MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

Januson

Just downloaded the trial, but unfortunately it fails:

Error 1001: The TS installation path could not be found.

I've just mailed SystemFrame, but in the meantime.... MC_Prog -> Have you managed to use TuNet with MultiCharts?

Januson

Amazing.. thank you very much

Januson

Just a quick question, can one use C# instead of C++ when developing dll's for external communication from within EasyLanguage code?

Januson

Hi Thomas I'm not using the built in buy/ sell command, but just out of curiosity... can you explain what Buy("Buy") next bar at (CurrentAsk - .0004) limit ; actually does? As I understand, it initiates a trade at current ask -.0004 limit, that must be at the bid side right? If I then take a quick a...

Januson

What exactly is #55 error ?
Do you have a link to the other posting?

Januson

You can use time_s to get current bartime (last tick)

So just compare entry time with time_s and then exit when timespan is greater than 45 sec.

Januson

So all my experience has been that languages always hold their variables and never under the hood set them back to zero (in other words it generally goes without saying that they should). Depends on the scope ;) I'm not sure if MC has function variable scopes? Or if all variables just belong to the...

Januson

John
My view is different. In a perfect world if update eveytick was selected variables should automatically persist.

I cannot see why an Update on every Tick should have any influence in the variabel collection?

Update on every Tick is only a UI-thing as far as I know!

Januson

You could use an approximation with time_s[1]

Januson

Hi
Just wanted to share and eventually have a look at others layouts.

I'm using Consolas size:11, I like the font, it's clear and easy to read. I'm using a black background with imho nice font colors. Especially my comments are very easy to read, well take a look

Januson

When you moves the mouse around, the indicator values(in the subcharts) normally change , but in MC5 it looks like that tracking feature is frozen to only show last value and that's the behavior in MC4 when "Enable Tracking Mode" isn't checked (Format Window->Status Line->Enable Tracking Mode)

Januson

I'm experiencing bad ticks from eSignal daily, well.. actually it is not bad ticks, it's internal trades from broker A to broker A with a special accepted and out of boundaries price. The funny thing though, they disappear when I reload the chart (CTRL-r) I'm in the process of creating an automated ...

Januson

I've downloaded the beta release of MC5, but it seems like the tracking mode isn't working correctly. I can't track my indicator values in the subcharts anymore

Can anyone confirm this?

Januson

We missed you

Januson

Hello again

Take a look at the attached screenshot, I've plotted my ideas at it.

It's important for me to have a concise reading of trend start or trend end because I need it in my strategy.

Btw. what do you think about my other idea with trend reversal spotting?

Januson

Solved.

Januson

Ryan I wasn't aware that this was going to be a pissing contest!!

Take care

Januson

Thats because you can't use a numerical as true/ false expression!
Try the crosses method instead.

Januson

variables: PPO(0), Trigger(0); PPO = (XAverage( close, 9 ) - XAverage( close, 45 ))/XAverage( close, 9 )*100; Trigger = XAverage((XAverage( close, 9 ) - XAverage( close, 45 ))/XAverage( close, 9 )*100, 9); if Trigger crosses above PPO then Buy ( "PPO" ) next bar at market ; if Trigger crosses under ...

Januson

I suggest that you use Time_s[1] that will point to the previous bars end time!

Januson

Please take a look here. Am I confused? Or misunderstanding something? Simple code, just to get myself into the basics: Indicator: JK_LinearRegressionAngleDouble Value1 = jtHMA(Close, 21); value2 = LinearRegAngle(value1,1); value3 = LinearRegSlope(value2,2); Plot1(Value3, "LRADouble"); plot2(0, "zer...

Januson

I'm having trouble getting the tracking mode to work in the sub chart panes, it works normally in main pane!

Anyone else experiencing this issue?

Januson

Hi TSSUPPORT

I've a small question
If I look at a tradeticker there can be many sellers to one buyer, the buyer gets filled by many sellers if the buyer initiaed the trade. How is that handled in MC? Is it actually a single tick?

Are we allways looking at the initiator and not the fillers?

Januson

I've actually bought a lifetime license years ago, but will be very disappointed if this is cancelled because of something weird reason.

Januson

For some strange reason, I couldn't find any functions to convert Time_s to a formatted time hh:mm:ss So I wrote one: [LegacyColorValue = true]; { This function accepts an EL time and returns a formatted time string hh:mm:ss } { Functionname: ELTime_sToString } { Written by Januson Nov2008 } inputs:...

Januson

Is an official MC 5 being released before it costs $200 to upgrade?

Januson

Wonder when MultiCharts 4 is out then?

I've been a loyal customer since version 1 or so, is this the way to treat me? Something I've to pay for in the Christmas and within so short time.

I didn't even see any guarentees for bugs or a comprehensive feature list

Januson

Can you show an example of a tracking center?

I don't know what it is.

Januson

After spending endless hours writing and debugging an indicator, it was compiled and in use at a regular day - I was very happy! Yesterday I should write yet another indicator, I thought I would borrow some loops etc. from my above masterpiece, so I just opened it and did some quick editing to get a...

Januson

not quite, two prices observed within the blue line would both give a positive result i.e. close[1] - close or jtHMA[1] - jtHMA

Could you explain your answer a bit more?

Januson

Hi Please take a look at my screenshot, is there any built-in og custom developed function packages that can tell me the slope and/ or if we are standing at point A or point B? Somehow I need to determine if it's a positive or negative slope within the blue area... could we do something with Cosinus?

Januson

Hello
I need to create some text, but the text is long so it would be nice with linebreaks.

I need Bar Date and Time on to seperate lines!
Text_new(D,T,C,Text("Bar Date/Time is ",Date:0:0,"/",Time:0:0));

How do I do that?

Januson

Hi RobotMan

I've thought of the same, just to reference another chart. I've looked at something called ADE and ELCollections, but unfortunately I haven't managed to come up with something usefull

Is it possible that you would share some code snippets? This would really help me alot

Januson

I've tried that also, then the first gap occured allready around 38000 volume.

TJ, can you tell me if there's any difference between MC3 to MC4 with my issue?

Januson

Please take a look at the attached file. I don't understand why there is such a difference between charts with minutes and charts with volume.

Januson

Is damageboy not here anymore?

Januson

Hi I've spend quite a while testing for instance 10 min with a Data2 60min, which works and scale quite nice, 60/10 is a fine number. It gets very messy when I mix 5 min with 10.000 volume chart. I do think I've mentioned this before, it's possible to hide Data2, but what about not even plotting it ...

Januson

Yes I know they are highly specific, that's why I use MC - I know you love challenges

Besides that... could you please point me in a direction to create something similar myself?

Januson

Hi there...

IS it possible from inside a second chart to reference each tick as it is received?
I need to do some filtering before plotting the volume

Januson

Hi again Okay.. yes, mouseover, but not from EasyLanguage. Here you have a normal uptick/downtick indicator, it works fine at tick charts, volume charts and secondcharts. But not Points Chart :roll: [LegacyColorValue = true]; { WAV_Vol_3 Indicator WAV 8/20/05 intended for intra-day sessions only plo...

Januson

Hello

Why cant I see any up down volume when using a Points chart?

And what exactly is a Points chart?

Januson

Hi

Just wanted to come up with a little idea, that really could make MC stand out from the jungle.

http://www.prosticks.com/education/best_both_worlds.php

Januson

Hi

I like the volume splitter, could you point me to a previous trading recording where I can see it in action?

And another thing, do you have any trials? I would love to try a couple of the indicators prior to an eventually buying. Especially volume splitter and elite trader.

Januson

Hi Marina
Please don't forget my currency question

Januson

You can use PlaySound in your signal code

Create sound name as input variable and change it dynamically for each signal. The playsound is much better then alert sound as you actually can obtain whatever sound you need based at different indicator values!

Januson

This is interesting..
I've just built Floor Traders Pivot, using
OpenD(1)
HighD(1)
LowD(1)
CloseD(1)

And it seems to work just fine

Have I missed something?

Januson

Is this actually called a LIB. Look Inside Bar ? Is it coming then?

http://forum.tssupport.com/viewtopic.php?t=5313

Januson

...the reason why I prefer the older version is the data download issue with esignal... that issue makes the newer versions almost unusable for me. Thanks.

vienna-> What seems to be the problem with eSignal? I'm a eSignal subscriber, so let me know if I can help or test anything for you.

Januson

Thank you khalaad 8) Yes I must admit it's a bit frustrating that such small things doesn't get fixed right away. One thing is features which of cause TSSUPPORT need their time to develop properly, but bugs or things that are supposed to work as "sold" should be cleared with highest level of priority.

Januson

Hi again, thank you.

So I guess that hide isn't really "hide" , it could be very nice if TS-devteam could fix that in the future! Adding a "hidden" subchart that doesn't influence main chart/ data serie

Januson

Can somebody explain to me why I need to apply USD/kr for my local currency? Why is the performance report using currency conversion at all? :? And is it what 1 USD costs in my local currency or is 1 USD divided with my currency rate? 1USD costs at the moment DKK 4,840 - so what would be the right i...

Januson

Hello all dear MC-users 8) I'm sitting here again, first I did some searching for text placement inside a chart and a lot of threads matched my search criteria - but couldn't quite find what I was looking for. Then I thought to myself.. huh, why not go through the last couple of release notes for MC...

Januson

I never restart MC, in fact I think it's very stable and developed with great care for low performance and memory.

Januson

Thank you very much. I just tried to combine different frequencies/ types into the same chart. 600seconds together with 60minutes scale fine, but when I add ticks to the chart it gets very messy, there is different spacing between bars. I have tried to Hide the subchart, but the chart window is stil...

Januson

Hello RobotMan, you catched the NT

Yes I've tried NT, but I felt most for MC and as you I hope MC-dev continue to listen at their customers and their needs.

Januson

IMHO: Why wouldn't everybody be able to pratice outside opening hours? As a discretionary trader a simulated data feed is indispensable for ones succes:) All to many times I've just sat there after market close, and thought to myself... arrggh darn, why didn't I do that and that. And every time I co...

Januson

I'm trying to build a strategy based upon 10min, 60min and 45ticks. What's is the best way to solve that? I've a couple of solutions, you're very welcome to comment: Solution 1) One chart with ticks applied with 10min and then 60min and then access each frequency/ type with close of data2, open of d...

Januson

I was wondering if I could use the collected quotes without using the export function :) I need realtime access to the quotes I recieve from eSignal, but eSignal wants me to buy a Desktop API, besides the DataManager that I allready pays way to much for. I only want readaccess to .GDB, do you know i...

Januson

Hello

Could anybody tell me what database MC - .GDB uses? Is it Interbase or FireBird`?

Januson

Could you please follow-up on this?

Januson

When I start MC a small DataManager application also starts, this DataManager needs to be configured with your eSignal account and that's all there is to it! I normally download the whole eSignal package, eSignal is made in such a way that the accountnumber gives access to different features of the ...

Januson

Hello TSSUPPORT Maybe you could consider this http://www.mtiqs.com/de/screen.php It's a small application that can handle a lot of different datafeeds and provide it as a source into many different trading applications. It can also simulate a quotes, meaning that us users can get a simulated trading...

Januson

Vraiment délicieux

I've eSignal as provider, thank you. I'll now try to follow your instructions.

Januson

wooohaa - Phil, nice to see a correlation matrice, a really important tool. I appreciate your attention and posting regarding incorporating it into daytrading. I've used some time studying DataMining and one of my first questions was exactly how to determine correlation between different data series...

Januson

Hello TSSUPPORT
I'm curious to know which features the final MarketScanner should contain? Could be splendid to see the requirements specification

I've tested the MarketScanner, but it seems incomplete

Januson

It seems like you have restricted the new beta version to only be runned at one PC at a time. Is that correct? :?: I've a workstation and a portable PC, and I've allways been able to have MultiCharts running at both machines, however only one of them is allowed to connect to eSignal through their Da...

Januson

Hello..

I think there's a keyword in TS called Daily Open, it references the opening price and is supposed to be used be an intraday strategy

But what is it called i MC?

Can anybody help me?

Januson

*bump*
Dear Support...
Any suggestions how to solve my problem?

Januson

I'm sorry, but that's not the way I work and maintain my trading PC.
Every event has to be taken serious and corrected asap, especially if they spam the event log and thereby interrupt the performance of my harddisks.

I hope you understand my problem

So... what is your solution?

Januson

Hello TSSUPPORT Can you tell me how to fix the following warning: Detection of product '{2908EEF4-1277-4A05-9F91-738D574AEA88}', feature 'MultiCharts', component '{C301A2A5-F1B1-440F-BCAB-7AC116CC3D26}' failed. The resource 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TS Support\MultiCharts\Installer\LogsFolderLink_...

Januson

Hello Marina..
Sorry for the delay.. Yes I'll get back to you in the upcoming week!

My datafeed provider is ESignal, so I don't think my problem has something to do with IB.

Januson

Okay, but that totally cluthers the main chart, even if I hide the subchart - that could be better imho.

Is there any way that I can reference a chartwindow from another chartwindow?. I need to plot the main trend inside a smaller timeframe chart.

Januson

It's very easy to write such things in EL, I can help you if you're interested

Januson

Another problem, both in the beta and the latest release. If I've a tick chart, and I just let the ticks run in, everything seems fine, but if I refresh, MC changes the grouping. So what looked lie a good trade, suddenly changes to a bad one! Anybody else with the same problem? It's hard to see, but...

Januson

If I've a charting window with ticks, it works fine in the beginning, but if I refresh CTRL-R, then suddenly 80% of all the tickinformation is gone. I need to change symbol, back and forth to get the correct ticks again. This problem was so annoying that I had to uninstall the beta and install the r...

Januson

Hello :? For some strange reason I'm unable to get data into MultiCharts. As you can see at my attached screenshot the last day is 14.3, but today 17.3 isn't displayed. You can see the quotemanager windows also, why is MultiCharts sending a request for 18.3 when it's 17.3 today ? I've requested data...

Januson

bowlesj3-> Thank you for your reply, I couldn't agree more with you! But that isn't the issue right here and has nothing to do with the topic, the topic only consists and should only be regarding the TickReplay and nothing more ;) PS: It all comes down to screentime, screentime and more screentime w...

Januson

Hello Can you TSSUPPORT please help me with this problem, when I'm combining 2 symbols on the same chart the scaling looks kind of messy. Please take a look at the attached screenshot. The above charting window combines a 1 min and a 5min, but look at the spacing between each candle :roll: The middl...

Januson

Do NOT trade with real money until you find a method that suits you and is consistently profitable !!!
...
Forex factory is a fun place to exchange and test systems both mechanical and discretionary.

brodnicki -> That's not really the isssue here, thank you for your collaboration though

Januson

Speaking of which...

Is't possible to create transparency in MC ?

Januson

Hi Support I know this question has been asked many times before, but that only illustrates the importance. I'm a discretionary trader, and one of the most important issues for me is to advance in my entry and exit. Right now and in this market, I'm actually loosing money (a lot of them) I really ne...

Januson

Hi...

Just to be sure, where is the most appropriate place to post errors observed in the beta version?

Januson

Geee... That was my mistake, of course the scaling was wrong.

It has nothing to do with MC only my own blindness.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Januson

Hello... This is not a new problem in beta, but something I've observed for quite a while. I hoped it would be fixed in the new MC, but :roll: Anyway.. I've attached a screenshot of the problem. It's about the dot NoDemnd22 which says value 534, but the dot is flying high above that value, and in fa...

Januson

Okay That sounds promising :lol: Andrew> Could you tell me how the compression is made if I only change comression for instance from 100 ticks to 150 ticks. - Does MC use cached data for this operation or does it refetch it the realtime provider? Is it only when I press CTRL-R that it clears the cac...

Januson

Hello I'm experiencing a strange behaviour with tick data, it seems like realtime ticks is different from historical tick. So... before I can come up with a more trustworthy topic I need some help with examining the tick data :idea: Is there any way I can export the tickdata without contacting my re...

Januson

Hi..

I'm sorry I cannot answer your question, but apparantly you know something about DDE.

Do you know if I can use DDE to retrieve historical quotes?

Januson

Hello Marina Glad you asked... I've a couple of suggestions. The first one is before mentioned linked via color. Take a look a attachment linkedtab, linkedtab1 and linkedtab2. This could possibly lead into some tabs with the same friendly names (the underlying saved names should be left unchanged) T...

Januson

Not necessarily, you should just add right click menu to the tab and through that be able to select the linking color (just as you normally link charts together)

Januson

Marina-> Could you reveal when the next version is released as beta? (approximately)

Januson

I've different versions of Woodies, PM me if you're interested.

Januson

This is extremely nice to know, I've missed that feature alot!

Januson

It could be very nice that the name of the workspace could be dynamically linked with the instrument name. My Workspaces are named something like Klinger1, Klinger2 etc. and Screen1, Screen2 where Klinger1 is linked together with Screen2... But the naming is very confusing and often I can't remember...

Januson

TSSUPPORT-> Could you please answer this simple question

It should be fairly easy with your knowledge.

Januson

Hello...

Just wondering, do MultiCharts use the Desktop API provided by eSignal?

Is it possible only to have the Datamanager running from eSignal? I happened to notice that MultiCharts starts up the Datamanager

Januson

Do anybody knows if it's possible to use C# instead of Delphi etc.?

Januson

As far as i know it's not possible

Last time I wanted to do something with the plot I couldn't because of MC implementation of PowerLanguage, which in many turns look like EasyLanguage though it's not. But I guess the folks at TS are working at PL/ MC to behave much more like EL.

Januson

Nick.. I agree with Andrew. I don't like your tone either, personally I don't have such strong demands for drawing tools as you apparently have. I'm more into a better PLEditor and better integration with Easylanguage as TS support. However I still ask politely and never call the programmers stupid....

Januson

I know that NT will fail if you dont check for the barnumber. MC doesn't fail if you try to calculate at a non existing barnumber. I suggest you do something like this: if (CurrentBar == 1).... CurrentBar is NT-language Hopefully this solve it... Besides that, I'm a bit curious, how do you send some...

Januson

I got an idea... I searched google and found: Indicator Name: Global Variable 2.0 Study Type: DLL Time Frame: Multiple Date Posted: 8/20/03 Description: Global Variable DLL. Allows sharing of values between any two studies, regardless their setting: charts, RadarScreen or OptionStation. That actuall...

Januson

Thank you for your answer...

However I think it should be possible to only disable specific workspaces or use different profiles. When I open up MC it loads 24 workspaces which takes an awfull long time.

Please take that into considerations/ featurelist in upcoming versions.

Regards
Januson

Januson

Is it possible to create my own application for instance programmed i C# and use some API's to get either in touch with MC when it's running or just use API's/ Assemblies so I can create my own RadarScreen?

Kind regards
Januson

Januson

I've a registred version of MC, but the demo workspaces still loads. I've tried to delete them from the folder, but then MC recreates them.

Kind regards
Janus

Januson

Okay I see... Nice, I was aware of an output from PL, but didn't know that MultiCharts while running was capable of printing to that output window.

Januson

I need a radarscreen soooo bad.... Actually I've been so frustrated that I started to code my indicators into NT cause they
ve a very nice Market Analyzer/ RadarScreen

But I love MC... please consider to implement the feature in the next release.

Januson

Where does print output the information?

Januson

Well... my trial period proceeded smoothly. However I was forced to buy a datafeed from eSignal, because of DDE lack of history... Well I'm glad now and are using Multicharts to manage my trades and WealtLab to scan day-to-day / swing opportunities I know I've asked recently for a marketscanner, rad...

Januson

How can I ship my orders to Etrade? Is't possibly in the future with MC?
Or should I choose a product like OwnTrade and how does OwnTrade integrate with Multicharts?

Januson

I'm in my trial period of MultiCharts and I miss a Tick Replay like the one there's integrated with eSignal.

Any chance of getting that feature implemented into the next release?

Januson

Hello

I'm trying MC and are very pleased with the product, I'm also a proud user of Wealthlab which I also like.

But what are the future plans for implementing a Marketscanner into MC??

It could be very nice to scan a market for interesting opportunities according to a strategy

Januson

Hello Kate, thank you for your posting.

Maybe You should develop a hotfix release then

Januson

Hello... I was trying to reproduce the candlesticks to show you that Multicharts have a major bug :shock: I have created 2 very simple indicators ScaleBug1: PlotPaintBar(high, low); ScaleBug2: PlotPaintBar(open, close) I did remove "Use margins" as I've found out that each indicator has it own setti...

Januson

I guess it depends on what datafeed provider you use.

Januson

:lol: I must laugh.... but this seems a bit stupid, I played around with the compression and when I select for instance 240 seconds compression the up/ down volume works as supposed... hmm is that by design or by incident that you've developed it that way? I can figure out, that the MC routine uses ...

Januson

Hello... I think the compression-routine is a bit strange, I use eSignal as data provider and when I select for instance 1 minut compression MC connects to eSignal and downloads 1 minut data. Apparently eSignal doesn't provide up/ downvolume for anything higher than a tick :roll: So when I request a...

Januson

I'm just started to read to Easylanguage Reference Guide, but before I dwelve to much into the details, could somebody maybe tell me how many of the features are doable? Taken from EL Ref Guide: The types of trading and technical analysis tools you can create for TS are: Indicators (chart-based) Sho...

Januson

Hello

I'm trying to make my own candlesticks, but when I use the PlotPaintBar it only plots it as OHLC bars.

How do I plot candlesticks?

I've ofcause toggled the charttype, but with no luck.

Take a look at my screenshot... it's the study below the normal candlestick chart.

Regards

Janus

Januson

I'll try to figure it out then by myself.....

Januson

Hello... Just downloaded MC and I must say I'm very impressed... However sometimes the tsServer.exe uses all my cpu, but that's another thread.. Anyway I was wondering if it's possible to place 2 bars upon each other in a histogram? Take a look at the screenshot to see what I mean, the screenshot is...

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