MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

Stan Bokov

So thanks for listening. I guess the next question is "Will MC run all day without slowing or aborting". It looks great so far. John. John, thanks for sharing your insight regarding this issue. 64-bit version, as I described in another one of your threads, should go a long way in helping "MC run al...

Stan Bokov

Dear amadeu1, We changed the connection methods in MC7, there are now Broker Profiles which you connect whenever you want to trade (auto or manually). If you are connected, Order and Position Tracker will pick up info about the accounts, orders, etc. If you are not connected, you will see only histo...

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You can add supporting instruments to each main instrument (up to 4 supporting instruments), and use data2, data3, data4, and data5 to compare them to your main symbol (data1). You can't compare the price of Stock X to more than 4 others right now.

Stan Bokov

Dear Kentai, You can send us the logs by going to Start > All Programs > MultiCharts > Logs and then zipping up all of the folders in the Logs folder into an archive, and emailing them to support@multicharts.com. Please indicate URL of this thread in the email. Could be a couple of things causing th...

Stan Bokov

Portfolio Trading is still not available. After further investigation, it will only be possible after implementing a 64-bit version. Running scripts in real-time across multiple instruments, while keeping track of account data and money management, sorting priorities, and displaying the results is s...

Stan Bokov

Getting back to my suggestion that MC eventually should be modular so users can unselect what they are not going to use (a suggestion I will eventually get into Project-Management), I fired up MC 7.0 beta 4 on the notebook this morning. Here is a direct measure of what I am talking about (some esti...

Stan Bokov

Hello, does it mean that visible and hidden charts use exactly the same amount of cpu, memory? thanks

Hidden probably use slightly less since they are not shown, but for general intents and purposes they are pretty much the same.

Stan Bokov

Hello,

Here is one question, please. Do hidden charts use extra CPU,Memory resources?

Slightly more. They are still running, just not visible.

Stan Bokov

Interesting thread guys, keep it up!

Stan Bokov

eSignal Plugin for TS2000i allows to download the history data provided by eSignal directly into the GlobalServer. All you need to do is select the symbols and the time frame you need in GlobalServer and the history data for those symbols will be downloaded automatically, directly to GlobalServer. ...

Stan Bokov

This is sample code for ranking your symbols, and placing trades for x amount of money, dynamically calculated using BPV, with a couple of checks. If you want to buy only two, the you should add the appropriate condition. PortfolioEntriesPriority = //YOUR TECH ANALYSIS HERE _for example ( closeD(1) ...

Stan Bokov

This artificial limitation has been lifted in MultiCharts 7. You can now backtest in a portfolio as many symbols as memory will allow, which is realistically about 500-800 symbols.

Stan Bokov

No idea? And why MC stops after 100 stocks with backtesting in the portfolio backtester? 100 stocks is the current portfolio limitation. https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software-comparison/ This artificial limitation has been lifted in MultiCharts 7. You can now backtest in a portfolio as many ...

Stan Bokov

You could use a DLL... reference it from your code, and update it from some other application.

Stan Bokov

Dear arjfca, I think you can communicate from EL to EXCEL with ELEXCEL.dll collection. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f208/past-open-close-data-es-tf-6521.html In terms of changing reg values for MC in the registry, I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve or how that will benefit you. P...

Stan Bokov

Try contacting Interactive Brokers - maybe your subscription expired. The sure way to check if everything is OK is to pull the symbols up in TWS. If it's ok there, it will be ok in MultiCharts. If something doesn't work in TWS, it won't work in MC.

Stan Bokov

Super, thank you for digging up that thread. Kentai - please attach all of your log files (or email them to support@multicharts.com and indicate this thread in the subject) and we will analyze the issue. Sometimes IB does not fill market orders for a long time, and the situation described in the thr...

Stan Bokov

"RecalcLastBarAfter " sounds interesting never came accross it before. Look foward to TJ's solution.

More on that here - viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8414&p=39227&hilit= ... ter#p39227

Also documentation coming soon, plus videos.

Stan Bokov

I can only assume that instead of "within" you meant "without". The answer is - you need the 15 min data series on your chart in order to calculate the indicator based on 15 min data. However, you can double-click on the data series you don't want to see, go to the Settings tab and choose Hide in th...

Stan Bokov

OK, this is odd, Globex is always there (Abbreviation GLOBEX) by default unless it was deleted manually. You can just come to our Live Chat and we can look at this issue. Should be a quick fix.

Stan Bokov

We checked it out - everything works as it should. Open your GLOBEX Exchange settings since you are dealing with ES from IB (QuoteManager > Tools > Exchanges > Globex > Edit), change the Holiday List drop-down from 'None' to 'USA'. Close everything, and restart MC. Should be fine after that.

Stan Bokov

Thanks for the update Laurentius. So, jsut to check if I understand correctly, if you choose the Bid field for IQFeed data feed for Spot FX, it's ticks only - there is no historical minute or daily data? But if you choose Trade field - there is historical minute and daily data. And you are saying va...

Stan Bokov

You can just do a timed exit by adding a condition for checking the time. You can check the MP to make sure you send the appropriate order. You can then use the RecalcLastBarAfter to make sure your script calculates at the time regardless of whether there are any ticks. TJ would be more of a help in...

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Thanks ventus

Stan Bokov

What is the lag when you use the Last Trade PnL calculation? As bad, or better? Here is a video where we can see the Last Trade PnL calculation. http://www.screencast.com/users/FernandoSantos/folders/Default/media/be3fce35-3f00-4a22-bae5-9ef538a63420 When we compare both videos, we can see that Las...

Stan Bokov

Here is a screenshot of the TWS message.

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Stan Bokov

I currently use MC 6.0.1 with several custom indicators only for charting (I prefer to use a different platform for trading orders). Do I have to switch to 6.0.2 if I do NOT send any trade orders via MC? Because of the custom indicators I would rather not switch unless I have to. I am not intereste...

Stan Bokov

What is the session that you are using? Symbol, data provider, resolution, data range?

Stan Bokov

Dear amadeu1, When you are merging historical and real-time data, the point where real-time starts is the moment when the chart is created. Everything before that point is taken from ASCII and after that point is taken from eSignal. When you reload a chart, that point that divides history and real-t...

Stan Bokov

http://www.screencast.com/users/FernandoSantos/folders/Default/media/9b0749a6-c569-45e2-b8a1-505d7394eec1 What I'm posting here is what the engineers and Andrew already saw 2 days ago in my computer. They said this is a normal reaction. This can be many things, but normal... I'm sure it ain't. Some...

Stan Bokov

issue resolved via live chat. thank you very much

Just an update for everyone else, the orders could not be submitted through TWS either. It appears to have been an IB issue - nothing to do with the updater.

Stan Bokov

Thanks for the suggestion Davito. You can also add this feature request to PM.

Stan Bokov

Please come to our Live Chat so we can see what the issues are.

Stan Bokov

There have been a number of updaters released for 6.1, including one for IB. It's probably that you had one installed, which enabled it to work, but it was removed when you upgraded to 6.2. Please try using the attached updater to see if it helps your situation. Download and unzip the archive, close...

Stan Bokov

Dear Spaceant, Since you are using separate strategies, they don't know about the orders that other strategies are sending. You can check the global market position for a symbol, but you can't check outstanding stop orders from other strategies. I would think the best thing to do here is to combine ...

Stan Bokov

Dear Mike, Not very clear what you were trying to do, and what you were trying to achieve. Can you go through it one step at a time, explaining each step? For example, did you already have beta 3? Did you try to install beta 4 at the same time as beta 3, but into a different folder? Step by step fr...

Stan Bokov

Super, Thanks for your note. If you want to develop and autotrade a strategy, you have a different choices to send the orders, namely a market order, a stop order, a limit order or a stop limit order . I think most of you will agree that you will want to get the orders filled, even if there are som...

Stan Bokov

I managed to resolve this issue. To review it, during offline backfill, I was having to wait 30 minutes for backfill on the 5min, 10min, 15min, 30min and 60 minute charts while I was getting very fast (normal) backfill on the 1 minute, 10 second and daily charts. Here is what I tried and what final...

Stan Bokov

Why don't you increase your MaxBarsBack setting in your Strategy Properties?

Stan Bokov

Thank you for sharing Martin! Very interesting.

Stan Bokov

Hi, may I'm drunk or stupid, but can't install MC7beta4 on another folder or place than c:\Program Files (x86)\..... . I I change the folder where to place to c:\Program Files\Multicharts it will be installed on c:\Program Files (x86)\Multicharts. Same on other folders or places. Further if I chang...

Stan Bokov

The P and L in the Position line on Chart trading is incorrect on every tick change. Seems like it picks up the wrong tick value.

Dear momentum,

Please include a video demonstrating your issue, showing how you came to know this. We need all the details and exact steps to analyze the issue.

Stan Bokov

I will look at it again. This is partly a test message. My last couple of posts have not appeared. As well, the index suggests there were 24 replies at this time but I only see 12. And many of the posts are mislabelled. See example below: http://screencast.com/t/g4f7haqL7pK No problem over here eit...

Stan Bokov

I have most things working so far and it is growing on my. One oddity is that when trading forex on IB using an exit strategy I have to list double the amount of pips that I want. For example if I want an automatic stop loss of 10 pips I have to put 20pips in the field as it seems to count .5 pip a...

Stan Bokov

How come when I right click on the charts I do not get an option to buy/sell? I am connected to IB and the features in chart trader work. The weird thing is a few times I had an option to buy/sell when right clicking but now I can't seem to get that again... thanks! Follow-up on your question. The ...

Stan Bokov

Can you attach a screenshot or a short video explaining the situation?

Stan Bokov

Charts taking some time to load is normal. The data is being downloaded and arranged so it can be displayed on your chart. In terms of charts - if you create a chart for ZCN1 and then another one for ZSN1, you first chart is still on your workspace, it just may be hidden. Try minimizing your current...

Stan Bokov

You can open the QuoteManager, go to File > Import Symbol List.

Stan Bokov

How come when I right click on the charts I do not get an option to buy/sell? I am connected to IB and the features in chart trader work. The weird thing is a few times I had an option to buy/sell when right clicking but now I can't seem to get that again... thanks! If the broker profile is connect...

Stan Bokov

How come when I right click on the charts I do not get an option to buy/sell? I am connected to IB and the features in chart trader work. The weird thing is a few times I had an option to buy/sell when right clicking but now I can't seem to get that again... thanks! If the broker profile is connect...

Stan Bokov

How come when I right click on the charts I do not get an option to buy/sell? I am connected to IB and the features in chart trader work. The weird thing is a few times I had an option to buy/sell when right clicking but now I can't seem to get that again... thanks! If the broker profile is connect...

Stan Bokov

I think the answer to my question will be to just create a new workspace with longer range time frames that I can reference instead of altering the ones I day trade off of. I am used to doing it all from one chart but with multicharts its easy to have... multiple charts! You can also add the same i...

Stan Bokov

Thanks I had not found those features yet but what if I want to actually adjust the data range of the chart to lets say 2 weeks back or a month, then to an 8 hour or so time frame? quickly? You can double click on the instrument and the Settings menu will open (last one you visited). You can then c...

Stan Bokov

We expect it sometime in summer of 2011.

Stan Bokov

I tried to post this yesterday, but it appears to have disappeared... I have an issue in beta 4 regarding custom futures (CF) I loaded an existing CF based on QCL. MC retrieved no data in the chart or in market scanner. I tried recreating the same CF with a new name, and it initially worked. BUT on...

Stan Bokov

As far as I know nothing was changed in PnL display from IB when based on Bid/Ask from beta 3 to beta 4. Can you make a video comparing the two versions? The two should function the same on the same setting. After a couple of hours connected to my MC, comparing PnL's between beta 3 and beta 4, TSSu...

Stan Bokov

Thanks for the post, Stratman. The API libraries will be provided to us by Oanda if they decide to go through with the integration.

Stan Bokov

I don't think I understand the question. Are you connected to a broker profile or not? If you are, the buttons should be ok, if you are not - then they won't be.

Stan Bokov

This issue appears resolved in Beta 4.

Great. Keep monitoring the issue and let us know if it reappears.

Stan Bokov

Why is it unavailable?

Will it be available one day?

It's unavailable because it just wasn't realized - it's a difficult feature. If you want to see it implemented, please add a feature request to the PM.

Stan Bokov

Thanks for the kind words, geizer. I think it made feature requests and bug reports easier to manage.

Stan Bokov

Beta 4 has two option for displaying PnL from IB - one based on bid/ask and one based on Last Trade. We feel that calculation on Ask/Bid is more accurate, but it's slower to update than when it's set to Last Trade. In beta 4 you can open the Interactive Brokers broker plugin and change the appropri...

Stan Bokov

Dear siscop, Thank you for the suggestions. At the moment we advise that you restart MC once in a while. We are investigating the issue, right now we are not able to reproduce it on our machines. The main difficulty is that it occurs on your machine, and we need to work closely with you to resolve i...

Stan Bokov

Dear Support, I'm having problem with Multicharts and the new IB TWS (release of 24/05/2011). Some orders go to the TWs correctly some others not. Until yesterday, with the old version of IB TWS, I have worked properly. Do you know if there is some problem between MC and this new release of TWS? Be...

Stan Bokov

I was wondering if it's possible to set strategy parameters (such as initial capital and commissions) from within the strategy code. So far, this seems not possible. Can this be done? Regards, Josh Dear Josh, No, these cannot be set from within the code. The keywords can access the values you set f...

Stan Bokov

This sounds like a question that should be forwarded to IB's support... we are not experts on what's going on inside the TWS.

Stan Bokov

Hi. Is there a trusted place where we can learn how to read the DOM (I've been all my trading life a chartist)? I've searched on the web but didn't find anything useful, or at least all were a bit confusing to understand. What does it mean the numbers inside the parenthesis? The contracts traded at...

Stan Bokov

If i check "Use Native OCO Group" under "OCO Group" at Interactive Broker Properties both the target limited oder and the stop market order are blue at the TWS (simulated), if i uncheck "Use Native OCO Group" the target limited oder gets green, but the stop stays blue. Is there a way to get the sto...

Stan Bokov

Unverified status means the studies are not compiled. Please open your PowerLanguageEditor and go to Compile menu and choose All Uncompiled. Unfortunately that is not possible. Message "indicator is read only"... and i see the indicator in studylist as "ready" Rad-only files in MultiCharts are vers...

Stan Bokov

Is there a way to dock the DOM to the respective symbol chart?
Something similar to the chart trading panel?

Regards,
Fernando

That is not currently possible. You can add a feature request.

Stan Bokov

I'm seeing some delay on PnL using IB. MC is telling me that I have a -2 ticks position when actually the position is at +7 ticks. Then, came down again to -2 ticks while IB continues at +7 ticks. Prices rose to +12 ticks and MC was indicating a +7 ticks. I'm using the new TWS version (Build 917.8,...

Stan Bokov

I have an issue in beta 4 regarding custom futures (CF) I loaded an existing CF based on QCL. Responded with no data in chart or in market scanner. I tried recreating the same CF with a new name, and it worked. BUT when I restarted Mc, the newly created CF had no data as well. Can you show us in Li...

Stan Bokov

I have just installed the beta4 version. MC seems to work properly with IB, but after a couple of hour of trading the strategy on MC that was in position start to send the same orders for 6,7,8 times until i put the strategy in offline mode. Which can be the reason?! BR I can't tell what happened w...

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The installation overwrites the Dictionary.csv at databases and creates a Dictionary.csv.BackUp_Version_4 file. As the new Dictionary.csv doesnt have the symbol roots for some european custom futures created earlier, could i rename the Dictionary.csv.BackUp_Version_4 to Dictionary.csv and replace i...

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Hi i installed beta 4. a few of my indicators are listed now as status: "unverified" and subchart: "hidden". when i make a new chart and choose insert studies i see those indicators listed as ready. but unfortunately i cant add them to my new chart. any ideas? Unverified status means the studies ar...

Stan Bokov

OK
Any approximative date for the roll out?

Martin

Beta 4 will be released tomorrow.

Stan Bokov

Right click on the Patsystems broker tab (I believe Olympus is though Patsystems) and click Connect broker.

Stan Bokov

Most large companies do not announce anything until it's almost done or already done (like the TS acquisition). We are doing some exploration with Oanda, but that is the answer I would expect at this stage from the Customer Service team - they are usually advised once everything is done.

Stan Bokov

Hi,

In my opinion, and I didin't find how to do it, It should be very interesting to put post as personal bookmark

Do you mean a personal page/link for each post as opposed to the entire thread?

Stan Bokov

Stan, seems like you are online. So I take the chance to answer now. I installed an OCZ RevoDrive X2 on a machine and installed MC7 beta3 on it. I compared the overall performance with writing log-files on this machine and without writing log-files on a different machine with the same setup except ...

Stan Bokov

You need to set the order's expiry in the Trade Panel or the Trade Bar - depending on where you are trading from. Possible choices are DAY, GTC, GTD, or IOC. DAY - Expire at the end of the day (this is the one you need, assuming RTH means Real-Time Hours) GTC - Good Til Cancel GTD - Good Til Date IO...

Stan Bokov

Cool! Thanks JoshM. It must be a new addition over the last 6 months that I have not been that active on the forum.

It was made a couple weeks ago. If you found the button, try it out! Click it when you want to say thanks, although saying it in your post is OK too.

Stan Bokov

I'll let the traders on the forum answer this question.

Stan Bokov

Again, this problem only occurs during off-line (stand alone). When backfilling while connected for live trading the backfill is just as fast on the 5 minute through 60 minute bars as it is with the other bar sizes (1 minute, 10 second, daily). It does seem strange because one would think it should...

Stan Bokov

A number of issues were resolved for the upcoming MC7 Beta 4 - including a number of issues with IB. Perhaps this was addressed in one of them, it's hard to tell at the moment. It's probably best if you waited for Beta 4 and then tested again to see if this occurs again.

Stan Bokov

Is there something new regarding the 64bit version? Do you plan to charge something for the software or does it count to the free update? Looking forward to that version. If you have a license, you can choose the version that you want to use - either 32 or 64 bit. There will be no extra charges for...

Stan Bokov

OK, I understand. If you would like to see this feature, please make a feature request in the PM.

Stan Bokov

Just open your eSignal chart, and navigate to that window. It will be autopopulated.

Stan Bokov

As the signal is not plotted on the bar

To make sure the signal fires when it should, you should use IOG - you won't have to wait for the next bar. If that is not the answer you are looking for, please clarify your question.

Stan Bokov

But, imagine that we go long manually, the strategy sends a stop loss and target to the broker, but we decide to close it manually before any of the strategy orders are hit. Will the strategy orders be cancelled automatically as soon as the position is closed? If your strategy check the market posi...

Stan Bokov

Dear 3man, Don't worry about the red Offline status in QuoteManager, it simply indicates that there is no real-time data streaming through. Your exception has been added to our database for analysis. Does this problem reproduce on a regular basis? If so, please make an entry in the PM with the steps...

Stan Bokov

It's possible that some other program interfered... or there was a glitch with your system. 95% of computer issues can be addressed with a reboot. If the problem reproduces consistently, and you can indicate the steps, please make an entry in the PM and we will look at it.

Stan Bokov

This simply means that the data feed does not support historical backfill. If you ask for a chart for more days back than you have in your database - you won't see those bars. But, you can draw charts in real-time (like DDE), and (unlike DDE) all data loaded is saved to the local database. If you bu...

Stan Bokov

Thank you all for reporting the issue. It will be assigned to a milestone soon.

Stan Bokov

7. I was wondering if there is a solution along the lines. buytocover ("60Min_S_PT") ContractSize shares next bar at 1341.10; If your stop level is 1341.10, then it's enough for you to write buytocover ("60Min_S_PT") ContractSize shares next bar at 1341.10; Just that one line. Could you explain why...

Stan Bokov

Dear Josh, I would advise using a professional product, such as Acronis (http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/index.html), for your backups. I believe they allow you to create images of your disks, and also do one-button backups. Currently, MultiCharts allows you to backup your Q...

Stan Bokov

Stan and folks, This is a new topic after expressing my view here in https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8626&p=40535#p40535 Stan, It seems to me I love some features from AA and some from SA. Is it possible to have a mix of them, say entries are AA and exits are SA? It sound...

Stan Bokov

This has not been added yet, sometime this year is the plan. If you want to create a paper trail, I suggest you make a feature request in the new PM system. That way this suggestion won't get lost in the depths of the forum.

Stan Bokov

The spacing is synced among all data series on the chart. So, your suggestion is to ingore this when the data series is hidden? You may have a good point there. Could you please create a PM feature request item and post the link here? Not sure about the protocol to do that. I do not see any link fo...

Stan Bokov

We are currently actively talking to Oanda about connecting Oanda services to MultiCharts. It has been indicated by Oanda that they connected MT4 because of high customer demand, and that they need to build a business case for connecting MultiCharts - i.e. investigate the demand, and estimate how mu...

Stan Bokov

The spacing is synced among all data series on the chart. So, your suggestion is to ingore this when the data series is hidden? You may have a good point there. Could you please create a PM feature request item and post the link here?

Stan Bokov

You should connect to a broker for them to become enabled.

Stan Bokov

https://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissu ... _no=MC-376

The bug part of your report has been confirmed. It's scheduled for MultiCharts Release Candidate. Thanks for reporting.

Stan Bokov

GV_ResetAllNmd added in Global Variables 2.2. Check if Global Variables 2.1 installed. TS has a function that allows Global Variables to be reset on a chart refresh [instead of on reboot of program or computer] called GV_ResetAllNmd<type> (e.g. GV_ResetAllNmdDbls). When using this function in MC, a...

Stan Bokov

Dear Josh, I would advise using a professional product, such as Acronis (http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/index.html), for your backups. I believe they allow you to create images of your disks, and also do one-button backups. Currently, MultiCharts allows you to backup your Qu...

Stan Bokov

Thanks for the info Josh.

Jozan, you can PM me, or send me an email at sbokov@multicharts.com

Stan Bokov

Suggestions and bugs should be posted in the PM (the orange header when you make a new post lets you know the details). "Submitting Ideas and Reporting Bugs Notification. The discussion forum is a great place to research topics that interest you, get answers for questions, and meet with other users....

Stan Bokov

Hi Stan, As you probably already know there is an issue with Custom Futures building for Eurex symbols (FGBL-FESX-FDAX) with Zen-fire as data feed .The problem is connected with the fact that month for those symbols is represented as a number. MultiCharts for now doesn’t work with it. I like to ask...

Stan Bokov

How do we reproduce the issue? We have not observed this on our end. Once you find out how to reproduce, could you please post a bug in the PM?

Stan Bokov

Hi thanks for that. So that means basically its useless as you can not test any trading method first which is 100% necessary. Thankyou if you just want to do some button clicking, you can use InteractiveBrokers' demo system. It is free, and it does not require registration. The catch is, it streams...

Stan Bokov

I just clarified the question with Mirus. As I thought, they do not provide a demo account. What their support was referring to was that NT has a built-in simulator (I personally doubt how useful it is, since it has nothing to do with the real market, but that's just me). MultiCharts doesn't have a ...

Stan Bokov

Dear siscop,

Could you come to Live Chat and show it to us live? We are not too clear on what exactly is going on.

Stan Bokov

You need just the eSignal symbol in your QuoteManager. You set up Symbol Mapping in the broker settings for IB. I've attached a screenshot of where you do that.

Stan Bokov

Stan, I have been using AA for autotrading for some time. Well, it happened probably twice that the chart was not synchronized with position in broker. There are some reasons that I choose AA instead of SA. The following are two major ones: - 1) In AA, I can view historical trades in any time if I ...

Stan Bokov

Yes, you can send the video to support@multicharts.com. We would really like to see it.

Stan Bokov

Question: I saw a Key Word somewhere but cannot find it, that pertained to a Limit order, that I think allowed for a Limit price plus a tick or some ticks. Can someone please tell me what that word is? Thanks.

Here is an example - buy ("LE") next bar close + 1 limit;

Stan Bokov

Dear larrsan, Your code has no marketposition checks, so it will always send the whole package. We've modified the code, so that it checks the market position and sends only appropriate orders. Also, I don't understand why you would like TWO sellstops - it would make sense to keep only one. The modi...

Stan Bokov

Attached is the screenshot of our Zen-Fire account, everything appears to be working normally. Could you come to our Live Chat to demonstrate the problem while it's Live?

Stan Bokov

Could you provide a short video, together with your logs?

Stan Bokov

You can create your own symbol root for whatever futures contract you like. Go to QuoteManager > Tools > Symbol Dictionary > Choose provider > click Add. It just doesn't work is IB I've tried it a few times. The current month is APM1.. and I've followed the instructions without success. Paul It sho...

Stan Bokov

Thanks Tony, we will review it.

Stan Bokov

MultiCharts (or MCDT) does not have a built-in simulator, we rely on brokers to provide you with a demo account. As far as I know, Zen-Fire/Mirus do not provide demo accounts right now.

Stan Bokov

If we are planning the final release of MC7 in June... I would say Beta 4 will likely come before June, or in its beginning.

Stan Bokov

OK, here is something weird that never happened before.

Please see attached image.
Where are the windows?

Did this ever happen to any of you?

This issue has been reproduced and fixed for Beta 4.

Stan Bokov

Dear forum users, As you may have already noticed, we added a couple of new features recently to our forum. First, there is a new status, which shows when a user is Online or Offline. This may be helpful if you are having a discussion with another member. We also added a Thanks button. Just like you...

Stan Bokov

Two new keywords were created for MC 7 Beta 4 - AvgEntryPrice_at_Broker and AvgEntryPrice_at_Broker_for_The_Strategy. These two keywords, combined with the signal posted above, will effectively solve any issues about synchronizing a strategy with the market position at broker. A signal called "!From...

Stan Bokov

Hi,

That's not currently possible. You can add your feature request to the PM for this feature.

Stan Bokov

The database is fine, it's good until 4 GB. Please come to the Live Chat so we can take a look at the issue.

Stan Bokov

In order to find the correct settings for symbol mapping, you should open TWS and add the symbols you are looking for to the TWS. Then, right -click on the symbol in TWS, and choose Contract Info > Description. These settings are what you need to properly set up Symbol Mapping.

Stan Bokov

Dear guest,

We are currently investigating the behaviour, the Master API and how it's best used. We will update you on our findings before Beta 4 is released.

Stan Bokov

Dear atata,

If you modify a broker profile in one instance of MC, it will be automatically changed in the other instance as well. If you wish to user different UserIDs to connect to TWS, you should create an additional broker profile - each one with its own individual UserID.

Stan Bokov

A problem I mentioned on beta 2 is still present on beta 3. It has to do with multiple accounts with IB. As soon as MC is connected to IB, the account selector ( on the IB side not MC side ) is forced to switch to all accounts. It is a strange behavior. When a trade is placed through IB itself not ...

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Dear Adrian,

If I was incorrect about the Status Bar, then none of these things are currently possible, and all of them should be entered as Feature Requests in the PM system. Please do so to create a paper trail of these feature requests. In the forum they may get lost....

Stan Bokov

Dear klotzki,

Thank you for the kind words. As far as I know, internally it's planned to add Level 2 support sometime in the future. You can add a feature request to our Project Management system to create a public paper trail of the issue.

Stan Bokov

Dear fibdax, Could you close out of MultiCharts, QuoteManager and everything else related, then open the Task Manager and make sure that these processes have loaded out? MultiCharts.exe MessageCenter.exe QuoteManager.exe tsServer.exe PLEditor.exe StudyServer.exe TradingServer.exe If they have not, e...

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Occasionally, when I'm trading a chart live with autotrader on, no trade will appear. However, when I change the settings (i.e., reset it so that it gets backtrading data), a trade will appear. The trade would also appear if the chart were turned off and then turned on again (again, for the same re...

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Are you using SA or AA mode?

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I'm not sure what you mean. Are you talking about a visual number that tells you the difference between your current cursor location and the current price? Or the price on a particular bar?

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At the moment there is no way to place drawings behind the price series. You can add a feature request to the PM for this feature.

Stan Bokov

If the data provider streams it, we can chart it. You should look around, maybe IB's got it.

Alternatively, you can add two options data series to the chart, and then use the Spread indicator to show you the relationship. You can't trade off the indicator though.

Stan Bokov

You can create your own symbol root for whatever futures contract you like. Go to QuoteManager > Tools > Symbol Dictionary > Choose provider > click Add.

Stan Bokov

Hi, It depends on the amount of data you are requesting, the resolution and the number of symbols. You may be, for instance, hitting the Pacing Violation imposed by the IB API, which will time you out for 10 minutes if you request too much data. You can watch the log in the QuoteManager, to see if t...

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Hi, You do not need to use the Real-Time Market Scanner to download data. For a data feed that provides historical backfill of let's say 30 days, you just need to create a chart once every 30 days, and ask for 30 days back. The data will be loaded, and once you close MC it will be saved to your loca...

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1- My stop orders are not displayed neither on MCDT and on my demo acccount. And, not achieved when entry target hit. At the moment you should use the symbol from the broker you are trading on. They should be displayed if they are placed. 2- While day trading, if I use the option >> Order good for ...

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Thank you for your reports. We will check it out.

Stan Bokov

Through the chart, the DOM, or through the Order and Position Tracker.

Stan Bokov

Thank you for the kind words. You can Hide the Status Line right now (double-click on the chart, choose Status Line tab). Not sure what you mean by adding a Bid line across the chart, you can add an indicator or the Bid data series directly to your chart. Hiding the workspaces tab.... what would be ...

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OEC supports minute data for 2 weeks. Make sure you ask for FROM and TO dates for two weeks back.

There is no playback for DOM, we do not store the DOM info locally. Your hard drive would overflow quickly if we were to store that. You can suggest it in the Project Management, if you like.

Stan Bokov

Have you tried setting the DOM to the DF account?

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Hi,

Did you figure it out?

Stan Bokov

You should be able to apply only one Master Strategy per chart, and you can change the amount of contracts at each level by clicking on the exit order. You can re-assign orders to different levels dynamically, that's the point of the Master Strategy. Let us know in more details what issues you are h...

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Right now there is no order simulator during market playback. You can however practice using drawings, placing marks at levels you would have placed a trade. In general we recommend getting a Simulated account from some broker and practice real-trading like that.

Stan Bokov

You can delete the Broker Profile for Zen-Fire, and then add it again with different account information.

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https://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissu ... _no=MC-352

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Great!

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One more note, from here - https://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissu ... e_no=MC-53.

There is a limitation, a built-in fail-safe, that fetches only a certain number of bars when you ask for Bars back. So, make sure you use TO and FROM dates to get the full 120 days.

Stan Bokov

You can try placing limit orders and then using the built-in functionality in MultiCharts to converts them to market after x seconds (it's in the Strategy Properties > Autotrading tab)

Stan Bokov

Hi,

You can also check out Add-ons list, there are professional companies that officially write scripts for MultiCharts. CodeForTraders.com and Quantevo.com are two examples that jump to mind.

Stan Bokov

Dear iceman,

Make sure you either turn on IOG, or use RecalcLastBarAfter keyword to make sure your code calculates more than once per bar. If a stop order should be sent, it will be once it calculates.

Stan Bokov

Marketposition_at_Broker_for_the_Strategy checks what the MP is for all orders sent by this strategy. Since when you turn it on there are no orders sent by the strategy, the condition of Marketposition_at_Broker_for_the_Strategy = 0 is met.

You should use the MarketPosition_at_Broker keyword.

Stan Bokov

Thank you all for your input, I see that the idea enjoys some support. However, we will only truly be able to tell how useful/popular it is once it's been running for a while. We are now in the process of making a wiki for MultiCharts. It should be available within a month.

Stan Bokov

Stan, thank you for your response. Don't worry, better late than never ;o). I would suggest to be able to save cached data on a different place like a non "non-physical-memory" or something like that, which is not dependend on the "disk-speed" like a normal hard drive. Because caching all the imcom...

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Pavel, hey thank's for your comment. Instead of making some of your proposed tweaks, I thought about just diabling this annoying writing of log-files (trace-files). So I took a look into the registry again to find some of these entries. I found them under : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\T...

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The new keyword "PlaceMarketOrder" will do that: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8558 Yes, indeed, In fact I've been using if for some time now. However, it's not the same thing. That keyword overrides the built-in order management system. I only use that keyword when I n...

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Thanks, we will review it.

Stan Bokov

Hi, You can save up to 4 templates per Exit Strategy. For instance, you can save up to 4 templates for the Master Strategy. Make sure you choose a different 'heart' color when you are saving the template, so that it doesn't overwrite the previous one. To load the template, drag and drop it, or use i...

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This signal is meant to synchronize the strategy position with the position at the broker. If you 'interfere', i.e. send an order from the chart or from the Trade Bar, the strategy will act accordingly given the new market position. However, this script was not written for situations like this, but ...

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When we plot a time line trendline on a chart, that same line shows a vertical text. Is it possible to do the same using the available text reserved words (ie. plotting vertical text instead of only horizontal text)? Actually, it would make no sense having a tool that to that and then not making it...

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Hi,

We can't see all of the details with just that screenshot. For instance, did all processes load out after you closed MC? If you could, please come to the Live Chat, so we can look at it. Should be a fairly quick exercise to determine if MC 'forgets' to stop asking for tick data.

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Dear traders, Thank you all very much for engaging and participating in this thread. You are all dedicated and respected members of this community, and your opinion always matters. We have not been replying as much in the past week, because we are very busy with fixing all the bugs we can find for t...

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Dear Ron, SE stands for Short Entry, and LE stands for Long Entry. They are 'meant' to be used together, in a way, since they would reverse the position once the conditions in the code are met. These are purely informational parts of the signal name, which indicate what it's supposed to do. However,...

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Dear asyx,

I'm glad everything worked out.

Stan Bokov

Not able to plot non-time based charts like Kagi, point & figure,renko etc,. with Custom symbols.....error message reads " MessageL Custom Futures settings does not support the chart type Kagi. Please choose a regular chart type. Instrument @DAX Resolution: 1 minute." Will appreciate clarification....

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Hi. Any ETA regarding the keyboard shortcuts? Specially the ones that allow us to jump between open workspaces. Do you guys know the time spent moving the mouse from monitor 8 into monitor 1 just to change to other workspace? My wrist tendinitis every day complain about the time spent with that dam...

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I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but: I'm using an ASCII mapped forex dataset. Each time I start the program, I'm having to manually set the date in the 'data range' section of Format Instruments. If I don't manually set the date each time, the charts come up blank. Not that big a deal, just l...

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In the DOM it allows you to change the font, which is a good thing, but there is no way to change / increase the column or window size. So the result is that some of the numbers get truncated when you switch to a larger font (needed by us older guys). More configurations options are needed. - abili...

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So the only way to ensure my data consistency is to use another third party software like QCollector to collect real time data and import back to QuoteManager? The session setting is fine, the only thing I changed today is the new indicators.... Please consider adding your described feature for eSi...

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Dear traders, Thank you very much everyone for helping us discover this bug. Tresor's assumptions are not relevant to this error, but during investigation we discovered that when you turn on the DOM, in MC7 and using Zen-Fire, MultiCharts would count ticks improperly, resulting in improper volume. T...

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1) Using DOM occured two times have hidden filled orders on CME 6E EuroFX, orders are completely invisible in DOM and Orders tab. also when this bug occurs it is not possible flat these invisible but filled orders using flatten everything, dont' work. Dear Spike, Thank you for your comments. We hav...

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What is the goal you are trying to achieve? You can receive data from the live and execute on the sim, if you like. However, let's think about it. 1. The data(and, therefore, prices) do not match on live and sim. In this case, your motivation would be to see the real prices. But, execution will depe...

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You can drag and drop the Bracket Orders Exit strategy to an existing order (or double-click it to auto-apply to each new order). You can also customize your bracket levels by creating a template. You can also use a multi-level bracket exit strategy (called Master Strategy). Use it in the same way y...

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There is one factor that may be at play here - we have a limitation of 5 million bars per chart by default (to prevent overloading). If you have more than 5 million ticks, they may not draw. You can increase this number of bars per chart, and see if it makes a difference. I would suggest increasing ...

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There are thousands of futures symbols around the world, many of which do not follow any one naming logic. We are currently investigating possibilities of incorporating as many different futures contracts into Custom Futures as possible. I will keep you posted.

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Dear DRCM,

I can see how it can be frustrating from the point of view of a trader. Let me take a look at it, maybe something can be optimized in the way we pull up charts from the local database. I will let you know about my findings.

Stan Bokov

I have attached the instructions for connecting IB to MC in Word format. This, along with instructions for other brokers, will be posted soon on the website.

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Hi, I'm totally agree with that. Autotrading in MC need really to be improve. Dear Laurent, Thank you for your questions. This may be a somewhat long post, you mentioned many points, and I will try to analyze each point you made, so that we can investigate what's going on. I re-read your post sever...

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The feature I described was made for IQFeed only. If this issue happens again, please take your logs and send them to us, and you can also show us the problem in Live Chat. The program should not hang, or stop updating. Another thought occurred to me, check your session settings, maybe your chart ra...

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Dear Stan, I was asking the support primarely because of the problems with autotrading and I was asking why I receive different results in one strategy. Both problems where total different. The different results in the strategy comes from different calculations in TS and Multicharts. After changing...

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Dear siscop, Thank you for your patience and attention in this matter. We investigated the behavior you reported and I want to discuss a couple of things. MC beta 3 would not always receive updates from IB regarding orders, meaning it would "lose track" of orders after a disconnect-reconnect scenari...

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Dear fibonaccci,

For us everything works with MbtDesktopPro_1.2.0.20_20110120. Please let us know precisely your version of MBT and send us your logs. Please zip up all available logs, and send them to support@multicharts.com, with the subject Attn: "MBT logs requested by QA".

Stan Bokov

Dear Nuno,

Indicators that use data2, data3 and so on cannot be used in the Scanner.

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Thanks very much, zumthor. We will try our best to get it out as soon as possible.

Stan Bokov

Today one of my chart suddenly stop moving (am right looking at it when countdown to 0) and then I reload all data, the "Dn Volume" of all history bar become 0. The program must have frozen. Did you check your available computer resources? The volume became zero because you reloaded the chart, and ...

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The connection to FXCM broker, like to TT for instance, is a FIX connection. FIX protocol supports sending only real-time messages. We do not support FXCM itself as a possible data feed (i.e. data streaming from their servers, because external applications) because in the API originally used this se...

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That CSV file should work, however, something went wrong during the import process. MultiCharts seems to be complaining of strange information in the columns. As you go through the wizard, make sure you monitor that correct settings are chosen in each field. You can also come to our Live Chat, and w...

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Thank you for your suggestion. Currently you can change the width of Hollow Candlesticks, which can approximate what you are trying to achieve. Otherwise, please add this suggest to the Project Management system if you want to see it implemented in MultiCharts.

Stan Bokov

Great to hear.

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You can't import it into MCDT, you can only import it into full MultiCharts. The add-on providers that wish to be a part of the MCDT package, should contact me directly for more details - Stan Bokov, sbokov@multicharts.com

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Have you looked into ELEXCEL.DLL? I think it's a library that allows you to communicate with Excel, and could potentially link MultiCharts with Excel.

You might want to check out this link - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums ... -6521.html

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MultiCharts does not come with historical data. We provide a number of options for receiving data in MultiCharts - either a supported data feed, through ASCII Import, through ASCII Mapping, or through the DDE protocol. You receive 6 month of minute data for free from MBTrading. You can also choose t...

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