MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

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Hello, chipeur_le_renard, DOM window in IB TWS has the same increment as in MultiCharts, as shown in the screenshot: IBDE30.png You can change symbol settings in QuoteManager -> IBDE30 -> Edit Symbol -> Settings if you wish, e.g. set up Min. Movement = 5. After changing symbol settings, you will nee...

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dnickless, You are right. However, in your case, you can use GenerateStopLossPt method instead of GenerateStopLoss in order to be independent from the market position. e.g. instead of this: if (StrategyInfo.MarketPosition > 0) { double stopLossLevel = StrategyInfo.AvgEntryPrice * Math.Abs(StrategyIn...

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Hello, nighthawk, As a workaround, it is possible to export the optimization report and view it in a separate application: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Using_Optimization_Report#Viewing_the_Strategy_Optimization_Report_in_the_Optimization_Result_Visualizer Thus, you will be...

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dnickless,

If these orders are not under an IF statement – they are placed at the same moment when a position is opened (even if IOG is off).

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Hello, Will,

Thank you for the explanation, we understood it. We have forwarded this information to the developers for further analysis and estimation of improvement possibility in one of the future MultiCharts versions.

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dnickless,

We meant the following:

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Will, As far as we understood, instantly triggerable stop – is a marketable stop; triggered resting stops – are stops and stop limits that are not executed as soon as placed, but live for some time, until the price meets a stop condition. If that is correct, then it’s unclear why slippage in case of...

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Hello, Dnickless, MMS can influence only if you have order sending prohibition in it. If there are no such prohibitions, it shouldn’t affect. Please note that IOG is not supported in PortfolioTrader, and the orders can be generated on the bar close only. If you leave the orders for the next day plea...

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We have reproduced this behaviour on our side and forwarded this case to the developers for further analysis.

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Hello, Will, If a marketable limit order is placed, we should impose the commission equal to slippage. If a limit order, which is not going to be immediately executed, is placed, we should not impose additional commission. We should always impose the commission equal to slippage on other order types...

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wilkinsw, Please give a specific example of what you’d like to achieve. For example, in backtesting, a Buy Limit order is sent for 100 contracts @ 1000.00 on MSFT instrument; slippage = 2 Per Share. In this case, - what shall be specified in Strategy Performance Report? - at what price shall the ord...

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Hello, wilkinsw, You can enable slippage for Limit and Stop Limit orders in the Registry: Please follow these instructions: Close all MultiCharts processes. Go to Windows Start menu and launch Regedit.exe (type in Regedit.exe and press Enter). Please go to this path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TS Su...

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Hello, Xslim,

Thank you for the provided information. We have forwarded this case to our developers for further analysis.

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Hello, Escamillo,

This value has already been added:

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Hello, jl12, Please send us the following files to support@multicharts.com so that we would be able to investigate the issue: 1. The workspace where the issue is reproduced. 2. Export of used symbols from QuoteManager in .qmd archive: http://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Exporting_D...

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Hello! Please provide us the following report the so that our engineers could analyze the issue. Please reproduce the issue in a minimal environment, that means a simplified signal shall be applied to one trading chart in one workspace. As soon as the issue reproduced, please send us the following f...

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Hello, pcrespo, Will it be possible for you to come to our live chat MON-FRI from 6:30 AM to 11:00 AM EST and demonstrate the delay of order generation issue to our engineers via remote connection? Live Chat is accessible from our web site http://www.multicharts.com/ (at the top of the page). We’ll ...

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Hello, wilkinsw, The reasons that trigger the notification cannot be detected by Task Manager, Process Hacker and so on. As was specified in my previous post: This message is a means of protection from possible issues in case there is not enough system resources for TradingServer process. TradingSer...

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Hello, PK1, Let me address your questions in order: 1. Additional tab for combos was not added as it can be excessive for other users, who don’t use this category. We have forwarded this request to the developers for further analysis and estimation of improvement possibility in one of the future Mul...

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Hello Splint! Chart and Scanner contain individual settings for the data series. Because of this, the Trend that is displayed on the Scanner will not always appear the same as in the chart window. The Trend itself can only display up to 80 bars, but no more than that. You can link the symbols in Sca...

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Hello Turbofib, It seems that you have Snap Mode enabled which prevents you from being able to place trend lines freely. To disable Snap Mode, please Select View ->Click once on Snap Mode. More information on Snap Mode: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Snap_Mode

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Hello, wilkinsw,

This seems to be a different issue. We have forwarded it to our dev team. I will keep you updated as soon as any news is available.

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TwiceTrader,

Yes, it is possible.

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Hello, TwiceTrader, You can perform the calculations in your script using “SetCustomFitnessValue” keyword: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/SetCustomFitnessValue Trade Profit (%) in the Strategy Performance Report is calculated according to the formula: Entry Price * Number of ...

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Sten,

I apologize if my reply was confusing. This issue is being analyzed by the dev team. I will keep you updated on the progress we have.

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Hello, Sten,

Thanks for your feedback, it has been forwarded to the dev team and may be added to our to-do list for one of the future versions.

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Hello, Splint,

Sound settings are available in Windows Control Panel->Sound->Sounds->Program Events->your version of MultiCharts. Please find the corresponding MultiCharts event and select “None” from the dropdown list of sounds to turn the sound off.

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wilkinsw, Please reproduce the issue, make a full-sized screenshot of the error message and send it to support@multicharts.com Also please send us the report via Help -> Feedback so that we would be able to investigate the issue. Please enable the following checkboxes in the Feedback window: “Attach...

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Hello, birdman3000, API IQfeed doesn’t return symbol settings, and when the symbol is added from the Lookup exchange settings are applied. If you use futures, you need to set up the correct settings in Symbol Dictionary: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Symbol_Dictionary_for_Fu...

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Hello, darob

We recommend to add all MultiCharts processes as exclusions in your antivirus settings.
You can do it by adding the paths to the folders where MultiCharts is installed (by default they are C:\ProgramData\TS Support and C:\Program Files\TS Support) to the exclusions.

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Hello, Auato,

This indicator is called "Linear Reg Curve" in MultiCharts. You can apply it on a chart via Insert -> Study -> Indicator.

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Dear Users, This message is a means of protection from possible issues in case there is not enough system resources for TradingServer process. TradingServer process serves all MultiCharts instances, and if the number of interprocess calls exceeds the system capabilities, this message appears. Usuall...

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Hello, Umb,

Unfortunately, there is no setting to change it in MultiCharts.

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Hello, Splint,

You should specify a category of the symbol, e.g. stocks, futures, forex, etc. Please find the instruction how to import a symbol list and a text file example here:
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... ymbol_List

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Umb, Data Window/Chart Hint window displays the bar closing time. For the real-time bar it displays the time of future bar closing. As the resolution is 1 hour, the bars are displayed with one-hour interval. The previous image shows the following: The circled bar has been already closed at 22:00. Th...

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Hello, synonym You can plot symbol names of two data series in the Status Line of Spread – Diff indicator. Below is the code example: inputs: DataSeries1( Close of data1 ), DataSeries2( Close of data2 ) ; Plot1( DataSeries1 - DataSeries2, "SprdDiff" ) ; Plot2(symbolname data2); Plot3(symbo...

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Hello, Umb,

If you’d like the chart to display your local time please set up Time Zone = Local in Format Instrument -> Settings. More information is here:
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Time_Zone

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Hello, Parker,

Unfortunately such feature is currently unavailable and implementing it is not in our road map right now.

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Automeq, MaxsBarsBack value shall be equal to the number of bars back the study needs to reference for calculation. E.g. if MaxBarsBack = 3 the study references 3 bars back starting from the 4th bar. If the study referenced back from the 3th bar inclusively – it would see 2 bars back and nothing ins...

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Hello, bowlesj3, I hope the following explains the described behavior: 1. Drawings based on the data series disappear if the instrument is changed. Drawings based on the indicator’s subchart don’t disappear if the instrument is changed, because they are tied to the indicator. 2. Exit and Entry ATM S...

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Hello, Automeq,

Unfortunately, there is no way to do it through the commission manager or in the signal at the present moment.
Thanks for your feedback, it has been forwarded to the dev team and may be added to our to-do list for one of the future versions.

Svetlana MultiCharts

Hello, Automeq,

If MaxsBarsBack value is less than the study requires for calculation (User Specified = 0), then the value shall be auto detected.
In order to plot Moving Average from the 4th bar, please select User Specified = 3 for the Max number of bars study will reference parameter.

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Hello, turbofib, As it was discussed in the live chat, historical orders from Order and Position Tracker can be displayed on a chart only if the broker profile is connected and the corresponding account is selected on Chart Trading Panel. MultiCharts cannot generate orders by itself: if you didn’t p...

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Hello, Parker, Please select one of the following data storage methods for each instrument of ASCII Mapping data source and don’t mess these methods up. 1) ASCII Mapping — creating a link from the software to the file with data. ASCII mapping does not import data into MultiCharts database (Edit data...

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turbofib,

Please right click on any cell of the Trades Summary tab and select “Export to Excel the list of trades used to create Trade Summary” from the popup menu.

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Hello, turbofib,

You can set up the order of plots in Data Window from your script. If you’d like “new draw” to be the first, use it in the script as “plot1”, use “Plot Equity Daily” as “plot2” to have it on the second position.

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Hello, shivax,

The total number of trades in your Trades Summary is 20.

entry straregy: 97496

Exit strategy : 93589

= result 3907 Loss

How did you get these results? Do they correspond to 1 trade?
Please provide step by step description of what you are comparing.

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Hello, Kitty13, You give an example of the dialogue for a Futures (or Custom Futures) category symbol. Symbol Dictionary Settings cannot be selected for other categories. There is also “Use Custom Session Template” option available under “Sessions” tab for all symbol categories. Attention : Not all ...

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Hello, turbofib,

This message is not generated by MultiCharts, it was received from IB TWS. Please contact your broker for more information about possible reasons of order rejection.

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Dear Users,

WeBank informed us that the issue was successfully fixed last Friday in T3 Open 10.1 build 267.

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Hello, SysInv, Memory usage is different during backtesting and optimization. Backtesting The memory is allocated for the entire data series + for the number of generated orders. Memory usage cannot be significantly reduced during backtesting, but the following methods still can be used: - Reduce th...

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Hello, PK1, I believe this issue was addressed and solved in Live Chat. Could you please come back to Live Chat to demonstrate why the provided solution doesn't satisfy you? Live Chat is accessible from our web site http://www.multicharts.com/ (at the top of the page). We'll be expecting you Mon-Fri...

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Hello, ural01,

As discussed in the live chat, we are waiting for you to send us the additional information by e-mail.

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Hello, auato This is a known issue with Webank, and we assume that there’s been some changes on their end, as we haven’t introduced any changes to the Webank data feed connection recently. We contacted them on this matter, but so far haven’t received any reply. Once we receive any updates on this ca...

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Hi, pythagoras,

Thanks for your feedback, it has been forwarded to the dev team and may be added to our to-do list for one of the future versions.

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Hello, turbofib, We have tested it on our side. The studies from the custom folders are backed up, but they are restored in the default folders (“Signals” if it is a signal, “Indicators” if it is an indicator, etc.). Custom folders aren’t saved and restored. You will have to recreate them by hand. W...

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Hello, pythagoras, It’s already realized in MultiCharts – you can change scale by dragging Price/Time Scale. Here is how to do it: - Position the mouse pointer over the time scale; hold the left mouse button and drag the pointer to the right or to the left; - Position the mouse pointer over the pric...

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Hello, bdwg General recommendations are the following: You should get rid of all excessive calculations in your code. As for the Output: it is used for debugging and can be helpful in some cases, but when the script works as expected printing to the Output is not necessary. As for optimization speed...

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turbofib, Unfortunately, there are no such keywords in PowerLanguage that would allow accessing this info. You can determine if the position is long or short using the PosTradeIsLong keyword, provided that the total number of trades (PosTradeCount) and the date of trade (PosTradeEntryDateTime) are k...

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Hello, turbofib,

Please describe the specific difficulty you have with the code you use.

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Hello, gofortips, Unfortunately, it's impossible to receive Level II from IQfeed in MultiCharts. Please find the list of data sources which can be used to plot Level II data in the following article: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Which_Data_Sources_Can_Be_Used_to_Plot_Depth_...

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Hello, shivax, Please make sure that you request data for the same symbol for which you provided a screenshot of Edit Data window. Please try to build a chart with the following parameters on Format Instrument window -> Settings tab: Resolution: 1 minute Quote Filed: Trade Sessions: 24/7 Data Range:...

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Hello, nuno-online, Unfortunately, one can’t zoom charts by mouse wheel without holding down the CTRL key. In MultiCharts the mouse wheel is used for scrolling a data series along the Time Scale. Alternative methods of zooming in/out supported in MultiCharts are the following: - Use the correspondin...

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Hello, njubee, The prebuilt Portfolio MM Strategies included in MultiCharts are provided mostly as an example and aren’t suitable for real trading, because the algorithm of criteria selection for order generation is very simple and may not correspond to the user’s needs. Users should configure this ...

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Hello, turbofib, Please follow these instructions: Close PowerLanguage editor. Go to Windows Start menu and launch Regedit.exe (type in Regedit.exe and press Enter). Please go to this path : for 32bit MC: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TS Support\MultiCharts\ for 64bit MC: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TS ...

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Hello, tradingest,

Please find the examples in the following article:
http://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Global_Variables

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Hello, shivax, This message appears if one requests data from the data feed which is Inactive in QuoteManager -> Tools -> Data Sources. Please check that the data sources you use are Active in Data Sources window. After that it’ll be required to restart MultiCharts making sure that no MC processes a...

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Hello, TraderWalrus,

It will be required to create two separate columns for date and time in order to import/map the file.

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Hello, Jobauma,

You can use “out” contextual keyword for the first variant. Please find the reference here:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/out

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Hello, fede.adv! Please do the following: Make sure that you have access to the selected symbol and exchange in IB TWS. Re-add VXX symbol from the data source in QuoteManager with the exchange you have access to. Disconnect Interactive Brokers broker profile. Remove all Symbol Mapping lines with thi...

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Hello, tradingest, In MultiCharts (with PowerLanguage) you can trade one symbol per chart only. Your trading series is always the main data series (data1). If you want to trade a certain number of instruments-you need to have a chart open for each symbol. You can add second, third, etc. data series ...

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Hello, stephenfsams,

This script shall be added not in “CalcBar” method, but in the event handler of a timer.
Also it’s necessary to add “TradeManager.ProcessEvents();”.
You can use “ExecControl.RecalcLastBarAfter” as a timer, and
“OnRecalcLastBarAfterEvent()” as an event handler.

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Hello, fede, When "Emulate Stop orders locally" feature is enabled MultiCharts does not assign any TIF value to emulated orders, that is why you can see the "Time in Force - Unspecified" value. It is true both for auto and manual trading. All TIF information is processed by the b...

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Hello, gpw797, Trading on continuous contracts is not supported on IB end. You will need to configure the Symbol Mapping to place trades from a continuous contract chart. Please select the continuous contract for chart symbol and the current contract for the broker symbol. Here is how to do that: ht...

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wzero, Unfortunately, we weren’t able to reproduce this issue on our side. Please send us step-by-step instruction how to reproduce this issue or come to our live chat MON-FRI from 6:30 AM to 12:00 PM EST so that we could study this behavior remotely. Live Chat is accessible from our web site http:/...

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wzero, We were unable to replicate this behavior on our end. In order to continue the analysis of IB fake spikes issue, we need you to reproduce the issue on your side with extended logging. Here’re the steps for enabling the extended logging: • Close MultiCharts and all of its processes: https://ww...

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Emmanuel,

Thanks for your detailed description. This is not a trivial functionality and currently we cannot include it in our to-do list. You may want to submit a feature request to the Project Management of our web site so other users can vote for it: http://www.multicharts.com/pm/

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LMC1,

How do you calculate the “Market Value of all current holdings”?

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Hello, wzero

IB reported us they have fixed a similar issue on their end (on server side). Please let us know if it is still reproduced on your side.

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Hello Emmanuel, Thanks for your feedback. We have discussed it internally and going to add #1 and #2 in one of the future versions. Currently they are targeted to MultiCharts 13, but it may change down the road. As for the item #3 – do you want to control the speed programmatically or you also want ...

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Hello, wzero,

Please send us the workspace where the issue is reproduced to support@multicharts.com so that we would be able to investigate the issue.
As soon as we receive the requested files, the engineers will study the case and we will get in touch with you when we have any feedback from them.

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tradingest, You can verify it in Strategy Properties window -> Backtesting tab. Please refer to the following articles for more information about extended backtesting: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Precise_Backtesting and Bar Magnifier: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-so...

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Logs analysis showed the following: The broker/exchange did not accept the orders and rejected them, because they were sent after the session close. We can recommend the following: - Use GTC for Time in Force parameter. - If you need to have the order cancelled before sessions close – modify your sc...

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LMC1,

Please describe the specific difficulty you have with implementing it.

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Hello, tradingest,

It looks like you are referring to backtesting results with Bar Magnifier and/or Extended Backtesting enabled. In this case orders are filled based on Ask and Bid prices, while your chart most likely has Trades plotted.

Svetlana MultiCharts

Hi, LMC1

Unfortunately, there is no such pre-built function in MultiCharts, you will need to program your own code to calculate it.

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Hello, ppc,

Unfortunately, access to Data2 from Scanner is not supported in MultiCharts.

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Hello, firemag,

Yes, we received them. Thank you for the provided information.

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Hello, Firemag

When the issue is reproduced, please, don’t close MultiCharts and send us logs through Help -> Feedback.
Also, please provide ID of the order.

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For FXCM connection 1 contract in MultiCharts = lot size on the broker’s side (i.e. 5000 contracts don’t correspond to $5000).

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Hello, Jim

Please answer the questions I've sent you in e-mail.

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If you want only to check the position at broker – you can use the “MarketPosition_at_Broker” command in your own code. But if you want your strategy to also manage this position – it would be better to utilize the !From Broker To Strategy MP Synchronizer! signal, since it already has the position s...

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Hello, TraderWalrus,

The commands you have listed, as well as the pre-built autotrading signal !From Broker To Strategy MP Synchronizer! will work not only on chart but in the PortfolioTrader too.

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Hello, Wilkinsw Please right-click anywhere on the DOM window except for Buy, Price & Sell columns and control elements and enable the "Always Show Entire Number" option: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Depth_of_market_(DOM)#Always_Show_Entire_Number_option

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Can i not apply a logic in the quotemanager to tell it to roll over on the 15th of the rollover month? swisstrader82, You need to create your own Custom Futures in the QuoteManager to do that: http://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Custom_Futures Continuous contracts provided by IQFe...

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Hello, Wegi

Unfortunately, at the moment there is no such feature in MultiCharts. The platform won’t round the prices received from a data source according to the specified Min Movement when displaying them on a chart.

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Zheka, Starting with MultiCharts 11.0 Release it is possible to receive data for continuous futures contracts from Interactive Brokers. It requires version 966 of TWS or higher or Gateway of the latest version. Please, find other improvements made in MultiCharts 11 in our blog: https://www.multichar...

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Hello, swisstrader82! @NOB# futures is a continuous contract provided by IQFeed data provider directly. Such contracts have no settings, the data is received "as is". If you want to build a continuous futures data series in MultiCharts - create your own Custom Futures instrument. Please re...

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