MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

Sebastian Vermont

Hey, I'm trying to isolate a problem, and I figured I would ask here to see if anyone is experiencing the same thing. When I place orders on Oanda (via MultiCharts) there seems to be some kind of problem with the communication between Oanda and MultiCharts. The market order to buy or sell will alway...

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Henry, Thanks for the response! I really appreciate it. I have one quick follow up question. I realize a playback with exact timeouts between ticks is probably incredibly difficult to implement (maybe even impossible given the inexactness of data inputs), and it's a feature that not many people are ...

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Hey,

I've been searching around to try and see if there has been any implementation or workaround for this but I can't find anything. Does anyone know of any updates?

Thanks!

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I plotted a 5EMA on the chart, started tick replay, and I notice it does indeed move with each tick movement. So it looks like using an indicator to produce an inverted instrument will indeed replay normally. I'll try it out. I'll put together an indicator and try it out.

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Will I be able to play it through tick replay? That is ultimately what I am trying to accomplish here -- an inverted instrument played "normally" through tick replay.

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TJ,

Essentially, instead of GBP/USD I am trying to chart USD/GBP. In eSignal, I normally view GBP/USD with the symbol "GBP@FXDD A0-FX". I can view the inverted chart with "1 / GBP@FXDD A0-FX".

Thanks

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Hello, I am trying to figure out a way to get a tick replay of an inverted instrument. Here are my questions: 1) I can't figure out a way to invert an instrument through MultiCharts. Is there a way? 2) I can invert instruments on eSignal, and MultiCharts integrates with eSignal. However, it appears ...

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You would need to check with eSignal-- the costs are different depending upon the markets you need, etc. The sales/support staff is usually very helpful. They have a "Live Chat" option on the website which makes it very easy to get questions answered quickly.

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MultiCharts allows you to use a hybrid approach. For example, you can add 3 instruments to the chart-- 1 for your broker's bid, 1 for your broker's ask, and then 1 for the price data that your strategy will actually evaluate (personally I use eSignal for this, IQFeed is also a solid choice and less ...

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While not specifically related to your question, you may also want to consider limiting position size in addition to user base.

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Okay thanks. I have had success using i_setplotvalue and i_getplotvalue with 2 signals in a strategy, but the last time I tried it with 3 I was getting some weird behavior. I'll give it another shot.

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Thanks for the update Henry, it is thoroughly appreciated

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Henry,

Is there a way to supply other signals in the strategy the "flag" without using global variables or i_setplotvalue?

Thanks

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I will offer my opinions on your questions. Hopefully others who are more experienced will chime in. To give you an idea of my background: I am still new to MultiCharts, but I have been in the game for years. I have successfully converted my strategies to MultiCharts. These strategies are currently ...

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Hey, Is there any way to detect existing/pending Sell Stop and BuyToCover stop orders? For example, let's say a signal executed this: if (MarketPosition(0) = -1) and eventBreakevenCoverTrigger then begin BuyToCover ("BreakEven Stop") next bar at EntryPrice STOP; end; Okay, so now during a short trad...

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Hello,

Is the addition of Extended Backtesting still under consideration for Portfolio Trader?

Thanks

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Leo, I am using Oanda for one of my accounts right now and it has successfully run throughout the night for many nights. It only disconnects if an order is rejected. In this case, when I wake up I see that the connection to Oanda is disconnected and the Oanda login screen is visible. Are any rejecte...

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Thanks, that's exactly what I needed to know

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Thanks. For my purposes, GetRTCashBalance appears to work just fine. I do have one question though that I can't seem to find the answer to (and can't figure out how to test without risking capital)-- Does GetRTCashBalance return my balance at Oanda, or does it return unused margin? So, lets say I ta...

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Well, it looks like GetRTCashBalance works just fine. I had never seen that function before, just happened to come across it while searching. I am not trying to understand the difference between the various functions-- GetRTCashBalance, GetAccountNetWorth, GetRTAccountEquity, etc and then I'll mark ...

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I should also note that GetRTAccountEquity is not returning the account balance, either: print ("GetRTAccountEquity= ", GetRTAccountEquity(GetAccountID)); Returns: GetRTAccountEquity= 179769313486231570000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000...

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Has anyone had success with GetRTAccountNetWorth() on Oanda? I cannot get it to return the account balance-- it keeps returning 0. Here is the code I am using: print ("Time= ", Time); print ("GetAccountID= ", GetAccountID()); print ("GetRTAccountNetWorth= ", GetRTAccountNetWorth(GetAccountID())); I ...

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Thanks again TJ. I saw these keywords before, but I had assumed it was only for passing information from a signal to an indicator. I did not realize that it could pass information from a signal to a signal. This has eliminated most of the duplicity in my inputs. The only remaining duplicity is with ...

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Hello, I'm trying to figure out a way to access the inputs on one particular signal from another signal when they are applied to the same chart. This would eliminate the need for multiple duplicate inputs on the 2nd signal. I do not want to use global variables for this, as my understanding of globa...

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Hey, I do not use intra-bar order generation in my entry or exit strategies, so unfortunately my experience is not going to be helpful to you. Also, for the sake of simplicity I have settled on using a "static" trade management signal as opposed to using CommandLine. I am still looking for a practic...

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After playing around with this, I've come to two conclusions: 1) The use of multiple signals will certainly reduce the amount of code I need to maintain (whether using the CommandLine() function or just separating entry and management signals from the start), and 2) I will still have a lot of redund...

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Something fairly obvious just occurred to me. I could simply have a separate trade management signal loaded on the chart at all times, alongside the actual entry signal. This would be very easy using MarketPosition(0), EntryName(0), etc and it should work just fine with backtesting and optimizing (a...

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Can inputs be passed with this workaround? I can't figure out how to accomplish this, and it would be necessary for my use case. I don't follow; you want to pass inputs from where to where? If you mean the Command Line, then yes a string input can be passed to the Command Line with `CommandLine()`....

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Can inputs be passed with this workaround? I can't figure out how to accomplish this, and it would be necessary for my use case.

Thanks again

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I can't seem to figure out how to replicate the "Include Systems" feature of EasyLanguage into PowerLanguage. Here's what I am trying to do: Instead of constantly rewriting a set of signals to update the same trade management features, I want to separate trade management from signal generation. So l...

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I have finished digging into this. I am shocked at how easily MultiCharts manipulates multiple streams of data. Once again, this product has greatly exceeded my expectations. Thanks again to TJ for the help, and I encourage anyone that has been putting off dealing with multiple data streams to look ...

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Thanks TJ, I am looking through this today. This seems to be exactly what I want.

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Hello, I would like to use the volume from one forex instrument (the eSignal composite EUR A0-FX, for example) and price data from another instrument (eSignal's EUR@FXDD A0-FX) in the same chart window. Is this possible? To clarify on what I'm after: MultiCharts pulls the eSignal tick volume and use...

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Thanks Josh, this should be exactly what I need.

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Also, I should clarify that I'm not sure what specific data source I would be using, that's part of the question. I am still pretty new to MultiCharts and do not know if there is any sort of 3rd party that provides MultiCharts-friendly economic data, etc.

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TJ, I would like to use economic release data as additional trade conditions. I don't have any specific trades worked out yet, but as an example lets say I wanted to short a particular currency if: 1) the ISM Non-Manufacturing Composite was lower than expectations during the last 4 hours and 2) pric...

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Hello,

Is there a way to integrate economic releases (such as GDP releases, non-farm payroll, ISM, etc) into MultiCharts for backtesting?

Thanks!

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Is anyone having issues with orders on Oanda?

Re: Data Replay Does Not Simulate Real-time Accurately on Ticks

Re: Data Replay Does Not Simulate Real-time Accurately on Ticks

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Tick replay: Inverted instrument

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Re: Is there a way to limit use of code to a single machine [SOLVED]

Re: How to detect pending Sell Stop and BuyToCover Stop orde [SOLVED]

Re: Portfolio Trader -- Bar Magnifier, IOG, Extended Backtes [SOLVED]

Re: How to detect pending Sell Stop and BuyToCover Stop orde [SOLVED]

Re: Backtesting results VS Forward Testing

How to detect pending Sell Stop and BuyToCover Stop orders? [SOLVED]

Re: Portfolio Trader -- Bar Magnifier, IOG, Extended Backtes [SOLVED]

Re: Multicharts disconnects from Oanda overnight

Re: GetRTAccountNetWorth on Oanda? [SOLVED]

Re: GetRTAccountNetWorth on Oanda? [SOLVED]

Re: GetRTAccountNetWorth on Oanda? [SOLVED]

Re: GetRTAccountNetWorth on Oanda? [SOLVED]

GetRTAccountNetWorth on Oanda? [SOLVED]

Re: Same Chart/Strategy, Two Signals: Accessing inputs? [SOLVED]

Same Chart/Strategy, Two Signals: Accessing inputs? [SOLVED]

Re: Equivalent / workaround for "Include Systems" feature?

Re: Equivalent / workaround for "Include Systems" feature?

Re: Equivalent / workaround for "Include Systems" feature?

Re: Equivalent / workaround for "Include Systems" feature?

Re: Equivalent / workaround for "Include Systems" feature?

Equivalent / workaround for "Include Systems" feature?

Re: Volume from one instrument and price data from another? [SOLVED]

Re: Volume from one instrument and price data from another? [SOLVED]

Volume from one instrument and price data from another? [SOLVED]

Re: Economic release integration? [SOLVED]

Re: Economic release integration? [SOLVED]

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Economic release integration? [SOLVED]