MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

TJ

in portfolio backtester i keep getting this message "{exception} floating-point invalid operation" the strange part is that it only happens when i backtest multiple instruments. if i start off testing say gbpusd and then add eurusd or usdchf then the error pops up. can anyone help explain what this...

TJ

you can try these examples:

Masthead
http://tradersxchange.com/viewtopic.php ... b2f0b85b43

Bottomline
http://tradersxchange.com/viewtopic.php ... b2f0b85b43

TJ

Hi, How do I determine the amount of bar time or ticks remaining before the next bar is created. Ie I have 25 tick bars and on the Y axis it shows the number of ticks remaining until it generates a new bar. How do I get access to this number from with my code? Same could be asked for time remaining...

TJ

please see if the issue in this thread is related to yours:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8053&p=37284&hilit=compile#p37284

TJ

Are you using Vista/Win7 ?

You need to run the program as administrator.

TJ

I've just downloaded the latest version of Multicharts and all my studies (which were working fine with the previous version) were re-compiled and now all come up with the following error message Compile error errLine 0, errColumn 0, errLineEnd 0, errColumnEnd 0 causal study: (Function) This is on ...

TJ

press [F1] for the MultiCharts User Guide.
the write up is quite comprehensive.

TJ

Hi, I would like to write in the corner of the chart (if possible right, upper). For the moment I can write but sometime my writting is on the candle, not good for reading chart. I didn't find how to write in a corner, any idea ? regards can you post your screen shot and your code, with notes on wh...

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That does have chart times agree with PC clock time. Thanks for the easy solution.

you are welcome.

TJ

Checking save as default does save all changes for new charts selections to all appear with the same back ground color, candle chart, indicators, etc. as desired. Thanks for the help.

you are welcome.

TJ

Hi, One other thing. Yes I have tried this as an indicator and it plots in a sub window below the chart. Not on the actual chart like the real function, but in any case the values in the subchart are correct and are plotted, so I am not sure what the issue is. Thanks can you post your chart? What v...

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I already have Multicharts charting software. If I install Multicharts DT wil the version work together?? Thanks, Davo You can install MultiChart full version AND MultiCharts DT in the same computer. They will work independently and will not create conflict with each other. You will also need 2 dat...

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It's traded on the CME that's in the central time zone I believe. In Quote Manager under Edit Data it has Exchange for time zone. If I select Local for time zone there and click OK, it still shows Exchange for time zone in Quote Manager when I check it again. Is there a way to change default settin...

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Those seem to not be the default because charts revert to the original settings of bar charts with black back ground if I select new chart. Charts remain with back ground color change selected and as bar charts only if I enter a symbol at bottom ot chart. You will need to check the box at the botto...

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All other charts I've ever used uses the beginning time of the bar which I suppose would be abbreviated BOB. If MultiCharts bar times are EOB, then chart times shown are off by exactly one hour. The closing bar for the mini S&P500 ( symbol ESH1) show 15:15 but PC clock shows 16:15 at close of that ...

TJ

Saving a study template and applying template to a new chart works for the indicators, but it doesn't save back ground color changes, chart type (candle instead of bar chart for example), etc. It appears best way to display charts with all the same changes is to enter a symbol in box at bottom of c...

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Using the function numtostring to plot the value of the maximum or minimum on the graph. if you use numtostr (High, 2) the value appears correctly with decimals. if I use input: decimal (x) and numtostr (High, decimal) the value is truncated without decimals. someone knows why '? thanks what value ...

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+1 good idea

TJ

... Question 2) I applied a script to a 5 min resolution. When run in real time, it seems to be evaluate my script on each tick. Thus I used "if barstatus = 0" to only evaluate on the first tick of each new bar. But this seems to now miss some bars!!! How do I evaluate an expression only once every...

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Question 1) E.g. I do something like if close > open then begin do something..... However, I don't want it to "do something" when loading historic bars. Only on real-time bars. e.g. something like if (close > open ) and ( data != historic) then.... LastBarOnChart (Function) The LastBarOnChart funct...

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Hi. How can I remove the delay that this countdown sometimes have when compared with the build in countdown? This is for volume bar charts. Is it possible? I tried the intrabarpersist, but the delay continued. how much delay you are observing? 1 tick? multiple ticks? I have tested your code on my c...

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How may time on charts be set correctly in agreement with time on PC? The time on my charts is off by 50 minutes compared to correct time on the PC. For example chart shows start time for a bar on 10 minute chart of 13:50 when the correct time on the PC is 14:40 at the start of that bar. The bars t...

TJ

If I select new chart for a different symbol, it goes back to the default chart with no indicators regardless of whether I use method 1 or method 2 you selected. The only way I can get chart appearance to stay the same is by entering a symbol at bottom of charts in the box that says "Type a symbol/...

TJ

I created a new chart, added indicators, changed background color and number of days displayed, but I get the default chart with no indicators or other changes when I select new chart. Is there a way to save those settings so they appear on all charts? there are 2 ways to do it. 1. Copy Window High...

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Actually the text did not disappear. You can still see a little dot on the chart. That is actually the text, but the size is so small that it appears like a dot. If you right click on the dot, a Format Text window will pop up and you can change the text attributes to make it bigger. (I did not menti...

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Something really weird just happened here. I disconnected my computer Friday and only turned it on today, Monday. On Friday all was working fine, all indicators were plotting correctly, but today, all indicators that plot text, that same text is not shown. What happened? The indicator is compiled, ...

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Am new to MC, I have custom indicators in 10+ charts (stocks). I want to create another indicators by combining these indicators, how can I do that? I don't know how to reference indicators on different charts. Thanks. There is no direct way to reference different indicators. You can Google the fol...

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Hello Is it possible to share drawing between chart of a same instrument, but with differnent scale? I would like to mark area on an upper scale and wish i could see the same area using a lower scale. I use to do in using another plateform. I never succeed to do it witn MC Martin What do you mean b...

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Googling around, it seems the only way to read from a file in easy language is to use a custom made external dll. Wtf, this seems crazy. I can play videos but I can't read a few numbers from a file....?! Definitely a great idea. You can add a feature request here: https://www.multicharts.com/pm/ e....

TJ

Good point, What I really want is 2) the average of 100 days of daily volume. However, failing that, I could probably "make do" with the other option. if you want 100 days' of analysis, you cannot avoid loading 100 days of data. see post #4 for ideas: Multiple time frame, Multi-Data Analysis https:...

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My study is on 1 minute data. However, I would like to know the average volume of the last 100 days, as a filter (e.g. to avoid trading those stocks with too low a volume). The function DailyVolume (so that I could average DailyVolume[0....100]) would appear to help, but seems to return only "0". T...

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Hi Everyone, I am trying to develop a system where you take a buy above the PivotHighVSBar. However everytime I try to add it to the chart I get an error - "Trying access at data to future. Bars reference value: -1." The code I am using is inputs: Price( High ), LeftStrength( 3 ), RightStrength( 3 ...

TJ

Assume the following when autotrading: 1. The same symbol should not be traded from more than one strategy or chart. Trading the same symbol from two or more strategies/charts will cause a market position conflict between the strategy and broker. 2. The market position at the broker must be 0 at the...

TJ

you can try this as a starter
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8190&p=38217

TJ

what is your time-out setting?

TJ

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for your input. I managed to work it out in the end but thank you all for your help and efforts.

as a courtesy to the community, you should post your solution.

TJ

right click on the chart... Format Instrument

TJ

Fernando:
Nice codes! nicely organized.
Thanks for sharing.

I see both charts the same, with the arrows at the same position.
The chart on the left has duplicate bars, because of the 250 CVB data series.
Otherwise they are the same.

Regards
TJ

TJ

Hi, I am attempting to learn easylanguage and have been working through the document trying the exercises etc. I am struggling with my own attempt at a strategy and was wondering if someone could give me a pointer as to what I am doing wrong. Below is the code, I am only trying to get the vuys work...

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When I attempt to install an .sef Read Only file into the PowerLanguage Editor, it immediately returns the following error message: Error occurred during import. File: "C:\multicharts\NewStudy.sef" Study:"(Function)" Error Code: 1 This set of studies imports fine, without errors on all but one syst...

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hello everybody, i have some questions about Autotrading, please help.

question 1: is gamil smtp allowed by email alert? tried but failed
...

thanks in advance

Alex

try an email that does not use SSL.

TJ

Hi TJ. Thanks for the links. In the Essencials.pdf we read: The only restriction is that you cannot create multi-data charts using tick or volume bar intervals. Only time based (minute, daily, weekly, monthly) intervals can be used to create multi-data charts. Is that limitation only for TS or also...

TJ

Tresor, you have misunderstanding about my question. I'm not talking about JForex API. this is not the question about the integration MC with JForex. This is question about direct connection between MC and Duka Server. You probably are not aware , that Duka retail account holder may ask for connect...

TJ

I have 3 time frames of the same symbol in one chart, and I'd like to know, for example, when the MACD histogram crosses the zero line in all 3 frames at the same time or other condition. How can I do this? Is it possible to do this? Regards. it is possible. There are many ways to do it. One easy w...

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you are welcome.

TJ

TJ Even the big houses DO NOT let their autotrade unattended. What makes you think you should do that? ps. I am have been Alpha testing MultiCharts Version 7.0 Pre-Alpha (Build 3943) since mid-December. It has been working solidly without a single blue screen. Thanks for ur reply TJ. I am trying to...

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Hi, 1. What is the stability level of Mulitcharts for autotrading. Does multicharts need all the time monitoring for autotrading? I cannot sit all the time but can monitor it 1 or 2 times a day. I think if there is no hardware and internet issues autotrading would keep on trading fine. Any feed bac...

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TJ Yes - by re-launch I mean I have to double click on the TWS icon - it is not restarting on its own. I know MC can load IB automatically upon start-up, but it doesn't look like it will go searching for TWS and load it, once MC is already running. If it did, that might solve the problem. In other ...

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Still no change to the daily shut down by IB. At least they are consistent - consistently awful, that is; it shuts down every night at 10pm PST. I just have to make sure I'm at a computer evry night at ten, just to immediately re-launch. What exactly is the reason for the shut down p.s. What are yo...

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Still no change to the daily shut down by IB. At least they are consistent - consistently awful, that is; it shuts down every night at 10pm PST. I just have to make sure I'm at a computer evry night at ten, just to immediately re-launch. What exactly is the reason for the shut down All brokers re-b...

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Excellent. Thanks. On the page https://www.multicharts.com/multicharts/help/documentation/, any reason why the two .CHM files are showing no data once opened? Best, N. They are already in your computer. Just press [F1] after you have started MultiCharts, and the help files will pop up. [Update] The...

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Hello, Where can I find definition, use and example of functions such as "LinearRegValue" for example. F1 (unless i didnt get it) doesnt show anything on it. Thank you very much, EasyLanguage Functions and Reserved Words Reference you can get the ebook here: https://www.multicharts.com/multicharts/...

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do you have any screen shots?

TJ

note: EasyLanguage Essentials Programmers Guide Built-in Stops.......... pg. 90 Built-in Stops EasyLanguage includes built-in exit commands that may be included directly in your strategies. These special commands will be active even on the bar of entry; that is, they are evaluated on each tick (rega...

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Well I tried setting the time delay to 600 seconds and even further as someone suggested in another post to 86,400 seconds; but still IB shuts down each evening. Very frustrating - I'm trading the currency futures and to have IB shut down at approx the time of the European markets opening is crazy....

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Hi, Seems the Rithmic demo does not allow trading. What tradeable demos are available with MCDT, would you recommend any over the others, and why? Also what feed would you recommend as a data feed for historical data? Also, how do you register for this forum? What instrument you are looking for? wh...

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Hello Newby questionning: Before i start to code for a 2' trading signals, I would like to know what is the interrelation between them. Since my actual signal is quite complex, I don't want to modify it with new conditions. Since my 2' signal may be as complexe as the first one, I want to make sure...

TJ

Is there a way to save a chart template?

Format > Study Templates

TJ

...

I think its time to get away from IB.

many ppl tried that.
all attempts seem futile.

TJ

Hi, I want to build a filter to stop the intraday trading strategy with 3 consecutive losses since market opening. Is is possible to do that? Pls give me advices? Thanks no easy button to push, you have to code the logic. here's an idea: https://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8215

TJ

nice code

TJ

Hi Dave,

Yeah I guess I'm talking about 2 things regarding backtesting.

1. How do I perform backtesting...

Cheers
T

press [F1]
look under MultiCharts > Strategy Trading > Backtesting

TJ

178.94 ... Back to my interrogation, Is it possible to display, instead of an arrow, a special characters that will represent an arrow pointing on the side. A up or down arrow will not display the exact position. I don't see any text or characters command like Alt 26 (→) or Alt 16 for (►). When usin...

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TJ,

I owe you few beers now.

...Martin

all I need is a smoked meat sandwich to go with it.

>

TJ

Hello I'm using a trailing stop that is moved under specific conditions only. Is it possible to have an arrow be placed to show the stop position over the graph in an active trading window? Martin It is not a built-in thing...so you have to code it. Look up ARW_NEW and ARW_SETLOCATION . ps. it is a...

TJ

Hello,TJ, Thanks for the detailed suggestion:) I know what you mean buy write down the logic when I think. I have been scratching my head for the past 2 nights and sometimes I just cannot get it through. That's when experience counts I guess. thanks a lot! Justmake p.s.any tips for my question 2? D...

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Hello,talented programers, I tried to write code which suspend trading for a period of days (ex. 10days) after the sum of past 3 position loss is reaching -400. It acts like circuit break when there is a series loss, suspend for a while before entering new trades: But I have 2 questions: 1.how do i...

TJ

I can't seem to get QuoteManager to add many valid IB ETF symbols. It finds and adds FXI, but not ILF. It finds and adds EWC, but not EWZ. Since I can get it to add some symbols, I don't think I have made some stupid newbie mistake, but using the exact same procedures I can't get it to add at least...

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sharp eyes.
thanks for the debugging.

TJ

Hi, last year I tried Multicharts v5.5 then I shied away from purchasing it 'cause I thought the software had some lacks, but otherwise it is really great software. As v6 is out, I'd like to give it a try. Unfortunately, it seems like I cannot give it a try twice (v5.5 last year and v6 now). Can th...

TJ

you are a good programmer.
thanks for sharing.

TJ

The formula should be good I presume!

Thanks a lot TJ!

You are welcome.

TJ

there you go...

Relative Volatility Index

and

RVII function
(numeric, autodetect)

TJ

this is from my archive: // Type: Function, Name: VForce Vars: TSum(0), Trend(0), DM(0), CM(0); TSum = High + Low + Close; DM = High - low; IF TSum > TSum[1] Then Trend = 1 Else Trend = -1; IF Trend = Trend[1] Then CM = CM + Range Else CM = Range + Range[1]; IF CM <> 0 Then VForce = Volume * AbsValu...

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TWS now is informing me there's a new update. Dare I proceed and install the MC_IB updater? Is it all working fine with MC v6.1? Or should I wait for another one?

see this thread
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8187

TJ

For the IMI, I have coded it myself (it looks ok on a chart).
...

nice work.
thanks for sharing !

TJ

Thanks TJ

Work great.

The idea as not show to have any value in my system.
But, at least I'm gonna be a little less dummy when going to bed

Life is one step at a time.

TJ

Hi TJ Always there to remind us to be precise and accurate :). Very good point My Point or idea is: Within a predermined # of bars or time Top: two bars having the same high Buttom: two bars having the same low Martin Montreal, Canada try this for idea: var: double.top(false); double.top = (high = ...

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Hello Before a recreate the word, is there an existing function to detect a double or tripple top or buttom in price? Martin you have to first define your meaning of a "top". A top is a very general term, but in trading, it means different things to different people. a double top is simply my.top =...

TJ

Sorry for being stupid - but where do I find QuoteManager?

have you tried the [F1] key?

TJ

Interesting thought Geizer. I have since reinstalled MC from scratch and no longer have the problem with crashing (fingers crossed) but the feed does seem to stop on non-minute charts sometime during every night. If I relaunch MC then the space is back-filled. I only have 6 charts up using 2 symbol...

TJ

Is there any reason you want to initialize the BBFlag to True?

TJ

you can give this a try:

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Input:

look.back(5);



var:

my.high(0);



my.high = highest( high, look.back);





if h > my.high[1] then

sellshort ("SS") next bar at market;

the optimizer will let you run through the "look.back" period to see which is the optimal value.

TJ

Hello TJ, Sorry for my english! Not easy to explain it being froggy ;) High/Top as I thought => Higher than all the highs on a definite period after my buy signal ( or the first higher after my buy signal, like a peak on Metastock). -- Laurent Your English is fine. If you are concerned, you can alw...

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Hi, I want to optimize a trading system to find its best settings. I need your help for a part of the code ;-) Let's take a simple example: I have an indicator which give good buy signals. I want to find best settings to use it. I would like to create an indicator which sell every high/top after I ...

TJ

MultiCharts is fully aware of the TWS-IB connection status.
You can see this real time in QuoteManager Event Log.

ie. The alarm is not a bad idea for a feature request.

TJ

Hello Did post a similar post on Forex Factorie. Please excuse any duplication. Is it possible to have an alarm to be set if connection between MC and my broker IB (IB Gateway) is broken. Having that would put some peace of mind. As usual, any input or idea appreciate. Martin there are 2 connection...

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CrazyNasdaq and Nick/BlowFish: Good work! Many thanks for your tireless detective efforts.

TJ

We're getting closer!!! Thanks for that tip TJ. That will come in very handy in setting up fixed trading days and hours for each currency pair. The thing that is really confusing me is the concept of "exchange time"/"timezone" for each currency pair I trade. eg. I am going to be trading EUR/USD and...

TJ

Please forgive me the dumb question.

But how does one retrieve the free quotes (once a day), anyway?

I am not sure if I understand you.
The quotes are retrieved when you open the chart.
Can you elaborate a bit if this is not what you are looking for?

TJ

you can use View> Reload to update the chart.

TJ

Hi The only way I can make the updates on free quotes work is if delete all symbols in quote manager and re-enters them all over. I am following 50 symbols so this is a very time consuming process- Is there another way to do this ??. Other vendors has a manual update function that can be activated ...

TJ

or,

you can create a Custom Session Template in QuoteManager...
then load the chart with that session template.

TJ

Hi All, I am wanting to set my trading systems to only take trades during the london and american sessions. How do I go about doing this? The TS Technologies EasyLanguage Reference Guide Chapter 2. The Basic EasyLanguage Elements Manipulating Dates and Times... pg 19 Example: For example, you can w...

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Will this MC DT version be the final one? Meaning, after the release of the final version of MC 7, MC DT will see also a final version, or this alpha version is the final one? regards "Alpha" means "First Cut". ie. unrefined, unproven, unpolished... incomplete, but ready for testing. "Beta" testing...

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MultiCharts saves the quotes to database when you exit the program.

TJ

Thanks a lot guys. Will do no problem. Appreciate you pointing me in the right direction I am a coding dummy.

Cheers

You are welcome.

TJ

Hi - I found this code on the web but can't get it to compile without errors; ... 1. In the future, please use the code tag to wrap around the code. It makes reading the code easier. (I have done it for you this time.) 2. In the future, please copy and paste the error message, so that people know w...

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Hello -- Can Multicharts be configured so that the application itself runs off, say, drive c:, while associated data is written to and read from, say, drive d:? If so, how does one so this? Thanks! it can, though not recommended. Because every time you upgrade, you might run into problems. do a sea...

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Dear Spaceant,

Yes, it is possible. Here is an example of the code:

if time > 1230 then plot1(close);

It doesn't plot suppress the plot when time < 1230. Why is that?

what is your plot style? line? point? histogram?
are you plotting on main chart? or subchart?
can you post a sample?

TJ

Here is a huge collection:

http://forexforums.dailyfx.com/free-str ... -data.html

Once unzipped, the data may be imported directly.

It is free, and (at lease the majors are) of reasonable quality.

TJ

http://ratedata.gaincapital.com FX-Tick data or http://global.fxdd.com/de/mt1m-data.html import it to MT4 and convert/export it to .csv You have to use the new version of Excel and not OpenOffice since the old Excel and OO have the limitation of 65k lines. In this way you get M1 data which you ask ...

TJ

Hi - Can someone tell me how to change the MACD settings to make them Volume Weighted moving averages instead of exponential? I am using MC 6.1.

Thanks for the help.

Cheers

Do you have the formula for Volume Weighted moving average?

TJ

Hello I want to test my stategy over an un-seen data collection. I'm trying to source 1 minute data on EurUsd previous than January 2010. I did find 1 week data from Dukascopy,com, But it is difficult to work with many 1 week file. Any suggestion where i could get historical quote for a whole year....

TJ

often we spend uncountable time and energy
looking for a silver bullet that could solve a problem.

often, all it takes is 2 simple aspirins.

TJ

TJ, :) That could be a solution, but price may rebounce on a pivot low that is not the lowest pivot low of a given period. My setup is strict and it is call a Fake Out: maybe i did not explain it well. Go long if price go below a previous pivot low. That is not The lowest pivot low, just a previous...

TJ

let me give you an overly simplified example...

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pivot.low = lowest( low, 20);

or you can look at some complicated and sophisticated examples...
in your PLEditor, look for function names starting with
pivot***
swing***

TJ

Hello TJ ... Whit my limited knowledge of Multicharts, I just can't figure how to code it. I will look again around the pivot. What i need to know is the price of a previous pivot low, but we could see many pivot low between these bars. How to discriminate out of the pivot low, the lowest pivot tha...

TJ

I have given it a try and it works. you can do this: add this indicator... plot1(h, "h"); plot2(l, "l"); plot3(c, "c"); set it up as invisible plot, with the markers checked. http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/download/file.php?id=3338 the chart should look like this: http://www.multicharts.com/d...

TJ

Thanks, TJ. Is there a finder's fee?

HA!

virginiatrader

which MC version you are using?

you can go to Help> About MultiCharts...
then copy and paste the version number here.

TJ

TJ

here are my thoughts...

TJ

TJ: Thanks muchly, but that seems to apply to the marker(s) on chart studies...MAs, RSI, etc. The markers I would like to modify are on the price itself, move up and down on the Y-axis, and change to the color of the up-bar or down-bar. I think you have just discovered a bug... Candle style does no...

TJ

there is a work around.

see attached.

TJ

... Do you know a workaround for the openentry? Do I really need one tickprice which is the same as the openprice and tell MC to go intrabar? as OOHLC just to open at the second Openprice? I just hoped that there is some secret code just for backtests which is not documented since this code can not...

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... There has to be a way just to tell MC to go long with the openprice and close the position with the closeprice. Even Excel can do that . .... Because Excel is NOT a trading program. A trading program must work within the confines of reality... ie. execute sequenced events dictated by time and p...

TJ

Normally Autotrades are calculated once per bar, at EOB (end of bar). If intrabarordergeneration is enabled, calculation will be done every tick. You cannot buy THIS BAR AT OPEN ... think about this sequentially: You will need the opening tick to trigger the OPEN event , by the time the opening tick...

TJ

Hi, I wanted to backtest an idea but the entry is calculated on the openprice and an immediate entry (at open) when certain criteria is confirmed. The exit would be the close of that same bar (close). I can close the order with the command “sell this bar on close”. The only way to open an order acc...

TJ

Made some small modifications:

Added or changed for MC: TextLocation, Automatic Decimals, Block Alert as border, TextSize

nice code
thanks for sharing

one suggestion:
you can simplify the auto-decimal with this code:

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MyDecimalPlaces = Log(PriceScale) / Log(10) ;

TJ

Hello I just read in IB document that we can send a Stop Limit Order If I understand well: The stop will triggerd the lookout for the limit Price. This way, i could limit my slippage If my understanding is ok, how do I code that? Martin Stop Limit orders will be supported in MultiCharts 7 a syntax ...

TJ

Hi, here is s study of Fibonacci Channels. You draw a trend line and the code will construct a parallel so you have a trend channel. Afterwards it will divide the Channel and will draw parallel lines based on the ratios you select (e.g. Fibonacci numbers). Unfortunately this works well in TS2ki but...

TJ

+1

I would also like to get the ID that created the text
(I mean the ID name, not just the ID number)

TJ

I should caution people that this is not accurate due to possible race conditions in MC, I uploaded the indicator under the name 'BlowFish' at traderslaboratory. Hopefully this will be sorted out in version 7.0, it is being discussed on the main forum right now. can you elaborate? maybe with some i...

TJ

Hi. ... I twisted a bit the initial study, and I wanted to be able to plot on the bar chart the price range when MACD is above and below zero line. Unfortunately is a bit more complicated than that. If I wanted the range to be plotted just on the current bar I could also done this: .... the pot thi...

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Hi. ... I just want to be able to see the price range for each MACD side plotted once. Each new bar for the MACD side the text will plot the price range made so far. ... if you write out your thoughts... one line at a time, one action per line... (as if you were teaching a little kid how to draw) y...

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Is there a way to sum code together that comes up every time? Something like: #xxxpla: begin Print(“ this is good”); Print(“this is bad”); Buy this bar on close; var0=var0+1; End; And everytime I use the key “xxxpla” the code from begin to end will replace that. something like define or replacement...

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Hello TJ Thank. What i was looking was a way to code for period when i should nolook to be in trade. That was my first code that i create in MC Here is the code Be indulgent as i don't qualify as a professional hehe! ... Nice code. Thanks for sharing. As in any technical analysis, it is important t...

TJ

Thank you TJ,

no, I mean post a "Thank You" at that thread...
once you posted something there, the thread will then become "read".

TJ

This thread is always showing new messages when there are not.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8112
"Mark forums read" doesn't do anything.

maybe the thread is waiting for you to say "thank you".

TJ

There are developments in the future to connect to this platform?
Thanks

you can make a feature request here:
https://www.multicharts.com/pm/

TJ

you have a missmatched BEGIN/END pay attention to how I format the code, you can easily match the BEGIN with a corresponding END . If Close > UpperBand then Begin If PowerTrendL then Begin WaitTouchMidLineL= True; // A P.trend MessageString = MessageString + "// Wait to touch the mid Line "; end els...

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I can’t believe it. It really works.
TJ thank you sooo much… I have been working at this problem for a while now and even developed workarounds.
You are definitely working too hard - Sundays and holydays. I didn’t expect an answer so soon.

You are welcome.

I am glad it works.

TJ

...can you still use “ low [1] “ to refer to the last bar’s low? I'd really appreciate it if anybody has a clean, easy way to accomplish this. Thanks in advance for the guidance. with intrabar order generation , 1. the bar reference " [1] " remains the same. 2. the only change is order next bar wil...

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Yes, with time. The problem is that we, the ones with no programming skills, we don't deal with programming language on a daily basis, and this can be deadly when you are learning, because you tend to forget stuff if you stay a way from it for to long :( Also, one of the things manuals lack is a co...

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Hi, I am a little desperate right now. I am working since a week on this problem and cant finde a solution. I put on a chart with Data1 = M1 (minute) Data2= D1 (daily) I just want to have the daily DMI (data2). It doesn’t matter which stock Code: variables: dplus(0), dminus(0); dplus=DMIPlusCustom(...

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Finally!

Congratulations !

Why such simple things takes ages to be understood

There is a first time for everything.
It will be faster next time.

TJ

close only

Historical Futures Data
http://wikiposit.org/p?futures

TJ

.... As usual, I'm missing something. Regards, Fernando my suggestions: before you start writing a single line of code, always start by: 1. WRITING DOWN what you want to achieve (in signals as well as in benefits) 2. draw a mock up diagram/chart of how the indicator would look like (with lines and ...

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... Another strange reaction is although I'm requesting to count the up bars, above zero, it actually counts the down bars, below zero. ... As usual, I'm missing something. Regards, Fernando because when downCount = true you DID NOT tell the computer that upcount is now FALSE . thus the computer ke...

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I would like to be able to calculate time in seconds from the current time to x bars back- where x bars may have occurred on a previous day. I am using range bars. TimeToSeconds(time_s)-TimeToSeconds(time_s[xbars]) Is there a function that gives cumulative seconds from one session to another. "Time...

TJ

Hi guys. Can you help me here? This a simple study that counts how many bars, in this case, MACD, fills above and below zero line. The problem is that the counter starts always at 1 and never at zero . I can't understand why. I'm starting the count at zero everytime the bars crosses zero line. ... ...

TJ

You need to write down your logic in even greater detail.

maybe you can consider:

Code: Select all

if RSI(c,7)[1] < 30 and RSI(c,7) > 30 then...

TJ

Hello, ... Regarding recording of data, I am also wondering if it is possible to change the path of where this should be recorded to? Like in a .ini file or in the Windows Registry. Thanks, Laurentius it is possible. the instructions are posted in one of the threads, you can search for it. But I wo...

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Hello Simple question, but just can't figure how to do it Using the RSI indicator, we could see that the region of validation is in blue. Now, how do I code to read it? Reading the RSI value does not tell if the region is valid or not Any help appreciated Martin I am not sure if I understand you fu...

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TJ i don't understand the modification that u did at original code on Trsor , the code of dbtina vwap_H, could u exaplin please? you need to learn to walk before run. I would suggest you to go through this ebook first: Getting Started with EasyLanguage https://www.multicharts.com/multicharts/help/d...

TJ

2 years of ES tick data

see bottom right column

http://exceltrader.net/

TJ

does your indicator have a large array? It can take up a lot of memory space.

if the problem persists, you should contact tech support through live chat.

TJ

Hello I'm working om my signal program since 2 weeks and i got this message this afternoon Message:Error in Study: (name of my study" :: STD exeption: Not enought memory Dont know why. I got 6 gig of ram Martin MultiCharts is a 32 bit program, as such, it can only access ~2 GB of memory space. How ...

TJ

I did all the suggestions. It still doesn't work I get this message: Data request for DAX DTB FUT 1 Minute Ask [ 01/08/2011 17:32:00 - 01/12/2011 17:31:00 ] (Id= 1000080) [01/12/2011 18:31:18] TWS error message: Id= 1000080; code= 200; description= No security definition has been found for the requ...

TJ

did you use QM >Add Symbol >From Data Source ?

suggestion: delete the symbol from QM and add again.

TJ

TJ, thank you again. Unfortunately - after serious examiniation - your last suggestion also did not work. The reason for this is the same I mentioned before: with IOG = true all vars are reset to their initial value tick by tick. So you may assign the latest close price to the variable Exit_Price b...

TJ

Thank u TJ!
Do u know a way to have free streaming quote, like DAX or SP500?
I set email alert on daily data on 3/4 indexes, it will be dumb to pay 50$ to pay for it.

Thank you.

you can submit a feature request here:
https://www.multicharts.com/pm/about.php

TJ

Most free quotes are not streaming data feeds.
The charts will not update by itself even if you leave the computer on all day.

You'd need to reload the charts to get new data.

TJ

Hi, I'm evaluating MC and I have some doubts about the use of volumes in powerlanguage. Data Supplier is Zen Fire trial, in this very moment I see volumes are 64554(InteractiveB), building a 1 minute chart using builvolumeon tick I got a cumulative volume of 14033, building the same chart but using...

TJ

Hello, Does anyone have a count down indicator for point/range instead of time or ticks? Something that can be shown on the charts say in an upper corner out of the way would be ideal. Thank you for any and all help. someone asked the same question a few weeks ago (maybe a couple of months ago?). H...

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I get wrong volume charts with ZenFire. On a chart with 10000 Contracts Bars i get 57 bars instead of 27 for the NQH1 with a traded volume of 279363 contracts for the whole day. that's strange. maybe the volume is for RTH only? can you put the volume indicator on the chart to see how many contracts...

TJ

That was meant to be function b.
I just see, there is no result. Adding to the end of the code
LOCGetShareFunc=RiskShares;
Does not change the compiling issue.

Locust.

then you have save function "b" with the name "LOCGetShareFunc".

TJ

you are missing this function -- LOCGetSharesFunc

I don't think function "b" is needed.

TJ

>Found this ela Strategy in a book and can not compile it. where did you find it? what is the name? what does it do? any descriptions will help save a lot of time beating around the bush in the dark. please copy and paste the error message. ps: pls enclose the code with code tag. the code tag button...

TJ

Hi TJ, From example, there are 10 ticks have the same time stamp of 15:00:00. If I want to plot the text on each of the tick bar, the TEXT_NEW_S cannot locate the exact bar I want to plot. TS's EasyLanguage can do analysis down to the minute level. MultiCharts' PowerLanguage can do analysis down to...

TJ

The Text_New_s cannot be applied for tick bar because there are many tick bars has the same time. Is there any plan for adding "Text_New_Bar" function for each bar?

you have to use TIME_S with TEXT_NEW_S.

you can post your code if you need help programming.

TJ

Thank you Rommi , TJ

Rommi, I succedded with your suggestion. I missed the dummy value provided by Value1.

I will work arround this solution

To both of you, My best wish for the New Year, Happy trading time

Martin

Thank you and you are welcome.
Best wishes to you too.

TJ

It would be nice if more than one attachment was allowed per post.

you can do it.
just press "Preview"... and continue to attach.

TJ

Something that I dont understand

How could I get a function to return two value. In the exemple, how do I return the value of Out1, Out2 to the caller

go look at the stochastic code for example.

TJ

Thanks for your reply but unfortunately your suggested code led to crashes of MC (maybe forced by a loop within the code) - saw this never before. Nevertheless this code would keep my problem of changing the value of Exit_Price on every new tick. This is what I meant with "until a new tick occurs"....

TJ

Thank you for your effort to understand. Hope the following makes it clear: ... ... (is does not matter that it is traded a few seconds before – what matters is that it is the last traded price at 200000).... Many thanks again. WOW WOW WOW... hold the water... that's a whole new different explanati...

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C:\Users\pcbigfan>tracert -d prod.openecry.com Tracing route to prod.openecry.com [74.201.3.43] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1 2 19 ms 19 ms 18 ms 213.205.24.96 3 19 ms 18 ms 19 ms 213.205.28.33 4 19 ms 19 ms 19 ms 213.205.25.17 5 26 ms 26 ms 26 ms 94.32.135.105 6 26 ms ...

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i write the server

prod.openecry.com
9200

Openecry is a retail broker, I am not sure if they can handle HFT. You should give them a call to find out.

TJ

Is it possible built an indicator that tell my the velocity of my ping and how many hops, from the brokers? no ANd from my pc to the exchange how many? no TJ are u able to buuild one inìdicator that gives us these information? what for? I ask now at it department they give me a command traceroute.....

TJ

try starting PLEditor as administrator.

also try turning off the User Account Control.
>control panel >user control

TJ

ps. Big Mike has a version of SuperTrend that does not use jtHMA.

TJ

this is the jtHMA function that I have. you can compare it with yours {jtHMA - Hull Moving Average Function} {Author: Atavachron} {May 2005} Inputs: price(NumericSeries), length(NumericSimple); Vars: halvedLength(0), sqrRootLength(0); { Original equation is: --------------------- waverage(2*waverage...

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Hi TJ, HFT i mean order send by microseconds. I see that crazynasdaq bult 2 indicator that show when HFT orders are send to the markets. By the logic of rhese indicator could we also send hft orders? MultiCharts' PowerLanguage can do analysis down to the seconds level, but not sub-seconds . What is...

TJ

Thanks for your reply but ...

... This is what I meant with "until a new tick occurs"...

Many thanks in advance.

still don't understand what you want.

you need to make some illustrations,
maybe with a series of charts to show time/tick changes,
maybe with a Time and Sales table...

TJ

Is it possible do HFT by multicharts like big Hedge??!!

can you define your HFT?

TJ

How to catch and hold a price at a certain time if IOG is true? The following code holds Exit_Price = 0 if no tick closes exactly at 200000. If a tick occurs – by accident – at 200000 Exit_Price holds the close of that tick until a new tick occurs . Exit_Price is then reset to 0. not sure what you ...

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so WITH THIS INDICATOR COULD U FIND hft? This indicator is not designed to identify HFT, it's only a numerical expression of Volume profile, very accurate ( 1 tick accurate). HFT with this indicator doesn't matter at all You are searching here something different from what I've posted here I can se...

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Happy holidays to everyone... no matter your religious persuasion.

I wish 2011 will be a prosperous year for you.
But more importantly, a healthy and safe year for you and your loved ones.

Joyeux Noël et le meilleur de chance dans 2011 !

Best Regards
TJ

TJ

Your faster than MC staff..... hehe! I was suppose to receive an answer toomorow

Best wish for this Christmass time and the new year

Martin

Thank you and you are welcome.

please note my edited answer above.

TJ

Hello Is there a function to return the highest value over variables Highest function is refering to the high of a bar series. I'm looking for the greteast value over a collection of variables Martin a collection of variables is different from a variables series . for a collection of variables: max...

TJ

SUPER,

Thanks for your code.
However, if there is no new tick or new trade near the closing time, how can the system close automatically?

Some (most) brokers require the last order to be submitted 3 minutes before close.
Please check with your broker for this requirement.

TJ

are you using Intra-bar Order Generation?

TJ

I've noticed that when using automated strategies using Line Break or Kagi charts, there is a great discrepancy between realtime and backtested results. For example, the number of trades is substantially different. I understand the difference between realtime and backtesting. But I'm surprised at t...

TJ

Symbol Format
http://forums.zen-fire.com/wiki/Symbology

TJ

so to be clear - will this work?
.. D1= daily data and D2 = 1 minute data
If close >Average(close,10) then Buy 1 contract next bar at opend(0) of data2+
.5*Avgtruerange(20) stop;

TJ

so to be clear - will this work?
.. D1= daily data and D2 = 1 minute data
If close >Average(close,10) then Buy 1 contract next bar at opend(0) of data2+
.5*Avgtruerange(20) stop;

no

autotrade only executes on data1.

TJ

I want to use open next bar +- to enter and exit the market. That means I need to convert a normal daily bar chart and .... Is the easiest way to just stick with a daily chart and add a new data series = the 1 minute chart and substitute "open next bar" with opend(0) of data2 ?? Will that work? the...

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TJ, Thanks a lot. I did try the first option but it meant that everytime I had to change the settings. I tried the script as well but I was typing ELDATE instead of DATE and therefore was not getting the result I was looking for. Thanks a lot, everything seems working now. It is much appreciated. R...

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TJ, then when I automate a TS with real time data and TS put one stop order (buy at h+minmove stop) what happen? To me sometime works an the order is execute after the price go over h+minmove, somtime the order i sexecute at h... I come from TS 2000i and this is the first time I work in real time.....

TJ

... Is this enough info to come up with some possible causes?

no

TJ

Ok, but whe I put BuY at h+minmove stop MC send the oredr when the price touch h. Therefore MC support stop order, but not correctly! Right? On backtest without using Bar Magnifier , the BUY is executed at HIGH, and SELL is executed at LOW. For more information on programming autotrade and backtest...

TJ

Thanks for your help - I ended up creating a unique symbol just for this ASCII data and it looks like the Quote Manager assembled everything cleanly as you described.

One more reason why MultiCharts is very cool - thanks!

you are welcome

TJ

When marketposition=0

then stop limit order, correct?

STOP-LIMIT orders are not supported yet.

see this thread for answer.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7999

TJ

InteractiveBrokers have a highly customizable DOM.
You can change the button function, color, wording on the button, number of buttons, what is on the attached quote panel, details in the trade panel, PnL, etc.,

TJ

Hi Everyone, Just joined the discussion forum and a new user of MC. I have been fiddling with some of the scripts in order to limit the scope of the studies, for example to carry out the study from 2001 onwards. Unfortunately it does not seem to be responding to the changes I am making. Is there an...

TJ

I guess my question is how does QM know that the two files are related? thanks for your help. If you are importing the data into the same symbol, all the data will be associated with that symbol, and all the data will be arranged by the time stamp. any duplicate time stamps will be overwritten by t...

TJ

Yes, they are ASCII files. How will the QM "know" that they should be appended? Do I have to designate something when I "map to ascii" or do I do an "import" instead?
As you can tell, I am new to this.
thanks!

QM arranges the data by time stamp.

or,
you can merge the files before import.

TJ

I have some 1 minute bar data for a commodity that goes back several years. The data is so large, in fact, that it had to be broken up into 2 data files to send it via email. Is there an easy way in MultiCharts to "paste" those two files together so that they are 1 continuous chart on the screen? a...

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buy n contract next bar at H+MinMove stop;

sell short n contract next bar at L-MinMove stop;

thanks

do you intend it as a STOP-LOSS order? or STOP-LIMIT order?

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