MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

Henry MultiСharts

I finally got my auto-trading system running and auto trading last week and am also having this issue. I am running on a VPS with 4 gig and by the time the trading day ends, the free memory is swapping out to keep running... I have 20 charts running @ 5 minute intervals and 4000 bars history using ...

Henry MultiСharts

Memory usage has gone up with 9, is this a feature. If it is I will need to up my ram. jl12, which particular process are you referring to? RAM usage can be increased for TsServer.exe process due to the fact that the operation speed of Multicharts has been increased by using a RAM Cache (in 64 bit ...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello massimo,

If you still have the issue - please come to our live chat Monday-Friday 6:30 am - 3 pm EST. We will do our best to help you.

Henry MultiСharts

andrew444, after downgrading Java 7 to update 55 - please reload the charts with the gaps (View tab->Reload) in MultiCharts and the issue should be resolved.

Henry MultiСharts

Thank you, i think it could work, but it is limited to IB, Patsystems and Zenfire. I need more brokers, i want to do some tests with different Forex brokers. Hello wegi, It is not limited to only the mentioned brokers. The description will be updated. Still you will be able to use this reserved wor...

Henry MultiСharts

MaxIDDrawDown can only be used in signals. Since MultiCharts 9.0 that is possible to send a value from a signal to an indicator withing one chart in order to have it plotted by indicator. Write the following in the signal: i_setplotvalue(111, maxiddrawdown) Indicator: plot1(i_getplotvalue(111), "Max...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello shivax,

That is possible to create your own cumulative delta study. Here is a sample code for accessing this type of data.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Jad,

We do no experience this behavior in our environment. Please come to our live chat Monday-Friday 6:30 am - 3 pm EST to demonstrate it remotely.

Henry MultiСharts

Здравствуйте, TCust!

IB сообщили, что завели задачу на решение проблемы c LSE Int Market (BUG 57868).

Henry MultiСharts

I have two laptops with the same problem, I think the problem was caused by when upgraded the Java to Java 7 Update 65, after downgraded to update 55, connection resumed normal. Is this MultiCharts problem??

There is no MultiCharts problem. You need to check the TWS configuration after the update.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello ALC,

Please find Rank Strategy description in our Portfolio Trader Strategy Examples document: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/951 ... amples.pdf

Using the given example you can write the strategy you need.

Henry MultiСharts

Multicharts: Would it not be simply possible to connect to a TT sim account?? I recently got told by TT that this would not be possible which was dissappointing. Using their fill simulator would've been good for testing high(er) frequency ideas.....seeing if backtested assumptions play out in real ...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello tonyng,

If you relaod the chart in one instance of MultiCharts - it will not rebuild the charts in the second instance. The optimal solution will be reloading charts in one of the instances, then re-opening the other instances/workspaces to pick up the reloaded data.

Henry MultiСharts

I recoded the indicator to process calculations with Data2 yet be 'based on Data1. As expected the indicator now paints every 'data1 bar' period, however Data2 does not appear to update each tick. This option is selected on the properties tab of the applied indicator. Could this be because it does ...

Henry MultiСharts

MC- Have we made any progress please?

Yes, we continue running some tests. We will get back to you with the results shortly.

Henry MultiСharts

Thanks Henry, I believe that the engineers have already investigated the issue and, as a temporary workaround, have recommended changing my script to make it not modify the orders so often because, unfortunately, in the current version it is the only possible workaround. That is correct. I have bee...

Henry MultiСharts

Right-click on the chart -> Format Window -> X-time Scale -> Chart Shift -> Change it fro, % to Bars -> ....... NOT OK ... I know this post from 2013. But it still is a bug. This is not a solution. It's just a workaround. When you have a maximized chart window and choose bars to use and you change ...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello shivax, ISeries - Base interface for functions, series variables, and price series. Provides access to historical values of inherited objects. For a list of all members of this type, see ISeries<T> Members . VariableSeries - class that allows access to and preserves historical variable values ...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Chuck,

Please refer to the following article: Problems with Data in MultiCharts

Henry MultiСharts

Marcus, please use the Pre-Scanning window for that.

Henry MultiСharts

I reported this issue/bug long time ago on another version under my user : piranhaxp, but I lost password and can't remember what my backup-email was. So not able to report/ask from there. The issue is : If you draw a trendline manually with the end of the line before the last bar on chart (left ne...

Henry MultiСharts

Hallmacken, please come to our live chat Monday-Friday 6:30 am - 3 pm EST to demonstrate this behavior remotely. We will do our best to help you.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Hallmacken,

What exact version and build number of MultiCharts are you running? (in MultiCharts go to Help tab-> About)
Are you able to get data for these instruments in IB TWS?

Henry MultiСharts

Hello ngekw,

Please configure the data connection according to this guide:Interactive Brokers data provider configuration

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Marcus, Instruments in the Watchlist are constantly connected to realtime data. There is an IB limitation for the amount of realtime data connections you can have simultaneously. To know the allowed amount for your account please press "Ctrl" + "Alt" + "=" in the TWS window. The option "simult...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello javamarket,

We find MultiCharts behavior to be the proper one, reflecting the actual indicator calculation based on the selected data series. If you want to have "historical plots" - the study can place drawings where it is required.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Mark,

We will check what can be done with this behavior.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Vin, By default from one chart you can trade only the instrument that is the main data series. You cannot send orders to any additional data series of the same chart. You need to have an individual chart for each instrument you need to trade. The information can be shared between the charts us...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Shane,

That is possible to modify the source code of the indicator to reach this goal.

Henry MultiСharts

У меня этого не происходит. В настройках брокера стоит "отсылать как рыночную"/"отсылать как стоп-лимит с отступом 50"; при создании нового чарта настройки всегда получаются "отсылать как лимит с отступом 0"/"отсылать как стоп-лимит с отступом 0". Каждый раз приходится исправлять.

Спасибо, проверим.

Henry MultiСharts

Добрый день, Blaga.

Ваши пожелания были переданы разработчикам. На данный момент данное улучшение не запланировано ни на одну из ближайших версий.

Henry MultiСharts

Добрый день, TCust.

К сожалению, на данный момент данные значения невозможно получить из кода PowerLanguage. Ваши пожелания были переданы разработчикам. На данный момент данное улучшение не запланировано ни на одну из ближайших версий.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello rsi80,

You can use the prebuilt HighD and LowD functions for that.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello shivax,

There is no way to have two plots of the same indicator on different subcharts.
You can have two individual indicators to do that: Plotting on the Chart

Henry MultiСharts

Hello smuir,

Please contact IQFeed directly to get a non-delayed realtime account.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Jad, When you experience this behavior please send us the following information to support@multicharts.com for further analysis: what exact version and build number of MultiCharts are you running? (in MultiCharts go to Help tab-> About) which broker do you use? MultiCharts logs (if you have no...

Henry MultiСharts

Update 65 is available now, is this 'safe' ?

It has the same issue. Please remain on update 55 to avoid the issue.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello,
I have Multicharts.net with IB and I always have the problem. In attached file a snap of Emini SP500 today.
Any help will be appreciate.
Thank you.
Ludovic

Hello Ludovic,

Please follow the instructions from the post above to resolve the issue.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello shivax,

Please refer to this post for information. You may also find this information useful.

As for globals.zip - please re-download the file. It works ok on my end.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Vin, Your trading series is always the main data series (data1). You can add second, third, etc. data series (subcharts) with XXX instrument and XXX resolution to your chart. The same can be done in Portfolio Trader. In the script the subcharts’ data (DataN) can be accessed from the code and t...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello javamarket,

If you want to have plots on each 5 min bar - you need to base the study on 5 min data series.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello bullsandbears,

Please confirm with MBTrading the amount of realtime data subscriptions you have for your account.

Henry MultiСharts

when is MC 9.0 final version expected? or will we see a beta 3.0 also?

MultiCharts 9.0 Release Candidate will precede MultiCharts 9.0 Release.
Release Candidate can be expected in 3-4 weeks.

Henry MultiСharts

А вот если хотите, чтобы выставлялся лимитник именно по цене открытия бара, не уверен, возможно ли такое, не знаю. Самое близкое это buy next bar c limit - по цене закрытия предыдущего бара. Действительно, buy next bar o; исполняется не по цене открытия и не сразу после закрытия бара, а через N сек...

Henry MultiСharts

You need to create the function in PowerLanguage .NET editor first.
Please go to PowerLanguage .NET editor->File->New->Function.
Create a function with the code that you need.
Now you can load it in VS.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello KaBo, The functions created by the user in PowerLanguage .NET editor can be accessed from Visual Studio. If you need to transfer values from the signal into an indicator - please see this post for more info: MultiCharts .NET FAQ You can also use the new functionality we have introduced in Mult...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Japhro, In case this behavior happens again please do the following: Download and unzip MC dumper to your PC: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27918922/MC_Dumper.zip Please do not restart MultiCharts when a problem appears. Keep MC or its processes running and if there is an error window - ...

Henry MultiСharts

Such behavior has been neither demonstrated remotely nor information for replicating it was provided. There is no definite use case describing/demonstrating this behavior. If you have a use case please come to our live chat to demonstrate it or provide the information requested in post #14 of this ...

Henry MultiСharts

Добрый день.

Про какой тип чарта идет речь?

Henry MultiСharts

but there is still a very infrequent slow consumption of memory by MC for an unknown reason. Where are we with this MC? Have you accepted this as a bug yet? Such behavior has been neither demonstrated remotely nor information for replicating it was provided. There is no definite use case describing...

Henry MultiСharts

The prices lag far behind and then at some point during a quiet market (hours later) the charts all catch up within a few seconds I had this for ages with Patsystems data feed all the time. Like you say, MAtricks, it will suddenly catch up. Nightmare. I even reproduced for MC . MC asked for a Pats ...

Henry MultiСharts

I have similar issues. Yesterday MC prices lagged by about 3 minutes during a faster period. It was not a data issue as IQ and OEC and IB were all updating fine on other platforms. Hello jl12, Please come to our live chat to demonstrate this behavior remotely. In addition after MC locks up and I ha...

Henry MultiСharts

Henry got to remote into a machine of mine to see the issue. I had to cut it off short.. as I cannot have my work machine tied up too long during my work day. Since Henry said he's unable to replicate the issue on his end, but I am able to replicate it on several machines, I am now setting up a ser...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello shivax, Please study MultiCharts .NET Programming guide that contains important and useful information not only for beginners but for experienced MC .Net users as well. This is the recommended "Getting started for programming in MultiCharts .Net": https://www.multicharts.com/downloads/MultiCha...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello shivax,

The name of the study should match the name in the code.
These two lines:

Code: Select all

public class variable_sample : IndicatorObject {

public variable_sample(object _ctx):base(_ctx){}

must be changed to:

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public class Prova2 : IndicatorObject {

public Prova2(object _ctx):base(_ctx){}

Henry MultiСharts

Hello yoyo1990,

This case is similar to this one. It will be resolved in MultiCharts 9.0 Release Candidate.

Henry MultiСharts

Do you guys also find it somewhat odd that we can specify the data series on which the indicator is calculated on (with the `base` parameter), but that indicators are always added on the main price chart? For example, if you add a moving average through the Command Line with `base=3`, it calculates...

Henry MultiСharts

Please run the workspace during market hours. The weekend wouldn't do much to it. Have faith... Its there.

We were running it during the market hours for 5 days

The test environment is still running.

Henry MultiСharts

We use end of day bid MultiCharts Forex Data Feed (FXCM data stored on our servers).

Henry MultiСharts

Hello YanickB,

Only one rate per day is used for currency conversion.

Henry MultiСharts

За одно и Объемы сделайте нормальные для LSEIOB1! ( не должны умножаться на х100 )

Исправим в следующей версии.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Japhro, It is expected behavior. I would suggest you to use 1 tick resolution for Renko charts. Please also see the following MC Wiki articles: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Renko https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Intra-Bar_Order_Generation,_Bar_Ma...

Henry MultiСharts

uniquepito, please go to Format->Study->Signals->Format->Properties. Do you have the following option selected for exit orders? "Limit exits from all signals in this strategy to once per bar" If yes then please enable the following option: "Allow any exits from this strategy to occur multiple times ...

Henry MultiСharts

The workspace I supplied will demonstrate the issue. Please attempt it on your end. My machine is locked down until next week. MAtricks, we were running your workspace on our end for 5 days and there were no issues. It appears that MC 9.0 is read/write I/O like a race horse, but the file which its ...

Henry MultiСharts

We have our eye on Quandl data and that is possible that we will implement support for it when time permits.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello HPF, Please go to Format->Window->Status line, enable the following checkboxes: Date, Time, Open, High, Low, Last. This will add the current realtime values from the data provider to the status line of the chart. When realtime stops in MultiCharts please check the status line values (whether t...

Henry MultiСharts

Revisited this today and no matter where I place the SetStopLoss, there is a gap (sometimes negligible - sometimes not) between it being cancelled and the Sell at a Price on a Stop showing up. In the end, I decided to keep the SetStopLoss active and use it as a Trailing Stop by recalculating '(StpL...

Henry MultiСharts

uniquepito, our engineers will study this behavior. I will keep you updated.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello PD Quig,

Unfortunately that is not technically possible to implement Renko tick-by-tick playback/bar magnifier at the moment. You can vote for this functionality here.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello uniquepito,

Please attach a screenshot of Format->Strategy properties->Auto trading tab.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello GTrader, Please make sure the session settings for the instrument are correct: Go to Format->Instrument->Settings tab->check what Session is selected for the chart. If it is set to "Default" then go to MultiCharts->File->New->QuoteManager window->double click on the symbol you need->Sessions t...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello wzero,

Unfortunately there is no such functionality at the moment. You may want to submit a feature request to the Project Management of our web site so other users can vote for it: https://www.multicharts.com/pm/

Henry MultiСharts

Hi, Thanks for fixing most of the bugs in the scanner with beta 2. One bug persists. With an indicator, if you set it in indicator properties or via format indicator to have eg no decimal places in the style for one or more plots the scanner does not retain this setting when you next launch the sca...

Henry MultiСharts

In Portfolio Trader, I am no longer able to enter high tick resolution values - the tick resolution is being incorrectly limited to 1440 (number of minutes in day). I didn't test this in the Beta 1, so not sure when this was introduced. Hello Jeff, This issue has been confirmed. Thank you for the r...

Henry MultiСharts

From RTrader the behavior is different. It recognizes OCO orders and counts less than the total quantity against your risk limits. I'm not sure if it counts 0 against your limits, or if it counts only one of the OCO orders against your limits. More research would clarify this. But the point is that...

Henry MultiСharts

Hi, i have still problems with options in the quotemanager, as postet hier: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=46139&hilit=wegi i tried to add option for symbol ESTX50 strike 3100, expiration AUG, from Interactive Brokers I only searched for ESTX50 and i get more then 300 Re...

Henry MultiСharts

Henry когда в код системы включается вызов других функций в понимании EL ( не dll ) var0 = BollingerBand( BollingerPrice, Length, -NumDevsDn ) ; Т.е. это как-то медленней получится, чем все реализовывать внутри системы ? Да, немного медленнее, но и код будет читаться хуже. Каждая строка кода увелич...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello JoshM, These command line issues have been resolved in the second Release build of MC 8.8. Your version MultiCharts .NET64 Version 8.8 Release (Build 8365) is the 1st Release build. MultiCharts64 Version 8.8 Release (Build 8967) is the 2nd Release build. Please update your MultiCharts .NET to ...

Henry MultiСharts

TCust, загрузка тиков за последние 10 минут по скорости выполнения не отличается от скорости загрузки тиков за последнюю минуту. Это значение было выбранно разработчиками так как оно оптимальное. Изменение значения или полностью отключение загрузки тиков не ускорят процедуру загрузки данных. В МС 9....

Henry MultiСharts

Наши инженеры занимаются анализом данной проблемы.

Henry MultiСharts

TCust. Я собственно, чего спросил. При запуске простой оптимизации получаем полную загрузку процессора, а при генетике лишь частичную (см.приложение). А как это будет на Xenon-ах и прочих Amazon ES2, стоит ли заморачиваться? Зависит от того, как техника нагружает систему. Возможна ситуация, когда п...

Henry MultiСharts

Собственно тоже вопрос МЧ, вызов других функций из тела Индикатора/Системы, понижает быстродействие кода в плане оптимизации ?

Вы имеете ввиду использование внешних Dll ? Или что конкретно имеется в виду под другими функциями?

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Charles,

That is possible to do that. Please see Alert and Setting Alerts.

Henry MultiСharts

Just to clarify, is Output also a study variable that must not be used in BeginLoadData callbacks?

No, there should be no problem with it.

Henry MultiСharts

thank you for your answer. So I suppose when the individual strategies correct the chart position when the broker position changes for the strategy, the Money Management Strategy (MMS) shouldn't run into this issue as it's executed after the strategies. That is correct. If not, then MC lacks PMM re...

Henry MultiСharts

If you have 2 hours of historical data missing on your IB charts - the reason is the new Java 7, 60,65 Update. Please close MultiCharts and TWS -> downgrade Java to ver 7 Update 55. Here is how to do that: 1) Uninstall Java: http://www.java.com/en/download/help/uninstall_java.xml 2) Download the jav...

Henry MultiСharts

If you have 2 hours of historical data missing on your IB charts - the reason is the new Java 7, 60/65 Update. Please close MultiCharts and TWS -> downgrade Java to ver 7 Update 55. Here is how to do that: 1) Uninstall Java: http://www.java.com/en/download/help/uninstall_java.xml 2) Download the jav...

Henry MultiСharts

teinba71, next time please provide the complete information regarding the current state of your inquiry in the initial post. Please send us your IB account details - full name, account number, email on account and case number with IB to support@multicharts.com and we will contact them regarding this...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello uniquepito, That is expected behavior. On initial calculation MultiCharts .NET does not know how many data series your study requires for calculation. By default it is considered that a single (main) data series is required, even if there are multiple data series on the chart. New data series ...

Henry MultiСharts

Jimmyrakete, the instruments are added to watchlist only after the data is loaded for all instruments and the study is calculated upon them. Please update to 9.0 beta 2 to have the latest improvements for scanner window algorithms and wait until data is finished loading for all instruments.

Henry MultiСharts

monexx, teinba71, there were significant changes in connection to CQG. Please update to MultiCharts 9.0 beta 2 and if the issue persists - come to our live chat Monday -Friday 6:30 am - 3 pm EST to demonstrate it.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello teinba71, What are the resolutions of your charts? What is the data range on your charts? Is there any data already stored for these instruments in the database? Please go to MultiCharts->File->New->QuoteManager window. Check the Event Log for Pacing Violation message from IB . The most effici...

Henry MultiСharts

Kamisyed, you should be able to find this study online (example) or convert a signal into an indicator.

Henry MultiСharts

Thanks Henry. I am familiar with symbol mapping. When I was speaking with a tech rep at a broker who offers Rithmic they thought that Rithmic required that executions using Rithmic data only and would not allow IQ for data for example and Rithmic for trade execution. We are not aware of such Rithmi...

Henry MultiСharts

Out of curiosity how will the Portfolio Trader handle a stock split that happens while you are live trading the Portfolio? When you use pmms_strategy_close_position to close out a position, but the amount of held stocks changed at the broker due to the split? Will the Portfolio Trader open an oppos...

Henry MultiСharts

MC how re-download bad historical data on 1000 stock's, this 9.0 or 8.0 ?
I see not correct data, on many ticker's per one day

You can delete all data and load it anew or plot the missing period on a chart and reload only it.

Henry MultiСharts

Henry I have had this issue a few times this week too... Please see attached screenshot. This is on the 9.0 beta I have been able to replicate the issue a few times by loading a chart with a strategy already in the template..... While the chart is still backfilling, select format instruments and ch...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello MAtricks,

The fastest and the most efficient way of analyzing this behavior is remote connection.
Please come to our live chat Monday-Friday 6:30 am - 1 pm EST to demonstrate this behavior remotely and we will collect all required for analysis information.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello tony,

That is possible to have IQFeed data on the chart and execute orders from this chart to Rithmic broker (this is one of the key benefits of MultiCharts). You will need to configure the symbol mapping to do that.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Jimmyrakete,

On your screenshot you are displaying the instruments with RSI > 30.
Please select RSI < 30 and click on Rescan now.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Stephen,

Most likely the highest intra-day bar is not covered by the session settings on your chart.
Please go to Format->Instrument->Settings tab->Sessions:select "24/7".

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Virender,

Please use PosTradeEntryPrice.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello rkhan,

Are you sure that you have connected to TS broker?
There is no prebuilt TS broker connection.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello kinkeadfx,

Please update to MultiCharts 9.0 beta 2 and if the issue persists - come to our live chat Monday -Friday 6:30 am - 3 pm EST to demonstrate it.

Henry MultiСharts

job, please come to our live chat Monday-Friday 6:30 am - 3 pm EST and we will connect to your PC remotely to help with that.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello jese514,

That is expected behavior. You need to manually manage the orders that are active at the moment you turn on the auto trading. At the moment PowerLanguage does not provide ability for that. This is something we are going to add in the new autotrading/backtesting engine.

Henry MultiСharts

trdrbl, sorry for the typo, I was referring to Positions History tab. Positions History tab does not show the closed P/L for the trade. It shows a snapshot of the P/L value for an open position at the moment there was a position update, this information cannot be treated as closed P/L. This tab does...

Henry MultiСharts

In format indicator, the base study on "instrument number" appears to be missing the description of the instrument. The instrument names are not visible in Format Study -> Properties -> Base Study On as the instrument name has been disabled in the Format->Window->Status line. That is expected behav...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Jeff, Thank you for your feedback. All feature requests are forwarded to the management of the company and are evaluated in a timely manner. Please note that even though we value your opinion not all requests can be implemented due to the fact that some features do not fit into our current roa...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Phil, Both automated and manual order execution types are not supported in the free version of MultiCharts .NET for TWS. There are no other functionality limitations apart from that compared to the paid version. When your trial is expired - there will be a popup window that says "your trial is...

Henry MultiСharts

1. Open Chart (IQFeed) 15 min, 01/05/2014 - 09/07/2014
2. Add strategy Bollinder Bands LE SE
3. View Strategy Perf. Report
4. Change first Date on Chart 01/01/2014

Hello TCust,

This issue has been confirmed. The fix is targeted to MultiCharts 9.0 Release Candidate.

Henry MultiСharts

Ducktail, our engineers have studied this behavior. Indeed there is a difference in calculation results when arrays are used in the code. The fix of the issue is targeted to MultiCharts 9.0 Release Candidate.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello PBJ, You need to transfer BarsSinceEntry value from the signal into an indicator. Please see this post for more info: MultiCharts .NET FAQ You can also use the new functionality we have introduced in MultiCharts 9.0 - an indicator can now plot the values received from a signal using IStrategyP...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Sir, The reason of the price gaps/missing data you have in MultiCharts is the new Java 7, 60 Update. Please close MultiCharts and TWS -> downgrade Java to ver 7 Update 55. Here is how to do that: 1) Uninstall Java: http://www.java.com/en/download/help/uninstall_java.xml 2) Download the java ve...

Henry MultiСharts

Ducktail, we are analyzing this behavior.

Henry MultiСharts

I can't do that as I only watch the total RAM used, not individual processes.

I am sorry but that is not a relevant comparison. That is possible that not a MultiCharts process is using the system resources. Please study the resource usage in more details and provide a more detailed description.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello MAtricks,

We were unable to replicate this behavior on Rithmic Test.
Are you able to replicate it on Rithmic Test or which account/server do you use to replicate it?

Henry MultiСharts

Split Second, this has nothing to do with the discontinuation of the MC Starter Edition. MC Starter Edition works ok with MBTrading. You can continue using the existing application free of charge.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello kinkeadfx, MultiCharts .NET Starter Edition is now being replaced with the completely FREE MultiCharts .NET for TWS ( https://www.multicharts.com/tws-net/ ). It offers even more of the popular features that our users love, and offers a seamless working environment with Interactive Brokers. Mul...

Henry MultiСharts

trdrbl, Positions History tab does not show the closed P/L for the trade. Please see my post #6 in this thread for more details on how to see the required report.

Henry MultiСharts

I'm seeing an extra 20% or so of RAM being used in beta2. Is there more logging of the beta or is it something else. My charts each run 3 data streams looking at price, volume delta and cumulative volume delta down to the tick level. I have 3 charts opened at a time. momentum, please specify the ex...

Henry MultiСharts

In format indicator, the base study on "instrument number" appears to be missing the description of the instrument.

tcat, please go to Format->Instrument. Can you see any instrument names in the list? Please send us the workspace you are using to support@multicharts.com

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It looks like abctradinggroup.com only does EasyLanguage programming... Can anyone suggest a programmer for Multicharts C# programming? Sorry if this is a thread hijack or should I post this in the .net forums? You can hire our programmers to create a custom project for you. You can also check our ...

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rkhan, please select Local time zone for your data series (Format->Instrument->Settings tab:TimeZone).

Henry MultiСharts

Have you checked the MaxConsecLosers and the other Strategy Performance members?

Henry MultiСharts

Jobauma, you need to add second data series to your chart and then reference it in the code or use the DataLoader to obtain and process the required data.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello nozjer786,

That won't be possible to do exactly the same display with PowerLanguage, but that is possible to show the required values on a chart. Such display can be programmed using MultiCharts .NET.

Henry MultiСharts

A tiny thing in MultiCharts .NET64 Version 8.8 Release (Build 8365) that I'd like to see changed, is keeping the error messages persistent. For example, the "unaccessible property (method)" error message automatically closes after 5-10 seconds. Error messages that don't originate from MultiCharts ....

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We are currently analyzing this behavior.

Henry MultiСharts

Hi Henry, Yes, the existing method works but it places an artificial limit (17) on the number of charts and symbol groups that can be controlled. It's very easy to overrun this limit with several active workspaces and multiple symbols per chart. Hello Jeff, That is possible to open another instance...

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Hello Job, Let me address your questions in order: 1) Please find the study attached. Here is how to import it . 2) Please go to QuoteManager->Tools-> Symbol Dictionary->CQG to find the list of the CQG symbol roots. 3) Unfortunately this data cannot be accessed in PowerLanguage. You can vote for thi...

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Please come to our live chat Monday-Friday 6:30 am - 3 pm EST to demonstrate this behavior remotely and we will collect all required for analysis information.

Henry MultiСharts

I am using the .NET version, v 8.8, Build 9191. I've made a sample trade with 20 CL contracts. I've made the buy price equal the sell price, to see how commissions are reflected in the report. My final Open p/L for the trade showed $-39.44 while my broker (IB) charges $46.40 and displays $-92.80 fo...

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Hello Cyril,

By "3 consecutive losses" are you referring to actual three loosing trades executed at broker or three loosing trades in backtesting or something different?

Henry MultiСharts

Hello fx1,

Please see the command line command "ResSize ResName" here.
Here is how to Use Command Line commands from the study code.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello MarketMicro,

Do you use SA or AA auto trading mode?
What is the market position on the chart?

Henry MultiСharts

Hello t-rader, When you turn on the auto trading in SA mode it recalculates the study on the "max bars back" bars ignoring the order generation commands and preserving the variable values. In order to make your code function properly you need to wrap your code with the the following condition: if ge...

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siscop, a restart is required to make this setting come into effect. There is no way around that.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello CrazyNasdaq,

Unfortunately there is no such possibility with PowerLanguage at the moment.
Is this something that is being planned for a future release?

Thanks,
-Guy

Hello Guy,

This is not something that is in our to-do list at the moment. You can vote for this functionality here.

Henry MultiСharts

MULTICHARTS .NET 9.0 BETA 2

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MultiCharts .NET 9.0 Beta 2 has minor updates and fixes for features that were introduced in Beta 1.
Learn more here

Download MultiCharts .NET 9.0 Beta 2

Portfolio Trader Manual

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MULTICHARTS 9.0 BETA 2

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MultiCharts 9.0 Beta 2 has minor updates and fixes for features that were introduced in Beta 1.
Learn more here

Download MultiCharts 9.0 Beta 2

Portfolio Trader Manual

Portfolio Trader Strategy Examples

Henry MultiСharts

Hello siscop,

Please make that "Utilization of cache for real-time price data" option in Quote manager->Tools->Data sources->IB->Settings is disabled.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Ducktail,

Please specify what you mean exactly by "The code calculates properly on MC v8.0 & v8.5, but doesn't on MC v8.8".

Henry MultiСharts

Hello PBJ,

The error appears because the relativeStrength variables is -1.
Please add the following to your code to avoid that:

Code: Select all

if (relativeStrength == -1)

              relativeStrength = 0;

return 100 - (100 / (1 + relativeStrength));

Henry MultiСharts

Great job on LMAX disconnection, here you'll find a small video to show you how MC 9 reconnect rapidly ! Many thanks ;) Thank you for your feedback. want my stategy to know informations on this popup, with hight time resolution. There is no prebuilt way to get this info into the strategy code. You ...

Henry MultiСharts

Setting Data1 to Ask or Bid, instead of Trade, does not appear to work at all. It shows "No Data".!!

TS provides Trade quote field only.

Have you tried to debug your code using the Print statement like Evdl and the article Why an Order Was or Was Not Executed suggests?

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The referenced article and the method are very useful, but not in this case. We are not talking about orders not being sent to brokers, but rather not being generated at all in the historical chart when a strategy is applied - even though conditions are met. Freakendorf, the article is not only abo...

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Where can I get the old version and what can be expected in regard to proper function of this 7u55 release after an expiry date? Hello Walter, Please close MultiCharts and TWS -> downgrade Java to ver 7 Update 55. Here is how to do that: 1) Uninstall Java: http://www.java.com/en/download/help/unins...

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Hello trdrbl,

Please refer to the following post.

Henry MultiСharts

The alignment is completely irrelevant. The Line with the strike-through originally said: "this issue is no longer targeted for Multicharts 9.0 Beta 1" That strike through it implies that the decision (i.e. to no longer include it in the Beta) has been reversed and it will again be included in it. ...

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Volume Delta: Improving the information on Volume Delta is great but you are missing the most important info: Comparing the number of contracts traded at the ASK versus the number of contracts traded at the BID rather than comparing volumes at the same price, See the link. http://www.MD.com/blog/20...

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i need to clear out Quotemanager of unneeded contracts is it still necessary to run a process for MC9 to reduce database size.

Hello jl12,

You can delete the contracts that you no longer need using the QuoteManager. Then run the "reduce database size" procedure to clean up the databases files.

Henry MultiСharts

Isn't the point of this feature so that we can see our p&l in a currency of our choosing instead of the default of the instrument? You can see your current PnL (on a chart, in a DOM window, in Order and Position tracker window) in preferred currency by selecting the desired currency in MultiCharts-...

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For MultiCharts it does not matter whether you have Futures Option or regular Futures on your chart. The studies are being calculated on the data you have on your chart. If the conditions in the code are not being met then the orders are not being generated. Please refer to the following article to ...

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Hello Zammo, The option is called Base currency and it implies that when you enable it – you tell the system that the selected currency is like your account currency. So your money are in GBP. You want to buy EUR/USD which requires USD. But you have GBP, so you need to convert your GBP into USD to d...

Henry MultiСharts

In the mentioned MC-879 it clearly says that "This issue is no longer targeted for MultiCharts 9.0 Beta 1." "clearly says" - Really? A strike-through of that line in the entry on Oct 02, thereby leaving the June 05 entry "This issue is targeted for MultiCharts 9.0 Beta 1." below it (... and still w...

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Ok, so it will not set it, BUT the setting in the drop-down is used by the wonderful "managed" trade engine, so in order to have my automated trades actually use the the account I have specified, I must set the same account on each chart... The auto trading works independently from the chart tradin...

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Hello Split Second,

This has nothing to do with the discontinuation of the MC Starter Edition.
Please install the full version of MultiCharts .NET and let us know if the issue persists.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Freakendorf, That is possible to do that. Your trading series is always the main data series (data1). You can add second, third, etc. data series (subcharts) with XXX instrument and XXX resolution to your chart. The same can be done in Portfolio Trader. In the script the subcharts’ data (DataN...

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Hello Jimmyrakete,

You need to enable the option "and select .... based on" and configure the other controls in order to have instruments from Pre-Scanner added to your Watchlist. For more information please refer to our wiki article.

Henry MultiСharts

Dear Users,

MultiCharts Support will close at 1 PM Thursday, July 3rd and will reopen at 6:30 AM Monday, July 7th (all times are US Eastern Standard Time).

Happy Independence Day!

MultiCharts Team.

Henry MultiСharts

I haven't loaded this Beta but I did read read through the list of changes. I was looking forward to having 'MC-879 - Easy to use multiple contract Targets and Stops' implemented as it says that it was targeted for this release in the PM. However, I was unable to find any mention of it in the 'What...

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Henry from support sent me an excel file of how they do their calculations and they are revaling the entry and exit part of the trade at different conversion rates which is totally wrong. Hello Zammo, Why do you consider it to be wrong? Please explain your opinion. I have not received any explanati...

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Hi, I was using SA, which is the default. I just tried AA mode and it fixed this. So thank you! But I'm a bit confused; is it not the point of "synchronous" mode to sync the chart with the broker history? Thanks again. jese514, if you have an open position at the broker and you want your strategy t...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello rjelles,

This functionality is already available. Please see Linking Charts by Resolution

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rkhan, please follow these instructions: Close PowerLanguage editor. Go to Windows Start menu and launch Regedit.exe (type in Regedit.exe and press Enter). Please go to this path : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TS Support\MultiCharts64\. In the registry tree please make a right click on the PowerLangua...

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rkhan, this option does not affect the ability of receiving the realtime data on the charts. Please refer to Online Mode Data Collection article to learn what it actually does.

Henry MultiСharts

I don't think it's a good idea to remove completely the warning that the connection was lost. I like TJ's idea of placing the warnings near the clock. Hello arnie, The option will affect the Pacing Violation messages only. The other connectivity alerts will remain on their place. And by the way, si...

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Yes of course there is no use for i_setplotvalue in the Portfolio Trader. But what if I want to develop a strategy in a chart window, see it and make sure it works as imagined, then run it on a portfolio of instruments? In that case, I want to have it applied in both applications, and toggle back a...

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Solved in the live chat. Bypass order precautions was disabled in IB Gateway.
@TY mapping was also incorrect.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Jimmyrakete,

What exact version and build number of MultiCharts are you running? (in MultiCharts go to Help tab-> About)
Which data provider do you use?

Henry MultiСharts

Hello jese514,

Do you use SA or AA auto trading mode?

Henry MultiСharts

This problem with memory usage seems to continue to persist in new releases. I'm using the new 9.0 Beta 1, and MC just completely took over my machine and made it unusable for about an hour.

How often is this behavior replicated?
Are there particular steps to replicate it easily?

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Fixed by updating to MultiCharts 8.8 build 9188

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If you run one MultiCharts component as administrator - you need to run all other components as administrator as well. Please close MultiCharts. Then make sure that no processes with MultiCharts description (https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/MultiCharts_Processes ) remain in Tas...

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Hello wilkinsw, At the moment broker side synthetic orders are not supported in MultiCharts. This is not something that is in our to-do list at the moment. You may want to submit a feature request to the Project Management of our web site so other users can vote for it: https://www.multicharts.com/pm/

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Hello jese514,

Changes in auto trading configuration cannot be accepted on the fly. Please configure the auto trading first, then run it.

Henry MultiСharts

1) When I write a single-instrument strategy (not a MM strategy) and call the pmm_set_my_named_num() function, it works fine in the Portfolio Trader. But when I try to apply the strategy to a chart it throws an error. Standard workflow for portfolio strats is to develop them on a a single symbol in...

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Would it be possible to make the DOM reserved words available not only for broker data, but for other data providers as well at the same time? That would be great as the quality of data might be better and via symbol mapping you can trade on the broker symbol then. Hello ABC, Unfortunately that is ...

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Hello MC_Prog, That is possible to delete the lines in the symbol mapping. There are situations when the mapping is added automatically when Interactive brokers broker profile is connected: 1) IB broker profile is selected on the chart trading panel; 2) IB instrument is selected in the Trade Bar or ...

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Only one price scale can be configured at a time when there are multiple instruments and/or studies on the same subchart. Please right click on the price scale, make sure the required instrument has a checkbox next to it. It does, the issue results from the indicator being behind the instrument. It...

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Update: That is not possible to access the properties and methods of one thread from different threads. They can be accessed only from the calculation thread. A better notification regarding the error will be added in MultiCharts .NET 9.0 Beta 2.

Henry MultiСharts

Scaling issue: In subcharts where the instrument appears to be after an indicator (as a result of a drag and drop), scaling of the chart gets screwed (flatten) after a while. I solved the issue by reordering the indicators after the data. The issue did not appear at first, but after a while I found...

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1) The reset "scales button" wrongly reset an indicator scale. The indicator scale is set to instrument per default, clicking the "reset scales" reset the scaling to "screen". Note that the instrument is in the front and the indicator in the back. It looks like the scale reset is applied to the fir...

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2. My problems are in the scanner area. a) where I have in my pla coded RGB values for color inputs this is causing problems for the scanner - eg if I have a value RGB(32,45,46) when it comes across to the scanner the input just shows 32 and the rest of the input has disappeared. Even if I then cor...

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2) I suppose Tcat wants like others to lock sub chart height: imagine a chart with 1 instrument and 2 indicators (3 sub charts). I manually set: instrument sub1 height= 8cm, indicatorA sub2 height=5cm, indicatorB sub3= 2cm. If I set IndicatorA Status off, then : instrument sub1 height= 11cm, , indi...

Henry MultiСharts

How can I set "symbol mapping" in PortfolioTrader? Does it refer to the one in Multicharts?Thanks

Hello ADG88,

That is correct. There is a single "Symbol Mapping" place - in MultiCharts.

Henry MultiСharts

Oh, i see. Thanks for the link. Support: you think its possible to make the last installer for the starter addition available, even tho its not supported/developed anymore? 8.8 and also the 8.7 version would be nice.

Unfortunately that is not possible.

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Hello smarter, MultiCharts .NET Starter Edition is now being replaced with the completely FREE MultiCharts .NET for TWS ( https://www.multicharts.com/tws-net/ ). It offers even more of the popular features that our users love, and offers a seamless working environment with Interactive Brokers. MCSE ...

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I've re-added the symbols from the data source, plotted a new chart and reloaded it but it's still incorrect without decimal values.

Please come to our live chat Monday-Friday 6:30 am - 3 pm EST to demonstrate this behavior remotely.

Henry MultiСharts

Please come to our live chat Monday-Friday 6:30 am - 3 pm EST to demonstrate this behavior remotely.

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You do not need to delete IB to IB mapping. It will be added automatically once you use an IB instrument or if you have open orders/positions for it. That is correct and expected behavior and it is applied to each data provider.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello hendrix,

That is possible to send buy stop orders in auto trading.
Please refer to the following articles:
Buy
Stop

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Hello philippas,

Have you studied the available information about MultiCharts .NET programming?
What is the particular difficulty you have with the code?

Henry MultiСharts

Hello MC_Prog,

Please attach screenshots demonstrating the mapping lines you are referring to.
In order to get a clean mapping you need to create a new broker profile.

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I often have charts (stocks) with missing data; days lost. I reload the charts but I often have the problem. On the TWS the charts is correct whit all the days. ADG88, please re-add the symbols from the data source. In QuoteManager please go to Instrument tab->Add symbol->From data source-> IB. The...

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Can I have daily charts "build from minutes" in MC9 Portfolio Trader?

Hello ADG88,

That is not possible at the moment.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello hendrix,

Please refer to the following post.

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