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Forum: MultiCharts September 25th, 2012, 02:39 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 3,124
Posted By jdfagan
cross posted over on MC.NET forum

It seems one can now register with MC forums without need for license already. So I have cross-posted this thread over on the MC.NET forums. Hopefully will find an answer to my question between...
Forum: MultiCharts September 23rd, 2012, 11:21 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 3,124
Posted By jdfagan
rotational trading strategy with MC.NET?

Am using trial version currently of MC.NET, so am relatively new with this platform. For those more experienced with MC.NET, can one create a rotational based strategy with it?

For example,...
Forum: MultiCharts July 16th, 2012, 05:02 PM
Replies: 141
Views: 65,794
Posted By jdfagan
Understood. However, NinjaTrader files can be...

Understood. However, NinjaTrader files can be correctly set up to compile with VS (it just takes some undocumented hacking - mainly via having the correct .DLL references in place from NinjaTrader's...
Forum: MultiCharts July 13th, 2012, 11:39 PM
Replies: 141
Views: 65,794
Posted By jdfagan
Hopefully someone can find a workaround to this...

Hopefully someone can find a workaround to this so that we can develop and compile (at least to see if no code errors) within Visual Studio 2010/2012. I've just requested beta access so hopefully I...
Forum: MultiCharts May 9th, 2011, 03:04 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,799
Posted By jdfagan
Thanks horton. Does Stockfinder have the...

Thanks horton. Does Stockfinder have the capability to hook into a broker to automate trades (i.e., order execution and trade management)?
Forum: MultiCharts May 5th, 2011, 05:07 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,799
Posted By jdfagan
I wouldn't personally trust AmiBroker for auto...

I wouldn't personally trust AmiBroker for auto trading despite it having add-on to send orders to IB (its called IB-Controller or IBc). AmiBroker is really a great backtesting engine and is great...
Forum: Traders Hideout May 4th, 2011, 12:02 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 4,216
Posted By jdfagan
Futures Rollover Rules

I've created a Futures Rollover Rules Google Docs spreadsheet for anyone to edit/view. Feel free to help contribute to this spreadsheet and/or provide feedback via this thread. Its just a tool that...
Forum: Platforms and Indicators May 3rd, 2011, 01:14 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,374
Posted By jdfagan
Thanks for info. To clarify, its for building a...

Thanks for info. To clarify, its for building a 100% automated black box stock trading system. Looking at the features here, Bloomberg Terminal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
Forum: Platforms and Indicators May 2nd, 2011, 02:08 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,374
Posted By jdfagan
in search of an advanced stock trading platform

I've been tasked by a systems trader to help him automate a stock trading system...but first, I need to find an adequate trading platform that can meet some of his advanced requirements for his...
Forum: MultiCharts May 1st, 2011, 10:22 PM
Replies: 827
Views: 336,504
Posted By jdfagan
Amen to that! While this thread is awesome, it...

Amen to that! While this thread is awesome, it is HUGE and really contains many different subjects within Multicharts. I vote we close it to new posts and allow for subjects/threads to flow within...
Forum: MultiCharts May 1st, 2011, 12:14 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,799
Posted By jdfagan
Using MC for trading stocks

I'm considering using MC to trade equities and ETFs. I have a few questions about it with regard to MC and perhaps others who have used MC in equities environment can chime in here.

First big...
Forum: MultiCharts May 1st, 2011, 02:11 AM
Replies: 827
Views: 336,504
Posted By jdfagan
Completely agree with you. Furthermore, they...

Completely agree with you. Furthermore, they have gaps at the reversals too which is bad IMO (with renko that drives potential automated trading, I believe next bar's open should always start from...
Forum: MultiCharts May 1st, 2011, 01:39 AM
Replies: 827
Views: 336,504
Posted By jdfagan
One thing I've done is simply use UltraEdit (I've...

One thing I've done is simply use UltraEdit (I've written up an EasyLanguage language recognition script for UltraEdit that color codes for you in this editor).

I'll try and dig up the .uew file I...
Forum: MultiCharts April 30th, 2011, 08:39 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 7,819
Posted By jdfagan
Maybe you can post your exact settings you used...

Maybe you can post your exact settings you used for the 2 backtests for the 2 programs. Start first with comparing backtests before comparing optimizations since some optimization engines are...
Forum: MultiCharts April 30th, 2011, 03:00 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 15,526
Posted By jdfagan
I believe the way to do that would be via MC's...

I believe the way to do that would be via MC's SDK:

Trading Software Development Kits (http://www.multicharts.com/multicharts/sdk/)

Under section "MultiCharts Order API"..

JD
Forum: TradeStation November 4th, 2010, 03:18 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,829
Posted By jdfagan
I didn't give it a try yet.. Until they have...

I didn't give it a try yet..

Until they have a more recent update than greater than one year ago (October 2009) on their What's New page, I don't think I'll consider them too seriously since...
Forum: TradeStation October 16th, 2010, 04:25 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,829
Posted By jdfagan
TradeStation and C#

https://www.systemframe.com/trading/Products/TuNetTradeStationtoNETBridge/TuNet.aspx

I just found this interesting technology, called Trading Utilities .NET (TuNet), that allows one to code in C#...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors July 30th, 2010, 12:20 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 15,812
Posted By jdfagan
Ahh cool, didn't know about StreamWriter. Yeah,...

Ahh cool, didn't know about StreamWriter. Yeah, I do manage my own stop price data series so maybe that would work. Thanks for the tip.

JD
Forum: NinjaTrader July 26th, 2010, 04:31 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 91,777
Posted By jdfagan
Cool. Thanks for the detailed explanation! So...

Cool. Thanks for the detailed explanation! So it does sound like the NT GO is still not quite right/efficient if its re-submitting backtests that have been previously run in any prior generation.
...
Forum: NinjaTrader July 26th, 2010, 12:22 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 91,777
Posted By jdfagan
Doesn't the genetic search generally have the...

Doesn't the genetic search generally have the evolution usually start from a population of randomly generated individuals and happens in generations where the generations themselves introduce a...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors July 25th, 2010, 10:28 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 15,812
Posted By jdfagan
Thanks for your report on MSA. I also have just...

Thanks for your report on MSA. I also have just started playing with this tool recently. One thing I noticed that MSA can import in is the stop price with regards to your trades (which I usually do...
Forum: NinjaTrader July 22nd, 2010, 08:43 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 13,884
Posted By jdfagan
definitely use the memory hack to up it to > 2GB...

definitely use the memory hack to up it to > 2GB RAM memory barrier via the LARGEADDRESSAWARE option from editbin (tool from Visual Studio 2010/2008). That helps out a lot and is first thing I do...
Forum: NinjaTrader June 29th, 2010, 05:33 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,141
Posted By jdfagan
My problem has been resolved over on Ninja forum....

My problem has been resolved over on Ninja forum. In a nutshell, to solve caching issue so that bars.Count == 0 is detected again, you'll need to clear out your database cache for this custom bar...
Forum: NinjaTrader June 28th, 2010, 09:01 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,141
Posted By jdfagan
BarsType.Add method - how to always detect if (bars.Count == 0)?

I also posted this question on Ninja boards but wanted to try my luck here too since I know there are some NT7 experienced custom BarsType coders here...

BarsType.Add method - how to always detect...
Forum: NinjaTrader June 27th, 2010, 11:57 AM
Replies: 197
Views: 91,777
Posted By jdfagan
I have VS 2010 and I have converted the project...

I have VS 2010 and I have converted the project (easy enough by just opening a VS 2008 project from within VS 2010 and it will convert it for you). I know TraderDJB made an attempt at making it work...
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