MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

Andrew Kirillov

If you notice any missing data or bad ticks, please let us know right away. There was a data outage this morning at about 0800GMT until 0805GMT. Data for this period now seems to be missing from all pairs in all time scales from tick to hourly. Because the outage occurred at the change of the hour,...

Andrew Kirillov

That's good news (but I hope the plan isn't to do it in 2009 ). Definitely not 2009 :) Let me just say that I think MC has a great feature set at this point, and making that feature set rock-solid-reliable and super-fast-and-easy to use would be good choices for what to concentrate fully on during ...

Andrew Kirillov

If nothing helps please visit our helpdesk. Maybe it will help us to understand a nature of the problem.

Andrew Kirillov

If you know logics of the indicators you can use the protected functions. However it is not achievable in 100% of cases.

Andrew Kirillov

back-testing and optimization is the same thing. So slippage and commission is taken into account.

Andrew Kirillov

Rob,
The program is not designed to handle such large amount of printing. You should comment out the print statement when you want to optimize.

Andrew Kirillov

Our QA hasn't found any issues...

Andrew Kirillov

I have the same problem from time to time. You need to restart PowerLanguage Editor and if it doesn’t help go to View menu.

Andrew Kirillov

Probably in two months.

Andrew Kirillov

You are welcome!

Andrew Kirillov

I am asked whether I wish to "remove or repair". It occurs to me that I must remove the old version, but do not wish to lose my created signals. The installer will not remove it if you don't tick the check box. Do I need to export these, remove the program, install the new program and import the si...

Andrew Kirillov

Victor, Our testing doesn't demonstrate any serious discrepancies. The only difference that we can see is the "connection" bar. It is a bar where history is connected to real-time. It is a bar with timestamp when you open a chart. It is theoretically impossible (or too complicated) to get absolutely...

Andrew Kirillov

This is understandable, but it is too complicated.

Andrew Kirillov

You are welcome.

Andrew Kirillov

Thank you. Please keep me informed!

Andrew Kirillov

Yes, If I'm not mistaken it is the one you can take from this thread.

Andrew Kirillov

Could you tell me two things:
1. What is your local time when you request data?
2. Please send me a picture of your QuoteManager->Edit Symbol->Sessions.

Andrew Kirillov

Enhancement Requests: The performance report has a lot of information, but a key piece that I can't find (and which is essential, in my opinion) is the input parameter settings that produced the results. Is there an easy way to obtain - save and/or print - the strategy input parameters? This is the...

Andrew Kirillov

please send me complete indicator and WSP.

Andrew Kirillov

Thomas, Thank you. We’ve analyzed it and I talked to our QA. Actually this problem is something that we can't overcome, because it is OpenTick issue. The data feed simply don't return data for some periods and this why you see a price jump. If you reload data the price jump may be eliminated, but an...

Andrew Kirillov

What add-on do you want to incorporate?

Andrew Kirillov

What do you mean? Please specify…

Andrew Kirillov

Andrew Victor is right. You are actually changing the simulation. For example, when I buy I set a profit target of X and a stop loss of Y. I optimize this and come back with say X = 1 and Y = 1. But if I run with slipage and commission of say 10 cents, my effective X and Y have become 1.1 and 1.1 r...

Andrew Kirillov

Andrew, I think that makes sense, but it does mean code and settings ported directly from TS need tweaking to adjust for the difference. If it is known that this is the case, it can be handled. Are slippage and commissions handled the same way in MCFX for these exits? Kevin, It is hard to answer yo...

Andrew Kirillov

See http://forum.tssupport.com/viewtopic.php?t=4865

Andrew Kirillov

QuoteManager Editing Data This tool is necessary to review and edit data. It helps quickly find and correct the bad ticks as well as add or delete new data. Operating with Data It is possible to modify data settings, add, insert, delete and find the necessary data. All these arrangements are perfor...

Andrew Kirillov

You are welcome!

Andrew Kirillov

OK. We are closing this issue thus.

Andrew Kirillov

I meant Format Symbol->Settings->Quote Field

Andrew Kirillov

Unfortunately it is not easy from technical point of view. It doesn't give you significant advantage, but creates lots of problems for us to embed it.
So we decided to leave QM outside new GUI.
Sorry, but it will not be changed in the foreseeable future since we have more important things to do.

Andrew Kirillov

Good suggestions we will add them in our to-do list.
The only thing that we will definitely not do is right click selection. It contradicts windows GUI logics and we are sure it is wrong.
We will publish refreshed feature request thread soon.

Andrew Kirillov

We don't have it and we understand this limitation. We will add it in MC 3.1-3.3.

Andrew Kirillov

Thank you Deosaran,
We appreciate your comments. We will try to do our best to create balanced and powerful product.

Andrew Kirillov

Thank you. We've got it. The problem will not appear in the next beta since we will calculate indicators once the data is loaded completely.

Andrew Kirillov

We don't support AskSize/Bidsize keywords yet. I believe you can achive the same if you replace AskSize with ticks of Data2 and BidSize of Data3. You will need to insert data 2 and data 3 data streams in the chart and specify type of field.

Andrew Kirillov

Are the indicator and signal calculations in MultiCharts run on separate, independent threads? If you run indicator and strategy on the same chart they are executed in the same thread. For sharing data between them, would it work to block the dependent indicator/signal with a mutex (in a dll) until...

Andrew Kirillov

It is hard to tell ETA now. We will keep our customers informed.

Andrew Kirillov

our QA never encountered the similar problem, so if you can send us demo code it would be great.

Andrew Kirillov

I'm not sure I understand puss/pull mode. What does it mean?

Andrew Kirillov

Victor, I disagree. If you set $10 profit target, you want to have $10 in you pocket and you shouldn't care about slippage and commission. Otherwise your strategy exit with “profit”, but actually you have a loss. It doesn’t make sense for me and other users. If you disagree with our implementation s...

Andrew Kirillov

yes we will try to make it flexible.

Andrew Kirillov

It makes sense. We will keep it in mind.

Andrew Kirillov

It would be very useful for me, and no doubt others, if you could add GAIN capital as a datafeed. I beleive it would be quite easy for you to do, since you already have one for OwnData and MCFX from them. Actually it is not as easy as you think, because MCFX server is completely different program. ...

Andrew Kirillov

MechTrader,
We do offer data feed API, but it is not free. If you are interested please contact our support team.

Andrew Kirillov

The bug has been fixed.

Andrew Kirillov

The error with indicators "Message: Error in study "any study" : not enough series length. Bars reference value :104." when opening workspaces and/or changing symbols or resolution is a big inconvenience in using the present beta. If you could release a hot fix for this it would be most appreciated...

Andrew Kirillov

It happens from time to time. This is why we are going to add Bad Tick Filter feature in the next versions of MC.

Andrew Kirillov

Did you watch your CPU load? I think your SPR tick by tick recalculation consumed all available PC resources. Please turn off it in SPR settings. The next version of MC will have tick by tick recalculation off, because I encountered the same problem.

Andrew Kirillov

I believe it is a bad tick at 8:30 (market open outlier?). Did you try to see ticks in Edit Data or reload the chart?

Andrew Kirillov

Milton,
Could you send me your workspace and study template?
It will be great if you demonstrate the problem on helpdesk. In this case we will be able to fix the bug in the upcoming beta 2 release. Otherwise we can lose time in e-mail correspondence…

Andrew Kirillov

Tim,
We will consider it. Thank you.

Andrew Kirillov

Great job! It should help others to avoid icebergs of GV!

Andrew Kirillov

Market position and account size value will be available in MC 3.1

Andrew Kirillov

We made some adjustments that should prevent the problem, but I’m not sure it will resolve it. Please test.

Andrew Kirillov

If I am correct in my assumption, Personally I think it is something they need to HURRY up and implement.

Until then, the slippage is too much for me to deal with.

That's true. We are working hard to release Beta 2 with true stop/limit functionality the next week.

Andrew Kirillov

Hi,

How to get your Life Support?

just visit
http://www.tssupport.com/support/

Andrew Kirillov

I tried, re-adding the symbol in quote manager, but it didn't work too.
Complains "No data" when i am sure it was there and i have plotted it before.

Your problem is completely different. You should contact our helpdesk.

Andrew Kirillov

TS doesn't take into account commission/slippage and we emulated it initially. Although we were sure it is wrong (irrational) implementation. Some guys contacted us and complained that it is silly and we decided to take slippage/commission to account. So yes it works differently. What do you feel ab...

Andrew Kirillov

Dear Phil,
I believe it is not MultiCharts problem, because many users work with volume bars successfully. I suggest you to contact helpdesk for investigation.

Andrew Kirillov

PowerLanguage supports COM DLL so you can get values of variable and transmit to any system. However I would wait automated trading interface API which we are working on now.

Andrew Kirillov

Did you try to create a chart or you discovered the problem in QuoteManager->Edit Data?
If the data has been collected properly it is very unlikely it will disappear.
Please check it and if nothing helps contact our helpdesk for further investigation.

Andrew Kirillov

You have your system folders hidden. Change it and you will see the GDB files.

Andrew Kirillov

MC 3.0 will send all stop and limit orders in advance, not when market touches them as we are doing now. So you can see them in TWS order list and later in other trading platforms.

Andrew Kirillov

10M BigPointValue is not available yet.

Andrew Kirillov

We will add it in the nearest future.

Andrew Kirillov

You should select the 3d option and it will work.

Andrew Kirillov

We discussed possibility of adding AmeriTrade data feed and ATE to MultiCharts Do you think it is worth to do? We need more votes to think about it seriously…

Andrew Kirillov

Giles117, Since you can get data without problems you do have physical connection. As far as I understand you have a problem with order routing. Right? So I assume the MC messages simply misinform you. I feel something is wrong with a symbol name. Could you send me screenshots of the error messages,...

Andrew Kirillov

Nick,
What bugs don't allow you to switch to 3.0? We are fixing minor bugs now and waiting for auto-trading component. All major problems are fixed. So if you have something in your mind, please let us know.

Andrew Kirillov

We will keep it in mind!
Thank you for your input.

Andrew Kirillov

yes. MultiCharts is very flexible. If you need some specific instructions let me know.

Andrew Kirillov

I think it is possible. but you should consult with Tradepulse or Fastbrokers.
The direct connection via API is always better. You should use DDE only if there is no other way to get data directly.
You can see our DDE tutorial here:
http://www.tssupport.com/multicharts/tutorials/DDE.htm

Andrew Kirillov

Please contact MultiCharts.net and they will address the issue.

Andrew Kirillov

MC_Prog, I agree that it is important feature, because a user suffers from it everyday. However we focused on major features and couldn't dedicate a few days to fix such small bug important issues. We will include in our development plan small, but important GUI things. I apologize it is not availab...

Andrew Kirillov

I was wondering if someone could explain to me why the quote manager woudl reload data it already has. It doesn’t until you initiate reload by Cltr+R or reload command. I shut down Saturday, and all of my charts showed the last bar on Friday's close. I opened the charts up yesterday afternoon and t...

Andrew Kirillov

MultiCharts 3.0 Beta 1 has description of portfolio keywords only. You can see it in PowerLanguage Editor. We are working on MC Portfolio GUI documentation and case studies. We hope to publish it with MultiCharts 3.0 official release. If you have some specific questions let me know and I will try to...

Andrew Kirillov

Here is a correct script. inputs: {Long trades only in this signal} Price( Close ), Length( 9 ) , EntryTimeBeginInterval(0949),//Entries can only occur in the day session. EntryTimeEndInterval(1630), ExitTimeBeginInterval(0949),//Late day entries ,can exit in the night session. ExitTimeEndInterval(2...

Andrew Kirillov

Dear friends, I really appreciate your help and patience in this matter. You are right it was my and our QA fault and we managed to reproduce the problem a few minutes ago by changing time on our internal test server. We will try to fix the issue as soon as possible and I will keep you informed. I r...

Andrew Kirillov

We set the highest priority to this issue and our QA tried to replicate the defect. Everything works properly on our end. We tried to use GMT+1 and GMT-5 time zone and the US local settings. The attached screenshots demonstrate that it works here! So we need to know what factor affects the problem. ...

Andrew Kirillov

Thank you for the information. We are working on the problem.

Andrew Kirillov

It will affect your chart in the WSP. You don't need to make any extra actions or corrections.

Andrew Kirillov

I agree. We are going to make this option later this year as I mentioned on ET.

Andrew Kirillov

Milton,
You settings are wrong.
Since your symbol doesn’t have fractional part you should use "as is" PriceScale

Andrew Kirillov

Steve,
I appreciate it!
We are working hard to complete the improved version of Auto-trading ASAP.

Andrew Kirillov

It is a problem of OpenTick. This is what we get in their original sample. You can check it on your own: HistCsv data.csv feed1.opentick.com 10010 login password /e HT /s /6JH8 02/25/2008 17:00 02/26/2008 21:00 /tm /o MINUTELY 1 2008-02-25,09:00:00,0.009300,0.009300,0.009300,0.009300,66 2008-02-25,0...

Andrew Kirillov

We can't replicate the problem. What MC version are you running?
What QuoteManager settings do you have for the symbol? I need to know pricescale, minmovement and bigpointvalue

Andrew Kirillov

we expect to release Beta 2 in 10-12 days.

Andrew Kirillov

This question has been discussed many times. You should understand that if we would construct volume bars according to proposed algorithm, the start point changed appearance of the chart. It means that you will have two completely different charts if you use 10 days back and 20 days back. So why do ...

Andrew Kirillov

What do you mean by "the default settings don't work."?

Andrew Kirillov

We confirm that position sizing is wrong in the current version of MCFX. We are working on the problem and will keep you in touch.

Andrew Kirillov

Steve, The last weeks of beta-testing demonstrated several problems that caused server overload and data outage. We've fixed all problems and intended to update the server this weekend. Unfortunately according to Murphy’s Law the problem occurred yesterday and we decided to urgently update the serve...

Andrew Kirillov

Please send us a complete log file or contact helpdesk.

Andrew Kirillov

Could you contact HelpDesk when you have the problem next time?

Andrew Kirillov

What does make you think it is incorrect? I think the volume bar size is too large so it couldn't be archived during a single session, but we reset volume count each new trading session. This is why the bars are different and size is less than requested. We haven’t change it in MC 3.0

Andrew Kirillov

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\TS Support\MultiCharts\Databases

Andrew Kirillov

Tell this to Haerim!

Andrew Kirillov

not yet.

Andrew Kirillov

Could somebody list the NT features we should have in MultiCharts?

Andrew Kirillov

Does this mean that MC is already compatible with NT for auto Strategy trading?

It should work if it works using EL. If it uses e-mail alerts it will not works since we don't support it yet.

Andrew Kirillov

I'm hoping that with version 3 MC remembers where to maximise a window to after a restart. In V2 if you close MC with a window minimised it would maximise somwhere random after you restarted.

MC 3.0 does it properly.

Andrew Kirillov

Hi Andrew Don’t quite understand what you are saying here ? Do you mean that its acceptable to MC that whenever the workspace is re-sized, all the minimised boxes (carefully placed in preferred positions) will go along bottom of workspace ? This never happened in previous versions of MC and these f...

Andrew Kirillov

It is true that it requires two clicks to insert a drawing tool in MC 3.0. We've changed 2.1 behavior according to numerous user requests. The same behavior is used in different charting applications. If you have some specific problems please contact helpdesk. The current implementation on drawing i...

Andrew Kirillov

yes, it is.

Andrew Kirillov

Originally we intended to release MultiCharts 2.3, but it is wrong. Usually minor versions are used for small changes and fixes. As you probably noticed MultiCharts 3.0 is significant breakthrough in new functionality, stability and performance. So it will be 3.0

Andrew Kirillov

Zukkaweb,
You should understand that it is not my job to register on some websites and explore 3D party programs. I told you that you should find our about DDE support. If the data feed supports DDE it is very likely it will work in MultiCharts. This is all I can do for you.

Andrew Kirillov

Andrew Kirillov

Unfortunately it is not possible yet, but we will definitely do it in the future.

Andrew Kirillov

Yes. You are right.

Andrew Kirillov

You can do it using regular external DLL SDK, but I would wait for our official API that will allow you to do it.

Andrew Kirillov

Danilo,
It is a known issue. You should Add the symbol from Data Source. It will modify your existing symbol's description and it allows us to know that it is expired symbol. So simply do it, close and re-request a chart.

Andrew Kirillov

You are welcome!

Andrew Kirillov

Sounds fair!

Andrew Kirillov

It is not resolved yet.

Andrew Kirillov

Thomas,
It has been fixed and will be available in the next beta build.
My question was directed to holbrooke

Andrew Kirillov

ETA is March 2008

Andrew Kirillov

Does DirectQuote provide data in DDE?

Andrew Kirillov

Milton,
Thank you for the information. Our quality assurance team has attempted to replicate the problem for last several days. However all our attempts were unsuccessful. So could you try to kill the MC processes (to emulate crash) and see if the problem occurs. If it is the case let us know.

Andrew Kirillov

Jerry,
It is wrong assumption. eSignal servers works differently.

Andrew Kirillov

We've discovered a critical reliability issue, fixed it and performing server restart now. It may take a few minutes. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Andrew Kirillov

We carefully analyzed the the reported auto-trading issue and found that it was always in our program. I can’t understand why our QA or users didn’t catch it before. The problem connected with wrong market position we get from broker. The problem is sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. We do...

Andrew Kirillov

Don,
Your approach is sound and smart. I want to get as many scripts and WSP as possible to test new auto-trading.
I encourage all users send me your scripts for our quality assurance department.
Please see important information here:
http://forum.tssupport.com/viewtopic.php?p=17456#17456

Andrew Kirillov

Update: We carefully analyzed the the reported issue and found that it was always in our program. I can’t understand why our QA or users didn’t catch it before. The problem connected with wrong market position we get from broker. The problem is sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. We don’t b...

Andrew Kirillov

Okay That sounds promising :lol: Andrew> Could you tell me how the compression is made if I only change comression for instance from 100 ticks to 150 ticks. - Does MC use cached data for this operation or does it refetch it the realtime provider? Is it only when I press CTRL-R that it clears the ca...

Andrew Kirillov

It is not available.

Andrew Kirillov

I'm not sure, but maybe you should replace CM*.esignal.Com with specific name instead of *.
However why do you think it will give you more data? I think they have the same restrictions for all servers...

Andrew Kirillov

Its certainly not issues with MC. Large data sets can appear to have non random repeating patterns just by virtue of the fact they are large data sets, i.e. its an illusion. Anyway thats not really the point :D I see some logic in your thesis, but it is not true in all cases. If you have large data...

Andrew Kirillov

I still don't quite understand why MC can not keep count of the data it has requested? The only time you should get a pacing violation is if you restart MC so it looses count of how much it has requested in the last 10 minute period. When IB introduced pacing I'm pretty sure I posted a protocol tha...

Andrew Kirillov

Fine!

Andrew Kirillov

I agree. We will do it someday.

Andrew Kirillov

Please give me more information or send a workspace/indicator to reproduce the issue.

Andrew Kirillov

Is there any way I can export the tickdata without contacting my realtime provider? I need to access the data behind the tick bars, without refetching it... How do I accomplish this task? Januson, MultiCharts is flexible in data handling so it could be easily done. You need to go to File->Preferenc...

Andrew Kirillov

Johnchan, MultiCharts 3.0 beta has detailed documentation of PowerLanguage fucntions. EL doesn’t have second timestamps, but we do. Simply run PowerLanguage Editor and see Dictionary at the right part of the working space. Alternatively you can press F1 in MultiCharts. He is a list of functions if y...

Andrew Kirillov

Thank you! We will try to do our best!

Andrew Kirillov

Chi-Yuan Shih,
We see your point. Unfortunately it is not as simple as it could look at first glance. However we are considering what could be done.

Andrew Kirillov

Thanks you! Kevin, I will run it tomorrow and comment all your observations.

Andrew Kirillov

Thank you!

Andrew Kirillov

Andrew Kirillov

Thomas,
It has been fixed and will be available in the next beta build.

Andrew Kirillov

You're welcome!

Andrew Kirillov

I sincerely hope that this is not going to be reneged on. I think this is not good wording. We always try to do what we promise. If you ever created even small programs you should probably know that it is very hard to make prices estimations. It goes without saying that development of large product...

Andrew Kirillov

Andrew,

I'd really love to see both, on the one hand a chart trading feature implemented directly into MC and on the other hand the ability to add events, button, clicks and other things on a chart.
That would really give another boost to MC.

Best regards,
ABC

I agree. We will keep it mind.

Andrew Kirillov

Another couple of thoughts chart trading had made it from feature request to scheduled for inclusion http://forum.tssupport.com/viewtopic.php?t=4499 I just wondered when and why it was dropped? Not to worry I guess if it is being re-considered for inclusion (as long as it makes it back in) :D To me...

Andrew Kirillov

Unfortunately Holiday list is not ready yet and it doesn’t work at all for local or exchange time zone.

Andrew Kirillov

No, we use Data Manager to route our requests.

Andrew Kirillov

Milton,
We consider this behavior a correct.

Andrew Kirillov

IntraBarPersist attribute works, but your question is not clear for us.
Could you specify?

Andrew Kirillov

The only way to minimize the cache database is to delete it and let the installer to set it up. As you probably know the database couldn't be reduced without defragmentation. Since we don't have such a tool even if you delete cache, the database will not be decreased.

Andrew Kirillov

Jerry,
I don't think OT can replace eSignal. It is completely different levels of speed, reliability and data quality. I would consider IQFeed if you want to leave eSignal, but I’m still thinking that eSignal is the best.

Andrew Kirillov

One feature that I really miss from TS is the + and - keys can expand or contract bar spacing. It is VERY handy.

You can use Ctrl+/- to expand/compress bar spacing.

Andrew Kirillov

Getting,
Itai is correct.
You shouldn't expect to have the same results on history and real-time, because strategy uses OHLC only. The results would be the same if we support something similar to look-inside-bar where all ticks are downloaded for precision backtesting.

Andrew Kirillov

Nick,
The reload option is stored in our to-do list and we will definitely do it.
The same is true for continuous contracts.
However reload is a walk-around solution and we would want to fix the data hold problem. If somebody knows how to reproduce it let me know please.

Andrew Kirillov

Thomas,
You are right. It is a confirmed bug.

Andrew Kirillov

Trouble is with large data sets is computers (and people for that matter) see patterns that are there simply because the data set is large. I am not aware of any trading specific tools for this purpose, Excel and MatLab are probably as good as it gets. Nick, Thanks for the input. I'm not sure I und...

Andrew Kirillov

A side question .....I know there are no currently built in tools for database maintenance. Is there a 3rd party generic program (ideally opensource or freeware) that works well with MC/Firebird? I had a look round a while back but nothing was obviously appropriate. Firebird is free and you can use...

Andrew Kirillov

After deleting database files and doing new MC install . Why is the database file so large and why does it hava such a large casche file as well ? over 100mb for a casche file that should be empty. It is impossible. It means the database haven't been deleted by the installer. Did you check "complet...

Andrew Kirillov

Itail, I’m sure that you can you use your indicators with the settings successfully. You should understand that price scale min move big point value are basis settings that you need to calculate anything in your indicators. If you need “dax future which has a min move of 0.5 per tick” then simply se...

Andrew Kirillov

Yes, that is true especially on grey color. We inverse color of the crosshair, but it doesn't work well in this case. Unfortunately there is no way to change the color manually yet, but we will keep this issue in mind.

Andrew Kirillov

It is IB server restriction. It can process 60 requests for 10 minutes and then you should wait another 10 minutes to proceed. It is a normal situation if you open lots of charts or/and bars back.

Andrew Kirillov

Dear Tim,
Yes we wanted to introduce navigator bar with symbol list where you can create your symbol lists (watch lists). However we are delaying release of this feature.

Andrew Kirillov

Thomas,
Our QA has tried to reproduce the problem without luck. If you know exact scenario and can call the problem anytime let me know. Otherwise send us logs from Start-> Program->MultiCharts->Logs

Andrew Kirillov

Thanks for the information!

Andrew Kirillov

Yes. We will try to be more open and flexible!

Andrew Kirillov

I can't address you question since I'm not familiar with GV.

Andrew Kirillov

It appears to have a few problems plus I use a proprietary software program that only works on the last version, for now at least.

You should let us know the problems you have. Otherwise the same problems will remain in the release version asnd you will not be able to swtich to MC 3.

Thank you.

Andrew Kirillov

Itai,
I don't think I understand your suggestion. Why does one need add additional SPR setting if we already make something that works?
All things I told you are described in our Help system.

Andrew Kirillov

Kevin,
Could you send us your script? If it is proprietary could you replace your logic with dummy, but leave the money management rules?

Andrew Kirillov

we will consider the lots in the next version...

Andrew Kirillov

Tim,
What do you mean by watch list

Andrew Kirillov

I believe you and other users. So the picture is not necessary.
The problem we can’t catch it. We need your help!

Andrew Kirillov

You are welcome!

Andrew Kirillov

I see your point. We will consider it carefully. Thank you for the input.

Andrew Kirillov

PriceScale = 1/100
BigPointValue = 25
Min movement =50

As a result a dollar value of minimal movement will be $12.5.

Don't forget to restart charts!

Andrew Kirillov

Now that I've figured out that the MCFX/FXCM order syntax is fundamentally different that the way TS works, I can deal with it. Could you highlight differences? I was expecting that I would not have to change my code to make this work, but it is a minor change so is no longer a problem. We will sup...

Andrew Kirillov

This is a real account, Don. My strategy uses money management/position sizing logic to determine the number of contracts. In TS, 1 contract with a standard account is 1 full-size lot, and the trade is executed as 1 lot. However, in MCFX, I would have to specify a buy of multiples of 100,000 units ...

Andrew Kirillov

What do you mean with different sources? I also suffer the same problem and I want the source that approximates the most to FXCM's data feed, because I'm planning to automate my strategies onto my FXCM account later on. FXCM has to APIs. Price Engine Client API ()PEC is an old stuff that has lots o...

Andrew Kirillov

It is very interesting, because MC works this way: if you have data and want to refresh it, MC downloads data from eSignal serves and simply replaces it. If eSignal says no data, MultiCharts will not override existing data. So what you are describing is definitely bug, but the main question is how t...

Andrew Kirillov

Your explanations make it clear. I'm not arguing about necessity of download scheduler (DS). We'll simply do it. However i think we should discuss and isolate the downloading problems you mentioned. I'm sure we can fix it quicker than adding DS.

Andrew Kirillov

1. I ‘m not sure I understand why you need to reload charts? You should reload charts only if you have wrong data or data holes.
2. Is it a big deal to open a WSP? It requires two clicks even if you have 200 symbols. So where is the problem?

Andrew Kirillov

I think the best thing we can do is to allow users to add events, button, clicks and other things on a chart. So sophisticated programmers will be able to create (and sell?) a script that will interact with users via chart clicks or buttons and send orders via special functions and DLL calling (our ...

Andrew Kirillov

Theoretically upgrade doesn't affect your databases, so it is not clear what is wrong with your databases. we need more information about your settings in Preferences.

Andrew Kirillov

Please set it in QM manually.

Andrew Kirillov

Unfortunately you need to write your own routine to do it. We know that it is very good to use bar number for trend lines, arrows and text instead of timestamps. We will implement it someday.

Andrew Kirillov

Jerry, Although I do see some logic behind your argumentation, I want to disagree in some aspects: 1) MC does not yet support setting up and maintaining portfolios. Manual visual conformation and selection is always going to preceed backtestiing. 1. MC portfolio Backtester allows you to have several...

Andrew Kirillov

The function works properly. I assume you simply use "print" statement that has 2 decimals by default. So you can either change this setting (see print command) or use any indicator to see output.

Andrew Kirillov

I don't think it is a vista problem. I never worked with GV, but usually OS doesn't affect such things. You should consult to someone who uses it.

Andrew Kirillov

Tim,
Are you using MC 3.0? If not please try it. It should address your concern.

Andrew Kirillov

It is not possible.

Andrew Kirillov

Your statements sound like we just sit and do nothing while you keep asking and got nothing. Take a look at the MultiCharts 3.0 feature list. You will see wealth of completed features. We've done things that some companies promise for more than a decade. If you don‘t find the features helpful, I und...

Andrew Kirillov

PointValue in the SPR is a bigpoint value. So if you typed 100 in QM, it will show 100 in the SPR. I assume you want to see min move dollar value. You can see that it works properly in Trade List. However I believe that you use wrong settings - "I manualychosen (1/100 , 50 for min move and 100 for b...

Andrew Kirillov

It is a good suggestion. We are going to add it this year. We simply allow users to optimize symbol/resolution as other inputs.

Andrew Kirillov

Thank you!

Andrew Kirillov

Thanks for the info. Could you send me one of your "original 999.999" WSP?

Andrew Kirillov

Jerry is right. Lots of indicators will not be "normalized" even if you have enough bars. So you need to have days or maybe weeks of data. It depends on indicator. So It is safer to calculate studies on data loading complete.

Andrew Kirillov

Danilo,
Your understanding of IOG is correct and it should work in backtesting mode as you explained. However we haven't implemented it yet. IOB works properly in real-time, but doesn’t work properly on history.
We will fix it in the Beta 2 or hot fix builds of Beta 2.

Andrew Kirillov

BTW,
The latest Beta version has PowerLanguage Function reference (See help or PowerLanguage Editor). So you can always see what is supported and what is not there. We will add environment information (ai fucntions) in Beta 2. So EL-compatibility is pretty high now!

Andrew Kirillov

So you mean it is a visual defect that disappears as soon as you scroll the chart. Could you send me test script that depicts the problem?

Andrew Kirillov

Itai,
MC IOG works properly. You simply should select "Allow unlimited entries and exits per bar". By default each signal can generate only once entry per bar.

Andrew Kirillov

DEF is not mandatory. It just simplifies the task. You can do the same using dllexport. We don’t use VB.net so you need to see how to export functions there. It is definitely possible, we just don’t use it.

Andrew Kirillov

Victor,
This Monday please.

Andrew Kirillov

Yes, that is correct. We will fully support ai fucntions in Beta 2.

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