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Forum: MultiCharts February 4th, 2011, 04:37 PM
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Posted By Fat Tails
Thanks that worked! Did not see the small arrows...

Thanks that worked! Did not see the small arrows and was too lazy to look it up in the help guide.
Forum: MultiCharts February 4th, 2011, 03:45 PM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
Thanks, I did. BigPointValue for ES is 50. But...

Thanks, I did. BigPointValue for ES is 50. But the P&L shown by the chart trader is always around a few cents only.

Also, do you know, how I can configure the size of the DOM? It hangs around on...
Forum: MultiCharts February 4th, 2011, 03:34 PM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
Testing MultiCharts Discretionary Trader now. ...

Testing MultiCharts Discretionary Trader now.

Market order, reversal order and exit order correctly transmitted to broker software.

However, the $value of the position is not correctly...
Forum: MultiCharts February 4th, 2011, 11:04 AM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
I would be interested to know, whether MC can...

I would be interested to know, whether MC can display daily data from Zenfire feed correctly.
Forum: MultiCharts February 4th, 2011, 08:41 AM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
Your willingness to support the free version has...

Your willingness to support the free version has convinced me. I have installed MC and will come back with questions. I am mainly interested in MC's capability to collect and display data correctly....
Forum: MultiCharts January 12th, 2011, 10:55 AM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
Really depends on the budget. For my trading...

Really depends on the budget. For my trading style a HP Z400 is good enough, it comes at half the price or less of an HP Z800. It is as good, the CPU may be 20% slower. So if you wait for 20 seconds...
Forum: MultiCharts October 18th, 2010, 07:35 PM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
If you spend more time with your trading platform...

If you spend more time with your trading platform than with your wife or dogs, you get emotionally attached. Working with NinjaTrader can hence cause emotional disorder, so I guess that the...
Forum: MultiCharts October 18th, 2010, 03:38 PM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
User Error!

Problem solved: User error

I need to select "Download Historical Data", when establishing a connection. For unknown reasons this option was disabled.

Main problem: You needs months until you...
Forum: MultiCharts October 18th, 2010, 03:27 PM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
I have used QuoteTracker (annual licence fee was...

I have used QuoteTracker (annual licence fee was about USD 30,-) for a year with IB data and never had an issue. NinjaTrader has some problems of converting daily data of Interactive Brokers into...
Forum: MultiCharts October 18th, 2010, 03:08 PM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
Gaps created by user error

My testing of MultiCharts has not produced better results than the NinjaTrader tests.

None of the programs is capable of displaying data correctly without the user tweaking it. Below two...
Forum: MultiCharts September 27th, 2010, 03:22 AM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
Absolutely agree with Mike, rolling at expiry is...

Absolutely agree with Mike, rolling at expiry is nonsense for two reasons: First you do not want to trade the front month until expiry, second the offset during the last days is heavily influenced by...
Forum: MultiCharts September 26th, 2010, 12:07 PM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
There is a sentence which is attributed to Lenin:...

There is a sentence which is attributed to Lenin: Доверяй, но проверяй – Dowerjai, no prowerjai. In German it is a well known proverbe: "Vertrauen ist gut, Kontrolle ist besser." If I translate this...
Forum: MultiCharts September 26th, 2010, 11:22 AM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
2 small bugs and 1 problem with instrument default settings

I know, I am sometimes a bit slow,

but these are the problems I encountered when building the ES continuous backadjusted contract:

(1) exchange symbol had to be changed from CME to Globex...
Forum: MultiCharts September 24th, 2010, 04:27 PM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
Hi Snoop, only testing MC during the...

Hi Snoop,

only testing MC during the evening hours. Need your help again. So by chosing Globex for ES I get a backadjusted contract.

As there are known rollover dates for ES, I selected...
Forum: MultiCharts September 23rd, 2010, 02:07 PM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
I am a seasoned NinjaTrader user. Do you think I...

I am a seasoned NinjaTrader user. Do you think I ever will be frustatrated, if something does not work immediately? I might be frustrated, if there is an serious problem that no one - including...
Forum: MultiCharts September 23rd, 2010, 09:51 AM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
Hi Snoop, thanks again for the hint....

Hi Snoop,

thanks again for the hint. Changing the exchange setting from default (CME) to Globex worked. So I have a backadjusted contract now, that I will scrutinize.
Forum: MultiCharts September 23rd, 2010, 09:05 AM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
Building Backadjusted Contracts

I have finally downloaded a trial version from MultiCharts, and I am now testing it.

I will do some specific tests that meet my personal requirements. The first three points are


- session...
Forum: MultiCharts September 16th, 2010, 04:39 PM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
Just to be sure, I can add a daily...

Just to be sure,

I can add a daily dataseries to a minute chart and access the daily bars value? I do not need to display the daily bars, because I do not want to see them?
Forum: MultiCharts September 16th, 2010, 04:12 PM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
MultiCharts?

This is not the thread for NinjaTrader, but just want to confirm this post. It is a 100% accurate desciption of NT 6.5. and it also explains that I have not touched NT 6.5. for several months!

...
Forum: MultiCharts March 5th, 2010, 07:33 PM
Replies: 827
Views: 340,618
Posted By Fat Tails
First of all thanks for all the interesting...

First of all thanks for all the interesting contributions in this thread.

I am a NinjaTrader user today and the longer I use this, the more I am feeling uneasy. It has a modern architecture, I...
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