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==Strategy Trades==
===Applying signals===
Please make sure you have applied at least 1 signal to the chart and it is turned on in order to make backtesting or auto-trading possible:
# '''Right-Click''' on the chart,
# '''Format Signals''':
#* If '''Format Signals''' is grayed out, it means no signals are currently applied to the chart to generate orders. [[Using Studies#Inserting Studies| '''Add signals''']] to the chart.
#* If '''Format Signals''' is available, click it to see the list of applied signals to the chart. Make sure at least 1 signal [[Using Studies#Turning Studies Off and On| '''is ON''']].
# Click '''OK'''.
==="Error", "No" or "Unverified" for a signal in the Status in Format Signals window===
Follow the next steps exactly as they are described:
# '''Close''' all MultiCharts parts and make sure all [[MultiCharts Processes]] are ended in Windows Task Manager,
# Launch only MultiCharts,
# '''Open''' the workspace where the problematic signals are applied to charts,
# '''File''' -> '''New''' -> '''PowerLanguage Editor''',
# PowerLanguage Editor: '''File''' -> '''Open''' -> '''select''' your signal -> '''Ok''',
# Click '''Compile''' button (if it is grayed out, add a space anywhere to the script of the opened signal and then click Compile button),
#* If it is not compiled, debug the script,
#* If it is compiled successfully, go back to MultiCharts,
# MultiCharts: '''right-click''' on the chart, where the signal is applied to,
# '''Format Signals''',
# '''Select''' the signal,
# Turn it off first by clicking on '''Status''' button,
# Turn it on by clicking on '''Status''' button again.
===Strategy is constantly "calculating" in status line===
Each signal code requires at least 1 bar to be calculated on it before it can place an order. For signals, the number of bars a code should be calculated on before it can place an order is defined by [[Strategy Properties#Setting Maximum Bars Back| Maximum number of bars a study will reference (MaxBarsBack) in Strategy Properties]]. The indication that the MaxBarsBack value or the number of bars on chart should be changed is '''calculating...''' in the Status Line of the chart. In order to see this. make sure your Status Line is configured correctly:
# '''Right-Click''' on the chart,
# '''Format Window''',
# '''Status Line''' tab,
# Make sure '''Enable Status Line''' box is checked,
# Scroll down the list of items for status line and make sure the '''Study''' box is checked,
# Click '''OK'''.
If there is no '''calculating...''' in the status line after that, this is not the reason of the absence of strategy-generated orders on chart.
===
===Applying signals===
Please make sure you have applied at least 1 signal to the chart and it is turned on in order to make backtesting or auto-trading possible:
# '''Right-Click''' on the chart,
# '''Format Signals''':
#* If '''Format Signals''' is grayed out, it means no signals are currently applied to the chart to generate orders. [[Using Studies#Inserting Studies| '''Add signals''']] to the chart.
#* If '''Format Signals''' is available, click it to see the list of applied signals to the chart. Make sure at least 1 signal [[Using Studies#Turning Studies Off and On| '''is ON''']].
# Click '''OK'''.
==="Error", "No" or "Unverified" for a signal in the Status in Format Signals window===
Follow the next steps exactly as they are described:
# '''Close''' all MultiCharts parts and make sure all [[MultiCharts Processes]] are ended in Windows Task Manager,
# Launch only MultiCharts,
# '''Open''' the workspace where the problematic signals are applied to charts,
# '''File''' -> '''New''' -> '''PowerLanguage Editor''',
# PowerLanguage Editor: '''File''' -> '''Open''' -> '''select''' your signal -> '''Ok''',
# Click '''Compile''' button (if it is grayed out, add a space anywhere to the script of the opened signal and then click Compile button),
#* If it is not compiled, debug the script,
#* If it is compiled successfully, go back to MultiCharts,
# MultiCharts: '''right-click''' on the chart, where the signal is applied to,
# '''Format Signals''',
# '''Select''' the signal,
# Turn it off first by clicking on '''Status''' button,
# Turn it on by clicking on '''Status''' button again.
===Strategy is constantly "calculating" in status line===
Each signal code requires at least 1 bar to be calculated on it before it can place an order. For signals, the number of bars a code should be calculated on before it can place an order is defined by [[Strategy Properties#Setting Maximum Bars Back| Maximum number of bars a study will reference (MaxBarsBack) in Strategy Properties]]. The indication that the MaxBarsBack value or the number of bars on chart should be changed is '''calculating...''' in the Status Line of the chart. In order to see this. make sure your Status Line is configured correctly:
# '''Right-Click''' on the chart,
# '''Format Window''',
# '''Status Line''' tab,
# Make sure '''Enable Status Line''' box is checked,
# Scroll down the list of items for status line and make sure the '''Study''' box is checked,
# Click '''OK'''.
If there is no '''calculating...''' in the status line after that, this is not the reason of the absence of strategy-generated orders on chart.
===
