MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

RobinT

what rubbish.

I have found information and am posting it. I was asking Henry and now I am posting the results.

Got anything useful to say?

RobinT

I am posting my findings with the different brokers to the supported brokers thread

RobinT

josh thanks for the link, very useful.

I have a barcharts real time trial and i can't find the instrument.

got cme and cboe but can only find spm5 and no spx.

I need es and spx.

RobinT

AFter all that work I cant find a broker to connect mc to other than ts!

I have 20 clients looking to move.

RobinT

I am delighted to tell everyone that mertautotrader is working with multicharts and TS as the broker. I need to get a few other brokers tested so if anyone has the details of broker feeds I would be grateful.

Thanks to everyone for their help.

www.mertautotrader.com

RobinT

Thank you so much, that was it.

what does RHM do anyway?

RobinT

Hooray, it's nearly all working. I have modified the EL code so the TS and the MC versions are dealt with by versions of a couple of functions. I have a problem though. I have set all times to exchange time so es futures start at 0830 and the amended close is 15:14 to setexitonclose works. All works...

RobinT

so if you want it independant of mc and mc64 you have to do

pathname = "C:\Program Files (x86)\TS Support\" ;

RobinT

to compile, now I have to sort out the differences.

I use

pathname = Environment.GetMyWorkDirectory() + "\";

to get the path of the mywork directory. what is the equivalent for mc, and mc64 ?

RobinT

excellent point.

however I have been caught out by actual 0 and 0.0000000000000000001 before, which is <> 0.

comments? in 10000 lines of autotrading code, I don't want to be caught out.

RobinT

ok, got it. if you declare a variable int does it have any effect?

RobinT

transparent no longer an issue but astype int is.

RobinT

also the "transparent"

TL_SetColor(RefHID, transparent);

doesnt compile.

RobinT

I am compiling my el code having laboriously removed all methods, but it seems to reject astype int which is generously sprinkled through my code. Is this supported or should I remove it?

RobinT

great. i'm nearly there, ready to test in a few days.

RobinT

does it simulate trades?

RobinT

how do you deal with simulated accounts for backtesting?

RobinT

also does Expert commentary work in a function ?

RobinT

thanks. any thoughts on the expert commentary window?

RobinT

I was going to ask a question about expert commentary. This reserved word sends the expression (or list of expressions) to the Analysis Commentary window for whatever bar is selected on the price chart. How do you get commentary in the window irrespective of the bar selected. A bit like the print lo...

RobinT

how does call by reference work in el

sorry I was thinking of calling the function, you are referring to numericarrayref and stuff like that?

RobinT

Expert Commentary window can be launched from a toolbar in MultiCharts.

thanks, i was wondering if it can be launched from pl.

RobinT

how does call by reference work in el

RobinT

I have a real problem that is stopping the port. I have a function that is called in 13 different places with loads of variables. Because the parameter passing was long winded I put it in a method that did all the parameter work. That meant there was one set of variables as the function was called f...

RobinT

I am trying to see if there are any quirks wilth mc functions. I cant search for function. I am interested how once begin is handled.

RobinT

const = input:

Thats not the case in TS EL. Input puts an entry in the strategy format window or passes value to functions and const declares a name as a fixed value which cannot be changed by the program.

RobinT

The expert commentary window seems to be the answer. Do I need to create the window in the workspace or can I create the window from pl. also I am modifying my EL code to be as similar to PL as possible. I have changed constant to const removed methods and so on. I have vars defined as truefalse in ...

RobinT

Henry, thanks for all of that, plenty to be getting on with.

RobinT

I was just following the thread and I assume FFA was available for 32 bit. The thread is 3 years old so I was asking if there is new info.

RobinT

is this still only available for 32 bit? i use FFA so does that limit me to MC 32?

RobinT

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ChartingHost ChartingHost1( NULL );

I want to be able to move the underlying chart to the specified date.

RobinT

vars: Form frmTM( Null ), ListView MEJTTM( Null ); As I can't use objects, I will need to use text but fix it to a position on the chart. I enclose a picture of what I want to achieve. I have read about Text_float but I can't find that. Can anyone point me to a solution to this. In summary, text fi...

RobinT

truefalse data type not supported, use bool ?

RobinT

I have found constant is const and method not supported, need functions.

RobinT

[Tag] TS OOEL I am starting a port of a complex autotrading strategy from TS Easylanguage to MC Powerlanguage. I have come across many differences in the first compile. I will list the differences and I would welcome any guidance. The working system can be seen here: I am going to list all the issue...

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