gargoyle

Hello all, I would like to say that since some weeks I have seen solved or apparently solved the LMAX-MC end session anomality, which was forcing the restart of the platform. This problem has no longer appeared. I would like to thing it is finally solved, and this is also solving the requests of thi...

Gargoyle

Hello Gargoyle, With the Beta 9.0 LMAX disconnection is always the same, I made a little video to show you all here , you can see that video of the day made with the 9.0 beta is identical to any other video that I have provided and which were made with previous versions of MC ... ;-) Thank you,...

Gargoyle

Gargoyle, I am with you fully! I was manually executing an order last night when IB was down! But what can MC do to fix IB's connectivity issues? Thank you for your support ! The problem is that, MC does not only need improvements in its connectivity with IB, but with the majority of its supported ...

Gargoyle

I haven't tried the software solution that is used as an add-on to the main IB TWS software. My thought process was that I didn't want to trust my job to a program that is not well known and documented - of course, this may just be an excuse because my brain begins to hurt when things become more c...

Gargoyle

wow, took me ages to go through this thread.. I can understand the frustration, it took me a while also to understand things, accept that compromises must be made, and pick a solution and move on. I have been a professional purely mechanical FX trader since last year, so maybe this feedback could b...

Gargoyle

The bridge solution to trade big forex venues via MC/TS, suggested by AndyWill, Advanz Auto4x, is out of business. It seems they are off since 1 year around.... In this forum, there were no more suggestions for bridge connections. Of course zero suggestions come from Multicharts Support too. But som...

Gargoyle

always no team reply ... for auto-trader you have Alphatrader it's free if you open a LMAX's account with us :) http://www.automatedtrading.eu/ you can make a test with lmax demo account, young startup and very impressive speed execution ! 5 ms max to send order and receive lmax server reply !!! Th...

Gargoyle

All subjects of this topic are still UNSOLVED. Probably for MultiCharts, we are still considered as an insignificant minority of customers........ May be .... but I already have three lifetimes licenses, manual trader only use one license at a time ! In fews months when I would sell my studies for ...

Gargoyle

All subjects of this topic are still UNSOLVED. We really LOVE MultiCharts, this is the very main reason we are here! You are right ! but all companies that do not listen to their unhappy customer lose their market. In the past look at TS ! they thought to be stronger and do not listen to their cust...

Gargoyle

This is the LONGEST thread ever started in MultiCharts' forum! We have been trending topic for more than 2 weeks! It has been a fighting arena for many posters. Majority of traders were unable to share what was asked in the beginning. Many don't even understood the subject of the topic. Some prefere...

Gargoyle

MAtricks, cleary you finished your arguments, you have nothing to say except asking Admins to help you.

You are right, we are very unexperienced here. So be a gentilman and left us in our issues. We can't understand your level of experience, so it is not worth losing anymore your time with us.

Gargoyle

-Trade FX. There's lots of profit to be made there. -Automation on FX is tough.. so be ready for your data to be fairly misleading. -FX brokers WILL screw you. Be ready for this -Automation comes with hundreds of unforeseen annual losses. Reduce these as much as possible. -Use a block account.. Don...

Gargoyle

-Trade FX. There's lots of profit to be made there. -Automation on FX is tough.. so be ready for your data to be fairly misleading. -FX brokers WILL screw you. Be ready for this -Automation comes with hundreds of unforeseen annual losses. Reduce these as much as possible. -Use a block account.. Don...

Gargoyle

Today, trading on small ticks the Spot Forex is still impossible in MultiCharts. I confirm Stratman's quote. LMAX service anomalities in MultiCharts are not solved, neither in 9.0. This issue is several months old. MC TSS are cleary showing lack of motivation to solve that. LMAX service limitation a...

Gargoyle

It's too bad, but go ahead.. learn the hard way. :) Remember, you're the one begging for help... Sure I need help for an improved MultiCharts platform. Also at least 3 more traders in this topic said to need it. You too would like to have what we are asking for. You missed to join in our approach, ...

Gargoyle

Hey "dude", look back on this in a few months when you've placed a trade or two. Hey mate, I am placing trades every day and night, and in the Forex Market! If you are off since an year from this market, go make gift of your wisdom in a futures, equities or some commodities forum. Your expired expe...

Gargoyle

You're right though. I dropped out of FX about 1 year ago because of several issues... and significant edges elsewhere. Automation is still my strong suit. 1. A restart reduces amount of events which will inevitably cause unforeseen losses. 2. In FX, anything can happen. Anything. Every fund manage...

Gargoyle

Gargoyle, Clearly you like MC software and clearly you want this software to get connected to forex brokers of reasonable quality, and you want an MC-forex broker integration to work according to your basic needs, like backfill, restart after connection is lost, etc. (otherwise you wouldn't have be...

Gargoyle

No one blames the inexperienced. Just the inexperience.

Hahaha, you always make me laugh a lot.

You are the most despot poster here, you always pretend your posts to be takken as a truth, and get irritated, if they are not!

Thank you for making this topic less bored!

Gargoyle

I am not the problem here.

The problem is MultiChart's manage of his customers claims, requests, reports.

Stop struggling with me!

Gargoyle

It is possible to trade FXALL, Integral, Currenex or Hotspot FX with Multicharts. Therefore you have to use a bridge called Auto4X. I know it is not the best solution because it is not fully integrated within Multicharts, but it is possible to use it for trading. With the mentioned brokers you can ...

Gargoyle

I am sorry; I am going to be nasty here. You increasingly come across as more a troll than a trader.

Khalid

Keep helping MultiCharts not solving trader's issues, claims and anomalities since months and months.

You are doing it well!

Gargoyle

I am talking about your MultiCharts Spot Forex automatical trading envolvement, on small ticks trading units, 24/7, with diversified portfolio between 20 pairs around, and with the need to run it on several accounts. I have years of experience doing exactly that. Stop this nonsense and READ the rep...

Gargoyle

I do not know what is your definition of a highly envolved automatic trader but I had my first trading strategy code written in 1986-87 in Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) Xenix. Khalid I am talking about your MultiCharts Spot Forex automatical trading envolvement, on small ticks trading units, 24/7, wit...

Gargoyle

Hey Andrew MultiCharts, do you know, I am not even minimally surprised you liked the last Khalaad post... (#146) Of course, Matricks is supporting it too, and I am waiting for TJ to come to the party as well... Are low exigent and conformist customers the best, aren't they? But what happens with th...

Gargoyle

Hey Andrew MultiCharts, do you know, I am not even minimally surprised you liked the last Khalaad post... (#146) Of course, Matricks is supporting it too, and I am waiting for TJ to come to the party as well... Are low exigent and conformist customers the best, aren't they? But what happens with the...

Gargoyle

It is possible to trade FXALL, Integral, Currenex or Hotspot FX with Multicharts. Therefore you have to use a bridge called Auto4X. I know it is not the best solution because it is not fully integrated within Multicharts, but it is possible to use it for trading. With the mentioned brokers you can ...

Gargoyle

It is possible to trade FXALL, Integral, Currenex or Hotspot FX with Multicharts. Therefore you have to use a bridge called Auto4X. I know it is not the best solution because it is not fully integrated within Multicharts, but it is possible to use it for trading. With the mentioned brokers you can ...

Gargoyle

Dear Traders,

does anyone of you know any 3rd part bridge solution for connecting MultiCharts to any of those providers:

- Currenex
- LavaFx
- Integral
- HotSpotFx
- FxAll
- EBS
- ReuteursFX
- Oanda

A similar approach may be an interesting attempt to solve the actual poor FX Spot MC Environment!

Gargoyle

It is possible to trade FXALL, Integral, Currenex or Hotspot FX with Multicharts. Therefore you have to use a bridge called Auto4X. I know it is not the best solution because it is not fully integrated within Multicharts, but it is possible to use it for trading. With the mentioned brokers you can ...

Gargoyle

There is so many hidden business behind the Spot Forex market brokers, that what Shanemcdonald is suggesting could be a good idea, and partial solution. But we would lose many cross pairs for trading too... Probably best solution is to go for the biggest providers, like Integral, Currenex and HotSpo...

Gargoyle

LMAX api doesn't allow to identify a connection loss, so we developed a workaround using their "heartbeat" Please Andrew don't take yours customers for idiots ! No need LMAX API to find internet connection loss, my third party software use simple ping to Lmax server ! 2 codes lines ! if you lose yo...

Gargoyle

The fact is that the latest version of MC (MultiCharts64 Version 9.0 Beta 1 (Build 9345)) absolutely not solve the problem LMAX. The last occurrence of this failure just occurred on my server, and for information, here is a video that shows what happens after the break ... The only solution is to c...

Gargoyle

I'm afraid that some doing will help you understand the replies here. Inexperience is really hindering the communication. I'm all for MC upgrading what they can. A fix for FXCM is high on the list. A connection with Hotspot and the other institutional FX brokers would be amazing. No one is arguing ...

Gargoyle

It appears you do not carefully read what other people write before you reply. Hence the amount of posts. The answers you need are all here. The answers you want will never be here. The trading industry as a whole is a very closed source of information. If you don't enjoy blazing a trail in a very ...

Gargoyle

Absolutely true; some are honest, while others are sly. While there is no such thing as a perfect trading software, MultiCharts is now acknowledged amongst the best. I have read a number of reviews by very experienced and highly rated professionals rating MultiCharts better than NT. Similarly IB is...

Gargoyle

:: ... similar situation with regular 15 minutes daily break, manual restart is needed for MC and this time no 3rd parties softwares are known to exist for trying to facilitate this situation with MC. :: Don't be naive, The hidden truth is... all brokers reboot their computers. Some chose to not te...

Gargoyle

:: ... similar situation with regular 15 minutes daily break, manual restart is needed for MC and this time no 3rd parties softwares are known to exist for trying to facilitate this situation with MC. :: Don't be naive, The hidden truth is... all brokers reboot their computers. Some chose to not te...

Gargoyle

Are you an expert trader of NT? Are you an automatic forex trader? If yes, can you share in some details your trading experience pertinent to this topic? Thank you in advance! I am far from a NT expert. I have been testing out their software for several months and do quite like it and it is my sole...

Gargoyle

What other platforms have you tested that do not have this issue? Let me step on a minefield once again: CrapTrader4 does not need a push start. On several occasions I it has run by itself on a rickety old laptop from Sunday to Friday. But, please beware, it is a crappy software. Khalid I can't tak...

Gargoyle

Yes, to be honest, I can see that being an issue What other platforms have you tested that do not have this issue? This is an area that NT has dialed in as they have in their software preprogrammed what to do in case of connection losses. In fact, if someone steps into deeper level of coding, they ...

Gargoyle

Could I be mistaken? I am actually encouraged with the fact that Someone should restart their platform once per day with IB and that being the only problem - if someone even considers that to be a problem. No matter if it were required, I would probably do that anyway because of that nature of wind...

Gargoyle

So I am a little confused - did anyone answer the first question. ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) lol You are right JGSmith! It is not so easy to get answered to the first question. 1) It is evident there are not too much Forex traders with MultiCharts; great majority trade Futures. 2) If you use Interactive Broker...

Gargoyle

Gargoyle, Trading is a very personal, and nuanced, activity. Different traders have differing needs. Traders should find “own light” regarding every aspect of trading. Therefore, my sincere advise to you is to please quietly do your exploration and then follow through with whatever you find meeting...

Gargoyle

I'm unsure what you're looking for? A bulletproof connection? You won't find that with any platform or broker.. regardless what market you're in. Automation does not mean 100% automated. We always monitor our strategies and deal with issues on a daily basis. That's just how things are. The trillion...

Gargoyle

Funny... I used MC to trade FX for 3 years. I had a few issues (mostly because I didn't know how to use the platform), but they were cleared up with some work with the MC team. During that time, I used MB for FX full time with several day trading strats which worked very well once i got the hang of...

Gargoyle

Although MultiCharts offers great technical and analytical tools for trading, it is evidend that this platform is still an uncomplete product/service that cannot satisfy basic needs of wide groups of traders. Wrong. You're just doing it (or not actually doing it at all) incorrectly. I always suppor...

Gargoyle

While MultiCharts continue to scale new highs on the technical front, I hope I will be forgiven for expressing my doubts concerning their business acumen. What is their business model... ?? .. Who knows the business relationship between TSS and brokers? What are the demands of the broker to be acce...

Gargoyle

Confirmed from FXCM. https://www.multicharts.com/forex-trading-platform/

MC is still connected to FXCM and very well according to them. So well, that MC created their own version of their platform for FXCM..

Thanks, so now we need somebody who can tell us how is trading with this solution...

Gargoyle

Please read everything again.... It seems as though you've completely missed the 40 something replies from every helpful individual here. **Regardless of broker, automated traders restart their platform every day.** You asked for broker suggestions- I gave them. You asked if MC was going to connect...

Gargoyle

I gave you everything you asked for in post #16 and a few others answered you as well. However, we're now on post #59 and you're still asking the same questions... What's going on? You have not paid sufficient attention, I am sorry. Infact here and in other topics there was a specific claim on LMAX...

Gargoyle

please, can you list the MC forex brokers which are able to reconnect to the platform, after any random disconnection, WITHOUT THE NEED TO RESTART THE PLATFORM? And of course, that are able to reload the missing history in the gap made during the disconenction? If some trader could indicate me this...

Gargoyle

Dear Multicharts Support, please, can you list the MC forex brokers which are able to reconnect to the platform, after any random disconnection, WITHOUT THE NEED TO RESTART THE PLATFORM? And of course, that are able to reload the missing history in the gap made during the disconenction? If some trad...

Gargoyle

StratMan: From your reply, you are testifying that there is no "gold medalist" in the supported Forex Brokers in Multicharts for automatic trading... Gargoyle, There isn't even a "bronze medalist"! I trade Forex full-time; I am a MultiCharts licensee since 2006. Khalid Thank you for your comments K...

Gargoyle

Please allow me two further questions: 1) Are you planning to add any new forex broker in the next future in your platform? 2) Are you planning to improve some of the already available forex broker connections, such as adding the possibility of historical data auto-loading for Dukascopy FIX API and...

Gargoyle

Dear MultiCharts support, regard the poor participation about the main issues I tryied to ask for in this topic, I would like to ask you what is your position about this customers request: https://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissue.php?issue_no=MC-286 and this customer's comment: "It is ridiculous to...

Gargoyle

No, I don't. As I say, if MC supported Hotspot FX or a couple other big ones, I'd be using MC for FX trading.

Do you agree that the great majority of MC customers are not trading FX with this platform?

Gargoyle

If MC supported those brokers, I'd be using it for FX trading.

Hi MAtricks,

do you actually trading Forex with MC? If yes, which broker do you prefer for that?

Gargoyle

Dear MultiCharts support, regard the poor participation about the main issues I tryied to ask for in this topic, I would like to ask you what is your position about this customers request: https://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissue.php?issue_no=MC-286 and this customer's comment: "It is ridiculous to ...

Gargoyle

Dear Gargoyle, please have a look under http://www.forexpeacearmy.com, just one opinion should not be enough for you. I want to be objectively here. Dear Stratman, Some MT brokers show which liquidity provider they use and some not. I do not want to put a list here but you can investigate yourself....

Gargoyle

Well, after reading the last posts and other posts of the forum, I still can't see a crystal clear choice for Forex Broker supplier in MultiCharts.... Please again, if you trade regularly the Forex with automatic trading strategies in MultiCharts, share your experience here... Dear Gargoyle, I woul...

Gargoyle

Well, after reading the last posts and other posts of the forum, I still can't see a crystal clear choice for Forex Broker supplier in MultiCharts....

Please again, if you trade regularly the Forex with automatic trading strategies in MultiCharts, share your experience here...

Gargoyle

In fact... I am looking for a Forex MultiCharts supplier, with no problems in connection between its data flow and the platform, with historical data available so I may backtest and reload them in case of lost connection and good reputation.. I would like to hear all that from some MultiCharts user,...

Gargoyle

Gargoyle, Please vote for the respective feature request regarding J-Forex API. It is not yet scheduled for any particular version of MC. FIX API doesn't allow historical backfill. If there is a gap, it should be filled by importing data from ASCII file for example. There is also option to merge 2 ...

Gargoyle

I mailed to Dukascopy: I was studing the possibility to trade a Fix Api account via MultiCharts, and I found an important problem. 1) The Fix Api receives only the current data tick, and historical data can't be loaded. 2) Ticks data can be downloaded only day-by-day. 3) If in case of multiple port...

Gargoyle

you can find historical data of Dukascopy. They provide historical data for downloading on their own website. Here is the link : http://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/marketwatch/historical/ Yes Andy, you are right, but to download Dukascopy historical data, you need to download day by day for eac...

Gargoyle

Hello Gargoyle, The 6 forex brokers available with MultiCharts are : - AvaTrade - Dukascopy - Interactive Brokers - LMAX - MB Trading - Open E Cry But, if you would like to test the validity of your strategy on the data feed of the broker by performing backtests, then you can at least forget Dukasc...

Gargoyle

The main problem is not to be in front of the computer but is to close all the open trades and the pending orders on MultiCharts and on the broker desktop before the restart... So imagine the problem if you have 5 or 6 portfolio, 15 or 20 pairs of currencies, and N or M accounts to manage... And th...

Gargoyle

MultiCharts is not recovering automatically the historical datas in case of temporary disconnections?! So automatic trading would be compromised in such a case..?! I prefer to leave the team MultiCharts answer this question ... I'll just say that disconnecting LMAX which certainly is not a crash ;-...

Gargoyle

StratMan: Thank you for the detailed answer! From your reply, you are testifying that there is no "gold medalist" in the supported Forex Brokers in Multicharts for automatic trading... There are always some kind of lacks and/or anomalities. MultiCharts is not recovering automatically the historical ...

Gargoyle

Dear Andrew MultiCharts,

Thank you for the links!

In fact, I would like to read some personal shared experience and review of a MultiCharts user with some of those brokers...

Gargoyle

Hi everyone! I am looking for automatically trading the Forex market with MultiCharts and I am new to this platform... It seems there are at least 10 Forex Brokers available for Multicharts... I would like to ask you, which one in your opinion has the very best service for trading automatic strateg...

Gargoyle

To summarize: - The demo data feed has nothing to do with the real data feed - From the same real account, the data feed is different on 2 computers - The real account data feed received live is different from what is then downloaded as historical data. - A signal applied to a demo configuration (f...

Gargoyle

Hi everyone! I am looking for automatically trading the Forex market with MultiCharts and I am new to this platform... It seems there are at least 10 Forex Brokers available for Multicharts... I would like to ask you, which one in your opinion has the very best service for trading automatic strategi...

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