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So I'm running the trial of MultiCharts and feel handicapped because I can't make it do the simplest thing. I'm trying to get it to view historical tick data without a live feed.
I imported some ES tick data (thanks to puppyeye and Big Mike) with the Quote Manager and cannot get it to display in a chart window.
Imported data would require the ASCII mapping selection. Your screen shot shows one tab to the right of where you choose the instrument, but based on the title of the chart window, you selected eSignal when you should be selecting ASCII mapping.
Basically:
1. Create new symbol in Quote Manager.
2. Choose ASCII Mapping for Data Source.
3. Import data to new symbol.
4. New Chart in MultiCharts, data source = ASCII Mapping.
I am finding that optimization takes FOREVER on just 1 day of tick data. I'm running on a quad core with 4gb of RAM. Is this normal? How much data do you use when optimizing?
I optimize usually over 2 years of tick data. Usually I can let it run for just a few minutes to get a very good idea of the result of the strategy (just need 10% or so). Check your code, some indicators are very resource hungry (like the Phased moving average for instance).
Has anyone had any success with multiple timeframes? I can get two timeframes and get the signals to reference from the correct timeframe. But I can't get the orders to operate on the correct timeframe. Especially, I want the stops to be processed on the lower time frame because of the next bar clause:
