MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, wilkinsw, kagein! As was mentioned earlier, TIFs are assigned by the broker profiles/plugins so changing the TIF for market orders cannot be done centrally for all brokers, and modifying this per each broker one by one will require considerable amount of resources. What broker profiles do you...

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Fattyflathead,

Are there any trades that happened prior to 2019? Please open the list of trades in the trade analysis section of the report to check that.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Fattyflathead! Try reproducing the issue in the Offline mode (File -> Preferences -> Data server mode -> Offline). If it is reproduced in Offline attach the following files: - a workspace with only 2 charts: one where the periodical analysis displays only 1 year, and another where all 10 year...

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Fattyflathead,

Please come to our live chat to demonstrate the issue by remote connection.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Fattyflathead! Please try the following: 1) reload the charts for CL and ES in TS first, then do the same in MultiCharts (Ctrl+R); 2) check if there’re any scheduled requests in TS: View tab->Launch Download Scheduler. If there’re any requests, make a right click and choose Schedule ASAP; 3) ...

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Hello, fibdax! I’m afraid your question is not clear, but if you’re interested in the way how the data is collected and stored by MultiCharts, please check this page: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Collecting_and_Saving_Data_to_MultiCharts_Database Here you can find about how...

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Hello, bowlesj3!

Please post an example of the code that you’re trying to modify and describe what you need to achieve in more detail.

Anna MultiCharts

Salzburg, We totally understand that this needs to be improved, but unfortunately this is not something that we can change. If there was a possibility to request the complete symbol list from IB and to add all of the symbols at once we’d implement it. Unfortunately this possibility is missing in IB ...

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Hello, Salzburg!

Here you can find the steps to facilitate the symbol mapping procedure for stocks: viewtopic.php?t=47718#p118769

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Ming80! 1) Yes, when Local time zone is selected the bars time will be displayed in the local time zone of your machine as configured in its system settings. 2) Yes, you can make a workaround using the time offset in your code. 3) Please specify which difference are you referring to in partic...

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lordsriram, to proceed with the analysis we’ll need you to send us the logs right after the issue is reproduced next time. Also most likely we’ll need to reproduce this on our end, so we’ll need you to provide us with the complete setup that’s required to reproduce the crash: 1. The workspace; 2. Ex...

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futurestrader019,

Thanks for sharing your observations. TOS and TS are brokers themselves so they have their own symbol list that doesn’t require any additional configurations.
How it works in NT and why we cannot add a pre-built symbol list like them was described in my commentaries above.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, lordsriram! We’ve found your dumps. Please specify how often does this happen on your end and what steps and setup are required for reproducing this issue. Upd: The dumps analysis showed that you requested 7129 identical data series of 1 second resolution for one and the same instrument that ...

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Hello, wilkinsw! According to the information from the CQG representatives they have the following limitations for the historical data on live accounts: - 30 days of tick data; - 3 months of minute data; - 3 years of daily data. The amount of history is thrice less for demo accounts. The "Request Co...

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Jimmyrakete, According to these screenshots you’ve configured symbol mapping for the Paper Trading broker profile, but you send the orders to an account on Papier Trading. The difference is one letter, but it still makes a distinction between the profiles. Please check the symbol mapping for Papier ...

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Hello, dvdkite! You are right saying the Global Variables can only work in realtime. The reason for that is that there’s no bar linking and synchronization between the studies on different charts, and it’s not possible to establish this synchronization (this cannot be done by means of the PowerLangu...

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Jiaqiangmit,

Thanks for the screenshot and your suggestion. This improvement is filed for the future versions of MultiCharts.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Jimmyrakete!

Please post a screenshot of the error that you receive.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, arjfca! You’re right. Since the first release of MultiCharts 12 it is possible to get delayed market data from IB. Only delayed streaming data is available, no historical data. The instrument with the delayed data will start updating only after the timeout for the delayed data has expired. TW...

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Salzburg,

As agreed in Live Chat we'll be expecting you back for remote demonstration of this issue should it ever be reproduced again.

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Applecabi,

as stated above those who are experiencing this compilation error in MultiCharts 12 Release 7 should contact us in Live Chat for remote demonstration of the issue.

Anna MultiCharts

trader39, yes, this is exactly what we tested and what we couldn’t replicate. We're glad to know that you found a solution for yourself, but still we'd like to investigate this should there be other users experiencing this issue. If you can recall more details about the time when your monitors were ...

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Hello, Meecc!

You need to rename the existing symbols to a 2-digits or 4-digits year format. If you have, e.g. ESU0 that used to be ES September in 2010, you need to rename it to ESU10 or ESU2010 in QuoteManager.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, swisstrader82!

Yes, we also have an API for order execution. For any questions related to API please email us:
https://www.multicharts.com/support/

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Sky! Unfortunately it is not possible to assign the visual order for the drawings. There’s no ETA for the implementation of this feature at the moment. You can vote for this feature request on this page if you’d like to promote it: https://www.multicharts.com/pm/public/multicharts/issues/MC-139

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Hello, Jimmyrakete!

This message tells you that you cannot mix instruments with different time zones in one chart. You need to change the time zone settings in Format -> Instrument -> Settings tab -> Time Zone. More info here:
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... /Time_Zone

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Jimmyrakete! Please find the answer to your questions on this page: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Collecting_and_Saving_Data_to_MultiCharts_Database The path to the databases is specified in the main MultiCharts window -> File -> Preferences -> Directories -> Databases.

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Hello, rokanten!

If your excel file is constantly updating with data, then you might find the ASCII Mapping feature useful:
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... ping_ASCII
Have you tried/considered this option?

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Dear users,

MultiCharts 12 Release 7 contains all of the preventive measures against this compilation error that we could think of by now. If it still bothers you in this release or higher please contact us in Live Chat for remote demonstration of the issue.

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Salzburg,

To be able to advise anything we need to see the exact message about G++EXE that you receive. Either post it here or come to demonstrate it by remote connection to our Live Chat once it is reproduced.

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Hello, Sky!

Unfortunately there’s no command for generating a time line drawing from the code. Please leave a feature request on this page so that other users could vote for it:
http://www.multicharts.com/pm/

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Hello, Fattyflathead! Trendline LE evaluates only the trendline #1 (Format -> Drawings -> Number column), checks the conditions for time, date and bar type, then if the price of the trendline on the given bar is higher than the High price of the bar, the strategy generates a stop order at the price ...

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Hello, Salzburg!

Please post a screenshot of the error that you receive.

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Hello, wilkinsw!

We tried to replicate this on our end, but it wasn’t successful. Please capture a similar video in the same environment: a Free Quotes chart + pre-built signals. https://bit.ly/31HBDMH
Or describe what needs to be done to reproduce this in more detail.

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Hello, guobinzhang2003!

We’ve checked this on our end and we confirm the difference in time. We’ll carry out the investigation on this matter and post what we manage to find later.

Anna MultiCharts

Dear users,

The implementation of the support for the new TT API is targeted to MultiCharts 13.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Pipscalper! Thank you for your suggestion. I’m afraid our roadmap for the nearest versions is already formed and we’ll not be able to implement this in the nearest future. Still we’d like to estimate the demand for this functionality among other users. Please create a PM request for this and ...

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Hello, darob! Please describe how the issue looks like on your end (some screenshots will be welcome) and provide the steps for reproducing this. Also please specify the version of MultiCharts and IB TWS/Gateway that you use. If you experience this on regular basis please send us the logs to illustr...

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Rien,

You haven’t initially specified that this is for Portfolio Trader. You can use DataLoader or CustomInstrument functionality to load the cumulative delta values even if there's no such settings for the instruments in Portfolio.

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Trader39,

We attempted to reproduce the same on our end, but failed. Could you describe what needs to be done to replicate the issue? Please specify the steps in as many details as possible.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, deadmandontcry! There’re 2 options: 1) purchase our broker API that will allow you to communicate with a non-supported order execution entity; 2) send the messages for your external service through a text file or DLL. If you’d like to find more about purchasing API please email us to find mor...

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poutche, Both of your solutions are viable and there’s no fundamental difference between them. it seems strange to me that two orders are needed. This is the third parameter that asks me question. Why one field at a time? This is by design and serves for the proper communication with the broker APIs.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, trader39!

We’ll investigate this on our end. I’ll post what we manage to find.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, rien! Yes, you can reference a cumulative delta data series in your strategy. Cumulative delta is no longer a separate chart type, but it is an option for any other chart type. To enable it open the Format Instrument window -> Settings tab. In the lower part you’ll find “Show Delta”. Check th...

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TrendFirst, Status line is updated 24/7, QuoteManager settings have no influence over it. But the chart is only updated during the session hours selected for it. The last price on the price scale and the last price in status line will coincide only during the session hours. Then after the session ha...

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TrendFirst,

Please carry out the same experiment for other symbols and post an example of one of them that has differences between last price on the chart and in scanner.

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TrendFirst, As far as we don’t know at what point you open your charts and scanner (before or after the session’s end) we’d ask you to perform the following experiment: - before 16:00 ET create a chart that uses 24/7 session and a scanner for the same symbol; - leave them be till the session’s end, ...

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Hello, TrendFirst! Our engineers have been testing this at the session end for several days and didn’t manage to reproduce what you captured on your screenshots. As a result of the experiment we found out the following: Last price in IQFeed SnapQuote stops being updated after the end of the regular ...

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Hello, jiaqiangmit!

Your request has been filed and we’ll consider the possibility of adding it in future versions.

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futurestrader019, Thank you for your feedback. We’ve checked how it works in NT and I described that above. Unfortunately IB API doesn’t return the complete symbol list; please resort to one of the options I listed above. It also won’t be possible for us to add pre-built stocks from IB to QuoteManag...

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wilkinsw, As a result of our communication by email we’ve arrived to the conclusion that we implement additional options for limit order emulation that will allow the choice of market and limit orders to be placed on the broker after the limit price is reached. The change will be introduced in the n...

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Hello, poutche! This depends on the broker. Some brokers mark partially filled orders as filled fully, and in such cases it will be required to place another order yourself. Other brokers mark partially filled orders as partially filled, and in this case the order will stay on the broker until it’s ...

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, poutche!

1) ITradingProfile.ModifyOrder is meant only for the orders that were placed through ITradingProfile. It cannot modify any other orders.
2) Yes, it is required to fill all the fields.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, jiaqiangmit!

Please attach some screenshots to illustrate the feature you’d like to get.

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futurestrader019, As I mentioned in my previous post the easiness of adding symbols in NT might be related to the fact that they already have some pre-defined stocks in their database. Do you have access to NT now? Have you tried using some stocks that are not pre-added to NT’s database, i.e Swedish...

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Hello, hunterdD!

Unfortunately there’s no such keyword.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Mark!

There were no changes to the TS connection in the latest release. Please come to our Live Chat to demonstrate this issue by remote connection Mon-Fri from 6:30 AM to 1:00 PM Eastern time (11:30 AM to 6:00 PM GMT). We’ll do our best to help you.

Anna MultiCharts

TrendFirst,

We tried to reproduce this on our end using the info from you, but didn’t manage to achieve similar results as captured on your screenshots.
What time zone are you in? Is this reproduced all the time on your end?

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, futurestrader019! As far as we know NT have about 900 pre-added stocks from IB in their database. This simplifies the use of symbols because one doesn’t have to add each of them. But these are most commonly used stocks. If you select a stock that’s not found in this list it will be required t...

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PD Quig, We cross-checked the information, and here’s how it works: 1) data series is created on the chart (Data1), it receives the visual order = 1 (the lowest layer); by default the drawings are docked to the lowest informational series of the chart; 2) if any manual drawings were already applied ...

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TrendFirst,

Apologies for the confusion. I meant the IQFeed data feed settings in Quotemanager: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... php/IQFeed

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, TrendFirst!

Please post a screenshot of the IQFeed settings and specify the version of MultiCharts and IQFeed client that you're currently using.

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PD Quig,

Could you specify the exact version and release where you observed a different behavior?
We tested this in MultiCharts 12 releases 1 and 3, and it is the same as in release 6.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, martingale! The P/L for the open positions can be viewed in the Open Positions tab of the Order and Position Tracker: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Order_and_Position_Tracker The open position and P/L for it can be also displayed on a chart if the “Show Open Positions...

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Hello, futurestrader019!

There’s no pre-built study converter and I’m afraid it will be required to re-create your studies in PowerLanguage to work with them in MultiCharts.

Anna MultiCharts

PD Quig, Thanks for the detailed description in PM. Unfortunately this cannot be viewed as a bug. The reason for the objects from Data(N+1) overlaping the objects from Data(N) is found in the order of the calculations and the series display within MultiCharts. First, the data series is drawn on the ...

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Hello, PD Quig! From the code you can access the same drawing settings as the ones that are available in the Format Drawing settings. The hollow style for the rectangle can be set using RectangleSetPattern(ID,1). You can leave a feature request on this page and describe in detail how you’d like to r...

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Hello, rien! As we discussed this in Live Chat there are several things you can do: - decrease the data range, - decrease the number of symbols, - distribute your strategies/symbols between several portfolio workspaces. As for this: I see now that if i have multiple strategies (that i don't use at t...

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turbofib, Are you referring to the TJ’s suggestion to link octave scripts with MultiCharts by means of a DLL? If so, then yes, you can only share the info between MC and other programs/other programming languages using a DLL (it will be required to create this DLL first), but still you cannot use oc...

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Al3cs,

Thanks for the screenshot. Our developers will consider your suggestion. I’ll post their decision once it is available.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Al3cs!

We are currently estimating the demand for the new style settings for Volume Delta charts. Please describe how you’d want the shading to look like or provide an image illustrating your idea.

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TraderD,

The implementation of this possibility is also planned for MultiCharts 13.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, TraderD!

There’s no such option at the moment. One optimization report is always stored if the workspace is saved.
We filed an improvement for disabling the optimization report storage completely for MultiCharts 13.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, tortoise! Let me sum up what was discovered during our Live Chat today. Drawings are attached to the series that’s sent to the back of your chart, and in your case it was one of the multiple indicators. You need to make sure that your data series is sent to back (right-click on the chart -> V...

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Hello, SP!

According to the info provided by IB API support “the subscription "European Equities and Derivatives Display Value Bundle" provides data only for display in TWS, and does not provide data to the API”. It won’t be possible to receive this data in MultiCharts unfortunately.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, hughesfleming!

Please come to our Live Chat to demonstrate this issue remotely. We'll be expecting you Mon-Fri from 6:30 AM to 1:00 PM EST (11:30 AM to 6:00 PM GMT).

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sunsirius,

Sorry for the delayed reply. This was confirmed to be a bug, the fix is currently targeted to MultiCharts 13.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, turbofib!

Regular MultiCharts can only work with PowerLanguage/EasyLanguage, i.e you can only import/export studies in/from MultiCharts in this programming language. As for MultiCharts .NET - it uses C#/VB.NET for studies creation.

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wilkinsw, There's also strange behaviour when the PT WFA finishes: If you close the WFA report and enter the inputs of the last IS run (then maybe extend the end date, like I do), then run a backtest: The resultant performance report doesn't equate to the inputs. If you save that PT file and then re...

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Too many (almost double) the number of runs are being estimated for PT WFAs akin to MC. I reported the issue here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=51803&p=131727#p131716 ... When are bugs in PT optimizations being fixed? We are still working on the reported cases internally. If any issues are confirmed – they ...

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This bug was fixed in MultiCharts 12 Release 6. You can download it here: http://www.multicharts.com/trading-software-download/

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Hello, martingale! Make sure that you’re using MultiCharts in the Online mode and that the option “Download missing historical data” is enabled. You can check this in the main MultiCharts window -> File -> Preferences -> Data server mode tab. If some data is still missing you can try reloading it: C...

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Hello, Wapi!

You need to configure the symbol mapping from Webank to IB. Please see this article:
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... ol_Mapping
If the error persists after that please post a screenshot of the error message and of the symbol mapping for IB.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, wilkinsw!

I’m afraid there’re no recommended inputs for Portfolio Trader. This feature was introduced for the reworked optimization in MultiCharts 12 for the charts only. Optimization in Portfolio is the same as in MultiCharts 11.
Attached is the comparison pic.

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Hello, joebone!

I’m afraid this cannot be done within one workspace. You need to create separate portfolio workspaces, each with different data ranges to be able to optimize the desired time periods.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, sunsirius! We’ve checked your case on our end. Your study works fine when anything but 1 day is selected for the resolution of the main data series. With minute-based main data series the data for the additional instrument having the same resolution is extracted fine with the help of CustomIn...

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PK1, I’m afraid we cannot tell anything from this screenshot. We need to view and troubleshoot the issue on site. Right now we don’t even have any idea of how this workspace impacts your performance. Please come to demonstrate the issue to Live Chat once you have a chance. As per your suggestions ab...

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Hello, PK1! We’d be able to analyze this case if you could provide us the testing environment. Do you still have a backup of that workspace with the old arc? If you open it now will the issue be reproduced? If it is easily reproduced on this workspace, please come to demonstrate the issue to our Liv...

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Hello, Gaetano!

Unfortunately adding/removing symbols from the symbol grid and enabling/disabling strategies automatically is also not possible in the Portfolio Trader. All modifications are to be performed manually.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, lantama!

Yes, this improvement was introduced in MultiCharts 12 Release 4.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Jobauma!

Unfortunately this button cannot be removed.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, pcrespo! We’ve checked this on our end and the keyword works fine on our end. Please let us know the details: what happens in MultiCharts when RejectedOrderCategory returns 0 and you expect it to return a different value? Can you describe the setup in which this is reproduced on steady basis ...

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anfo0000,

That’s not possible to call one signal from another, but you can insert all signals that you need into one chart and they will act as a whole.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, McGeorge!

Our developers have considered this feature request and new keywords for returning the tick timestamp/last bar update time might be added in future versions of MultiCharts.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, anfo0000!

Yes, you can do that:
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... y_on_study
Buy and Sell (as well as other order generating keywords) can only be used in signals.

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Smoky, As I said earlier real trades (whether generated manually or by an autotrading strategy) should not be erased from the chart even if you start autotrading in the SA mode. Please make sure that the correct broker profile and account are selected for that chart, that the Chart Trading Panel was...

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McGeorge, Thanks for pointing this out. Our engineers revealed a bug with the limit order assumptions in the Playback mode. It should be fixed in one of the nearest releases. Please visit our blog every once in a while to see when a new release is launched and if it contains this fix: https://www.mu...

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Smoky, The SA auto trading mode shows only actual trades that were executed by the broker. The SA mode cannot have any historical strategy orders when autotrading is started. At the beginning of autotrading this mode starts from Flat, the code will be first recalculated on the nearest bar close (or ...

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signalworks,

The resolution size can only be specified in the Format instrument dialog.
If you’d like to dynamically change the boxsize as you stated initially, then you may want to check out the Line Break template.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, multichartsUser23! BollingerBandwidth is not found among the pre-built functions in MultiCharts. There’s only BollingerBand function, which is a Simple function, and all functions that are referenced in it are also Simple ones. Please attach your workspace and BollingerBandwidth’s script so t...

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Hello, McGeorge! The behavior is correct. Our backtesting is designed to simulate the real trading conditions. In real trading when you place an order it gets into the order book (DOM). So if you placed a limit order for 28221, this price would get into the order book and your order would be execute...

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Hello, rgranero!

Please attach your workspace, signal, export of data and an example of the output demonstrating that NumEvenTrades returns incorrect value.

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Automeq,

"Close:1:5" serves only for the display, it doesn’t affect the number itself. If you need to round off, please use the Round command:
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... .php/Round

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signalworks,

You can find the size and type of the resolution using the IBaseOptions interface.

Anna MultiCharts

Anna, first i want to see order name of yesterday trading day because MC12 ERASE all screen when the stategy start a new day ! I try a workaround and my stategy do your job with Text drawing and arrows to show buy and sell signals name and type. 1- the chart don't memorise my drawing 2- my signals ...

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signalworks,

Unfortunately regular point resolution template is not available in the program, and we cannot post it here. Please resort to the templates that are represented in the platform.

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Hello, trader39! Unfortunately the timeframes have moved a bit. Our developers are tailoring the new functionality so that it guarantees the best performance, but right now it seems that it will take more time than we expected back in November. The ETA for MultiCharts 13 is the first half of 2019 at...

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Hello, signalworks! Point resolution doesn’t have any boxsize setting. It’s one of the available resolutions of the regular chart type and it has bars, not boxes, so I’m a bit confused about what you’d like to achieve. Boxsize settings are available for several non-regular chart types, so if you’re ...

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Hello, no erocla!

I’m afraid that’s not possible to combine several alerts and to send them using just one email. Each alert is sent separately.

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fringe, EntryPrice Returns a numerical value, indicating the price at the initial entry into the specified position. The value is taken from the chart (from the strategy order). In the SA mode EntryPrice (as well as the value on the chart) will coincide with the real FillPrice on the broker. In the ...

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Hello, XIKON! MultiCharts uses bar close timestamp. If your daily bars have the 00:00 timestamp, then the sessions’ template used for this symbol/chart in the given time zone ends at 00:00. Default sessions for your chart are taken from QuoteManager (double-click on the symbol to open its settings a...

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Hello, Smoky! Unfortunately the display of historical trades without a connected broker profile is not possible on charts. That’s because you can have one and the same chart symbol traded with different brokers and on different broker accounts, and while the appropriate combination of them is not ch...

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, multichartsUser23! Let us give our insight of the situation. You have stated, “I've been told at some point by MC tech support that I'm the only person who uses this brokerage” – there must have been some misunderstanding. It is hard to find the exact wording that was used due to the amount o...

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Hello, pacro!

I believe you’ve already contacted our support on this matter.
Please use the CQG WebAPI Sample application that we provided to check if the prices that you receive there matche the prices that are displayed by MultiCharts.

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Hello, PD Quig!

This will require introducing debugging logic to your code. Please try outputting the calculation results for the conditions that are related to bar painting to be able to see why the code paints different number of bars in each case.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, wilkinsw! RE: stop and stop-limit orders conversion. We’ve exchanged multiple emails on this matter last year and arrived to consensus that we’ll perform the conversion this way: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=51308#p128897 These conversion principles were introduced i...

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Hello, multichartsUser23! In the first script you output the variable values on previous bars, and in the second – the function values on previous bars. Depending on the type of the function – simple or series – the values of it might be different. We’d recommend introducing Print commands to also s...

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Hello, fibdax! MultiCharts doesn’t have the functionality of drawing duplication on other charts at the moment. When did you first notice this? Has something changed to your PC setup, were any new programs installed that could interfere with MultiCharts working? If there were any changes, try revert...

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Hello, multichartsUser23!

Please provide your workspace and study so that we could analyze this.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, TrendFirst! If you need to send the orders more often than once in an hour, then you should either use a smaller resolution for Data1 (which is your main trading data series), or use IOG. Having Data2 with a smaller data range won’t give you more frequent trades as it’s not a trading data ser...

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Hello, wilkinsw!

PostOptimization Risk is calculated as the average drawdown multiplied by 1.5 and allows for estimating the post-optimization trading risk.

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Hello, Mark! To use CQG connections in MultiCharts that is irrelevant whether you have any native CQG program installed or not. But you should make sure that your account is enabled for Web API as this is the API that’s used in MultiCharts. You can cross-check this info by contacting your broker. If...

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Jobauma,

Unfortunately we don’t have any ready-made examples for this, so I’m afraid you’ll need to search for this on the web or maybe other Forum users will be able to share their experience on this matter.

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PD Quig,

Thanks for the files. The issue has been replicated now. The fix is targeted for MultiCharts 12 Release 6.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Smoky! What you’re reporting seems to be different from what lui72 was asking and what I explained: lui32 is talking about hypothetical backtesting orders that disappear, and from your description it is as if the real trades from the previous day are erased. Real trades should remain on the c...

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Hello, wilkinsw! Tick cache is required to ensure that no ticks are skipped during strategy calculations in realtime. This is especially important for highly volatile symbols, when new ticks arrive faster than a strategy can be calculated, e.g. while your strategy is being calculated on tick #1 the ...

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Hello, signalworks!

Please provide your workspace, signals, export of data in QMD + screenshots of optimization and robustness settings, inputs used, WFO results so that we could analyze this case.

Anna MultiCharts

syswizard, There’s only one VWAP indicator that’s pre-built in the program – VWAP reset, so I’m not sure what 3 VWAP indicators you’re referring to. You can find the description of how it works here: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=8952 In the case of day trading, would not th...

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Hello, fringe! In both AA and SA the price for setstoploss (and other algorithmic orders) is calculated from the entry order fill price (real price on the broker). Your workaround – "Sell 1 contract next bar at (entryprice - 1000/bigpointvalue) stop;" – will not be of much help as entryprice will re...

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Lui72, If you’re trading in SA mode that’s pre-determined behavior for the backtesting orders to disappear. When you start autotrading in SA the strategy is recalculated and it starts as if from Flat (as though there were no trades earlier). Backtesting results will be preserved in AA mode, but this...

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Hello, Jobauma! You can try using Singleton that will store the indicators IDs and event states. Your studies will call it when they are calculated: http://csharpindepth.com/articles/general/singleton.aspx MultiCharts doesn’t assign IDs for indicators, so you’ll need to do that from the code. Such i...

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Hello, syswizard!

The pre-built WVAP reset indicator doesn’t have any restrictions for the bar type/resolution. It can be calculated on a xxx tick chart.
What’s the exact difficulty you’re facing?

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Hello, WildWex!

I’m afraid there’re no keywords in PowerLanguage that would allow for retrieving this info from Strategy Properties. There’s no access to this info from the code.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, PD Quig!

Unfortunately it’s impossible to change inputs dynamically neither from a PowerLanguage code, nor via any other means.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, PD Quig!

Please provide your workspace + simplified indicator in PLA so we could reproduce and analyze this.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, lui72!

There’re no official video tutorials or manuals in Italian. The support for MultiCharts is provided in English only. Please try to search for the Italian tutorials on the web.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, lui72!

Do you mean that these backtesting orders disappear from your chart once you start autotrading?
If yes, do you use SA (sync) mode?

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Mark!

Please come to our Live Chat that is accessible from our web site http://www.multicharts.com/ (at the top of the page) to demonstrate both issues via remote connection. We'll be expecting you Mon-Fri from 6:30 AM to 12:00 PM EST (11:30 AM to 5:00 PM GMT), we’ll do our best to help you.

Anna MultiCharts

syswizard,

I sent the new password for PM to your email.

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syswizard, at the moment it is possible to perform the search in the current document only (from Edit -> Find, or by pressing Ctrl+F). Exporting scripts to a text file is not likely to be added, but we might introduce the possibility to make search across all scripts. Please modify your request acco...

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Hello, TraderD!

Your file should contain prices in the appropriate format. If you’d like to display prices in 1/32 format, then the prices in the file should be changing in 0.03125 increments.

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Hello, Shaman!

We’re planning to improve this in future versions of MultiCharts.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, syswizard!

There’s no such command in PowerLanguage that would allow outputing the studies’ codes to a single text file.
You’ll need to copy/paste them manually.

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Hello, jl12! If there’s no special symbol root dictionary for the data source, then the root settings are taken from the Default symbol dictionary. If DAX is not present there, please add this root as described here: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Symbol_Dictionary_for_Future...

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TraderD,

Don’t change any part of the existing description, just add "BACK-ADJUSTED" after it.

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petercruz,

Yes, that’s how it works.

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Hello, syswizard!

I’m afraid there is no newer version of this manual. The new keywords can be found in PowerLanguage Editor’s Dictionary and in our Wiki.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, TraderD! By default the data from CSI with NthNearest adjustment. Since MultiCharts 11 release 9 that is possible to add "BACK-ADJUSTED" to the description of the symbol in QuoteManager to receive back-adjusted data. You can find the rollover parameters for each of these methods from CSI dire...

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, petercurz! BarsSinceEntry returns the number of bars since the initial entry into the specified position. Manual entries are not taken into account. If you assign the position then the position synchronizing order will be considered an initial entry (which is exactly what’s displayed on your ...

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, hughesfleming! Bars Back setting for the data range has a limitation for minute-based resolutions which is 91 days, or 3 months. This limitation was introduced long ago when the minute data wasn’t available in the amounts that you can get now. This limitation also serves a precaution measure ...

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Hello, kiyi0317! 1. MaxContractProfit returns the gain reached per each contract or share of a currently held position. If you need to remember this value overnight, then you’ll need to send it to a file and then read it from there via some dll. 2. OpenEntryMaxProfitPerContract returns a numerical v...

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Hello, fibdax!

By default the prices are printed with 2 decimals.
If the price increments for the symbols are smaller than 0.01 and you’d like to print all digits after the decimal, then assign the required number of digits in print statement, e.g:
print (low:1:3)

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Hello, Nevik!

Next time this happens, please send us logs (Help -> Feedback) and in the commentary section specify the Broker Order IDs in question.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, TealTrading88! 1) PMM signals don’t dictate the size, but they can modify it for entries with the help of pmms_strategy_set_entry_contracts if required 2) the trade size can be set either from the code or from Strategy Properties -> Properties -> Trade size 3) right, there are no margin setti...

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trader39,

we expect the first versions of MultiCharts 13 to appear during the first quarter of 2019.

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Hello, trader39! At the moment linking applies to all linked instruments within all MultiCharts instances. We’re planning to improve the linking functionality in MultiCharts 13 so more options for linking are available. As for the workaround – I’m afraid we cannot suggest you any or approve of any v...

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Darob, If you use just one chart and switch symbols on it, then for each of the symbols the autoattach status will be remembered only during the working session of MultiCharts, and if you save the workspace before closing MultiCharts the autoattach status for the last used symbol will be saved too, ...

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, orad! We tested your case on 3 symbols (all 1 minute resolution), and received the following result: AUD/JPY started EUR/USD started CHF/JPY started AUD/JPY calculated bar number 1 EUR/USD calculated bar number 1 CHF/JPY calculated bar number 1 AUD/JPY calculated bar number 2 EUR/USD calculat...

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, orad! MultiCharts supports trading only by integer number of contracts. But as far as at the moment crypto trading is not available, you can do backtesting with a fractional BPV value. The minimal BPV that can be set is 0.00001. So in backtesting if your order is generated for 1 contract it w...

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Hello, darob! Autoattach statuses for exit strategies are remembered for each symbol and account (not broker profile!) during one MultiCharts working session. Once you close MultiCharts, the status is forgotten. This is by design. But the autoattach statuses can be permanently saved along with your ...

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Hello, ilag! The priority can be set for the strategies that have already been calculated. In backtesting all bars are already closed and all strategies in Portfolio are calculated simultaneously. In realtime calculation bars are closed asynchronously. It means the bars are closes not in the order i...

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Hello, strelow! Optimization in Portfolio is still the same as in MultiCharts 11. Adding new features to the Portfolio optimization is planned for future versions. Modifying the NumberOfThreadsOnOptimization key in the Registry is still required to limit the number of cores per optimization in Portf...

Anna MultiCharts

Zheka, Sorry for confusion and thank you for the feedback. Our engineers are now evaluating the possibilities of enhancing this behavior so that all users’ needs are covered – the data is properly loaded and the cache does not disappear. Changing the current behavior requires time, so at the moment ...

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Wilkinsw, I recall our previous discussions on this point. They were related to the Stop, Limit and Stop-Limit order emulations and order conversion for the CQG broker profile (with the CME exchange rules being an example). That discussion led to reworking the logic of the corresponding elements in ...

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, khalaad! I’m afraid there’re no plans to introduce a separate category for ETFs. I’ve reset the password for your PM account and sent your updated credentials via email, so if you’d like you can leave a feature request, and if it gets many votes from other users we’ll estimate the possibility...

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Hello, Mark! In situations like this please send us the logs so that our engineers could analyze them. To do that please go Help -> Feedback. In the Feedback app please enable “Attach a screenshot”, “Attach Log files…”, “Snapshot of the current MultiCharts setup”, “Data for active instruments…” and ...

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Zheka, QGroup, Before MultiCharts 12 there was no “Download missing historical data” option for Portfolio Trader. Now when this option is enabled the missing data is requested from the data source. So the data is not reloaded for your symbols, but just small pieces of data (missing data) are being d...

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Zheka!

Our engineers are working on this issue. I’ll inform you about the results once they are available.

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wilkinsw, At the moment Paper Trader handles Stop orders as follows: it buys when the price >=Ask and sells when the price is <= Bid. In our tests Stops are triggered not earlier than Asks reach the stop price level. If there’re any more details for reproducing this, please specify them and if possi...

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milda8005, Indeed in MultiCharts 12 Release 1 there was a bug when input values didn’t influence the number of simulations in basic genetic optimization. This bug was fixed in MultiCharts 12 Release 2. But there still remains a bug in basic genetic optimization with the number of simulations being c...

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Hello, milda8005! Please introduce print statements and trace the strategy calculations in the Output of the PowerLanguage Editor (if you don’t so that already). If according to the Output the order was generate, but in fact was sent with a huge delay, please send us the Output file, your logs, sign...

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, shane1800!

Please make sure that you’ve set up the optimization parameters for Custom Fitness Value properly as described here:
http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/v ... 815#p59930

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Hello, wilkinsw!

Our engineers couldn’t reproduce this in the current MultiCharts 12 Release 2.
Please describe your testing setup in detail and send us the logs for analysis.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, kiyi0317! Broker profiles do not make any difference for these keywords. They can work without any broker connections, meaning that’s enough to have trades on the chart for them to work, like in backtesting. There’re not many keywords that get the values from the broker directly, e.g MarketPo...

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Hello, bowlesj3! The solid line shows the open position at the Avg. Entry Price level. The U shaped arrow allows reversing the position. This is schematically shown here: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Chart_Trading That is impossible to move a position, it’s not supposed to ...

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Hello, Milda8005! Could you please be more specific? Would you like to know why the number of simulations with modified settings for parameters “Set Population Size” and “Maximum Number of generations” doesn’t change compared to the number of simulations with default parameters settings? Or do you w...

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Hello, wilkinsw!

Our engineers are investigating this using the files you provided. We’ll follow up with you by email once there’s any progress.

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Mydesign,

This feature request is postponed and I’m afraid there’s no ETA when we can expect it.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, gianluca71! MultiCharts works with 3 basic resolutions: 1 tick, 1 minute and 1 day: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Tick,_Minute_and_Daily_Data Please map your file as 1 min file so that the program could correctly recognize the data in it, and this will allow you to pl...

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Al3cs!

This appears to be a bug, we’re targeting a fix for it for one of the upcoming MultiCharts 12 releases.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, hughesfleming! “It would be very useful if we could set a fixed date for the start date in addition to the days back setting” – I’m afraid there’re no plans for adding this functionality to the scanner. This limitation was introduced in order to restrict the machine’s resource consumption. Th...

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Hello, QGroup!

Please send us your portfolio workspace and export of data for the symbols used in it to support@multicharts.com so we could test this on our end.

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Mydesign,

Please specify the link to the PM request you’re referring to so I could check with the devs.

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automaton,

Thank you for your feedback, it’s really appreciated. We marked your PM request as released, no need to delete it.

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Hello, Jonny473!

You can use BarsSinceEntry and BarsSinceExit keywords and add a condition that won’t allow exiting a position until N number of days is passed.
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... SinceEntry
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... sSinceExit

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Hello, shane1800! Please provide more details about this: 1) what data source is used for Data1? 2) do you mean that for Data2 you use ASCII mapping? If so, why do you say that you need to reload it each time? ASCII data functionality allows for streaming the ASCII data into MultiCharts in realtime....

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Mydesign,

Variables cannot be declared dynamically like:

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Vars: Price(0, Data(DataNb))

You should use one of the following variants:

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Vars: Price(0) \\ if you’re not planning to reference historical values

or

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Vars: Price(0,data2) \\ if you’re planning to reference historical values

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Hello, automaton!

There were improvements in this sphere in MultiCharts 12. Please install it and test: https://www.multicharts.com/download/

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Mydesign! If you’re not planning to reference historical values of the variable then there no difference in how you declare it. You can do it this way: Vars: Price(0) ; Price = Close Data(2) ; Plot1(Price); or this way: Vars: Price(0,2) ; Price = Close Data(2); Plot1(Price); The way you decla...

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Dear users,

The changes promised in this post viewtopic.php?t=51229#p128329 were introduced in MultiCharts 12 Release.
You can check them out by downloading MultiCharts 12 here:
https://www.multicharts.com/download/

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, ecarlino! What you’re describing is the result of 2 bugs of MultiCharts 11 that were related to incorrect optimization parameters initialization. These bugs were fixed in MultiCharts 12 Release-Candidate. You can download it as Beta on this page and test it: https://www.multicharts.com/downlo...

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Mydesign!

Please try this way:

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Inputs: DataNb(2) ;

Vars: Price(0) ;



Price = Close Data(DataNb) ;



If BarStatus(DataNb) = 2 then

begin

// whatever calculation based on the variable "Price"

end;

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Hello, JensOhle! Yes, you’re right about the description of PosTradeCount(PosBack) in Help: it doesn’t properly reflect what the function does. We’ll rework the description. PosTradeCount(PosBack) returns the total number of entries within a position while it is open. If you initially entered a posi...

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, no erocla!

Unfortunately there’s no functionality for that.

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Hello, birdman3000! There were no improvements in this respect. The settings for the symbols are taken from the Symbol Dictionary (for futures), from exchange or symbol settings. Symbol Dictionary for symbol contains correct parameters. In all other cases the settings should be adjusted manually if ...

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signalworks, At the moment there’re no plans to implement such functionality. If you’d like to have it you can leave a feature request on this page: http://www.multicharts.com/pm/ The current behavior corresponds to the situations when positions are left open overnight, that’s why it’s implemented t...

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Sten,

we’ll remove the Round Type: Bars, Days controls. The rounding will use Bars type.

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Sten,

After further analysis it turned out that his feature is still in development and leaked into MultiCharts 12 Release-Candidate by mistake. These controls will be removed from MultiCharts 12 Release and will be introduced back after this functionality is ready and fully tested.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, Sten!

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We reproduced this on our end. The issue will be investigated by our engineers and fixed ASAP.

Anna MultiCharts

Hello, ilag!

Please send us your portfolio workspace and the export of data in QMD for the symbols used in it to support@multicharts.com for analysis.
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... rting_Data

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