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:1. ==== Confirmations Settings ====Select to '''Require require confirmation for'''for
:2. ==== Exit Strategies Average Open Position Price ====Select the source of the average entry price for manual exit strategies in '''Exit Strategies Average Open Position Price''':
:3. Select the '''==== Exit Strategies Mode''':====
:4. '''==== Price Order Emulation''' - since '''====Since MultiCharts 12''' it is possible to switch between native and emulated Stop, Limit and Stop-Limit orders in both auto trading and manual trading. <br><div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">This feature requires realtime real-time data subscription on your broker account. </div> From the dropdown list next to the corresponding order type<br> Select '''Emulate locally using Bid/Ask''' or '''Emulate locally using Trade''' to enable the Stop, Limit or Stop-Limit order emulation for manual trading <br>Select '''Use native''' if using price order emulation is undesirable.<br> <div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">To apply the changes, disconnect and reconnect the broker profile.</div> When a '''Stop/Limit ''' order is emulated - once the Stop/Limit price level is reached by the corresponding Ask/Bid or Trade prices, a market/limit order is sent to the broker correspondingly. <br>When a '''Stop-Limit ''' order is emulated - once the Stop price level is reached by the corresponding Ask/Bid or Trade prices, a Limit order is sent to the broker. In case <br>When Stop, Limit and/or Stop-Limit order emulation is enabled - the emulated OCO group is used, disregard regardless of the broker profile/autotrading auto trading broker plugin plug-in settings.
To enable the Stop, Limit or Stop-Limit order emulation for manual trading select ==== Additional Options ====Check '''Emulate locally using Bid/Ask500 ms delay to avoid double clicking''' or to avoid accidentally placing unnecessary orders.Check '''Emulate locally using TradeShow sleep/hibernation mode warning''' from the dropdown list next to see the corresponding order typewarning when a broker profile is connected. Leave the settings to Check '''Use nativeShow warning when switching to the Risk Management mode''' if using price order emulation is undesirable.In order to apply get the changes one needs to disconnect the broker profile and reconnect itcorresponding warning.
To access the Preferences window, please go to in the main MultiCharts menu click File menu and then select -> Preferences... <br>The window can also be opened by using ALT+F, +F keyboard shortcut sequence.
== Workspaces ==
Workspaces preferences settings determine which workspaces, if any, will be opened on application startup, whether changes to workspaces will be saved on application exit, and if a confirmation prompt will appear when Chart/Scanner Windows are closed.
In the '''On start''' section select :
:* Open last active workspace from previous session
:* Check '''Run wizard''' to open Wizard on software startup
In the '''All workspaces''' section check :
:* '''Skip the confirmation when closing windows'''. The confirmation window will not appear when the window is closed.
:* '''Skip the confirmation when exiting the application'''. The confirmation window will not appear when the application is closed.
:* '''Store optimization reports within workspaces to save report with a workspace (file size will be increased'''); clear . Clear it not to save report with a workspace.:* '''Keep the reports from previous optimizations to keep the previous reports'''. When this option is unchecked, the previous reports will be deleted on start of the next optimization, as well as the unsaved reports on close of the workspace.
In the '''On exit''' section select :
:* Save the changes on all workspaces
Data Server Mode settings affect the whole software (MultiCharts, Portfolio Trader and QuoteManager). This setting determines whether the software has access to real-time data from a data provider server or it is limited to use only the data that is already stored in the database.
:* Select '''Online''' to switch software to online mode and get access to data from data vendor servers.<br>:* Check '''Download missing historical data''' to download the missing historical data from a data provider; clear the checkbox to work only with real-time data and locally stored data (no historical backfill from data vendor).<br>:* Check '''Save real-time minute bars to the database''' to save real-time data. If a data vendor provides historical minute data, the feature is not enabled by default and real-time minute data is not saved in the database. <br><div style="background-color: #E5F6FF;"> Next two options are available in MultiCharts 15 Open Beta. </div>Check '''Collect data when QuoteManager is closed''' to collect data even when the QuoteManager window is not running. If any data collecting task is in progress, data will be downloaded until computer shutdown.<br>Check '''Collect data immediately after login''' to launch downloading once you enter the system.<br><div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Note:''' Remember password and Remember my choice options should be enabled in MultiCharts License Manager and Login window.</div>:* Select '''Offline''' to work only with historical data that is already saved in the database. No additional data will be requested from the data provider in this case.<br>:* To show the Data tab on start, check the '''Show this window on start''' checkbox; clear the checkbox not to display it.<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Note''': In order to switch between the modes or turn on/off the "Download missing historical data" box, all workspaces should be closed in all instances of MultiCharts, forward-testing and autotrading auto trading should be stopped in Portfolio Trader and QuoteManager should be exited, [[Forex_Board#Forex_Board_Service_Window|Forex Board service window]] should be dectivated and , [[Pre-Scanning_and_Watchlist#Scanner_service_window|service Scannerscanner]] should be cleared of all symbols (or also deactivated)and all the Data Collecting tasks should be finished. </div>
To learn how this page affects data collected in MultiCharts, please read [[Collecting and Saving Data to MultiCharts Database|this article]].
* Set '''Currency request timeout''' parameter to specify the time value for accessing the Currency Conversion Server. Select the value between 30 and 120 seconds. The default value is 30.
* Enable '''Allow calculation if currency conversion data is incomplete''' checkbox to retain auto-trading and calculate the signals with the previously received currency conversion data, in case Currency Conversion server cannot be accessed at that moment.
* Select the '''Data source''' that will be used for currency conversion from the drop-down list. Limited number of data feeds can be used efficiently for currency conversion (Interactive Brokers, LMAX, MCFX), as they provide continuous Daily Bid Forex historical data.
'''Possible Issues'''
The message '''“Cannot access Currency Conversion server. Calculation will be stopped.”''' is displayed in case the Currency Conversion server cannot be accessed within the specified timeout. This message indicates that the signal calculation will be stopped as there is no data for conversion. Therefore, the signal will be turned off and auto-trading will be disabled. To avoid this, check the box '''Allow calculation if currency conversion data is incomplete'''.
== Trading ==
===General===
# Select '''Show Error pop-up alert''' to enable alerting when any errors in MultiCharts working occur; clear the checkbox to disable alerting.
# Select '''Sound Alerts''' to enable alerting when a broker profile is connected/disconnected, position is opened/closed, an order is filled, cancelled, rejected; clear the checkbox to disable alerting. Affects both auto trading and manual trading.
===Manual Trading Options===
:* '''Orders (not applied to Trade Bar)''' to prompt for a confirmation when an order is placed manually on charts, in DOM and Forex Board. Doesn’t apply to orders placed from Trade Bar.
:* '''Close position command''' to prompt for a confirmation when a Close position command is used in the [[Order and Position Tracker]].:* '''Reverse position command''' to prompt for a confirmation when a Reverse position command is used in the [[Order and Position Tracker]].
:* '''Flatten Everything command''' to prompt for a confirmation when Flatten Everything command is used in the [[Order and Position Tracker]].
:* '''Orders placed/cancelled by the keyboard shortcuts''' to prompt for a confirmation when an order is placed/cancelled using keyboard shortcuts; clear the box to avoid confirmation.
:* received from broker;
:* calculated based on order(s) execution price.
:* '''First to Position, then to Orders''' - this is a combination of the 2 modes described below. The first exit strategy order works according to “[[Preferences#All to Positions|All to Positions]]” mode logic, all other exit orders work according to “[[Preferences#All to Orders|All to Orders]]” mode logic.
:* '''All to Position''' - whenever an exit strategy is used (whether it is an auto-attached exit strategy or it was manually dragged and dropped it onto an open position on the chart), the number of contracts of the exit strategy always depends on number of contracts of current open position and the exit strategy can be cancelled or vice versa, not placed at all, if an open position is closed or there is possibility of overfill (it can be cancelled manually).
Similar to this case if you enter with an order + auto attached stop loss and then you place another order in opposite direction with attached profit target, the position will be closed, but both stop loss order and profit target orders will stay active, because they are not bound to open position in this mode. </div>
===Auto Trading Options===
