Hi all,

Is there a way to in PL to get volume of data2?
I have 2 instruments on the same chart and want to use volume data for both instruments in the PL script.

Thank you.

Hello all, I just noticed that when backtesting a portfolio of strategies i got Max Portfolio Drawdown less than Max Portfolio Close to Close drawdown. I always thought that Max Portfolio Drawdown should be the biggest of these two. In this portfolio, I have a minute futures and one day futures in t...

to clarify, I am talking about bar spacing and using CNTR + mouse roll to change it

Hi all, After either Windows upgrade or Multicharts upgrade, now I have a limit when zooming out on the chart. Now on 1 minute chart i get max about 15 days, while before there was pretty much no limit and zoom out was to several months. Is there an option switch where i can control it? I am on MC 1...

yes, it did work fine in backtesting. thank you

Hi all, How can i appropriately size strategy position depending NOT on the strategy equity but rather on the portfolio equity. Thus using InitialCapital + netprofit + openpositionprofit will not work. Also, GetRTAccountEquity does not work in backtesting. What is the appropriate easylanguage code f...

Hello all, How can i relaunch autotrading of a strategy (after say IB reconnection) with specified date (in addition to price). I have model that depends on the number of days position is open and if you do not specify the date then the autotrading starts as of now and then actual trading differs fr...

Hi all, how to set custom futures roll to first notice date, not expiration date? It is necessary for contracts such as GC and SI where first notice date is nearly one month ahead of last trading day. I understand you can do ASCII custom futures and then merge with current contracts but that is cumb...

MultiCharts64 Version 9.1 Release (Build 12587)
I have not upgraded to 10, is this issue resolved there?

Hi all, Today i have stumbled across a problem - VXH7 futures data sourced from IB has expiration date 03/14/2017, while it should be 03/22/2017. Thus, continuous vix futures was rolled while it should not have been. How can i change the expiration date for this future (it appears that i cannot do i...

I try to backtest a spread strategy with global variables with very typical setup - chart1 is master with algo in it and chart2 is slave which simply takes opposite position vs chart1. When using playback i turn on global mode. All data is 1 minute and when i start to speed up playback I notice slip...

I have reinstalled original Globalvariable.dll. It now seems to work. Possibly it was indeed 32 bit. Thank you

to clarify - the strategies compile fine, but the error occurs when running them

no, definitely 64bit, saw that thread before installed them. Any way to fix this?

I am still running version 9 of MC

Yes

H all, I cannot get two models - master and slave - work in Portfolio Trader for a backtest with global variables. I get Message: can't find dll "globalvariables.dll". I tried to specify full path but it also failed (file is definitely there). I tried the following initiation variations for globalva...

Hello all, I am a bit confused on the trading size in IDEALPRO. Say I want to use $100,000 to buy EUR.USD. Typically, for a stock/futures say i would used the following formula to the the contracts amount = round(($100,000 / (open * bigpointvalue),0); If i do this for EUR.USD I get always 65,000 as ...

I do not have a problem with the chart. I need to export data. And need RTH daily data to export, which is a custom session data. In otder words, how can one export custom session daily data from MC? Thank you.

Hello, I am trying to export RTH (regular trading hours) - or read cutom time session for that matter - data for futures from to IB for offline analysis. On the chart, i have daily bars made out of minutes. Now, i need to export RTH daily data. How can I do that? IB daily data is for ETH sessions, a...

ok, will do, thx.

Hello, Issue - MC does not get LIVE IB account info, sends others though. Pls help. About two days ago, MC showed no open position in the account tracker window though i knew that there were positions opened. it was still connected to IB and showed account info. Then i closed all MC apps and relaunc...

Hello, Question: how can I have a single instrument set up with different time sessions as each can be used in separate chart windows? Details: I have VIX index set up in Quote Manager as 24/7 since i am running a chart on Vix index with 1 minute for ETH. Now, i need to have a separate chart window ...