MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Charles,

In Market Scanner that is possible to reference one data series only. In order to reference the values of multiple instruments in the same code you can use Global Variables. You can also use it to transfer the exchange rate for price conversion into USD.

Henry MultiСharts

When I turn a study in a subchart off, the study is disabled, but the chart space stays "occupied". Is there a way around that, without removing the study from the chart completely? Basically like it is in MC 8.5 release? Hello ABC, You can place the study to SubChart #1 alongside the instrument or...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello dverschoor, Market order fill price is determined by the broker. If you want to send an order that should be filled at specific or better/worse price - you need to use limit/stop order. That is possible to get the current ask/bid price from data2, from data loader or from the status line in or...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Herbie, The volume should be transferred alongside with the price data for the same symbol. Please have a look at the setup we have: http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/file.php?mode=view&id=6493&sid=d1ef049e25cab407bf0a92ccd1b6ea47 http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/fil...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello mustang, All study body is calculated on all of the historic bars and then on all of realtime bars (see How studies are calculated ). That means both functions are calculated at the same time and you do not need to calculate one after another. You can find an example of such calculation in pre...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello joenetic, Please send me (support@multicharts.com) the following information for further investigation: - workspace you are using; - in QuoteManager select the symbol you are using, make a right click on it->Export data->Export instrument (with data). Send me the Qmd export file for analysis; ...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello mspark,

Please check StreamWriter Class @ MSDN.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Jonson,

There was a data feed issue on Zenfire side that should have been already resolved. Please restart MultiCharts and all of its processes.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Guest,

There was an issue on Rithmic side that should have been already resolved. Please restart MultiCharts and all of its processes.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello islkenny, There is no PowerLanguage - C# reference document. Interfaces and classes available in MultiCharts .Net are described in MC .Net help file (PowerLanguage .Net Editor->Help tab-> PowerLanguage .Net Help). You can also find the code examples in the source code of the prebuilt MultiChar...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello seneca, We are going to have multiple improvements concerning memory usage of tsserver.exe in MultiCharts 8.7 Release (expected next week). You can wait for the new version, test it and report the results. If this behavior still persists please send me the following information: Please install...

Henry MultiСharts

Do you think this is also feasible for 9.0 Beta 1?

Hello Patrick,

We will add comments regarding the design decision to the corresponding feature request when time comes.

Henry MultiСharts

Hi, I only noticed that with this release, but I can not manage to get strategies/signals ending calculations when applied to a 30 points range bar. To illustrate the situation: USDCHF - 30 points MovAvg Cross LE MovAvg Cross LX MovAvg Cross SE MovAvg Cross SX The chart goes into "calculating" and ...

Henry MultiСharts

Will we be able to plot trendlines and move them to the volume delta bars back on 8.7 final version?

We have added this functionality to our to-do list. There is no ETA for it at the moment.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello John,

Please describe in details what you mean exactly. Provide an example of such concept.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello joenetic,

Which version and build number of MultiCharts .NET do you use (Help tab->About)?
I don't have any problems with this code in MultiCharts .NET 8.7 beta 2.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello kenlionheart,

Please refer to the following articles:
Intra-Bar Order Generation, Bar Magnifier on Non-Standard Chart Types
Why Identical Charts Are Showing Different Strategy Trading Results
Also make sure you know how Renko bars and options for them work.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Tony,

MultiCharts .Net SE questions should be posted in MultiCharts .Net forum thread.
This question has been already discussed here: MultiCharts .NET » User Contributed Studies » Bollinger_Band - fractional standard deviations

Henry MultiСharts

Please go to QuoteManager->Tools->Data sources->Universal DDE (the one you are using for price)->Settings->send me a screenshot of this window.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Herbie,

Please send me the Excel spreadsheet you are using and screenshot of your Universal DDE settings for data.

Henry MultiСharts

The problem was Chinese localization of TWS. Please use English language in IB TWS.

Henry MultiСharts

Janus, I don't have barstatus=-1 when the bar is open and RecalcLastBarAfter is used in MultiCharts 8.7 beta 2. Please update your MultiCharts.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello mokomo,

When you do license conversion you convert license for one product into the license for the other product. As a result you have one license for the new product. If you want to use both products-you need to purchase two licenses.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello O66,

We have replicated this behavior in our environment. It will be resolved in MultiCharts 8.7 Release.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Pennino, I have updated the Wiki page Using Performance Report:Viewing Performance Report Attention: Portfolio Backtester Strategy Performance Report and MultiCharts Strategy Performance Report contain slightly different analysis parameters and display options. Further description is based on ...

Henry MultiСharts

I read the thread linked and I can see that is about modifying amount in GenerateProfitTarget()/StopLoss() methods, what I meant is an entry order with number of contracts dynamically selected according to the situation in the market during the CalcBar() execution. You can specify amount of contrac...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello janus,

Do you have barstatus = -1 when the bar is still open or when the bar is already closed?
Do you use IOG for your signal?

Henry MultiСharts

Hello mk42, As far as I understand it I have to pre-create all orders in the Create() method before the strategy starts processing data. That is correct. Why cannot the order be created during the CalcBar() method? Unfortunately that is not technically possible at the moment. Cannot this be simplifi...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello HT101,

Correct Profit value is -1.12

however Profit returns -1.06.

This issue has been confirmed. It will be fixed in MultiCharts .NET 8.7 Release

Henry MultiСharts

Is it possible for you guys to shorten (or make it user defined) the "Open" and "Close" ticks on the OHLC bars in a future release? Thanks

Hello Iso,

We will make "Open" and "Close" ticks on the OHLC bars shorter in MultiCharts 8.7 Release.

Henry MultiСharts

Короче если в Вин 8 открыто Средство просмотра фотографий Windows, на нее перескакивает. У меня просто картинка с Кратностью лотов, и она открыта этой программкой, чтоб в лотах обьема не путаться, вы же не хотите делать как у всех нормальных людей в акциях обьем :)) Вот на нее фокус и перескакивает...

Henry MultiСharts

По поводу Дравингов, т.е. чтоб вот сейчас как сделали, Линии, Трендлайны, Фибы удаляются одним кликом в меню, а текст и обьекты который созданы Индикаторами не трогался.

Да, так и описано выше.

Henry MultiСharts

Just want to let know everyone what causes Quotemanager not shutting down correctly. It is the program: "Actual Multiple Monitors"

We will look into this behavior and try to improve it.

Henry MultiСharts

There is no need in "Chart syncronization" option as there is no chart that report can be synchronized with.

Henry MultiСharts

Please set the Chart Shift to "Bars" and make it default for all new charts. Create new chart. Do not switch Chart Shift modes back and forth. Draw your trendlines so that the end point is not outside the chart. Clone it. Are the trendlines get incorrect angle now? If yes then provide exact steps fo...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Pennino,

Ther are no charts in Portfolio Backtester. That is why there is no Chart syncronization option.

Henry MultiСharts

Please come to our live chat Monday-Friday 6:30 am - 4 pm EST to demonstrate this behavior remotely.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello seneca, Did you run the same version of IB TWS/Gateway on any previous version of MultiCharts? What was this version? Was the memory usage the same? Did you run any different version of IB TWS/Gateway on this version of MultiCharts? What was this version? Was the memory usage the same? Is this...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello kuolung1,

Please see Adding Symbols to Symbol List

Henry MultiСharts

You have mixed results because you are changing from "Bars" to "Percent" Chart Shift. With "Percent" Chart Shift that is not technically possible to have the cloned trendline end coordinates the same as the original trendline when the trendline end point is on the chart shift area or outside of the ...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello MagicPi, Please re-add the Forex/Cash symbols from the data source. In QuoteManager please go to Instrument tab->Add symbol->From data source-> IB. Then create a new chart for the symbol you need in MultiCharts, make sure you are using Default session setting in Format->Instrument->Settings tab.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello petercruz,

Range bars are called Point resolution in MultiCharts.
"Point" and “Point Original” resolution chart types were described here.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Pmat,

You need to use the Multiplier for Trading Technologies Symbols in order to get the correct price for TT instruments.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello John,

There were multiple improvements for IB spike issues since your version of MultiCharts.
I would recommend you to update to current version MultiCharts 8.7 beta 2 and let me know if you still have this behavior.

Henry MultiСharts

MultiCharts uses your system time and time zone settings. When your system goes to Daylight savings time - MultiCharts does that too. It also knows when a certain time zone goes to Daylight savings time even if it is different from your PC time zone. Windows updates issued by Microsoft usually conta...

Henry MultiСharts

Is there a simple way to switch on logging? I've deactivated it long time again, when I was using some older Version of MC. This was the only manual change in the registry. Please run AllTracesON from the zip file corresponding to your version of MultiCharts: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/279...

Henry MultiСharts

Дополнительный косяк кстати присутствует сейчас в 8.5 , при экспорте .txt в QM когда экспорт завершон, фокус окна часто с какой-то кстати перепрыгивает на совсем другие окна других программ которые в этот момент открыты, что очень не удобно учитывая сколько мне файлов туда заливать :) Пожалуйста, п...

Henry MultiСharts

Тоже самое и с Фибами, посмотрите как они в ESignal классно перемещаются и не теряешь визуальный контроль уровней, потомучто сохраняется их форматирование и цвет На данный момент не планируем изменение этого поведения. Слишком трудоемкая функциональность. Вобщем я бы все это исправлял в 8.7 включая...

Henry MultiСharts

Еще давно вам писал, добивает то что с удалением рисовалок, удаляется текст от индикаторов, наверно я же его специально туда в индикаторах ввожу для расчета каких-то значений и идентификаций не просто же так, в Нинзе текст и все обьекты от индикаторов Локированы, и не удаляются при удалении стадиес...

Henry MultiСharts

сделайте опцию ваша мышка Прогрессивная, или Линейная в %

В одной из будущих версий добавим опцию в реестре для линейной прокрутки в %.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello bowlesj3,

Do you have spikes on realtime or historical data?
What is your version and build number of MultiCharts?
What is the state of the option "Generate a new tick if total volume changes" in QuoteManager->Tools->DataSources->IB->Settings?

Henry MultiСharts

There is no "Download to Spreadsheet" option on DJI page. That means you cannot get this data directly from Free Quotes in MultiCharts.
You can manually save the price values from DJI page and then import into MultiCharts: Importing ASCII data.

Henry MultiСharts

KhaosTrader, yes, you can do that.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello MidKnight,

Thank you for your suggestion. We will add this functionality in one of the future versions of MutiCharts.

Henry MultiСharts

Try this one.

Henry MultiСharts

Все обновления ставятся автоматически.

Henry MultiСharts

When we close MC there's a window that indicates data being saved into QM. Is it possible to have also a window indicating that all MC services have been closed? Usually when I close MC at the end of the day is also when I turn OFF the computer and I tend to open Windows Task Manager to see if all ...

Henry MultiСharts

If I open Data sources in QM, LMAXServerHost is started. If I close Multicharts, and then QM, all processes of Multicharts are closed automatically, except LMAXServerHost.exe and QuoteManager.exe. (I've waited many minutes.) This happens both in online and offline mode. I'm using MC8.7 Beta2 64Bit ...

Henry MultiСharts

PowerLanguage can update a text file via FileAppend command. In order to read this file you will need to write a dll. I believe it is easier to use Global Variables functionality that is already available to achieve your goal.

Henry MultiСharts

Please send me (support@multicharts.com) the following information for further investigation: - workspace you are using; - in QuoteManager right click on the custom futures you are using->Export Instruments (export it with all individual contracts and data (both options should be unchecked)); -speci...

Henry MultiСharts

If there are multiple indicators on a subchart, each with different Y range, and each is scaled without knowledge of the others , then the values on the Y axis will necessarily be wrong for some of them. Y-price shows the price scale for one indicator at a time when screen scaling is selected. The ...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Charles, May I know if there is a third party who provide global equity index? With FreeQuotes you can get data only for the symbols that have the option Historical prices->Download to Spreadsheet on their webpage. If you can not get certain instrument data from Interactive brokers-check out t...

Henry MultiСharts

The only way to calculate it dynamically is to plot all currency pairs you need for conversion and pass the values using global variables between charts. You can manually specify the big point value to convert the instrument price into the currency you need. For Forex pairs the price is shown in the...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Brendan, If you constantly update your Windows (time zone updates) then you can select the option From System Options: UTC (Dublin, Edinburg, Lisbon,London). Custom settings should be like that: http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/file.php?mode=view&id=6463&sid=b4b9a7b8369a69ca20b0a...

Henry MultiСharts

Which value does your indicator plot? You need to use the same value as text location. Please go to Format->Drawings->Format drawing->Properties to check where your drawings are currently plotted. Everything works as expected on my end: m_adxvalue.Value = m_adx1[0]; Plot1.Set(0, m_adxvalue.Value); C...

Henry MultiСharts

Еще один момент заметил, когда щелкаешь по отдельным трейдам в Перфоманс репорт от МТС-а, начало трейда позиционируется на левый край дисплея, сделайте опцию выводить по центру экрана, для меня логичней смотреть на условия возникновения входа и выхода, т.е. что было до этого и отображать выбранную ...

Henry MultiСharts

Дорогая МЧ а чего такую !кривую! сделали "Прогрессивную" прокрутку графиков ? Кручу колесеко и раза только со 2-3 начинается прокрутка, такое чувство как для тормозов сделано, иначе тяжело описать + Неужели так тяжело сделать нормальную в % от отображаемых баров на графике, которую трейдер подстраи...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello KhaosTrader,

Everyone has his own understanding of a "pip".
Minimum price increment is calculated as "minmove/pricescale".

Henry MultiСharts

This script will plot the text on Bars.HighValue. Do you expect it on this price value on your histogram plot? Please check the price value you are using to plot the text.

Henry MultiСharts

This feature has been already implemented in MultiCharts .Net 8.7 Beta 2.
To try it out go to MultiCharts->View tab->Go to specified bar.

Henry MultiСharts

Please provide the script you have created and describe what exactly does not work as you expect.

Henry MultiСharts

There has been an issue with using/referencing multiple data series from the code discussed here.

This issue has been resolved in MultiCharts .NET 8.7 Beta 2.

Henry MultiСharts

This issue has been resolved in MultiCharts .NET 8.7 Beta 2.

Henry MultiСharts

Another problem i encounter right now is, when i use the following code for Data Range. No Data is Delivered when i use it within the attached source code, which should create four averages on a tick chart using daily and 15 minute data as input. This issue has been resolved in MultiCharts .NET 8.7...

Henry MultiСharts

Are you aware that the DataRequest.CreateBarsBack and DataRequest.CreateDaysBack calls do not work for history?

This issue has been resolved in MultiCharts .NET 8.7 Beta 2.

Henry MultiСharts

DataLoader allows requesting Bid / Ask data since MultiCharts .NET 8.1 Beta1.

Henry MultiСharts

How to setup symbol mapping

Henry MultiСharts

If only I knew how to turn off those click-like sounds that are produced every few seconds.

There is a "Sound On/Off" icon above the chat (in the bottom right corner).

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Brendan,

We are looking into improving this behavior in MultiCharts 9.0

Henry MultiСharts

Hi Henry,

I'm currently using both IQ Feed and Interactive Brokers for data.

IQfeed does not provide such functionality via the API.
As for Interactive Brokers - we will look into improving this behavior in one of the future versions.

Henry MultiСharts

I have found what I believe to be a bug in the way MC scales its charts. In the following screenshot, it appears that the two indicators are quite different: But if you scroll forward just a bit (and change nothing else), you find that they are in fact right on top of each other. The only area wher...

Henry MultiСharts

Here is a limitation that has been driving me crazy. I like to develop automated strategies that reference multiple indicators. In other platforms, I can plot directly from the strategy. But in MultiCharts (and MC.NET) I have to create indicators that plot (and only to a single subchart) and a stra...

Henry MultiСharts

I updated recently to Beta 2. The last two days I discovered in the task manager a LMAX process. I don't have any Software installed from Lmax Broker. And I also deactivated in QM the datasource LMAX. Still, I can see that process when using Multicharts. Hello swz168, Do you open QuoteManager->Tool...

Henry MultiСharts

Attached. I use SA auto-trading, in my strategy code I assigned strategy to execute oreders only from HH:29:30 to HH:30:30 (1 minute to execute) But you can see time different from defined. On x32 version it worked fine. What exact version and build number of MultiCharts are you using (Help -> Abou...

Henry MultiСharts

You need to use a different constructor:

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ITextObject textObj = DrwText.Create(top, posele.ToString(), true);

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Spark, Could you please help me to fix delay in order execution (about 10 minutes!) Please be more precise in your description. Go to File -> New -> Order and position tracker window -> Orders tab. Provide a full sized screenshot of this tab and specify the question you have. several other lag...

Henry MultiСharts

I'm currently auto trading options using Multicharts. I have to frequently add and remove different options to quote manager. At the moment, you can only search for options using symbol name and exchange name. I have to go through a long list of options before I find what I'm looking for. Please in...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello waldfee,

You can get the ExitOrder Name to distinguish between your stop order and GenerateStopLoss order.
Please refer to Strategy Performance article for more information.

Henry MultiСharts

After reading the link, is it right that by using IOG + Barmagnifier (tickdata) with backtesting, is the same as Realtime + IOG?

Yes, but IOG enabled on historical data adds additional calulations on open and close of the main data series bar.

Henry MultiСharts

If "Application error" window appears with Exception or Assert information please click Terminate button and manually collect the logs without restarting MultiCharts: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/MultiCharts_Processes If the file size < 10 mb then please send it via email (...

Henry MultiСharts

On historical data indicator is calculated on bar close values only. There are multiple historical data calculation modes for the signal. In order indicator and signal historical calculations to match IOG and Bar Magnifier should be disabled for the signal. If the signal is calculated tick by tick, ...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello mokomo,

The easiest solution is to add two data series to one chart: 1)ES, 2) ND.
Then create an indicator that will calculate and plot the difference.

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plot1.Set(BarsOfData(1).Close[0]-2*(BarsOfData(2).Close[0]));

Henry MultiСharts

Here is what I mean:

Henry MultiСharts

1) So I could also trade multiple symbols through the same broker plugin, or must they be routed to different broker connections? (probably a dumb question, but just checking) That is possible to trade multiple symbols through the same broekr plugin. 2) Can the multi-symbol strategies be backtested...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello viresearch,

You can do that with a text drawing.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello evdl, Are you using one of the non-standard chart types? If you are using regular chart type then you need to have a look at the following article: How Signals_are_Calculated . Calculation on historical data. IOG enabled. Bar Magnifier disabled. The script is calculated four times on OHLC of t...

Henry MultiСharts

вы же дали возможность быстрого выбора на тиках, секундах и минутах, так сделайте то же самое на часах и днях, для быстрого анализа графиков это одни из самых востребованных периодов... НО только постарайтесь при этом убить один глюк, например у меня открыт 5-минутный график Heikin-Ashi, через закл...

Henry MultiСharts

Length =10 is required for initial study calculcation to avoid division by zero, it is not always 10.
Further in your code the length value is modified (you already have this logic implemented).

Henry MultiСharts

Hello BS135,

Please install the hotfix from this post or update to MultiCharts 8.7 beta 2 - it already has the fix included.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello mokomo,

With unmanaged orders you can trade on multiple symbols through different broker plugins directly from one script. For more infotmation please to MultiCharts .NET FAQ #12

Henry MultiСharts

Hello STAR_Trader, That is the latest ETA for the moment. If you have a look at Dave's post #34 posted 14 Mar 2013: There is no exact ETA yet. Portfolio Trading should be publicly available later this year. You can see that you were referring to an older post from January when an updated information...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello O66,

Please set the Chart Shift option to "Bars" in Format->Window->X-time scale.

Henry MultiСharts

Please contact Katrin Yanenko eyanenko@multicharts.com for further information.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello evdl,

You can create a unique variable in each study that uses ADE. Each study using ADE should read the unique variables from all other charts using ADE and execute ADE code only after all other studies provide the variable values.

Henry MultiСharts

gpw797, there are no such plans at the moment.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello MidKnight,

MultiCharts uses Firebird free open source database.
Please refer to the database documentation to learn how to access it.

Henry MultiСharts

Please modify your StartCalc method the following way:

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protected override void StartCalc()

{

   m_Average.price = new Lambda<double>( barIndex => Bars.Close[barIndex] );

   m_Length.Value = 10;           // Start Length for Average

   m_Average.length = m_Length[0];

Henry MultiСharts

KAA, have you tried to repair MultiCharts? Please go to the Windows Control Panel-> Programs and Feature if it’s Windows 7(Add or Remove Programs if it’s Windows XP)-> MultiCharts64-> double left click –> Next-> Repair. If this solution didn't help and you still have the issue-please come to our liv...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Spark,

Have you tried to use IB TWS to setup the allocation profiles, setup IB FA connection in MultiCharts same way it is done in TWS, and then use IB Gateway?

Henry MultiСharts

It's great that you are now supporting milliseconds. Can you please provide a use example for millisecondsfromdatetime? I am not clear on what to place into the one parameter this function requires and there is no documentation in the keyword alphabetical index other than to say "reserved for futur...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello herbie,

On Format->Instrument->Settings tab please select Build Volume on:Trade Volume.

Henry MultiСharts

Hi MC Team, Due to recently having to install a completely fresh version of MC.net64 I ran into several issues that should not have been there either due to documentation oversights Hello MidKnight, Thank you for your feedback. Keep the registry sane and get rid of unused key/values. "CurrentStudie...

Henry MultiСharts

MultiCharts 9.0 is expected in the second half of this year.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello MC_Prog, IQFeed provides data for expired contracts but does not provide them in the lookup list. You can simply add the current @ESM13 (for ex.) contract and rename it into any historical contract you need like @ESH13, @ESZ13 etc, then add @ESM13 again. If you want you can also manually modif...

Henry MultiСharts

Have you checked the Wiki article I have provided above? It says: Additional info on our discussion forum: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=2483 In that thread you can find a zip file Global Variable22.zip with a bunch of information and examples regarding Global Variables. You...

Henry MultiСharts

Henry, One small addition, if its not too much trouble in command line dos params.. can you put in the x,y value of the top left corner for the window? then I can have it automatically populate the instance on the correct monitor, its just something I realized just now. We will look into adding thi...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello KAA, 1) What is your version and build number of MultiCharts? (Help tab->About MultiCharts) 2) What is your version and edition of Windows? Do you have service pack installed for it? For Windows Vista/7 you can find this information here: Control Panel\System and Security\System or right click...

Henry MultiСharts

Number of bars should not be used as AverageFC.length. In this case your study will be in a loop and will never be calculated. That is still not clear what your final goal is and what exactly you are trying to calculate. Please provide an example of the calculations you want to have done. You can al...

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In case the same behavior reappears please send me (support@multicharts.com) the following information: 1) What exact version and build number of MultiCharts are you running? (in MultiCharts go to Help tab-> About) 2) What is the version of TWS you are running ? (TWS Help tab->About->Scroll it down ...

Henry MultiСharts

waveslider's issue was caused by signals generating thouthands of drawings. These drawings were loading the CPU and as a result the chart was lagging behind the realtime feed.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello MidKnight,

You need to add "DictionaryPath" key manually. Set its value as the path to new location of your Dictionary.csv file.

For example new location of the "Dictionary.csv" file is "E:\new_location\". "DictionaryPath" key value will be "E:\new_location\Dictionary.csv"

Henry MultiСharts

In your case the value of "StudiesPath" key should be
D:\Program Files\TS Support\MultiCharts .NET64\StudyServer\

Henry MultiСharts

Hello BS135,

What are the statuses of the original orders in MultiCharts->File -> New -> Order and position tracker window -> Orders tab?

Henry MultiСharts

I just saw this because I was trying to use extended backtesting and have followup questions. If extended backtesting is made more precise by using bid data and ask data, 1) how can it not support two data series? 2) can extended backtesting ever be used? 3) what is the purpose of it if it can spec...

Henry MultiСharts

Please come to our live chat Monday-Friday 6:30 am - 4 pm EST to demonstrate this behavior.

Henry MultiСharts

Does MC Powerlanguage have a way to determine the type of the current column?

Hello johnsel,

There is no reserved word for that.

Henry MultiСharts

MultiCharts aligns bars by time. You need to have the same session end time in order the daily bars to line up. 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 ...

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You can generate a stop loss with an offset from the average entry price, or in case you need current ask/bid values, you can get them from the status line . Is any way to acces this data to calculate signal results (total PL in points, number of profits and loss orders, and so on...) ? You can acce...

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Hello Jobauma,

Please describe in more details what exactly you are trying to do and what is your final goal.
Provide an example of the calculations you want to have done.

Henry MultiСharts

We are analyzing this case in our environment.

Henry MultiСharts

One thing that would be very good is to have command line dos parameters, such that you can dynamically load which workspaces you want at startup.

Dear users,

Thank you for your suggestions. We are going to add this functionality in the next version of MultiCharts.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Tresor,

There was a number of bug fixes for ASCII mapping data provider in MultiCharts 8.7 beta 2.
I have tested your file on this version and confirm that this is possible to build minute and daily data out of ticks.
Please update to the latest version.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello davidgur111, Double click on the symbol in QuoteManager->Sessions->make sure the session settings cover the time of the ticks from your ASCII file. In MultiCharts go to Format->Instrument->Settings tab->make sure "Default" Session and the proper time zone are set. You can check the data you ha...

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Hello moses, If the key name "StudiesPath" is missing - you need to manually create it. Do not use "CurrentStudiesLocation" key - it is obsolete. Copy "Studies" folder from it's default location to the new location. For example new location of the "Studies" folder will be "E:\new_location\". "Studie...

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Hello MidKnight, If the key name "StudiesPath" is missing - you need to manually create it. Do not use "CurrentStudiesLocation" key - it is obsolete. Copy "Techniques" folder from it's default location to the new location. For example new location of the "Techniques" folder will be "E:\new_location\...

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Hello futuretrader8, In addition to MidKnight's suggestions please check the following: In MultiCharts go to File tab->Preferences->Data server mode Make sure you are in online mode, "download missing historical data" is enabled. Then go to MultiCharts->File->New->QuoteManager window->Tools->Data So...

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That is possible to transfer the information from one chart to the other with the help of Global Variables.

Henry MultiСharts

Here is the proper code: input: Length(5), BigSize(20), Offset(5); if not LastBarOnChart_s then #return; repeat if not dom_isconnected then break; var: X(0), N(0); X = Dom_AsksCount; N = IFF(X > Length, Length, X); for value1 = 0 to N-1 begin if dom_asksize(value1) > BigSize then begin plot1(Low-Off...

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"Series" variable assumes preservance of its historical values and the possibility of retrieval. Variables not having this property are called simple variables (VariableObject). There are two classes that implement the behavior of series and simple variables: • VariableObject <T> base class for simp...

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There is no way to change this behavior at the moment. You can vote for the corresponding feature request.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello, A strategy can be trading only one instrument that is the main data series of your chart. You need to create a chart for each symbol you want to trade. Then apply a strategy you would like to be trading on this chart. That is not possible to trace marketposition for a certain instrument from ...

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Hello waveslider, Please update to MultiCharts 8.7 beta 2 to get the fix for the TT connection issue. Do you have the reconnect issue with broker profile only or with data connection as well? If you still have this reconnect issue after the update please enable TT price logging (download the attache...

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Вы можете модифицировать логику кода, чтобы он работал так, как Вам это необходимо.

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gpw797, there are no bars skipped. Go to Format->Instrument->Remove 5 min data series from your chart. You will see that the main data series has no empty periods now. Such empty periods in chart display appear due to MultiCharts aligning bars by time.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello zencoder, In MultiCharts .Net there are two approaches for order generation: managed and umanaged orders. Managed orders are monitored by the strategy. The orders are valid at broker while they are sent by the strategy. That means the conditions for order generation should be met in your code ...

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Hello MidKnight,

msi.dll is a system dll, it does not come with MultiCharts.
Check out this guide to resolve the issue (have not tried it myself, just googled it).
I have sent you the direct download links in PM.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello tito0224,

You cannot assign "historical values" to a variable. You can assign current value during script calculation, then you can reference the assigned values.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello maisatomai,

You can access the calendar and instrument sessions in order to generate an order N minutes before session close on the last day of the month.

Henry MultiСharts

Have you followed the steps described in the article?
What is the exact version and build number of MultiCharts you are running?
Which registry key have you modified? Please provide the full path to it.
Have you moved the StudyServer folder to the new location?

Henry MultiСharts

raziel, are you able to replicate this behavior?

Henry MultiСharts

This issue has been resolved in MultiCharts 8.7 beta 2. Please udpate.
>>>Go to Download page<<<

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Hello aczk,

Have you checked the prebuilt indicator code --- Market Depth on Chart --- ?

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Spark,

What does not work exactly? Have you tried to debug your code?
Please have a look at the following article: Why an Order Was or Was Not Executed

Henry MultiСharts

Hello raziel,

Have you changed your custom futures settings after you have opened your chart/workspace first time, before closing and reopening it (were the settings like on the attached screenshot before you opened the chart/workspace first time)?

Henry MultiСharts

I was wondering when we can expect the MC .NET beta version of 8.7. Is there an update on that?

It is expected next week.

Henry MultiСharts

Please contact Stan Bokov at sbokov@multicharts.com if you are interested in a custom data provider connection. I email this address but no reply... http://www.urduwire.com/en/news/tribune_rs27.aspx Hello jannishan, We have not received any emails from you yet. Please send your inquiry once again.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Fernando,

Is IB gateway broker profile connected in MultiCharts? Is proper mapping set for it?
Do you filter information in OPT Orders tab?

Henry MultiСharts

Hello dwitkin, BuyTrigger, TriggerBarHigh and TriggerBuyPrice variables are reset intrabar. These variables should be intrabarpersist in order to save their values intrabar. Also when prices are reset to zero your execution condition is still set as True which do not look right. Please check the att...

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Hello gpw797, Please provide a full sized screenshot. On your picture you have cropped all important information. Are you missing realtime bars or historical bars? In Multicharts go to File tab->Preferences->Data server mode. Make sure you are in online mode, "download missing historical data" is en...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello evdl,

We are going to add similar functionality for PowerLanguage in MultiCharts 9.0 as well.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello wilkinsw, 1) Do you mean you are comparing realtime signal calculation with auto trading turned off and backtesting on historical data? 2) Do you use IOG and bar magnifier for your strategy? 3) Which version and build number of MultiCharts do you use? 4) Have you noticed the same behavior befo...

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Some follow-up questions: 1) At what time do you usually have this disconnect? 2) What is your time zone? 3) When this issue appears please collect MultiCharts logs. You can find log files here: WinXP "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\TS Support\MultiCharts64\" VISTA, W7 "%USERPROFILE%\...

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Hello zencoder, In order to send/modify the orders on the next tick after the signal generation tick you need to enable Intrabar Order Generation (IOG) mode. Please refer to this page for more details: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/4.6.6_Calculation_per_Bar I would recommend...

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Здравствуйте, Petr. На исторических данных все индикаторы считаются по Close бара. Если для индикатора включена опция “Update on every tick” в Format->Study->Properties то в риалтайме индикатор просчитывается на каждом тике. В зависимости от логики индикатора и настроек исторический просчет и риалта...

Henry MultiСharts

As a trader I disagree, it makes the chart time very difficult to read.

We will make the millisecond timestamps on X-axis optional in one of the next versions of MultiCharts (after 8.7 beta 2).

Henry MultiСharts

This is a comment about MultiCharts.NET 8.5 (build 6861). Apologies if this has already been mentioned here and I just overlooked it. When I enter the inputs of a signal in the "format signal" window, "Inputs" tab, pressing the TAB key does not take me to the next input field as it is customary in ...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello waveslider,

We will check that.

Henry MultiСharts

Here is How to Move MultiCharts Database, Studies and Logs from C Drive

Henry MultiСharts

Hello maisatomai, I wanted to use alerts in signal but it does not work. Please elaborate. Have you used the Alert reserved word in your code? Have you turned on the alerts for your chart in Format->Strategy properties->Alerts tab? But the problem is that I cannot use marketposition in indicator. i_...

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Hello MAtricks, We are talking about backtestng in MultiCharts 8.5 Release 6850/6851 , right? Please try the following: 1) Close all of the charts using EUR/USD in MultiCharts. 2) Then go to File->New->QuoteManager window. In QuoteManager make a right click on the EUR/USD instrument->Clear Cache. 3)...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello dwitkin,

Which version and build number of MultiCharts do you use?
Please attach a screenshot of Format->Strategy properties->Backtesting tab.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello RedK,

Please contact OptionsXpress directly and tell them that you are interested in using their data/broker connection in MultiCharts.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello maisatomai,

You need to connect the symbol you want to collect realtime data for.
Here is how to do that: Online Mode Data Collection

Henry MultiСharts

We will make the millisecond timestamps on X-axis optional in one of the next versions of MultiCharts (after 8.7 beta 2).

Henry MultiСharts

Hello cgdukas,

There is no way to import TS cache. Here is how to connect MultiCharts to TS for data.

Henry MultiСharts

Can " MC 8.7 beta 1 32 bit " run without the Microsoft Net Framework update (it wants to download SP3)? It is a big download (in both time and size) and I have decide to back off on the upgrade for now if it will not run without it. I am still running Win XP with 3 gig of memory and have not had ti...

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Hello HPF,

You can start a second instance of MultiCharts .NET and run optimization in it.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello maisatomai,

Plots are available for indicators only. You can place drawings (arrow, trendline, text) and use IChartCustomDrawer from a signal.

Henry MultiСharts

All users interested in having Market Profile as a built-in chart type can vote for this functionality here: https://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissu ... no=MC-1307

Henry MultiСharts

All users interested in having Market Profile as a built-in chart type can vote for this functionality here: https://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissu ... no=MC-1307

Henry MultiСharts

Hello whitefox,

Please delete NQM3 from the Instrument box.

Henry MultiСharts

Sure, normalize earch OOS projected net-profit with the IS length, have that value divided by the IS net-profit, that gives you WFE. Which measures whether or not your strategy performs equally well in OOS as in IS. At present, I do this by hand in spreadsheet after I copy-paste MC's output, what M...

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treehead, you need to use Up Tick vs Down Tick breakdown.

Henry MultiСharts

Kernel, the concept was clear without the second description.
I have asked you to submit a feature request to the Project Management of our web site so other users can vote for it and we can see the real demand for it.

Henry MultiСharts

Hello tito0224,

This functionality will be added in the next version of MultiCharts .NET.

Henry MultiСharts

Hi Dave if I cant apply extended backtesting to portfolio backtester, do you mean I can only use this feature in chart? and then I can't use backtester to optimize it? Hello martingale, Yes, you can use extended backtesting only on a chart in MultiCharts. You can run optimization in Portfolio Backt...

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I installed FxOrder2go, and i can connect 1 time, but if I disconnect , I can never reconnect. Also if I get it to work, after a few minutes the chart trader has a lot of problems.. if i start moving stops and targets around a bit. Hello KhaosTrader, We were unable to replicate this behavior in our...

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Please vote for the corresponding feature request:
https://www.multicharts.com/pm/viewissu ... _no=MC-892

Henry MultiСharts

Hello herbie,

Please attach the following screenshots:
1) your chart window;
2) Format->Instrument->Settings tab;
3) Format->Instrument->Style tab.

Henry MultiСharts

There is no built-in event "drawing deleted". You can create your own event and call it it right after calling Drawing Delete method.

Henry MultiСharts

http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/file.php?mode=view&id=6402 kernel, when "Application error" window appears with Exception or Assert information please click Terminate button and manually collect the logs. Please go to Start --> Run Paste the following line %USERPROFILE%\Local Setting...

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From MC .NET FAQ #7 : Q: Where can I find DataLoader interface example? A: In MultiCharts .NET you can access a lot of various data directly from the scripts. It can be real-time ask and bid and level 2 data from various symbols that are not even charted. You can also access all information from the...

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Hello dwitkin, QuickHelp.exe is an application we use for remote connection to the client's PC. You can come to our live chat, send us your QuickHelp ID and ask for remote assistance. When QuickHelp is not running-there is no way to connect to your PC. Even if QuickHelp is running we can connect onl...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Scott, The web page is fully functioning. There is no registration/login required to view/download webinars. Please follow the steps as described: 1) go to http://multicharts.webex.com/ 2) click on "View event recordings" in the top right corner of the page 3) scroll down the list and click on...

Henry MultiСharts

When multiple signals are applied to the same chart - they create a single strategy, same-direction orders generated by different signals are assigned priority relative to each other based on the order that the signals appear under the Signals tab in the Format Objects window. Please refer to the fo...

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Hello mattrades, MultiCharts PowerLanguage is 99% compatible with TS 8.6 and lower EasyLanguage (syntax and keywords are mostly the same as Easylanguage). In some cases EL code may need a slight modification. Object-oriented introduced in TS 9.0 programming is not supported in PowerLanguage. That me...

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Hello dwitkin,

There is no keywords list with known incompatibilies. MultiCharts PowerLanguage is 99% compatible with TS 8.6 and lower EasyLanguage. In some cases EL code may need a slight modification.

Object-oriented introduced in TS 9.0 programming is not supported in PowerLanguage.

Henry MultiСharts

The version I use is 7.4, build 6776. Were there improvements/fixes as far as this particular issue (WFO failure) is concerned and necessity of upgrading my 7.4 to 8.7? As I wrote before: I would recommend you to update to MultiCharts 8.7 beta 1 and run your tests, this version contains all of the ...

Henry MultiСharts

Hello Martin,

There is no way to reduce the number of digits. Milliseconds are displayed only on tick charts. We believe that this information is important for traders.

Henry MultiСharts

thank you but those tutorials are only about setting up data feeds etc. I want to see some tutorials on how to use all the functionality within Multicharts.. like a user manual

Please refer to our Wiki section:
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... /Main_Page

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