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- 04 Mar 2007
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: els, eld, ela file types
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1894
fundjunkie, TS changed the file names over time (after introducing new features; some might say to force the users to upgrade to newer versions). First it was *.ELA with TS 4, then *.ELS with TS 2000i and with TS 6 they introduced *.ELD. The current TS versions are able to read every extension, wher...
- 27 Feb 2007
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Implementing Tai-Pan data-feed [SOLVED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2270
- 19 Feb 2007
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Officail Release -- Price to purchase doubles
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3887
Re: "Look inside bar" feature
Hi, i agree with the fact that bugs will ever exist. What is important is that they are solved. But there is one feature that is still missing, for me it's essential in a back testing software, which is the "look inside bar" feature in TS. You can have alook at it at: http://www.TS.com/support/what...
- 18 Feb 2007
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Officail Release -- Price to purchase doubles
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3887
20 Pips, it has never been a secret that the pricing of MC will increase in the future and the MC stuff always said that the current pricing at that time (i.e. 399$, though I remember the times when MC was priced with 99$ more than three years ago) always reflected the fact that the program was in b...
- 09 Feb 2007
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Feature requests topic and poll
- Replies: 231
- Views: 124449
Dear TS Support Team, it would be really useful to have the ability to draw Trendlines using Barnumbers instead of Date and Time. This would be the most accurate Trendline drawing possibility I can imagine. For example, it would look like this: TL_New_BN(StartBarNumber, StartValue, EndBarNumber, End...
- 05 Feb 2007
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: NO IB historical data after refresh request
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2482
- 05 Feb 2007
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: NO IB historical data after refresh request
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2482
- 25 Jan 2007
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Historical signals
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3782
Andrew, in my opinion he is looking for a "look-inside-bar" backtesting ability where the strategy, although running on minute data for example, takes the tick by tick bar development into account. Taken from the TS help file: Under Back-testing resolution, select the Look-Inside-Bar Back-testing ch...
- 24 Jan 2007
- Forum: User Contributed Studies and Indicator Library
- Topic: TPO aka Market Profile
- Replies: 41
- Views: 47982
- 24 Jan 2007
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Historical signals
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3782
Re: Historical signals
Is there a way to view Historical signals that trigger at the TICK level when using IB and MC? Thanks The only problem you'll run in is that IB doen't offer historical TICK data, you can only collect it in real-time. Once collected you can backtest signals on the stored data like with every other s...
- 03 Jan 2007
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Code with over 10000 lines freezes compiler
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3572
I don't know for TS8 only know that I experienced the same. CPU usage 100% and it took a really very long time to compile, Once compiled the usage of this code is normal. It will take quite a while to compile the code or even import it into the PL Editor, but it will compile/import. I have tried it...
- 20 Dec 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Global variables in EL [SOLVED]
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7926
Chris: can you give an example how to pass variable from one study to another? e.g. I have a MACD and a Stochastic, if both are over 80, I want a sell signal. How can this be done? I guess the easiest way would be to include the MACD and Stochastic in your strategy. If you are using different time ...
- 20 Dec 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Global variables in EL [SOLVED]
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7926
Re: Global Variables in New beta [SOLVED]
Dear Support. I downloaded new beta release - it is fantastic, Thanks you! But I still have issues with BarsSinceExit, BarsSinceEntry reserve keywords. In new beta they have thier values correct. However they have the value only on that signal, which actually Exits (Enters) trade. On other signals ...
- 19 Dec 2006
- Forum: User Contributed Studies and Indicator Library
- Topic: TPO aka Market Profile
- Replies: 41
- Views: 47982
The last thing I can suggest to you is to look at you price scale settings in QM. You should have 1/100 there for ES. I can imagine that there is the possibility that a price scale of 1/100000 for example will result in the array getting out of bounds. But I have not checked the XML code, if this is...
- 19 Dec 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: TS data problem
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4008
Kate, I have only seen this problem happening if you let MC start TS. I have seen it myself several times and I know two other traders (beside the posters on the forum) who have had the same problems. It never happened again, after we begun to start TS first and open a chart before starting MC. I am...
- 19 Dec 2006
- Forum: User Contributed Studies and Indicator Library
- Topic: TPO aka Market Profile
- Replies: 41
- Views: 47982
Was anyone able to get this to work? When I add this to a chart I receive an error message saying: Array bounds: Wrong index value: -4500 Regards - Fanus I guess it's the symbol you are using that's making the trouble (for example YM might need a larger Array size). Enlarge the Array size (as long ...
- 18 Dec 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Volume Bars: How to supress the empty bar at session End ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2457
J~, Alex Kramer replied to this problem in a different thread : There are 2 issues here: 1. Ideological - with your proposed approach it would not be possible to create two identical charts if the start date is different. 2. Technical - found out it was too complicated with our existing QuoteManager...
- 16 Dec 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: TS data problem
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4008
When I created a similar volume chart on TS there was a gap. I refreshed and restarted and the gap in MC is now gone.. Thnx for the very quick help!!!!!!!!!!!! That happens from time to time if you let MC start TS (I don't know why; it seems that TS gets confused). If you start TS manually before s...
- 16 Dec 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: TS data problem
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4008
- 16 Dec 2006
- Forum: User Contributed Studies and Indicator Library
- Topic: Highest High
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2563
You need the correct date and time when your High occured, so something like this should do the job: variables: id(0), HighPrice(0), HighDate(0), HighTime(0); if Condition1 then begin If High >= HighPrice then begin HighPrice = High; HighDate = Date; HighTime = Time; end; if condition2 and condition...
- 12 Dec 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: 5000 Point setting for 5 Tick Range Bar on ER2
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1489
- 11 Dec 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Alert Levels
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4128
- 11 Dec 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Alert Levels
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4128
- 09 Dec 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: MC's Off-Line Mode, Not really offline?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1853
This is a know issue with the 1.90.644.1126 Beta of MC and I guess (and hope) it will be solved in the next beta. For now you'll have to close down MC once you change the settings to offline, because the change will only become affective after a restart. This helps for me, to prevent MC from opening...
- 06 Dec 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: ib backfill
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4194
- 05 Dec 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Global variables in EL [SOLVED]
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7926
- 04 Dec 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Feature requests topic and poll
- Replies: 231
- Views: 124449
I'd say expanding the "Data Range" settings for the "Volume Profile" would be very useful. Right now I can only set the Volume Profile to Screen, Entire Data series and Bars back, where it would be quite useful to have the ability to set Days back (besides bars back like the Data Range for the chart...
- 04 Dec 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: ib backfill
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4194
Re: ib backfill
I am having massive backfill problems with IB, too. I guess it's an IB problem, because the data stops at around 8:14 am for the historical data.
The ability to receive realtime data doesn't seem to be affected, but you can't backfill today's data so far.
The ability to receive realtime data doesn't seem to be affected, but you can't backfill today's data so far.
- 01 Dec 2006
- Forum: User Contributed Studies and Indicator Library
- Topic: How can get the first value of a bar?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3167
This should help: Variables: FirstBarOpen (0), FirstBarHigh (0), FirstBarLow (0), FirstBarClose (0); If CurrentBar = 1 then begin FirstBarOpen = Open; FirstBarHigh = High; FirstBarLow = Low; FirstBarClose = Close; end; This will store the Open, High, Low and Close of the very first bar on your chart...
- 30 Nov 2006
- Forum: User Contributed Studies and Indicator Library
- Topic: How can get the first value of a bar?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3167
Re: easy language, sorry few simple questions
Hello, I study this sources https://www.TS.com/support/books/pdf/EL_Ref_Guide.pdf http://www.tssupport.com/support/tutorials/ but cant get an answer and dont know where to ask! How can get the first value of a bar? I have two inputs inputs: DataSeries1( Close of data1 ), DataSeries2( Close of data2...
- 30 Nov 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Goodbye dear users and forum visitors
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6546
- 30 Nov 2006
- Forum: User Contributed Studies and Indicator Library
- Topic: Elder Indicators
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9085
A Paintbar for Triple Screen: { 27499 } {Title: Alexander Elder Triple Screen: Initial Screen for Trading Prospects Description: 1. Paint the bar green when the EMA and the MACD histogram each turn up. Possible long setup. 2. Paint the bar red when the EMA and the MACD histogram each turn down. Poss...
- 30 Nov 2006
- Forum: User Contributed Studies and Indicator Library
- Topic: Elder Indicators
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9085
Elder Ray Bear Power: inputs: Price(Close), AvgLen(13); vars: DayLow(0), BearP(0); if Date > Date[1] then DayLow = Low; BearP = DayLow - XAverage(Price, AvgLen); Plot1(BearP, "Bear Pwr"); Elder Ray Bull Power inputs: Price(Close), AvgLen(13); vars: DayHigh(0), BullP(0); if Date > Date[1] then DayHig...
- 30 Nov 2006
- Forum: User Contributed Studies and Indicator Library
- Topic: Elder Indicators
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9085
Force Index:
A Link to Chandelier Exit.
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inputs: Length1(2),Length2(13),Force_I(Volume * (Close - Close[1]));
Plot1(XAverage(Force_I,Length1),"Force1");
Plot2(xAverage(Force_I,Length2),"Force2");
- 30 Nov 2006
- Forum: User Contributed Studies and Indicator Library
- Topic: Elder Indicators
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9085
Re: Elder Indicators
Does anyone have public versions of the Elder indicators like the impulse system, force index, chandelier etc. ? Taken from the TS Forum a paintbar for the "Impulse system": [LegacyColorValue = true]; inputs: Price(close), maLength(13), FastMA(12), SlowMA(26), Signal(9), displace(0), DivPlotWidth(2...
- 31 Oct 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: IB data....YM DEC 06
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2749
Did you go through the IB tutorial? If not I'd suggest that in order to ensure the TWS is set-up correctly to send the data to MC.
Chris
Chris
- 31 Oct 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: IB data....YM DEC 06
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2749
Re: IB data....YM DEC 06
What exactly is your problem?Is there anyone know how to setup "YM" in QM from TWS?
If you are using the symbol search in QM and search for YM, you should find it.

Chris
- 25 Oct 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Moving Average of RSI
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2695
Re: Moving Average of RSI
Yes, but you will have to code it manually. For example if this is your RSI code: inputs: Price( Close ), Length( 14 ), OverSold( 30 ), OverBought( 70 ), OverSColor( Cyan ), OverBColor( Red ) ; variables: RSIValue( 0 ) ; RSIValue = RSI( Price, Length ) ; Plot1( RSIValue, "RSI" ) ; Plot2( OverBought,...
- 25 Oct 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Reformat hard disk and Custom indicators
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4001
There's also the bigger issue that if an add-on developer goes out of business then a potentially valuable and paid for piece of software becomes unuseable. Or if the server of the add-on developer is unavailable for some time, than MC is not able to check for a valid licence and the studies should...
- 24 Oct 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: IQFeed History
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3134
Taken from the IQ Feed website:
8 calendar days of tick (every trade) and 120 calendar days interval (1 minute or larger intervals) history retrieval for charting and time & sales data
http://www.iqfeed.net/index.cfm?display ... n=services
8 calendar days of tick (every trade) and 120 calendar days interval (1 minute or larger intervals) history retrieval for charting and time & sales data
http://www.iqfeed.net/index.cfm?display ... n=services
- 24 Oct 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Reformat hard disk and Custom indicators
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4001
Re: Reformat hard disk and Custom indicators
For those that have reformatted their hard disk and re-installed their OS, did it affect your access to custom indicators once you installed MC again? I reformatted and re-installed recently and now I can't access the custom indicators. It just keeps asking me for the username/password repeatedly b...
- 09 Oct 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Studies - flexibility
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1868
- 08 Oct 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: bug report during compiling of code
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4456
Completely uninstallation of MC AND !!!! cleaning of folders MC/PLEditor . - New installation and reimport of functions and indicators. -swisstrader That was the solution for me, too. I have to do this procedure from time to time, whenever MC comes up with strange problems i.e. not compiling studie...
- 08 Oct 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: bug report during compiling of code
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4456
Re: bug report during compiling of code
TSSupport,new beta from 10/06/2006 has the same bug like beta from 09/04/2006
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-swisstrader
that's a big dissapointment and makes the new beta not useful for me, too

- 06 Oct 2006
- Forum: User Contributed Studies and Indicator Library
- Topic: MD code not working
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11458
- 29 Sep 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Can some look at this CODE . NOT LOADING-Indicators ATTACHED
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3202
- 25 Sep 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: How can i load TS EDL Files > onto Multi Chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2492
Multicharts will import some but not all ELDs. The error messages are "Failed to load file" and "The archive is empty. Couldn't find any studies to import." Does anyone know the reason for this? Is it that Multicharts can not read an ELD that has closed code that can't be viewed or edited but is no...
- 25 Sep 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: TS data gap [SOLVED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2246
Re: TS data gap [SOLVED]
I am getting a data gap with my TS data on the EC continuous contract when I turn off my PC at night and then turn on in the morning. This does not happen with my e-signal data feed for the same contract. Can someone tell me how to correct this problem with my TS data feed? Hunter Hunter, I am havi...
- 25 Sep 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: import protected ELDs - How is this Done
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2783
Re: import protected ELDs - How is this Done
At the moment it's impossible to import source protected ELDs into PL Editor.import protected ELDs - How is this Done through PLEditor - Power Language Editor ?
can someone discribe this please
- 25 Sep 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: How can i load TS EDL Files > onto Multi Chart [SOLVED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2492
- 25 Sep 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: How do you code multiple timeframes?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2035
Re: How do you code multiple timeframes?
I have several different point (range) timeframes that I want to address in a strategy how do I differentiate between the different data sources in the code? for example: condition1 = avg(price, number) > x {for price range compression 1} condition2 = avg(price, number) > x {for price range compres...
- 25 Sep 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: complex inputs
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1603
Re: complex inputs
I have an old TS indicator that uses complicated inputs, like: input: userfunc(waverage(c[0]-c[10],5)); This gives a complile error in MC, expecting an '('. Is there an error here or does MC allow this kind of input default? It seems to me that your code is missing an "input variable". If you write...
- 25 Sep 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: MCFX Data Feed subscription for Multichart
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2863
- 20 Sep 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Different sound file for each Alert ?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1674
Re: Different sound file for each Alert ?
Yes, it should be possible - just change the sound file in the code the alert is calling.is it possible to play a different sound file for each Alert statement?
- 12 Sep 2006
- Forum: User Contributed Studies and Indicator Library
- Topic: Williams%R
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2513
Re: Williams%R
What is the included study %R doing? Isn't that what you are searching for?Hi,
I am new to MultiCharts so please excuse me if this is a silly question.
I want to use Williams%R but it is not in the Studies.
How can i get it, can anyone help please.
Cymru
- 09 Sep 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: ASCII files problem in new beta [SOLVED]
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5233
Re: ASCII files problem in new beta [SOLVED]
Hi, I downloaded new beta version from 09/04/2006. I couldn't chart my ASCII source. Actually I could map it or import, however when I try to chart that source, I get No data message. I notices, that Server mode dialog was changed, that may be a problem. Please, investigate that, because now no ASC...
- 08 Sep 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Vertical Time Plot indicator anyone? [SOLVED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3523
Re: Time plot [SOLVED]
Thank Stanley, I tried the code however I get a horizontal line.....around the prices... Basically what I am looking for is a vertical line to be plotted in a future time... The plot will alert me when lunch trading is about to start or afternoon trading session is about to start..... ie. it gives ...
- 08 Sep 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: PRINT function does not send text to output
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1499
- 08 Sep 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: How to detect the first tick of a new bar?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1736
cael,
you can use the reserved word Barstatus for your purpose.
Barstatus returns 0 for the first tick, 1 for a normal-tick, and 2 for bar-close.
This should do it.
Chris
you can use the reserved word Barstatus for your purpose.
Barstatus returns 0 for the first tick, 1 for a normal-tick, and 2 for bar-close.
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If BarStatus = 0 then { first tick of new bar }
Chris
- 03 Sep 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: hidden Reserved Word in EasyLanguage found = RECIPROCAL(n)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2192
- 26 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: backtest on 2401 volume chart
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1703
- 22 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Missing Data for IB GBP Future
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2474
All I can say is that I tried searching by root and it worked perfectly well, while trying to lookup this symbol by name doesn't work. Yes, IB seems to allow the search by root only :roll: . I could find the symbol in QM before, but after I charted it I got the error message. That was the strange t...
- 21 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Missing Data for IB GBP Future
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2474
Chris, I just tried and got the chart: no problem. Used GBP as root and GLOBEX as exchange in Quotemanager to find 6BU6. gaspard, I have created several new symbols (through IB search) and it had no effect. Today after your post I have tried it again and now it works - whatever it was :lol: . Thank...
- 21 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Missing Data for IB GBP Future
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2474
Missing Data for IB GBP Future
Since one month I am not able to collect data in MC for the 6BU6 GBP future on Globex. It suddenly stopped collecting data on the 13th July and I can't figure out what it is (I thought IB changed something, but I can't find information on it). I can chart the 6BU6 in TWS and I can see a chart there,...
- 21 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: what's the point of multicharts?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5422
tredur, a couple of things I like about MC: - the data is timestamped down to seconds, thus allowing you to create charts showing more than one tick datastream (impossible in TS, because the data is timestamped with minutes only) Mc is able to distinguished seconds ? If i use the time in Powerlangu...
- 21 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: what's the point of multicharts?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5422
tredur, a couple of things I like about MC: - you can do everything that you can do with TS - you can buy a lifetime version for a one time fee - MC is able to use several different data providers - once strategy trading is fully implemented you can trade your strategies with a broker of your choice...
- 20 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Data Playback Utility for MultiCharts
- Replies: 52
- Views: 29910
Dear TJ, Most probably this is the session issue. Please try to set 24/7 session and let me know how this helps. I have tried both 24/7 and 24/5 to no avail. :-( TJ, make sure that you set the chart to 24 hours - Under Format Symbol -> Settings -> Sessions -> 24 hour. The fact that you have tried 2...
- 16 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Automated Trading Interface For IB
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4788
Hi Chris, does it work with your real account too or only with your IB-demoaccount? I have the problem that i cant change the field Client ID from 0 to my account number. There is nothing to change manually - the TradeManager will obtain your Client ID, accound number, account balance etc. directly...
- 16 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Automated Trading Interface For IB
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4788
- 16 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Automated Trading Interface For IB
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4788
- 15 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Automated Trading Interface For IB
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4788
Re: Automated Trading Interface For IB
Hi, Is there going to be a interface added to the beta in the near future to allow Automated Trades in IB from a Signal strategy? Any update on a time frame would be appreciated. Once the strategies are fully implemented you should be able to route the orders generated by your strategy to the broke...
- 15 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Performance Problem
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2319
- 14 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Export chart indicator values to EXCEL
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3335
Alex and Chris, Very dissappointed! :( So, do I have to pay on top of the $400 for the price of Multicharts another 135 euros for an utility from a third party (as Chris suggests) in order to introduce to Multicharts a basic reporting output and communication with the rest of the world? Am I missin...
- 14 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Export chart indicator values to EXCEL
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3335
- 05 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Data Playback Utility for MultiCharts
- Replies: 52
- Views: 29910
Stanley, the concept of tick by tick data replay is something most of your customers will like very much and the implementation of it shows again how closely you guys listen to your customers demands. After having used this feature for the first time, I'd like to give you some feedback: It would be ...
- 05 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Data Playback Utility for MultiCharts
- Replies: 52
- Views: 29910
- 05 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Data Playback Utility for MultiCharts
- Replies: 52
- Views: 29910
- 05 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Data Playback Utility for MultiCharts
- Replies: 52
- Views: 29910
- 05 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Data Playback Utility for MultiCharts
- Replies: 52
- Views: 29910
Dear Chris, Firs of all please run QuoteManager, go to Tools > DataSources, select Universal DDE data source and click Settings... Then click Test button and make sure that it goes correctly. This goes correctly. It's updating continiously. I have connected the symbol in QM and it's showing that it...
- 05 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Data Playback Utility for MultiCharts
- Replies: 52
- Views: 29910
Stanley, maybe I am missing something, but I can't get the Playback to work. I have changed the template and set up the symbol in Quotemanager. The Playback tool accepts my data, but when I click on run and open the chart with the playback symbol I am getting the "No Data" message. Hopefully you can...
- 04 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Strange Strategy behaviour in Beta
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3064
- 04 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Strange Strategy behaviour in Beta
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3064
- 04 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Strange Strategy behaviour in Beta
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3064
- 04 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Strange Strategy behaviour in Beta
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3064
The best way to find and solve the problem is to send us both the strategy and indicator, we guarantee the confidentiality. Also you can reproduce the problem on the simplified code and send it to us. Thank you for your input. I knew that you would say this :) . I have created a simple test strateg...
- 04 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Strange Strategy behaviour in Beta
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3064
Strange Strategy behaviour in Beta
I encountered a very strange behaviour of a strategy which I can't figure out. The strategy doens't give a thing on the rules, it just seem to take entries at will :roll: . I have done a visual check, there are a lot more entries, but the strategy does only do 1 in 20 days. This entry even is not a ...
- 03 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: BUG: Missing Bars
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5389
- 01 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: All Studies are GONE!!!!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7486
- 01 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: All Studies are GONE!!!!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7486
Do you have an EasyLanguage file which can help us to reproduce the issue? Should I simply import a els file with standard functions inside and this will break everything? In my case it was just an XML file exported from MC which contained some of the standard functions together with some other fun...
- 01 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: All Studies are GONE!!!!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7486
Ok, now all of the studies are back. If "Last Bar On Chart" is overwritten from the indicator that is being imported, could that cause a problem? I have noticed something similar - overwriting standard functions might cause a total loss of the code in some of those functions. The result is that all...
- 01 Aug 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Scale MC to not include studies
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9615
- 25 Jul 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Is there a Way to STOP these spam ADS on MC forum?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3034
We've already tried an antispam function, did not work well enough. The spam bots were able to register quite easily and post on. Actually, nothing beats a human moderator - if you could spare some time to prune the forum on a daily or so basis, we could give you administrator rights, as we deeply ...
- 01 Jul 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Maximum size of TSSSTORAGE.GDB
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1963
Re: Maximum size of TSSSTORAGE.GDB
Mine is more than 100 MB and I don't have any problems. But I would still do backups - you never knowWhat is the maximum file size of TSSSTORAGE.GDB?
Mine is currently at 40MB and was wondering what is the limit before I need to duplicate/back-up.

- 07 Jun 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: continuous contracts for rollover data
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2688
- 07 Jun 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Elliott Wave/Elliot Oscillator
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13360
- 06 Jun 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Huge Data Gaps in Charts
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3497
- 06 Jun 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Huge Data Gaps in Charts
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3497
Were you able to receive data for that period to IB TWS? If so, please send a screenshot showing this. If not, then there was a genuine data problem with the feed. It is a known issue and apart from reloading data nothing can be done. Here is a screen shot of what just happened. MC and TWS were clo...
- 05 Jun 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Bas Data Points in MC but not TS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2988
Alex and momentum, I am not sure if it still counts, but MC used to directly access the data from TS instead of loading it into Quotemanager. You were so kind to post a DLL here in this forum that downloads the TS data in MC Quotemanager (if newer MC versions have this DLL build in, then just ignore...
- 29 May 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Huge Data Gaps in Charts
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3497
- 29 May 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Huge Data Gaps in Charts
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3497
Huge Data Gaps in Charts
I have made a workspace that collects data for several symbols from IB. Although "On-Demand" data download is checked, I am experiencing huge data gaps from time to time. The recent problem is that for the 25th the half day is missing for all symbols and MC doesn't care. So I have to download the da...
- 12 May 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Passavanto studies [SOLVED]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4069
- 11 May 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Passavanto studies [SOLVED]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4069
Stanley,
in my opinion he is referring to this stuy:
http://www.ensignsoftware.com/help/pesavento.htm
It looks like the basic Zig-Zag with additional Fibonacci levels.
in my opinion he is referring to this stuy:
http://www.ensignsoftware.com/help/pesavento.htm
It looks like the basic Zig-Zag with additional Fibonacci levels.
- 11 May 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Update every tick
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3173
- 21 Apr 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Sharing violation
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4635
- 17 Apr 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Retreive indicator values from different charts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4255
Trader39, when you initialize the DLL in PowerLanguage, just give the exact Path where the DLL is stored DefineDLLFunc: "GlobalVariable.dll", ...; should look like DefineDLLFunc: "X:\ProgramFiles\TS 8.1 (build 3159)\GlobalVariable.dll", ...; Where "X" is your hard-drive. Normally you place DLLs in t...
- 13 Apr 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Features I would like to see in Multicharts
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17158
Chris and Trader39, TS8 cache is quite reliable so we don't think it is necessary to duplicate data. I'm attaching a DLL that will store the data in QuoteManager. Dennis, thank you very much that's great. TS8 cache is reliable, that's true, but it takes hours to build a chart from a tik-file which ...
- 13 Apr 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Features I would like to see in Multicharts
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17158
I suspect the reason TS is not cached is that TS has its own cache, so caching TS data would result in double caching You are right, it will result in a double caching, but I don't see a problem there. If you are using eSignal and MC and are looking at charts in both, isn't the data cached twice, t...
- 12 Apr 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Features I would like to see in Multicharts
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17158
24. I don't understand why the data coming from TS is not stored in the Quotemanager. That would speed up the data access if you use TS as your data provider and you can create your own continous contracts with this data and don't have to use the back-adjusted ones. Now you are lost if the data file...
- 12 Apr 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Indicator (Anyone)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2932
- 11 Apr 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Documentation, IB Backfill, Data accuracy, "nearest fut
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3675
Re: Documentation, IB Backfill, Data accuracy, "nearest
By the “nearest future” we mean the current year, with upgrading to all new functionality will be free for all registered users. Further updates will be priced very reasonably. That means that I will be charged for every update (or major update) after the so called "Gold Release"? Thanks for provid...
- 10 Apr 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: BUG: Missing Bars
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5389
- 08 Apr 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: BUG: Missing Bars
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5389
if you create synthetic bars they will look exactly the same like an overlay of different chart increments should - you will have an exact muliple of bars. I like J~'s suggestions and they are the step in the right direction. The implementation of correct Volume Bars needs to exclude the possibility...
- 04 Apr 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Customer number changes from computer to computer
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4977
- 04 Apr 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: IB Backfill performance
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7096
I have the same experience, even when I open a new chart with a new symbol the symbols already open stop updating. The strange thing is that Bracket Trader keeps showing changing quotes while the charts in MC don't. It's true that IBs backfill is very slow, but there is something to imprive in MC, t...
- 04 Apr 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Customer number changes from computer to computer
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4977
The User ID is MEANT to be unique for every computer, being based on the OS image and the serial numbers of hardware components. The GetUserID function returns a different value on any computer, as the purpose of UserIDs is to protect indicators for unsanctioned copying to other machines. If you're...
- 31 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Japanese Yen data
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5562
- 31 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: MC = PC resource feeder???
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11197
Glad this helped, this is something to recommend in all similar cases. Then I understand where some of the performance problems come when I overlay charts. But you can't use the 49 Volume Bar spacing if you overlay a 343 volume Chart - you will end up seeing nothing. It's like standing directly inf...
- 31 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Japanese Yen data
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5562
- 31 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: BUG: Missing Bars
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5389
I have thought about your suggestions and what J~ is saying and in my opinion he is right on both counts. Creating a subsecond timestamp will add more problems and if a big order comes in you will have the same situation again. Volume Bars are only concerned by Volume and not with time. So the idea ...
- 30 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Universal DDE from excel into MC [SOLVED]
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2744
- 30 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: MC = PC resource feeder???
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11197
swisstrader, as I mentioned in a different thread I am having great problems with MC too when it comes to studies. Running on an AMD 64 4000+ with 2 Gigs of RAM MCActiveX.exe likes to take up 90% of the CPU causing the whole system to freeze for a couple of seconds. You can't trade this way! Compare...
- 30 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Chart Object: Arrows
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4809
Re: Chart Object: Arrows
To insert arrows go to -> Insert -> Drawing. There you'll find "Arrow up" and "Arrow down".Does anyone know how to insert an arrow onto a chart as a chart object?
I cannot find this feature in the tool bar.
Thks
Hope that helps,
Chris
- 27 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Help compiling indicators?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4332
(Chris, if there are any unsupported reserved words, it will produce a message on compilation). Correct me if I am wrong, but the reserved word "aiHighestDispValue" for example is still not avaliable in MC i.e. it's not working properly, but the compiler will give you no error message during compil...
- 26 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Help compiling indicators?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4332
- 26 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: permit to overwrite locked study/function in PL
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3306
- 22 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Quote Manager - Manageability
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2943
- 22 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: PL Editor is closing itself - NO BUG anymore
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7302
Same here. I think it has to do something with studys on a chart. If I work on a study that is applied to a chart, compile it and switch back to the chart to see the result - PowerEditor sometimes doesn't like it and closes itself. Correction - the study doesn't even have to be on a chart. PowerEdi...
- 22 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Gaps in MC using TS data
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3696
Re: Gaps in MC using TS data
Does TS data have time stamps down to seconds. I would almost bet it doesn't since the last time I used TS they had no way of accessing seconds for anything. Of course that was some time ago. MC probably places properly on the charts in real time but then gets confused when trying to recall the cha...
- 22 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: PL Editor is closing itself - NO BUG anymore
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7302
- 22 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: BUG: Missing Bars
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5389
- 21 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: BUG: Missing Bars
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5389
- 21 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: BUG: Missing Bars
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5389
BUG: Missing Bars
How can I have no Bar on the 343 Volume Chart, when I have 11 Bars on the 49 Volume Chart?
Thank you,
Chris
Thank you,
Chris
- 21 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: How can I do this simple thing?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4436
I want to have access to the values of a study running on a different timeframe directly inside a study running on my chart. I don't want to plot the values, just use them. If there is a way, can you give me an example (average on an average from a second timeframe). I can do it with external DLLs, ...
- 21 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Design of Contract Bars
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5065
- 21 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: How can I do this simple thing?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4436
Alex, in a study based on Data-Stream1 I want to use a second study inside the code based on a second Data-Stream. I want this internal used study to give me the exact same results like if I base it on Data2 seperately. How can I do this without having to use external DLLs? Thanks for your help, Chris
- 21 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: How can I do this simple thing?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4436
How can I do this simple thing?
I just want to base a study on a second data stream inside the code and I want the exact same results like if I click "Base Study On" Data2.
I am aware of the code "Close of Data2" for example, but this giving strange results.
Hope you can help me.
Thank you,
Chris
I am aware of the code "Close of Data2" for example, but this giving strange results.
Hope you can help me.
Thank you,
Chris
- 21 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: BUG: Wrong Barnumbers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3574
- 21 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Design of Contract Bars
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5065
- 19 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Problem with TextID could be more enclose =>
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4064
Re: Problem with TextID could be more enclose =>
I didn't realize that this forum was to help debug TS problems as well . Is this the case ? No it's not. Just because the screenshot has TS on it doesn't mean that it's made within TS. Only the feed is used and MC is the charting platform. You can easily see the difference when you look at a TS cha...
- 18 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Design of Contract Bars
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5065
- 18 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Easy Lang Study not working
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3709
This is taken from the code header: { Plots the difference or ratio (user choice) of the cumulative up and down volume for the day so far. For use with "live" market data only (the server fields used in this indicator do not have stored history so will not be plotted on historical bars). } Maybe thi...
- 17 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Design of Contract Bars
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5065
Design of Contract Bars
TSSupport, first I have to say that I like the way MC creates the Contract Bars very much. My only concern is that MC seems to reset the Contract Bar at the end of the session(or start of the next session). In my opinion that should be changed, because it's just not correct to cut the Bar before it ...
- 17 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: BUG: Wrong Barnumbers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3574
- 17 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: BUG: Wrong Barnumbers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3574
BUG: Wrong Barnumbers
TSSupport, you have a big bug with your BarNumbers, you don't count them correctly when it comes to multiple symbols. This will definetly result in a complete mess up of studies using the BarNumber. Both CurrentBar and BarNumber are showing wrong results. For your convenience I have attached a scree...
- 16 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Data Range
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5135
- 16 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Data Range
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5135
Re: Data Range
On a few of my charts I have to goto "Format Symbol - Settings" and update the date in "Data Range" so it shows todays date. If I don't it will only go upto yesterdays date. How can I fix this problem so it will automaticaly give me the data range to date? I am having the exact same problem here, b...
- 16 Mar 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: New MC Version taking lots of CPU usage
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3140
- 28 Feb 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Strange behaviour of BarHigh/BarLow in MC 1.9
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3342
The problem seems to be linked to the number of Plots. When I use: Value0 = XAverage(Close, 100); Value1 = WAverage(Value0, 100); If Value1 > Value1[1] and Value1[1] < Value1[2] then begin Plot1(High); Plot2(Low); end; If Value1 < Value1[1] and Value1[1] > Value1[2] then begin Plot1(High); Plot2(Low...
- 28 Feb 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Strange behaviour of BarHigh/BarLow in MC 1.9
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3342
- 24 Feb 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: Strange behaviour of BarHigh/BarLow in MC 1.9
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3342
Strange behaviour of BarHigh/BarLow in MC 1.9
The Plot Type Bar High and Bar Low seems to have a bug in the new Multicharts Betas, it's working like a charme in MC 1.8 though. I have used a very simple code to test it: Value0 = XAverage(Close, 100); Value1 = WAverage(Value0, 100); If Value1 > Value1[1] and Value1[1] < Value1[2] then begin Plot1...
- 19 Feb 2006
- Forum: MultiCharts
- Topic: overlaying tick and 1 minute charts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8478