MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Leo,

You can use Portfolio Money Management signals.
You can find the Wiki section dedicated to PMM Keywords here, or you can find more info in the PowerLanguage Editor Dictionary.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello tpredictor,

In MultiCharts symbols can be added manually or from the data vendor supplied list.

If that doesn't help, please describe your issue in more detail.

Kate MultiCharts

Goodmorning everyone. I know that the post is very old, windows 10 no longer has a dark mode like the previous versions but, I also ask the multicharts support to know if they are evaluating a totally dark mode (not just the background of the graphics) or not. The program is great, but like so many...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello PaperoneJunior,

You can try the following:

1. If FileDelete is too slow, you can use a new file for each Print keyword.
2. You can write your own DLL to erase the file contents.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello radekj,

Could you please describe your issue and what you are trying to achieve in more detail?

Kate MultiCharts

Hello joe107c, The message is a part of our new Fail-Watch system . It was designed to warn customers about possible issues. If you are getting FS06 message , the general recommendation is to reduce the load on the CPU. If that doesn't help, when the issue is reproduced, please send us logs via the ...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello strelow,

How would you like to integrate it?

In MultiCharts studies in PLA, ELA, ELS, ELD (non protected), SEF and XML formats can be imported.
More info here.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Kate, thank you for the reply. The idea is to be able to consult the monitor to get all the information relating to the orders that are generated by the various strategies, automatically. Let me give you an example: I have some strategies that make use of stoploss and takeprofit by placing st...

Kate MultiCharts

masber2000,

This is the designed behaviour.
Indicator can only create plots on its base data series bars.
You may need to apply your indicator to Data1 and base the plot calculation on Data2. Most likely you’ll need to adjust the indicator’s script.

Kate MultiCharts

Emmanuel,

Your indicator is applied to the second data series. That is why it is calculated based on it once per hour.

Please apply it to the first data series.
You can find more info and instructions here.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello traderaaa,

Yes, it will work correctly.
MultiCharts will send to the broker a regular Stop order with the price calculated accordingly to the Stop Loss parameter.

We'd still recommend testing it using a SIM account or Paper Trader first.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello masber2000,

You can base the indicators calculation on different data series in the Format Indicator window -> Properties tab -> Base Study On.
More info about that setting in our Wiki.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello, Are you only using manual trading or combining manual and auto trading? Please reproduce the issue, make a screenshot demonstrating it and note the problematic order’s ID. Then please send us logs via the main MultiCharts window -> Help -> Feedback. In the commentary section please specify th...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Emmanuel, You are transferring Data2 values to the Price variable. This is a 1 hour chart data. Data is printed every minute according to the first data series bar closing events (once per minute). But Price contains the second data series data. For it to contain different data, it needs to be...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello strelow, The behaviour you described wasn't reproduced on our end. Please use the Print keyword to understand why your script is calculated differently and to adjust it. Print the bar time for both cases. You may see that on one of the bars the value wasn't printed or was printed twice. Or the...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Kate and thanks for the reply. What I need is to have a view of the orders (such as limit orders or stop orders) entered by the strategies. From the chart I have no way to verify these parameters while from the order monitor all the orders that are sent by the strategies are displayed. The cs...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello, Yes, it is possible to do. Here's an example you can refer to: Input: EntryName1("LE1"); //Switch "LE1" or "LE2" if mod(currentbar, 8) = 0 then begin Buy ("LE1") 10 contracts next bar market; end; if mod(currentbar, 13) = 0 then begin Buy ("LE2") 25 contracts next bar market; end; Var: cond1(...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello, Please apply your Session Template to the symbol (in QuoteManager select the symbol -> right-click it -> Edit Symbol -> Sessions tab -> Use Custom Session Template) Then please send us (support@multicharts.com) the following files so we could analyze your inquiry: 1. Export of your symbol in ...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello,

You can try using the pmms keywords.

You can find more information about them in the PowerLanguage Editor Dictionary or in our Portfolio Money Management Wiki section.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Mark, Please make sure that all the MultiCharts processes are added to the antivirus exception list if you have any as it might block them. If that doesn’t help, please send us (support@multicharts.com) the following files and info so we could analyze it on our end: 1. Logs via the main MultiC...

Kate MultiCharts

IQ Feed has a stable 64 bit Beta client version (Version 6.2.0.15) that is much faster than its legacy 32 bit version. However, when I install this IQ Feed on my computer and attempt to run Multicharts, Multicharts ignores it and tries to reinstall an old 32 bit version of Multicharts. 64 bit IQ Fe...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello, Here’s an example of code you can use: input: Target1(100), Target2(50), Target3(30), Target4(10); sellshort 5 contract next bar at market; sellshort 10 contract next bar at target1 stop; sellshort 15 contract next bar at target2 stop; sellshort 20 contract next bar at target3 stop; You can p...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello!

Our development team is planning to implement it in one of the future releases.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello rjelles,

Please send us (support@multicharts.com) the following files, so that we could reproduce the issue to analyze it on our end:

1. Your DLL
2. Your indicator in PLA format
3. Your workspace
4. The steps to reproduce the issue

Kate MultiCharts

Hello,

Thank you for the provided information!

We will do our best to have this fixed in one of the future releases of MultiCharts.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello,

Could you please describe what you are trying to achieve in more detail?

Kate MultiCharts

Goodmorning everyone. I was looking for an indicator that would calculate the volume between two time frames and came across this post. It's a bit dated so I don't know if anyone will be able to answer me: I tested the indicator, it works but it has a problem (or maybe just me?), It doesn't reset t...

Kate MultiCharts

Thank you Kate. Should I assume this is only a printing error or should I assume calculation is not made properly ? Your solution works at fixing the output but messes my chart up with unnecessary extensions. Anyway I will avoid using TL_getValue_BN for now. This is not a printing error. Print work...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello bszabo825, Please do the following: 1. Make sure that the Fast Trace is enabled. To enable Fast Tracing: 1. Close MultiCharts and make sure no processes are running in Task Manager -> Details Tab -> Description column -> click on the column name to sort all processes by Description -> no Mult...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Mydesign,

We are going to fix it in one of the future releases.

As for now, please try adding these lines before the print keyword in your script:

Code: Select all

tl_setextleft(myTL, true);
tl_setextright(myTL, true);

Kate MultiCharts

Hello,

Please make sure that the time settings of your PC are correct.

Also please note that MultiCharts logs are not intended to be analyzed by users, especially their separate parts.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello, The red box indicates that there are too many orders in the queue. It might be due to several reasons: 1. IOG is enabled 2. The signal is taking too much time to calculate 3. The signal is writing too much in the file during the calculation Please reproduce this issue and send us logs via the...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Emmanuel, A drawing is always based on data of the instrument, indicator or other chart object. So, one cannot insert drawings when the indicator is turned off if drawings are based on indicator's data. You can check that by right-clicking the chart -> Format Drawings -> see the Base Data # co...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello DanielFXS,

Broker and MultiCharts position mismatches are expected if Asynchronous Mode of Auto Trading (AA) is used.
You can find more info about it here.

Please try using Synchronous Mode of Auto Trading (SA).

Kate MultiCharts

Hi Kate, In that case, why it sometimes actually recalculated? There are no functions in the Indicators, they are just used for Plotting (using i_getplotvalue). Sometime they do recalculated after recompile of the Signal. As I wrote: "There is a signal on Chart 1 (main), but signal can't plot, so I...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello kinwai,

Here's an example you can refer to:

Code: Select all

var: intrabarpersist mp(0);
if mp<0 and marketposition=0 then
begin
// sell exit hit
end;
mp = marketposition;

Kate MultiCharts

Hello, The behaviour wasn’t reproduced on our end. Please send us Feedback without the log files and specify the Order ID of the last order before the issue was reproduced. When the broker profile is connected, Lookup should respond without delay. The delay might happen if 1. The connection to the b...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Bentley Wilburforce,

Please go to Strategy Properties -> Properties tab -> in the Cost/Capitalization section select None from the Base Currency dropdown box.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello robz7575,

There are several ways you can set order quantity during manual trading.

And here you can find more info about Stop Loss and how to set its parameters.

If that is not what you are looking for, please describe your issue and what you are trying to achieve in more detail.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Ido,

An indicator is not recalculated when a signal is recompiled.
It can be recalculated if a function used in the indicator code is recompiled.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello lingwuchung,

There is no way to get broker lot size in MultiCharts.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello darob,

Ask, Bid and Trade data is used for building Time & Sales window.
So the Pacing Violation is caused by requests of historical tick Ask, Bid and Trade data.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello tornadoatc, Please download and install the updater. If you have regular MultiCharts you can download it here . If you have MultiCharts .NET please download it here . When downloaded, right click the archive -> Properties -> check Unblock in the bottom of the window. After that install it acco...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Emmanuel,

This behaviour wasn't reproduced on our end.

Could you please describe it in more detail, specify the steps to reproduce it and/or allow access to the Google Drive link you shared?

Kate MultiCharts

Dear users!

There have been some changes implemented on OANDA server side due to which there occurred issues with OANDA demo account connection in MultiCharts. We have been cooperating with OANDA to find out the way to fix it, and our dev team is already working on a hot fix for it.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello wilkinsw, It is likely that the script wasn’t calculated while the market was quiet. Please try adding recalclastbarafter(1) keyword to your signal. If that doesn’t help, please send us logs via the main MultiCharts window -> Help -> Feedback. Please select the options: Attach log files…; Snap...

Kate MultiCharts

Ido,

We are planning to implement such functionality in one of the future releases.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Ido, You can link your charts by instrument. In that case, when you change the symbol on your main chart (or on any of the linked charts), it'll be changed for other charts as well. Instruments can also be linked by resolution. More info and instructions here . As for the Sessions settings, th...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello John, Once the data is downloaded from the data feed server and plotted on the chart - it is stored in the cache. When you close MultiCharts, QuoteManager and Portfolio Trader, the cached data is saved to the local database and is not deleted automatically. More info here . In MultiCharts 12 t...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello joe107c, The decribed behavior wasn't reproduced on our end. Could you please let us know what broker and symbol you are using? When the issue is reproduced, please send us logs via the main MultiCharts window -> Help -> Feedback. Please select the options: Attach log files…; Snapshot of the c...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello bowlesj3,

You can rename the symbol in QuoteManager.

Please try the following:
Right-click the required symbol -> select Edit Symbol... ->in the Common Information section enter the required Symbol Name.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello plaforte, The number stands for the amount of contracts to be bought or sold. You can change it by setting order quantity in in Order Quantity box on the Chart Trading panel. The amount set there will also appear if you decide to trade an order by right-clicking the chart. Here you can find mo...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Lantama2,

Cloning was initially intended to be used to create individual templates for several Universal DDE providers, but was disabled.
Unfortunately, cloning is not supported for Interactive Brokers.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello bszabo825, Please do the following: 1. Make sure that the Fast Trace is enabled. To enable Fast Tracing: 1. Close MultiCharts and make sure no processes are running in Task Manager -> Details Tab -> Description column -> click on the column name to sort all processes by Description -> no Multi...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello wilkinsw, AllowSendOrdersAlways allows sending orders when the BarStatus = -1. Even if the IOG is disabled, the BarStatus can be = -1. BarStatus = 0 means that the bar is opened. BarStatus = 1 indicates the calculation inside the bar. BarStatus = 2 means that the bar is closed. BarStatus = -1 ...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello andreinvest, If a broker does not provide Trade data, then the emulation will not work. On the screenshot you provided we can see that your data provider is EasyTrade. We do not have any info about the amount and types of data provided by this vendor, you can contact them directly to find out....

Kate MultiCharts

@multicharts Will Multichart team ever consider making mapping thousands of stocks a non manual per symbol labour ? Like for example mapping all IB equity symbols in one go to, SMART, for example, instead of forcing users to manually and individually map thousands of symbols.. I am looking for reas...

Kate MultiCharts

@multicharts Will Multichart team ever consider making mapping thousands of stocks a non manual per symbol labour ? Like for example mapping all IB equity symbols in one go to, SMART, for example, instead of forcing users to manually and individually map thousands of symbols.. I am looking for reas...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello JMH, Please make sure that all the antivirus software is disabled as it may increase CPU usage. If the issue can be reproduced after you’ve disabled antivirus, please reproduce it using a minimal amount of charts and signals and send us the following files: 1. Your workspace. 2. Detailed instr...

Kate MultiCharts

Hi all, I still have security problems with Norton AV. I can't compile in Release mode. 2021-01-21 11_22_20-Window.png Anyone else with this kind of issues? Hello Al3cs, Someone created a malware with the same signature as our VB .NET code, therefore it produces false positive virus alert. In order...

Kate MultiCharts

what appened now i can use trial to show your software to a friend ? fail on login i want to install MC14 on his laptop ! redirected in Your website to buy MC ... Hello Your friend can sign up for a free trial on our website . If there are any issues during the process, please contact customer supp...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello simon007, In most cases the invalid ASCII files are lacking the required fields, lacking data in some column, mixed up time and dates, irregular bar intervals. The program filters most faults and informs the user of them, but it is not possible in each and every case. Please see the analysis o...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello gpw797, When the issue is reproduced, please send us logs via the main MultiCharts window -> Help -> Feedback. Please select the options: Attach a screenshot; Attach log files…; Attach minidump for crash analysis; Snapshot of the current MC setup; Open workspaces…; Upload collected data to hel...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello, Something a bit annoying in MC 14 when using Historical Download scheduler: it pops up 1 or 2 notification windows when done. We are forced to click on them in order to get rif of them, but then we have another window (log text or backup folder) that needs to get manually closed. https://www...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello jl12, Please describe the steps you take before the issue is reproduced. Then please follow these steps to send us files so we could analyze your case on our end: 1. Please switch MultiCharts to offline mode 2. Open a workspace with one problematic chart 3. Send us logs via the main MultiChart...

Kate MultiCharts

Now when you import data from QMD file the datas are not equal. I run MC R2 on realtime on laptop 1, i export data and workspace at end of day to laptop 2 , NOW chart are not same ! first i though renko with phantom bar, but first better to control data with QM. on laptop 1 REAL TIME LAPTOP.PNG htt...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello PietroCH,

The messages you get are parts of the new Fail-Watch system that we introduced in MultiCharts 14.
It was designed to warn customers about possible issues.
Please check possible reasons and solutions here.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello,

Please use your registration name as login and your registration code as password.

If you get any errors during the process, please contact us at support@multicharts.com

Kate MultiCharts

MultiCharts .NET 14.0 Release 2 build 21360 is out now!
This release features a new data feed and broker - Binance. You can check the change log in our blog.
>>>Go to Download page<<<

Kate MultiCharts

MultiCharts 14.0 Release 2 build 21357 is out now!
This release features a new data feed and broker - Binance. You can check the change log in our blog.
>>>Go to Download page<<<

Kate MultiCharts

Hello albevier,

You can pass values from one study to another only through an external DLL, for example Global Variables.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Eduardo, Total executions are counted once per bar, and a position can be closed several times. That’s why the Total executions number does not correspond to Totaltrades number. Please try to enable Intra-Bar Order Generation. You can do it by doubleclicking an empty area on the chart. Then in...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello lingwuchung,

There is no specific limit to the number of parameters.
But we recommend to build up your setup gradually and check how the changes affect the performance of your machine.

Kate MultiCharts

Deep thread resurrection for sure, Thanks for reading. I have always noticed while trading in SA mode that my Stoploss and Profit Targets will be sent to my broker based on the AverageEntryPrice. No real problem with most markets except occasionally the slip can range from 0-7/8 ticks. This will th...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello hughesfleming,

If you do not have this feature, you can get a license that includes the Advanced Strategy Pack. Please visit this page for more details.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello TCust, Data series in MultiCharts can be built during historical data downloading. You can also cancel the task and then run it again. You can cancel the current task for downloading data in QuoteManager: 1. For a particular symbol please do it by right-clicking it and selecting Cancel Loading...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello muhaha2015, As soon as the Entry order or Trailing Stop is filled, the other orders of the group will be canceled. After that the Trailing Stop will start monitoring the activation price again. It will not be possible for the Trailing Stop to be active while the second Entry order is being fil...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Mark Brown, This is the designed behaviour, it was made this way so that an indicator could be turned on again. Here’s what you can do: 1. In the main MultiCharts menu please select File -> Preferences -> go to Misc tab. 2. In the Charting section uncheck the “Enable the Status switch for indi...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello lingwuchung, In the main QuoteManager menu please select Tools -> Data Sources -> select Interactive Brokers and click Settings. In the Real-Time section uncheck both boxes (“Include “Unreportable Last” Trades” and “Generate a new Tick with Zero Volume upon DailyHigh (DailyLow) update”). Then ...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello PietroCH, You can use Regular plugin sample as an example. In the main QuoteManager menu please select Tools -> Custom Resolutions Manager -> click New. Create new Custom Resolution Plugin window will open. From Select Template dropdown box choose Regular plugin sample. Enter Name and Vendor, ...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello acemax65,

We are going to fix it in one of the future releases.
Thank you for your patience!

Kate MultiCharts

Hello cc64,

Yes, it is possible. Please try adding this to the script:

Buy next bar at market;
setprofittarget_pt(50);
setstoploss_pt(50);

Kate MultiCharts

That doesn't work. It requires the indicator to go into an existing subchart, which in my case already has an indicator. I don't want two indicators in the same subchart. And there is no way to insert and indicator between two existing subcharts, it can only go at the top, bottom for a new subchart...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Mydesign, Could you please answer these questions so we could analyze your inquiry: 1. Is your issue reproduced on a pre-built signal? 2. Is this issue only reproduced in Portfolio Trader or it is possible to be reproduced on a chart? If it is possible, please try reproducing this behavior usi...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello lingwuchung,

In one of the future releases we are planning to add a new optimization manager in Portfolio Trader.
It’s going to be the same as the one in MultiCharts, it’ll allow controlling the number of engaged cores on the run with a slider.

Kate MultiCharts

AndyB72, There is only one way of displaying values in the Scanner. Please create an indicator with the calculation according to the formula for calculating the Performance% you know. Apply it in the Scanner for a period of 5 days and 30 days. You may have to do two different studies for 5 days and ...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello arnie, Please follow these steps: 1. Delete all the DTN IQFeed clients. 2. Run MultiCharts and plot an IQfeed chart. Version 5.1 installator will appear. Please complete the installation process. 3. After the chart is plotted, an alert warning about the new version of IQFeed (version 6.1) bein...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello cwelch,

At the present moment you can rearrange windows through the main MultiCharts window -> Window menu -> Arrange All, Vertically, Horizontally, etc.

If above functions do not help you to achieve your goal please explain why in more details.

Kate MultiCharts

Hello siriostar, We weren't able to reproduce this behaviour on our end, so please send us the following files to support@multicharts.com so that we would be able to investigate the issue: 1. The workspace where the issue is reproduced. 2. Export of used symbols (with data) from QuoteManager in .qmd...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello illumintai, Global Mode allows to playback data series on all charts and Scanner windows simultaneously. Bar-by-bar detalization is not available for this mode (it’s impossible to set Playback Resolution = As Is even with only one chart open), because there might be data series with different ...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Leo, Please take a screenshot of the Insert Symbols Into Porfolio - Quandl dialog window before starting the search so that the search parameters you have set can be seen. Disable any antivirus software. If the issue is reproduced, take a screenshot demonstrating it, then please send us logs v...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello MKKL, Maxbarsback prevents the calculation from starting from the first bar of the chart. This is a designed behaviour, not a bug. You can replace the BarNumber function with the currentbar keyword (the function will not allow reducing Maxbarsback to 0, since there is a reference to the previo...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello ! Since I updated MC to 14, I have a lot of yellow popups (see screenshot) https://monosnap.com/file/afN0T6a05XbxfVB0uURRkd206R8suD In version 12 I unchecked the option (see screenshot) and solved it, but in version 14 the popups continue to appear. Every time I enter the VPS I have to close ...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello rokanten,

Original bars are included in the backtesting precision too. That’s why, while using Bar Magnifier, the extrema of the base resolution will be present in the strategy calculations.

Kate MultiCharts

I appreciate the additional features and obvious work that went into the upgrade, but I use Portfolio Trader to forward test large numbers of systems (over 100) and never had a problem with running out memory with previous versions. I have I-7 with 32gigs of ram and frequently had memory creep wher...

Kate MultiCharts

Hello Andy!

Could you please specify what you mean by “return %”? Are you interested in display format?

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