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Since '''MultiCharts 9Please make sure that your PC meets CQG requirements and technical specifications: http://www.0 Beta 1''' CQG connection no longer requires installing the API, as the API is now integrated into MultiChartscqg.com/Docs/CQGTraderSystemSpecs. pdf
Please If you need '''data''' from CQG data source, make sure that your PC meets you have [[CQG|'''CQG requirements and technical specifications: http://www.cqg.com/Docs/CQGTraderSystemSpecsdata feed''']] set up.pdf
# '''Authority''' :* Authorization section. <br> Enter '''Login''' and '''Password'''.:* Connectivity section.<br><div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">Make sure that the '''NoteServer Name''': By default demo mode is NOT turned oncorrect. Check <br> From the CQGT demo box to turn it on. Demo mode is drop-down list select '''required to be onSim''' for demo accounts. If you have a real Demo account, the box is '''required to be offLive'''for a Real account.</divbr># '''Custom''' should be selected only if you received specific settings and instructions from your broker.:*Default Order Settings''' section.<br> It is obligatory to specify an account in Account field to send orders to. Click '''Lookup''' button to get list of available accounts and select one of them. Select one of the available Time In Force order parameters.* '''DAY; or:''' <br> Order is canceled if it does not execute by the close of the trading day. Unless otherwise specified, every order is a Day order.* '''FOK (Fill or Kill Orders); or:''' <br>Specifying that the order must execute immediately and in its entirety, or be canceled.* '''GTC (Good-Till-Canceled); or:''' <br> Order will continue to work within the system and in the marketplace until it executes or is canceled. Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/aon.asp#ixzz22Dg5BBG7* '''IOC (Immediate-or-Cancel)''' <br> Any portion of an order that is not filled as soon as it becomes available in the market is canceled.<br><div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Note''': CQG software and MultiCharts should not be launched simultaneously.</div>
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== General Information ==
It is possible to use different accounts for getting data and trading.
In MultiCharts Main Menu go to Format and select Strategy Properties. Click Auto Trading tab and select CQG (see '''[[Auto Trading#Select Broker Plug-in|Auto trading settings]]''') then click Settings tab.<br>
In the '''Properties CQG''' window enter the information provided by CQG:
Select one of the available '''Time In Force''' order parameters.
:* '''DAY; or:''' <br> Order is canceled if it does not execute by the close of the trading day. Unless otherwise specified, every order is a Day order.
:* '''GTC (Good-Til-Cancelled); or:''' <br> Order will continue to work within the system and in the marketplace until it executes or is canceled.
:* '''FOK (Fill or Kill Orders); or:''' <br>Specifying that the order must execute immediately and in its entirety, or be canceled.
Enable '''Convert stop orders guaranteed to be executed to market orders''' checkbox if you want Stop orders to be converted into market when they are guaranteed to be executed.<br>
Enable '''Convert stop limit orders into limit orders if stop price is hit upon order placement''' checkbox if you want Stop-Limit orders to be converted into Limit when the stop price is reached when the order is placed.
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