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Hi MC fans, I would like to get data in chart A and plot the data in chart B by using Global variable. I write the following code to send 3 variables from chart A to chart B but only 1 variable (GV_openTimeframe2) can be received in chart B. Thanks for your idea and comment. indicator in Chart A: va...

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Hi Splint,

Thanks for your info. I would like to know more about this setup. Could you share more or web site talking this? Thanks.

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Hi folks,

Is there a reserved word or method to get "earliest date and time of bar" in the chart?
Thanks.

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Thanks TJ. I also use this way but want to find another way to achieve this. Sometimes, the compiler say the indicator is running, I need to compile it several times.

Which version of MC? MC64 ver11

Are you running MC as administrator?

no

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You can create a seperate indicator ("new") that plots the inputs you want. Then go to each indicator and specifiy their inputs as the "new" plot(s). Now going forward you can change "new" and it will change all your indicator inputs in one shot. Note however that since MC11 there is a bug where si...

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Hi MC friends, I apply an indicator to 20 charts. If I change the value of input of indicator (e.g. from 1 to 0 or from 0 to 1), I need to change it one by one in each chart. Is there any way to change it globally (make change once then indicators in 20 charts has same input value) so as to minimiz...

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Hi MC friends, I apply an indicator to 20 charts. If I change the value of input of indicator (e.g. from 1 to 0 or from 0 to 1), I need to change it one by one in each chart. Is there any way to change it globally (make change once then indicators in 20 charts has same input value) so as to minimize...

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Thanks Anna explanation. system limit. case closed

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Hi, anyone can help?

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Hi, I have adjusted the start (19-12-2017) and end date (9-1-2018) of filter in alerts in Order and position tracker to get alerts. But I found it it only show from 7-1-2018 to 9-1-2018 as shown in image. The bottom item is the oldest alerts as shown. It do not display alerts before 7-1-2018. Please...

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Hi,

I would like to access data2 in scanner and cannot find the answers after searching the forum. Is the latest version of MC support for this feature? Appreciate anyone can help or direct me to some links.

thanks.
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Hi, The status line become very small (size 2) in all my charts in all workspaces. I have encountered this issue once then I restart MC and load those workspaces and the status line become normal (size=6). But this cannot work now. I don't know what's wrong. Is there any way to set the status line t...

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Anyone can help to confirm the following questions: 1. daily data (OHLC) of US stocks from IB include non-regular trading hour data? 2. If yes to Q1, is it the only way to use minute data to build regular trading hour data (0930-1600) or there are other ways to do so? 3. I see there is a option "reg...

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Hello, ppc! What data range is selected for the stocks in Scanner? Is the "Build from minutes" option enabled in Format Instruments window -> Settings tab? Do you get pacing violation messages? https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Interactive_Brokers_Pacing_Violation Are there any...

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Henry,

How do MC reload all updated historical data in scanner ( delete all old data in scanner and then reload all new data )? As some stocks report their price are zero, I am trying to reload all but not successful. They still keep old data. thanks.

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Hello, ppc! What data range is selected for the stocks in Scanner? Is the "Build from minutes" option enabled in Format Instruments window -> Settings tab? Do you get pacing violation messages? https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Interactive_Brokers_Pacing_Violation Are there any...

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When I load up 55 workspaces (which is much higher than my normal no. around 20), it shows MC use 8XXX GDI . No error message for over the max limit. 8XXX GDI objects, meaning over 8,000? That I believe is above the GDI limit of 7,500 built into MC64, unless it has been changed lately. I'm using Mu...

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Hi, I put around 80 stocks in scanner to load daily data from IB. It takes a few minutes to load around 20 stocks data then rest of stocks show "waiting for data". I have tried "force" IB to download data but scanner still show no progress. I start a chart with a stocks in the scanner then MC can im...

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I cannot find the details tab in Win 7 but thanks for your help. I find a small app in internet for looking GDI called "GIDView". If you have interest, you can download it from http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/gdi_handles.html. When I load up 55 workspaces (which is much higher than my normal no. around...

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Janus, how to find the no. of GDI objects in a workspace?

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Yes Janus. I have start multiple MC to do so to avoid this issue. But how do I know I start a new instance of MC as I see there is only client id connected with ib gateway, sometime there are several client ids connected with gateway? What is proper method to start multiple instances of MC?

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MC64 V11.0 build 14943
Win 7 Pro sp1
3 monitors
Nvidia GT 610

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Hi, I encounter a situation that the screen of workspace of MC and quote manager are messed up as shown in the attachment. It happen a few times. The screen will be blinking. Sometimes I can close all workspaces and restart all again but sometimes I need to kill the MC process and restart all again....

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Thank you JoshM for providing useful information. I find that the Alerts tab can be exported to excel. Is it possible for excel update in sync with Alert tab in real time?

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Hi,
Besides e-mail alert, how do I direct / write the alert message to a file for reading or keep record? Do multicharts has alerts log to keep the alerts as I do not find any option to write to a file ? Thanks.

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Also, how to quickly remove all error messages "cannot send email....." instead of click it one by one? thanks.

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Hi, I have setup email alert by gmail and it is working properly for a long time but recently MC send error message that it cannot send to SMTP server. I have read the forum and try Yahoo mail server but get the same error messages. So MC cannot send email thr Gmail and Yahoo mail. Appreciate if any...

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Thanks JoshM and TJ's help to resolve the issues

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Hi TJ, You suggest to Look up the keyword: NoPlot in your post link but cannot find it . I don't understand how to relate NoPlot to my current issues. I have read the post which provides guideline how to make a post and make code reading easier. I post the code using the guideline for easy reading i...

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Hi TJ,

I cannot follow your idea. Could you tell more about your idea? Thanks.

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Hi, I apply the following indicator in market scanner: if close > highest(high[1],20) and Average(close,5)>Average(close,20) then plot1("AAA"); plot2(Average(close,5),"5",yellow); plot3(Average(close,20),"20",cyan); plot4(Average(close,5)-Average(close,20),"diff",cyan); It plot "AAA" if fullfil 2 co...

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Thanks JoshM, actually I have no idea about the syntax of original code. What will be the output of these 2 line code (for value4 and value7) if the test is not valid?

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Hi, I would like to ask for help to convert the following code (I guess is Metastocks) to easy language. Thanks. VAR2:=REF( LOW, 1 ) ; VAR3:=SMA(ABS(LOW-VAR2 ) , 3 , 1 ) / SMA(MAX(LOW-VAR2,0),3,1)*100; VAR4:=EMA(IF( CLOSE * 1.2 , VAR3*5 , VAR3 / 5 ) , 9 ) ; VAR5:=LLV(LOW,67 ) ; VAR6:=HHV(VAR4,67 ) ;...

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I applied it in both ESH6 and HSIG16 but showed different results. ESH6 can show downticks data while HSIG16 always show ZERO even it dropped. Anyone can help? Thanks.

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I have find this before but it return many error when compiling like below. How can resolve them? Thanks. 14.02.15 12:07:36 ------ Build started: ------ Study: "TD REI (Quick)" (Indicator) Please wait .... ------ Compiled with error(s): ------ Unknown Function line 6, column 0 14.02.15 12:07:36 ----...

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Hi,

I would like to find Tom Demark indicator running on MC and find a link page about that indicator in MC web. Would you please advise where I can find it ? Thanks.

https://www.multicharts.com/support/bas ... cle&id=395

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Thank you Dru and MultiCharts for the excellent work which has been done to develop the TPO indicator from August 2012 onwards. It is largely due to the success of this work that I decided to change my trading platform to MC.NET64, having tried to build a similar indicator myself on another trading...

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Hi all. My task is to make so-called TPO (Time Price Opportunity) indicator for new MC .NET platform. I will share the result with you. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Hi Dru, I have tried MCTPO ver 2.0 in MC but cannot produce result generated by this indicator in MC .NET version. Also,...

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add on but found some strange things 1. the TPO display strange characters not alphas (currently use Arial narrow font) 2. "Draw volume" shows more than 10 decimal places Please advise how to fix it. Thanks. Could you attach smaller images? geez... Why are you using the volume profile from the TPO ...

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add on but found some strange things
1. the TPO display strange characters not alphas (currently use Arial narrow font)
2. "Draw volume" shows more than 10 decimal places

Please advise how to fix it. Thanks.

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Hi,

Thanks for implementation of this indicator. Could you add 15 for "TPO step in minutes" parameter selection? Thanks.

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