Hello,
I've been triyng to plot DAX and YM custom Futures charts. I has no problem up to resolution 1 day, but I have this error message when I try to plot a weekly chart :
"Custom Futures do not support resolutions higher than 1 day"
Such a limitation would be a non-sens for a great trading plateform as MC.
Can someone confirm me that this limitation does exist or help me to solve this pb ?
Many thnaks in advance,
Pascal
Custom Futures Limitation ?
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Re: Custom Futures Limitation ?
Dear pmat,
It's an architectural limitation - Custom Futures cannot be plotted in a resolution higher than one day. We may address it in the future, but it is very extensive - it would require us to basically make Custom Futures from scratch.
It's an architectural limitation - Custom Futures cannot be plotted in a resolution higher than one day. We may address it in the future, but it is very extensive - it would require us to basically make Custom Futures from scratch.
Re: Custom Futures Limitation ?
Hello again,
I followed the step by step procedure given in this forum in order to create the DAX Custom Futures, but I've got 3 problems :
1 - if I create a new symbol in the dictionnary under esignal (as it is specified in the procedure), I cannot chose it when I create the custom future (as my data provider is IB) ;
2 - on a daily chart, some days are duplicated (see attache picture) ;
3 - each time I load a chart with the custom future, I got messages asjing to add 2008 contracts (which I don't need and don't have !)
Many thanks in advance for your help.
I followed the step by step procedure given in this forum in order to create the DAX Custom Futures, but I've got 3 problems :
1 - if I create a new symbol in the dictionnary under esignal (as it is specified in the procedure), I cannot chose it when I create the custom future (as my data provider is IB) ;
2 - on a daily chart, some days are duplicated (see attache picture) ;
3 - each time I load a chart with the custom future, I got messages asjing to add 2008 contracts (which I don't need and don't have !)
Many thanks in advance for your help.
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Re: Custom Futures Limitation ?
This procedure is outdated - we will add a video with the proper procedure soon. We already added a dictionary for Interactive Brokers specifically.Hello again,
I followed the step by step procedure given in this forum in order to create the DAX Custom Futures, but I've got 3 problems :
1 - if I create a new symbol in the dictionnary under esignal (as it is specified in the procedure), I cannot chose it when I create the custom future (as my data provider is IB) ;
Make sure that when using daily bars you use only the DEFAULT session (i.e. don't go into your chart settings and choose a different session). Daily bars don't have determined start and end dates, except as specified by you. So, if you first ask for a daily bar from 2 am until 2 am, and then another one from 5 pm until 5 pm, you will have two daily bars for the same date - but one will be 2 until 2 and another will be 5 until 5. So, set the sessions as you wish in the QuoteManager, and keep the chart session settings at default to avoid double bars.2 - on a daily chart, some days are duplicated (see attache picture) ;
If you currently have double bars, delete the data, and reload it. This will leave only one daily bar version in your database.
3 - each time I load a chart with the custom future, I got messages asjing to add 2008 contracts (which I don't need and don't have !)
Don't worry about this message, it has been addressed.
Re: Custom Futures Limitation ?
Hello,
I managed to get proper Continuous Future for the DAX symbol.
I took note of the current limitation (no chart for resolution greater than daily).
So my question to my fellow traders out there : how do you manage to do some chart analysis on a weekly or monthly resolution ?
1 - you don't
2 - you do it with another tool / source of information (stockcharts...)
3 - you have a dataprovider which gives you a ready-to-use continuous contract that is seen by MC as a simple symbol.
4 - ...
I thank you all in advance for your answers.
Good trading day to all !
I managed to get proper Continuous Future for the DAX symbol.
I took note of the current limitation (no chart for resolution greater than daily).
So my question to my fellow traders out there : how do you manage to do some chart analysis on a weekly or monthly resolution ?
1 - you don't
2 - you do it with another tool / source of information (stockcharts...)
3 - you have a dataprovider which gives you a ready-to-use continuous contract that is seen by MC as a simple symbol.
4 - ...
I thank you all in advance for your answers.
Good trading day to all !