MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

justme

Thank you both very much. The code sample above is basically what I used. But there really needs to be a 2nd exit in place to emulate this "realtime" exit. If this order will exit the trade 15 seconds before the close today, when I open the charts of tomorrow, a 2nd exit will need to run the exit, s...

justme

I have yet to find it, Can you give me a keyword or a link as to where I need to be look?

Thanks.

justme

Hi- I need to exit a trade a few seconds before the close... so I am looking at this example [intrabarordergeneration = true] input: TimeClosePosition(0); if (currenttime_s >= TimeClosePosition) then Begin RecalcLastBarAfter(1); sell ("EOD_LX") next bar market; buytocover("EOD_SX") next bar market; ...

justme

Thanks for the follow up. I am rather sure that was the cause of the issue.

justme

Thanks TJ, you make it look easy.

justme

Hi- My Charts are missing the trading data for this past Friday. I am using rhythmic and MultiCharts64 Version 9.0 Release (Build 10759) what are the steps to fix this problem? The data server Mode is set to Download missing data. It is properly collecting data realtime data right now, just the prio...

justme

Hi Josh, as always thanks for jumping in and helping.

As I keep my broker offline my work around was to write in PL a little file dump each time my entry or exit prices change. I then have an app which picks up those files and emails from there.

justme

Hi, in the TradeManager of TS, we can have it send out an email each time an order is created, canceled, filled etc. Does MC have the ability to send out emails with order notifications?

Thanks.

justme

Thanks.

justme

I am going to answer my own question. Yes, disconnecting from the internet, and click offline mode is the current way to run off line. For others, under "preferences", in the "data server mode tab" there is a check box which will prompt you on startup to allow you to open MC on line or offline. I wo...

justme

Hi, I have a trading machine running, I want to open MC offline on another machine, so I can do basic non realtime things. How can I open an instance of MC to work offline, where it does NOT disturb the trading that is taking place on the online instance. is this still the only answer? arnie, if Mul...

justme

Thanks guys. I am looking to get away from the "uncertain" event of the price tick, to the "certain" event of a timer. Josh, the TS timer can be set to any value, say 14 seconds prior to the closing time, at 14 seconds prior to the close, the timer fires and we can use that event to say, fire off an...

justme

Hi, I have been looking but can't find it. Does MC have a timer Class, like TS? This timer would allow an order to be placed based on a time event and not limited to a bar/price event.

Thanks. Gordon

justme

Hi Henry, after a few months of my trading machine in Chicago never having this hung at "H:Connecting" issue, ALL charts on that machine are hung. But they load fine on New York machine. EDIT: After doing nothing else, but shutting the application down and restarting it a number of times, it has fin...

justme

Thank you evdi.

justme

global variables it is...

Thanks again TJ.

justme

Hi, I have a multi data chart, 5 min as data1 and daily as data2. I need two strategies in the chart, where strategy #2 will know the MarketPosition of Strat#1. How is this done, so it will work both historically and in realtime?

Thanks.
Gordon

justme

Hi McJohn, I never got an answer and it has happened on me more than once, just on one specific machine. Hopefully you/we will get an answer on it. I have done a complete reboot on the machine and more often than not it is resolved on the reboot. I am not saying that is the work around, it could jus...

justme

Hey TJ, the connection was fine and nothing at all changed on the machine.

Thanks.

justme

Hi, all workspaces and charts on one of my machines are all hung "establishing connection..." log files were automatically sent to support, but does anyone have tips to try to get this running for tonight's session. MC is running fine on another machine. I am using Rythmic.

Thanks. Gordon

justme

Hey guys- it's not the MarketPosition change that matters here But the TotalTrades change that matters. This should capture all the trades. Add something like this to the bottom of your code. var: Intrabarpersist PriorTotTrades(0),Decimals(4), LogPath("C:\Trades.csv"); if LastBarOnChart then begin I...

justme

Hi, Is there a way to expose the time zone of the machine in powerLang?

Thanks. Me

justme

Just had another follow-up with Rithmic: they can get daily bars from us if they use R | API+. currently they may still be on R | API but I think that they are in the process of porting to R | API+. Henry, is the above in the pipeline as Rithmic thinks, or do I really need to make a request for it? ...

justme

I heard from Rithmic concerning the lack of settlement and volume issue. They say they are sending out the proper values. The response is as follows: I compared our data with the data reported on http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/e-mini-sandp500_quotes_settlements_futures.html#tr...

justme

Thanks TJ, but delay is not the issue. When I pull up a chart with Daily resolution, all the days are built are using last tick, so it isn't just a realtime issue. I have attached a file with a comparison of ESH15. MC (Rithmic) vs TS. The format is D,T,O,H,L,C,V,OI. You will see red denotes the diff...

justme

Hi Henry-

But when All the charts are arranged ("Window" ->"Arrange All") All I can really see is the background and the status line. Can I change the status line fore color via code?

Thanks. Gordon

justme

Hi, how can I get a daily resolution chart to output the settlement price instead of the last price? This is post close, where the settlement should be sent down the data stream.

Thanks. Gordon

justme

Hi, I was hoping to set each Chart's Background color with powerLang based on possible activity. If there is an open order, background is black, else it is gray. From what I have seen and read, there is no support for this. My issue is, I have 20 charts in a workspace and when they are "arranged" th...

justme

Hi Henry, unfortunately the logs were lost on the reboot.

justme

I reached out to rithmic and they do offer Open Interest values. This is the response I received. MultiCharts makes use of the Rithmic API (R | API). Our logs show a number of different versions of MultiCharts in use right now, and some of them use versions of R | API which do not support open inter...

justme

Wow, thanks Orion

justme

The price still runs to 6 decimal places. my assumption was the pricescale change would fix that. But it only changes the chart scaling, so 1/10000 shows 4 decimal points while the default of 1/1000000 shows 6 decimal points. Right now 6JM5 is 0.008497, but I need it to be 0.8497. How can I do that?...

justme

Hi, I have read through the forum about this but don't see a fix. Using Rithmic, I have gone into Datamanager, edited the symbol 6JH5 and moved the prices scale to 1/10000 from 1/1000000 and trimmed 2 digits off the BigPointValuw so it is now 125000. but to my surprise, the data didn't budge in the ...

justme

My answer: I altered the Symbol dictionary then altered each of the contracts to use the symbol dictionary, but what happens over time as new contracts begin to populate, what settings will they use? In Symbol Dictionary, I selected my data provider Rithmic as the datasource. Then I updated the exis...

justme

Hi Henry- Yes, the morning session was taking place at the time of the disconnect. I did a screen grab that will provide all the detail and more for you. Fortunately, the timetamp is in the status line of these charts and you can see they also froze. The bottom right time stamp of 3:52:56 AM is corr...

justme

When setting the default session time ("1) To change the symbol session settings:"), is there a way to set the session to the Root Symbol, so all delivery months will reflect the new session times?

justme

Hi, I received the lost connection alert at 1:30am about 30 minutes later I received an alert that the connection has been reestablished. I am sure my internet went down for that period of time. My question is why didn't the charts backfill and keep updating when the connection was reestablished? in...

justme

Hi, I am writing some code that I would like to run on various charts. If the chart contains Data2 the code will run a process on both Data1 and Data2, if the chart only contains Data1, it will bypass data2. Is there a way to check if Data2 exists in the chart to allow this bypass? Otherwise I won't...

justme

Hi, I need to open certain workspaces at certain times of the day. In TS I am able to use the command line to open the specific workspaces. I don’t see any MC commands for Opening workspaces, have I overlooked them?

Thanks Gordon

justme

Orion, thank you for clarifying that for me. I will delve into Ascii Import now. If MC gives prizes out for helping, I hope you get one!

Gordon

justme

Hi Guys, thanks for responses. I would love to have things set up like they are in TS, where 1 symbol can map to intraday data and EOD data. So in the case above, I would created an instrument "@ES" in MC and that symbol would use the both of my files, depending upon the resolution requested. But it...

justme

Hi, I just want to make sure that I am doing this properly. I have a directory which contains two files @ES_1Min.csv @ES_EOD.csv They are both ES one has a 1minute resolution and the other is Daily. I have TS so I have added symbol -> From Datasource -> TS and that worked fine as I selected the inst...

justme

I was actually hoping Alex was wrong.

Thank you. Gordon

justme

Hi, When I plot Rithmic CC FMH0015! with a daily resolution it is showing a timestamp of 14:00, but the session close is actually 13:30. is this by design? how does it get rectified?

Thanks. Gordon

justme

ok, thx

justme

Hi- When using intraday data, early closes will cause issues with Market on open orders along the lines of if time=sessionEndTime then Sell next bar market I have resolved this issue in the past by reading in data that will update what the session's closing time actually was for each day, but I woul...

justme

Hi, Is there a setting I need to set, to get daily Open Interest numbers when using Rithmic?

Thanks. Gordon

justme

Thanks guys for the input.

justme

Hi, I can find ExpirationDate, but I can't find FirstNoticeDay (FND)? is there functionality for this?

Thanks.
Gordon

justme

Thanks Josh, much appreciated.

justme

Thank you Henry.

The screen messaging will help a lot. I assume your new strategy performance in RT will include strategy Pnls?

I know this is a real nebulous question, but is there a possible target date for 9.1?

Thanks. Gordon

justme

Hi, while I am learning MC, I don't want orders to be sent to rithmic so I have disconnected their profile. The strategies and charts are spot on when compared to TS. I can use the "cross Pointer" to get the values of the entry or exit prices. But how can I see the strategies order and position info...

justme

Thanks TJ, I am using stops, so I really can't code like you suggested. More or less, I will have to look for a change in TotalTrades, once that changes, then I know there is something to report. I can imagine something where I loop through the difference between TotalTrade and the prior Totaltrades...

justme

Hi, I didn't explaining myself very well. I do know the functions and how to write to file, my issue is exactly how to I fire the code off, as it might be an exit that fired or it might have been an entry that fired. And I might have an exit and entry fire at the same time, how do I ensure that the ...

justme

Hi, I am new to MC. what is the cleanest way to write trade information to file, as it compiles in the chart? I am looking for basic information, which can be found in existing functions. I am looking for something that will emulate the List of trades, found in performance summary. Just basic trade ...

justme

Hi, new to MC. Just noticed that the volume In KCH15 that is being reported through Rithmic is different from what I see in TS. What are your thoughts on this?

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