MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

Andrew MultiCharts

As I understand it: "!From Broker To Strategy MP Synchronizer!" and "ChangeMarketPosition" does not send order to the broker? Is this right? If YES, then this is no solution for my case, because my intension is to close real positions, which are wrongly opened (based on Simulated OCO) during high m...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello christianh,

It happens because the X-scale is based on bars, not on the equal time periods.

Please leave us such feature request to let other customers vote for it.

Andrew MultiCharts

... the backtest is not started...

Do you mean there is an error message?

Andrew MultiCharts

There is no ETA yet, but first public beta should be available within a month.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello desire,

Few questions:

What is the chart resolution?
What is the data in the ASCII file (1 tick, 5 mins, 1 day)?
When you mapped the ASCII file, what resolution you specified in the settings?

Andrew MultiCharts

Tony, Both for this thread and in the wiki instruction: 1. IQFeed symbol has price format = X(,)XXX.XX - on ES example the price 1,825.75 2. TT (same) symbol has price format = XXX(,)XXX. - on ES example the price 182,575. 3. It means that the *0.01 multiplier should be added to the description of t...

Andrew MultiCharts

...I use TT and EDF for the connection / broker and they write the ES value of 1872.25 for example as 187,725.

Actually the numbers seems to be right from the article and the example described there should match your case.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello PD Quig, When you use AA mode, you should take into account that what you see on chart may (completely) differ from what is happening at broker. This is possible for AA mode. As for trading in SA mode, the picture on chart should match the orders and positions at broker if no manual orders are...

Andrew MultiCharts

Tony,

without multiplier feature no matter what you do in code precision of prices can be lost for order generation. Please use the feature and avoid any price multiplication/division in code as if the prices of the security are the same on IQFeed and TT ends.

Andrew MultiCharts

I do understand that -- but its still funny that the reload takes forever - but when i set the system to OFF from ON and then back to ON then it loads the data much faster As i mentioned previously switching status of an indicator/signal from off to on should not affect the speed of receiving/proce...

Andrew MultiCharts

It should be improved in MC 9.0.

Andrew MultiCharts

Please vote for respective feature request.

At the moment you can do bulk mapping ASCII files, but not importing from them.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello Fredi, Please open one of the prebuilt synchronizers' codes. You will see there are 2 time inputs to control syncronization, so something similar needs to be implemented in your code: Input : TimeOutMS(250), // time spent since BrokerMarketPosition changed and we start correct position Latency...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello tony, Since different data feeds vs. TT broker in MC can work with prices of different formats, the multiplier feature has been introduced to match the prices. Please read attentively how to use it and you should not apply any changes in your code, since MC will multiply/divide everything itse...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello Wally_AD,

Please read about how MC saves data, make sure you had been collecting correct fields and the mode in Portfolio Backtester is correct.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello ctu1121, If you still have access to data on chart and everything works ok, please ignore the message. If you have any problems with data, please come to our live chat during working hours (6:30 am – 2:45 pm EST) to let our operators connect to your computer remotely and help you: http://messe...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello, I am currently using MultiCharts64 Version 8.8 Release (Build 8593). Several stop orders lately have gone into 'PreCancelled' status when I attempt to cxl them via the DOM. I quickly check my clearing platform and find the stop still working. Why does this happen and how long does Multichart...

Andrew MultiCharts

The issue is fixed in latest MC 8.8 Release 4. Please upgrade:

Andrew MultiCharts

evdl,

I have to ask you to come to our live chat again, we will need to reproduce the issue one more time and collect more information. Thank you for understanding.

Andrew MultiCharts

ASCII mapping = data is not stored in MC database, it is in the ASCII files and it takes time to reload it into MC chart.

ASCII import = data is imported into and stored in MC database, it is plotted on chart much faster.

Andrew MultiCharts

Studying the case. Will let know the results as soon as we finish.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello tony, I want to trade ZB and ES using one multicharts license. It is possible. The ZB system runs in one workspace with its own signal and the ES system runs in its own workspace with its own signal. So I have one machine, one MC license and two workspaces opened at the same time. It is possib...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello Xslim, In order to disable MC logs, please follow the next instruction: Close MultiCharts and all its parts Make sure all MC processes are ended in Windows Task Manager. Here you can find the list of all MC processes: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/MultiCharts_Processes...

Andrew MultiCharts

...press Tab key and then press left mouse on the chart...

I guess you mean Space key.

Why? Why can't we also move it up and down with the mouse on the chart?

Arnie, i am afraid i cannot answer why exactly it is not done. Please leave us such feature request. Thanks!

Andrew MultiCharts

Please provide me with print files demonstrating that the required number of profit for activating breakeven stop order is satisfied at a particular code calculation and then the breakeven is not executed at a bar, where it should be.

Andrew MultiCharts

Did not hear anything back from you after i sent you last email with prints for you code. Please let us know if you have any further questions.

Andrew MultiCharts

Studying the case. Will let know the results as soon as we finish.

Andrew MultiCharts

Just for anyone who could read this topic: evdl had custom futures on chart and current individual contract in DOM, though they are mapped to the same current contract on broker end, the trigger level and the order bound to that trigger level (transparent = not placed at broker yet) are not shown fo...

Andrew MultiCharts

andrei, I am not familiar with this indicator, we have Ichimoku Cloud and Ichimoku Lines indicators, but both of them have different inputs. The error message tells me that one of the inputs (either "Kijun", or "Chikou") = 26 bars forward reference, so the indicator tries to reference a value from f...

Andrew MultiCharts

Bar ref val: -26" which in a chart can be fixed by modifying the x-timescale -> chart-shift to be higher than 26.

Could you upload a screenshot of the inputs of the indicator when you apply it to scanner?

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello evdl, File -> Preferences -> Trading -> All to orders -> OK. Close MultiCharts and all its parts. please make sure all MC processes are ended in Task Manager . Restart MultiCharts and plot a chart. Configure the Bracket exit strategy for manual trading in Chart Trading Panel . Set it to auto-a...

Andrew MultiCharts

Please leave us such feature request, jese514

Andrew MultiCharts

"Your order is not accepted because your equity with Loan Value is insufficient to cover the initial margin required of..."

This is the error message coming from IB end. Please contact them to find out why theorder is rejected with this message.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello evdl, It seems to work good on my end, please see the attached screenshots: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26340639/For%20Forum/MasterStrategyPlacedFromChart.PNG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26340639/For%20Forum/MasterStrategyPlacedFromDOM.PNG If the issue still persists, please co...

Andrew MultiCharts

I am right in thinking that the Portfolio report will have extra data or fields in the reports that will include Max_Current entries or such like ? Sorry, continue8. I missed that in your first post: ABC is right - there will be no extra column or line in the report, but you can print the calculate...

Andrew MultiCharts

Could you send us the following files to support@multicharts.com? The workspace to reproduce the situation. Export of used symbols (with data) from QuoteManager in .qmd archive: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Exporting_Data The exported scripts with all dependant functions th...

Andrew MultiCharts

First public beta should be available within a month, this is not 100% information.

Andrew MultiCharts

Chart1: EURUSD (100k per trade) Chart2: GBPUSD (100k per trade) I would like that the orders generated by these 2 charts are in OR, i.e. they can't works togheter but just 1 per time. Global Variables are required. The scenario looks like a pair trading to me. Please read about possible pair tradin...

Andrew MultiCharts

And there is any possibility to putting chart in or ? So they can't go at market togheter but only 1 per time ?

Please elaborate.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello LMC1,

You may need to use RecalcLastBarAfter keyword in your code (IOG must be on) to call some artificial script calculation if there is no tick and to place an order before the current bar close.

Andrew MultiCharts

I wonder if MC apply slippage on every kind of orders, or only on marker order...

By default slippage in MC affects only market and stop orders. If you would like to include limit and stop-limit orders, please follow this link.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello everyone,

The latest version of IB TWS we tested with MC is 944.3 from 2014-04-01. Seems to work fine.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello kinkeadfx,

Some customers use Renko chart for auto-trading in MultiCharts. I strongly recommend you to read the following articles + test on demo account before going live:

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello earmarques,

Here you can find the list of all supported brokers in MultiCharts, and following this link you can see which of them can be used for forex trading.

Andrew MultiCharts

It contains the sum of all margin in all opened charts with Marketposition <> 0 like a global variable ? Or maybe, it just contains the margin value on current chart ?

Of current chart only.

Unfortunataly this workaround is not for FX

Please leave us such feature request.

Andrew MultiCharts

Could you provide us with following files (please send us them to support@multicharts.com)? The workspace to reproduce the situation. Export of used symbols (with data) from QuoteManager in .qmd archive: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Exporting_Data The exported scripts with ...

Andrew MultiCharts

Please add time-based conditions to do that.

Andrew MultiCharts

Please compare the generated prices for the exit orders in your code: if MP = 1 then begin print(File("C:\sell_limit_exit.txt"), "======================", NewLine, "The date is ", DateToString(DateToJulian(Date)), ",", NewLine, "time is ", TimeToString(ELTimeToDateTime(Time)), ",", NewLine, "bar # i...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello,

Unfortunately no, it is not possible to do this in current version of MC. Please leave us such feature request.

Andrew MultiCharts

It looks better now but I am running into another issue. When a sell order for partial profits is made, it appears that no other sell orders will take place on the same bar. I have several instances on my charts where both the partial sell and the rest of the position should be sold on the same bar...

Andrew MultiCharts

Please read this instruction attentively and follow each required step as it covers most problematic cases with receiving data in MultiCharts. If the issue still persists, please come to our live chat during working hours (6:30 am – 2:45 pm EST) to let our operators connect to your computer remotely...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello tozwp,

Please give an example of such trade. Specifically, i am interested in the number of entry contracts.

Also i recommend you to read this article to learn in details how orders can be filled in backtesting.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello , You cannot receive this value directly from your broker, but you can use the following workaround: Specify the margin in the settings of each symbol you need: QuoteManager -> make a right-click on the symbol -> Edit Symbol... -> enter correct margin value in the respective field. Use Margin ...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello monexx,

We understand that, but at the moment our resources are allocated to urgent support inquiries and preparing MC 9.0 for first public beta. We will add descriptions of codes as soon as we have opportunity. Thank you for understanding.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello palmone,

File -> New -> Order and Position Tracker -> Logs tab -> What is the reason of order rejection?

Andrew MultiCharts

I am going to send you the code to support@multicharts.com

Without the complete code we hardly can help you. As far as i know you haven't sent it yet.

Andrew MultiCharts

What is the data provider you use for scanner?

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello eberle lutz,

Would you be able to provide us with the complete code of the study?

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello aconnery,

Please vote for the respective feature request.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello, Please follow the instuction below in order to fix the issue: Step 1. Close MultiCharts. Make sure all MC processes are ended . Step 2. Close TS. Make sure all TS processes are ended. Step 3. Make a right-click on the MC icon -> Run as Administrator. Step 4. Create a chart of TS data. Log in ...

Andrew MultiCharts

o Does IOG increase load on the CPU? If I use the barstatus lines in my code, will that lessen the load? Yes, IOG utilizes more CPU resources. However if you use barstatus checking at very beginning of your code, the load would be less, since the whole script under barstatus-abased condition will n...

Andrew MultiCharts

Well, the more updates, the more resources are used.

Andrew MultiCharts

If the issue still persists, please come to our live chat during working hours (6:30 am – 2:45 pm EST) to let our operators connect to your computer remotely and study the case.

Andrew MultiCharts

If by "faster" you mean the frequency of updates, the advanced method should be the faster one, as it may give more updates than standard one.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello rossw,

You can find a good example here.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello Xslim, SP recommended a good workaround, however if you still want not to trigger any code calculation at all, please leave us a feature request. We also can discuss this feature implementation on software level in nearest time on paid basis (if you are interested, please let us know at suppor...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello tozwp, Will this order reside at the broker written like this? Interactive Brokers supports stop orders natively. It means that if your code generates a stop order and it is sent from MC, the stop orders are held on your broker end. If it does, will it issue an order on every tick? It will "ge...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello jese514, Tick data is not available in MultiCharts for TWS version and so all the tick-based stuff (tick-based chart resolutions, volume profile, tick bar magnifier and so on) cannot be used there. At the moment we cannot say when the tick-based features will be available. Thank you for unders...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello AAY,

Long story short:

Standard: price and volume are updated simultaneously.
Advanced: price and volume are updated independently.

If you need more details, let me know.

Andrew MultiCharts

In MC 9.0 it should work if the code looks like:

Code: Select all


[IntrabarOrderGeneration = True]

[AllowSendOrdersAlways = true]

if (LastBarOnChart_s = True) then begin

RecalcLastBarAfter(5);

//here the conditions for the order generation are not satisfied, so the order should be cancelled

end;

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello Ming80,

What you are trying to achieve (placing and cancelling orders after session is over according to session settings) con be done only if:

IntrabarOrderGeneration = True,
RecalcLastBarAfter
AllowSendOrdersAlways = true (will be available MultiCharts9.0)

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello hilbert,

Using your mouse and CTRL or SHIFT key you can select the symbols in QuoteManager you would like to change settings for and then make a right-click on any of the selected ones -> Edit Symbols... In the opened window you can change settings for all of them at once.

Andrew MultiCharts

Anyone understand why IB is showing these hours and how to get my trades to execute "Next bar Open: at 15:30 on a daily bar? Unfortunately i cannot tell you why IB showing different hours (please contact them directly in regards to this question), but if you want an order to be sent with the first ...

Andrew MultiCharts

But my currency is not Yen, GBP, CAD, . What if I would trade USDJPY, EURGBP, AUDCAD and my base currency was USD? So P/L should be converted to USD. Simply ignoring it is not a solution. JoshM is right, at the moment the only workaround is to change Big Point Value for a forex pair in QuoteManager...

Andrew MultiCharts

Before I go into further details can I ask anyone reading this post to carry out the following and report your findings: Open a new workspace and chart - Any timeframe any symbol (I used 30min CL from 02/06/2003 to 26/02/2014). Load a signal / strategy - Any settings (I used BM=OFF and 16k maxbarsb...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello everyone, Step 1. MultiCharts: File -> New -> QuoteManager Step 2. QuoteManager -> Tools -> Data Sources -> IQFeed -> Settings -> check off the "Build minute and daily bars based on tick data" box -> Ok -> Close Step 3. Close all MultiCharts parts (MC, QM, PLE, PB, 3DO). Make sure all MC proce...

Andrew MultiCharts

As far as I can see it is showing $ sign which is wrong.

It always shows the $ sign, no matter what is the currency of the symbol. Simply ignore it and keep in mind the second currency of a forex pair is used in profit/loss values.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello Andy,

Good choice. i7 + SSD should make it much faster (make sure all MC files are on SSD drive, including database, scripts and so on).

Andrew MultiCharts

I believe you will be able to find required keywords here or here.

Andrew MultiCharts

If you mean you want to see lots in backtesting but still trade with IB - yes.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello tozwp, Everything is calculated correctly according to your screenshots: Profit (in the second currency of the symbol) = (entry price - exit price) x number of contracts (specified by your code) x big point value (from QuoteManager settings) ¥ Profit = (104.728 - 105.023) x 355397 x 1 = -10484...

Andrew MultiCharts

I see. Sorry, but there is no other solution at the moment. Please leave us such feature request.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello tozwp,

Please upload 3 screenshots:

The trade values from the report
Right-click on the chart you backtest -> Format Signals -> Properties -> Properties tab
Right-click on the forex pair in QuoteManager -> Edit symbol... -> Settings tab

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello monexx, If you are referring to the POC level displayed in prebuilt Volume Profile tool in MultiCharts, such script could be created only in MultiCharts .NET, regular MC with EasyLanguage/PowerLanguage cannot access the data used for Volume Profile/Volume Delta/Cumulative Delta. Unfortunately ...

Andrew MultiCharts

Riccardo, Unfortunately MC doesn't support any dynamic price scales. The only way for you to trade this symbol in all cases is to set price scale to " 1/1000 " and minimum movement to " 1 ", so the prices will be 1.997, 1.998, 1.999, 2.000, 2.001, 2.002, ... Only with such configuration you will be ...

Andrew MultiCharts

There is a backflilling .... on the chart but it takes forever. However while backfilling when i make the status OFF and ON again the backfilling etc goes much much faster. So some error there i think The status of an indicator/signal should not affect the speed of receiving/processing/displaying q...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello amadeu1,

Are you sure there is no "Backfilling..." in the left top corner of the chart?
Do you use Bar Magnifier?
Do you use Extended Backtesting mode?

Andrew MultiCharts

Please send us a simple example of code using the file, and the .dll to support@multicharts.com

Andrew MultiCharts

Unfortunately we were not able to reproduce the issue. If the problem still persists, please make sure you have installed latest MultiCharts version and come to our live chat during working hours (6:30 am – 3:00 pm EST) to let our operators connect to your computer remotely and help you.

Andrew MultiCharts

Riccardo, could you name the data provider/broker and a specific symbol or couple of symbols?

Andrew MultiCharts

Andrew, I will have to put this off. I need to find that which has been sent already.To the best of my understanding, I sent everything requested to Dave. He confirmed receipt and said the issue was being looked at. I believe his request was everything your asking for. As a suggestion. If MultiChar...

Andrew MultiCharts

This new update hasn't populated a message for me to try this exact scenario, but this shows the updater not working as mentioned before. http://screencast.com/t/qnalm9Rx Here is the secret logic no one should ever know... 8-) When a new release version is available (for example you have MC 8.7 Rel...

Andrew MultiCharts

Riccardo, If stock A prices can be: X.XXX0, X.XXX1, X.XXX2, X.XXX3, X.XXX4, X.XXX5, X.XXX6, X.XXX7, X.XXX8, X.XXX9; then the Price Scale should be 1/10000 and the Min. Move should 1 . If stock B prices can be: X.XXX0, X.XXX5; then the Price Scale should be 1/10000 and the Min. Move should 5 . If sto...

Andrew MultiCharts

Andrew, My last attempt on this issue. It is quite frustrating to point out, that which to me is clear, but apparently I am lacking the ability to communicate it clearly. Buy Signal 104 Ask is 101 Trade is 100.50 Bid is 100 Sell Signal 95 There is no price data at the price of the signal. It was no...

Andrew MultiCharts

Market order is placed on open of next bar if conditions for its generation are satisfied at strategy calculation on current bar close (IOG = OFF); on next tick if conditions for its generation are satisfied at strategy calculation on current tick (IOG = ON). The "Real-Time History Matching" and ref...

Andrew MultiCharts

All of this was sent to Dave weeks ago. No reply I have checked that: David responded to you on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 7:05 PM (our local time). Hello Don, I apologize for the delay in responding. The engineers have analyzed the behavior that you reported. You are using Extended Backtesting mod...

Andrew MultiCharts

However when I call it from my powerlanguage script, there is a connection refused error. Is there any restriction in MultiCharts to prevent HTTP call?

There is no restriction in MultiCharts to prevent HTTP call.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello riccardo, You will have to configure Price Scale and Minimum Movement settings for each symbol in QuoteManager. Please note that in current version of MC the number of decimals for prices on chart is static and cannot be dynamically changed according to a logic. Here is the list of all availab...

Andrew MultiCharts

We are not aware of any problems with MC 8.8 (release 3) and latest IB TWS builds. Please let us know if you find some.

Andrew MultiCharts

Example BID 100 ASK 101 SIGNAL 104 Could you provide us with following files? 1. The workspace to reproduce the situation. 2. Export of used symbols (without data) from QuoteManager in .qmd archive: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/Exporting_Data 3. The exported scripts with a...

Andrew MultiCharts

I thought I would comment on what you presented. It is more pronounced when in extended mode. Sorry, you did not mention this before :-) Also I have discovered that on 64 rel 3, if you have a time chart, magnify the data and then turn on IOG, it crashes..everytime. Still looks good: https://dl.drop...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello shivax,

It is not scheduled for any particular version at the moment.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello ctu1121,

If a study is shown as protected, the only way you can do this is to export it as read-only and then import it back, replacing the source code with binary file. If you know any other steps how do this, please let us know.

Andrew MultiCharts

Also I have discovered that on 64 rel 3, if you have a time chart, magnify the data and then turn on IOG, it crashes..everytime. Doesn't seem to be the case on my end: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26340639/For%20Forum/IOG%2BBM1.PNG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26340639/For%20Forum/IOG...

Andrew MultiCharts

I have been working on these types of issues for a long time. I still wait for replies to my forwarded files, workspace etc. So I continue my efforts in an attempt to develop a work-a-round. Are you referring to the Extended Backtesting issue? 1. Write a simple strategy with an input for X and Y. B...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello brianhclo,

MultiCharts cannot trade more than 1 symbol from 1 chart at a time (it is possible only in .NET version by means of unmanaged orders). Please learn about how spread and pair trading is possible in current version of MC.

Andrew MultiCharts

The lookup button did not return anything.

Please make sure the login and password are entered correctly. If lookup button still doesn't return anything, change the deployment and try again.

Andrew MultiCharts

I don't understand why, when I set a number > to 500 bars, my backtest doesn't work...

MaxBarsBack (number of bars study will reference) = how many bars will be skipped before you get first results on your chart.

Andrew MultiCharts

It is AA with positions set to be the same as chart. In AA mode values on chart can differ from values in Order and Position Tracker window, this is the essence of AA mode. For the example, I did not get that recorded. But I just had another occurrence of the problem yesterday. The case was that it...

Andrew MultiCharts

Can anyone explain, in terms of number of contracts ordered, why there might be a difference between what is shown on the chart and what is displayed on the order tracker? What is the mode of auto trading ? As in this example, on the chart it showed 5 contracts being shorted, but the order tracker ...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello chartman200,

Please leave us such feature request to let other customers vote for it, so we can consider it for future versions of MC.

Andrew MultiCharts

Willing to pay for a DLL to do it. Any interested coders, do let me know. Thanks

Hello meo,

Please contact us at support@multicharts.com with details, so we can evaluate such project for you.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello tozwp,

Here you can see an example:

Andrew MultiCharts

If the issue still persists, please come to our live chat during working hours (6:30 am – 3:00 pm EST) to let our operators connect to your computer remotely and help you.

Andrew MultiCharts

What is the exact build number of your MC (Help -> About MutliCharts? Please try the following: File -> Preferences -> Charting -> change the "improve visual appearance of drawing tools" box (if it was checked, check it off; if it was cleared, check it) -> Ok. Close MultiCharts and all its parts Mak...

Andrew MultiCharts

When it happens, what are the values of the following columns in order and Position Tracker on the Strategy Positions tab?

Strategy Position
Broker Position
Position Match

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello sunman4008, Please read this instruction attentively and follow each required step as it covers most problematic cases with receiving data in MultiCharts. If the issue still persists, please come to our live chat during working hours (6:30 am – 3:00 pm EST) to let our operators connect to your...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello edwardho, It is better to have: Strategy Alpha, where your signal(s) are applied to instrument A; Strategy Beta, where your signal(s) are applied to instrument B; Strategy Gamma, where your signal(s) are applied to instrument C; Strategy Delta, where your signal(s) are applied to instrument D;

Andrew MultiCharts

For instance, when there is a long position of 8 contracts in the account and the strategy commands to short 13 contracts (essentially closing the long position and opening a short position of 5 contracts)... In this example your code should be: sellshort 5 contracts next bat at market; ...it actua...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello OZ Trade, I am not sure i am following you, because session breaks are shown in the background of bars and if the series is set to back in the visual order, your drawings are based on the series, and not on an indicator's plot: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26340639/For%20Forum/session%2...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello Wally_AD,

Do you use the Assign Initial Market Position At Broker feature?
What mode of auto-trading is used?

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello elon100,

I cannot tell you any specific number, but a lot, like thousands. In general the performance mostly depends on CPU, RAM and HDD. The best performance i ever saw was on i7 + SSD. Please take into account that it also depends on your data provider API capabilities.

Andrew MultiCharts

Any luck with this update (or requested update)?

At the moment the feature is not scheduled for any particular MC version.

Andrew MultiCharts

Technically it should be possible if the data 2 had the bar plotted on chart 200 bars forward.

Andrew MultiCharts

TS means TS? Is TS the data vendor here? Yes. Is there any way to improve the performance of MC scanner? Sir, i have explained in my very first post in this thread what are the variables affecting scanner performance. You can see what hardware and what data vendor is used in our testing. Better har...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello Dirk8, Altough, the SELL condition was not met, the SELL SHORT condition was met and the system goes SHORT. How can I explain that the SELL SHORT can only be done, after a SELL (exit long) condition? If conditions for exiting long (sell) are not satisfied, but the conditions for entering short...

Andrew MultiCharts

Switch and Case keywords are described now, thank you.

As for the SymbolRoot, please leave us such feature request.

Andrew MultiCharts

Here are the tests results: Case 1. Data is not stored in MC database. Data is not loaded in TS cache. Result: 8 minutes 58 seconds. Case 2. Data is not stored in MC database. Data is loaded in TS cache. Result: 4 minutes 20 seconds. Case 3. Data is stored in MC database. Data is loaded in TS cache....

Andrew MultiCharts

Andrew, how much would it cost if I would like to pay for this feature as custom development?

Please contact us at support@multicharts.com to know the details.

Andrew MultiCharts

lcy1031,

As i have mentioned before we have not performed such test (3000 symbols, 5 minute resolution, unknown data range).

Andrew MultiCharts

How much time does it take in your case?

Andrew MultiCharts

1). Because i scan the same list of 3000 symbols every day, I think the data should be on local. My PC is dual core and 8GB Memory. Could you give me a range of processing time of scanning 3000 symbols on simple MA cross? Unfortunately i cannot since we haven't tested this and it may vary according...

Andrew MultiCharts

Please contact them directly first to find out if they provide such data through API for MC and if they do, what is the exact symbol name.

Andrew MultiCharts

At the moment i cannot tell you in what exact version of MC the global multiplier feature will be available, but it is in the list for implementation. I believe it will be in MC 9.1 or next after that one.

Andrew MultiCharts

Please double check with your broker that this market is available for your account. It seems to work fine on my PC:

Andrew MultiCharts

I saw that Zerohedge shows percentage charts on different sectors/ETFs from the session open. Do i need to build an indicator for that or could that be done with by default?

Unfortunately you cannot plot such chart natively in MC, however it should be possible by means of a custom indicator.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello lcy1031, 1). The performance of scanning 3000 symbol on 5minute interval: How long will it take for MC scanner to make one run to find simple MA cross? We have not performed such test. The result depends on several factors: Your hardware: CPU and harddrive. The length of the 5 minute data seri...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello shane1800, It is possible to reference future bar if this bar is displayed on chart. In order to display a future bar on chart the bar with future data and time stamps should be present in MC database and your Windows OS date time should be also in future. Please provide more details if you ne...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello bluemulti, yes, it is possile to route orders generated by a code applied to CL chart on any other futures market at broker end by means of symbol mapping. Please note that at the same time you will not be able to trade both CL and QM futures based on CL charts. Please come to our live chat du...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello Westsider, In MultiCharts: File -> Broker Profiles -> Manage Broker Profiles... -> Select "Rithmic 01" -> Edit... -> Make a screenshot of this window. In QuoteManager: Tools -> Data Sources -> Rithmic 01 -> Settings -> Make sure it is configured absolutely the same way as on the screenshot you...

Andrew MultiCharts

We will look into the issue and i'll update you as soon as we have any news.

Andrew MultiCharts

The only way to find out is to click on each word and then press F1 one by one. You will find the answer in the Help tab at bottom of PowerLanguage Editor.

Andrew MultiCharts

We will discuss it with our developers and i'll let you know. Thank you for your patience.

Andrew MultiCharts

i am not sure, if highest, lowest and average are calculated the same way. Please open their codes and analyze them to find out. I only want them to be calculated for a finished 10min bar. How can i do this? So you want the script to be calculated and orders generated, sent intrabar or you want the...

Andrew MultiCharts

There is no configurations what type of data to request from Free Quotes vendors at the moment. If what you need does not come from Yahoo and Google into MC directly (using Free Quotes), then the only solution for you is to find the required data in ASCII files in internet and import them into Quote...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello masterchanger,

Different data providers can send prices in various formats to MC for the same markets. At the moment MC does not have such feature general for all data providers / brokers. Please vote for the respective feature request.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello hhuser,

The red tick means the indicator/signal/function has some keywords that are not implemented in MC at the moment. They are added to our PowerLanguage library so any code using them can be compiled, but they do nothing.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello nestor2022,

Please enumerate the exact problematic symbol names you are charting.

Andrew MultiCharts

The idea of the SA mode (that you are using for automated trading) is to show on chart only those strategy orders that were really executed at broker. That is why all backtested orders are wiped out from chart at the moment when you enable automation. You may want to use AA mode that leaves all the ...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello edwardho,

MultiCharts is a trading platform that doesn’t come with any prebuilt real-time data feed. The only feed available right after installation is Free Quotes. That is free end-of-day historical bars coming from Yahoo and Google servers in the format ASCII files. More info here.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello treker, Strategy signals are shown on chart by default, whenever a signal or set of signals is applied to a chart (both in backtesting and auto-trading). Let me guess. Are you talking about disappearance of backtested strategy orders from chart when you start auto trading? If not, please elabo...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello wegi, Yes, if... I am not sure if you are doing the same, but if you are not and we are talking about backtesting, please use IOG + 1 tick BM . One other thing you should check is the mode of the IOG . At last you should make sure the conditions for order generation are satisfied when you expe...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello xdtrader168,

You should avoid referencing future bars, which are not plotted on a chart yet:

Code: Select all

if Symbol_CurrentBar+20 < Symbol_Length then

	Plot1(symbol_close[-20]);

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello shadrock55, Please read this instruction attentively and follow each required step as it covers most problematic cases with receiving data in MultiCharts. If the issue still persists, please come to our live chat during working hours (6:30 am – 3:00 pm EST) to let our operators connect to your...

Andrew MultiCharts

andy4444, Thank you for detailed and clear description. 1: When price has reached 11, and Chart A has an open long position, the “marketposition” script in CHART A will return the value “1”. At this time script B still has not yet any open position. Will the “marketposition” script in CHART B return...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello elon100,

The IS and OOS of WFO are static, they cannot be dynamic. Please leave us a feature request.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello houss75,

Please go to IB TWS configurations -> Settings -> API -> Trusted API adresses -> add 127.0.0.1 -> Ok.

Andrew MultiCharts

Please check which data providers we have in MC and how much historical data they give. Also please read this to find out which of the has forex.

You also may be interested in MultiCharts Forex Data.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello rkhan,

Please leave us such feature request to let other customers vote for it.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello maxmax68,

Yes, it is possible, but you can use only start and end values of a trendline. You will need to use some keywords reading the coordinates of a manually drawn trendline and placing orders based on those values + alerting you when a certain condition is satisfied.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello arjfca,

Please leave us such feature request. At the moment it is not scheduled any particular version of MC. A custom indicator can be used for this.

Andrew MultiCharts

Fabrice,

If there is no feature request in Project Management, where you describe any desired alteration of current expected behavior, we cannot guarantee it will be considered for implementation in a future version of MC.

Andrew MultiCharts

I don't completely understand you. I want to buy the market exactly 1hr after the market opens. And i would like to do this via easyLanguage code. So if i bring up a 1 hrly chart or EURUSD, and i apply exchange time zone on chart. Then i type sess1firstbartime. What will it return? Then i want to a...

Andrew MultiCharts

The log of QM is still drowned under these messages. But now I have a strong belief that it hangs MC (well in fact MC.Net). I have experienced several freezing of the main window when I let opened the DOM all day long. Please come to our live chat during working hours (6:30 am – 2:45 pm EST) to let...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello L.R,

It works as you expect if all three functions have Function Storage = Simple

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello rkhan,

You can select exchange time zone on chart and use sess1firstbartime. Unfortunately there is no way to get market opening time other then from chart.

Andrew MultiCharts

Всем пользователям, которые жалуются на ошибку с отсутствием поля "Тип лимита" нужно установить "апдейтер": Закрыть МС и все его части. Проверить отсуствие процессов МС в Windows Task Manager. Скачать "апдейтер": 32-битный или 64-битный После установки апдейтера нужно отредактировать таблицы: "Табли...

Andrew MultiCharts

Проблема присутствует и в 6.11.

Добавление в "Таблицу лимитов по бумагам" и "Клиентский портфель" параметра "Вид лимита" вроде бы проблему решает.

Спасибо, проверим и я отпишусь в этой теме.

Andrew MultiCharts

Ошибки с 6.10.2.1

Текущая версия Квик: 6.11. У Вас есть проблемы с 6.11?

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello Wally_AD, Please follow the next steps: Close MultiCharts, Portfolio Backtester and all its parts Make sure all MC processes are ended in Windows Task Manager. Here you can find the list of all MC processes: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/index.php/MultiCharts_Processes Please op...

Andrew MultiCharts

But shouldn't this also be possible in MC? When I auto trade with MC and allows for multiple entries in my strategy, each unique entry is shown on the chart and I believe (never tried it) that I can close a specific one simply by manually clicking it. It would be nice to have this feature for manua...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello aczk,

Make sure the alerts are configured and enabled in indicator's settings.

Andrew MultiCharts

however, i had some trouble with using BarNumber. When I click on the charts, there is a display of OHLC and bar number information. Then I wrote a few code to print the bar number on top of each bar, and I notice that BarNumber printed is different from what is displayed if click the mouse. Any id...

Andrew MultiCharts

Backtesting only uses one core? This seems like quite a flaw, especially when all CPUs these days are multi core. Wouldn't I backtesting be faster if it used all cores? According to current implementation a script calculation cannot be separated for multiple threads. 1 strategy is calculated by 1 c...

Andrew MultiCharts

Manually. I pyramided into a position, and I want to close a specific leg. I don't want FIFO. How does your broker handle your exits? TJ is asking right question (as always). You can enter at 100, then at 150 and then at 200 from MC, but if you would like to exit, let's say the last entry (200), no...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello StefanoSF,

Auto-trading or manual?

Andrew MultiCharts

Let me explain how auto-trading in MC works so you will understand what keyword to use. There are 3 separate positions when you auto-trade in MC: Broker position . This is net position for a traded security at your broker account that takes into consideration all trades. MC auto-trading engine posit...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello wgmh_, Let's focus on the first block of code: IF marketposition = 1 AND Condition = True THEN variable1 = 1 ELSE variable1 = 0 ; IF marketposition = -1 AND Condition = True THEN variable1 = -1 ELSE variable1 = 0 ; Let's assume marketposition = 1 and Condition = True , the the variable1 is set...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello andy4444, If you have 2 or more separate signal scripts applied to the same chart , they will work as one strategy. It means that if your signal A enters, signal B can exit. If you have only 1 signal script applied to a chart, it will work as one strategy. If this signal doesn't have exiting l...

Andrew MultiCharts

We used to update PnL from IB API, but they update it to slow. Now in MC the IB PnL updates based on settings of IB broker profile: when IB broker profile is disconnected) please make a right-click on the IB broker profile -> Edit Profile Interactive Brokers -> Unrealized Profit Calculation Mode: i ...

Andrew MultiCharts

If you are talking about "MultiCharts cannot calculate position information" warning message, it pops up when you current open position does not match the position calculated based on historical orders on chart/order and Position Tracker. It can happen when for example you have executed an order whe...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello tpredictor,

Please come to our live chat during working hours (6:30 am – 3:00 pm EST) to let our operators connect to your computer remotely in order to study the issue and help you when it hapens: http://messenger.providesupport.com/mes ... pport.html

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello tpredictor, The Trading Performance Report is based on trades shown as historical trades on a particular chart. Historical trades are shown on chart if... they are shown in Order and Position Tracker window symbol mapping is correctly configured for the charting symbol to match broker symbol c...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello tpredictor, I connect to TWS and not the API. I think you mean you use IB TWS instead of IB Gateway. It doesn't change anything since in both cases the IB API is used by MC to connect. * MC DOM frequently fails to update the P&L properly Do you compare it with PnL in IB TWS? * At times, I clos...

Andrew MultiCharts

Could you start from the very beginning, lantama? Close MultiCharts and all its parts. Make sure all MC processes are ended in Windows Task Manager. Here you can find the list of all MC processes . Go to Windows Start menu -> Control Panel -> Uninstall a program -> MultiCharts -> Uninstall/Repair ->...

Andrew MultiCharts

Andrew, the ESignal adapter in QM has the same version number as before. Is this intented or a mistake? I would prefer to see the numbers changing in order to track the different behaviour of different versions. I'll forward your suggestion to our developers. At the moment the numbers don't change ...

Andrew MultiCharts

Here is the new updater including more fixes regarding the problem. Please follow the next steps: Close MultiCharts and all its parts. Make sure all MC processes are ended in Windows Task Manager. Here you can find the list of all MC processes . Download an archive from here . Unzip the archive. In ...

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello tony,

Whole MC software is based on your local Windows clock. It is strongly recommended to have clock in sync with your data provider to avoid real-time data delays and form bars correctly.

Andrew MultiCharts

* Reloading all main data series, but not the subcharts, can be helpful; * Reloading all data series in the current workspace can be helpful; * Reloading all data series from a specific data feed can also be helpful. In my opinion there's a too large gap in the current implementation with '.rld glo...

Andrew MultiCharts

Installed it. What means "Qualified Price for Trades"? Is this the new feature for filtering?

Yes, please check this before plotting any charts, or check and restart the software completely if you already had charts in MC.

Andrew MultiCharts

Hello Andrew, this means that you did not reproduce this issue by yourself? I asked you that before. The issue is obvious anyway, in case no one reproduced this on your side. What would you like to achieve? Best Andreas No. It doesn't mean this. It is the hot fix: Agree. As i said, it will be fixed...

Andrew MultiCharts

Please follow the next steps: Close MultiCharts and all its parts. Make sure all MC processes are ended in Windows Task Manager. Here you can find the list of all MC processes . Download an archive from here . Unzip the archive. In the opened folder please run the Updater.exe Click on the Update but...

Andrew MultiCharts

Проверили - все работает штатно, проблем не обнаружено.

Andrew MultiCharts

Like I said: It was working with a 8.5 beta version. Thus somebody on your side changed something (in the wrong way). That's a fact. Fact = there are price spikes coming from eSignal API into MC charts. Not fact = somebody on ourside changed something (in the wrong way). You may be right or you may...

Andrew MultiCharts

Usually there is a description of the API available for the technology partners like multicharts. Changes, filters, tags, whatever. Thus either the descriptions and version management of eSignal is wrong or you missed something and therefore the current QM esignal handler is wrong. We are not aware...

Andrew MultiCharts

eSignal sends such data through API. In fact the same spike can be observed in eSignal Time and Sales window. We will implement a filter similar to one they use in eSignal on charts to process such spikes and we will do this as soon as possible. If you would like to get rid of spikes coming from eSi...

Andrew MultiCharts

It will be шт one of MC 9.0 betas, but so far i cannot tell you шт which one exactly. Unfortunately there is no ETA of MC 9.0 yet, but i can tell that it will be more than 30 days for sure.

Andrew MultiCharts

Проверим и сообщим Вам в начале следующей недели.

Andrew MultiCharts

Should be fixed in a future version of MultiCharts.

Andrew MultiCharts

The data comes from Google and Yahoo servers.

With FreeQuotes you can get data only for the symbols that have the option Historical prices -> Download to Spreadsheet on their webpage.

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