MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

It's been stated that you can have both on the same computer since they are in separate folders, but you can only run one at a time..
I just installed the 64 bit with 7.4 on the same machine and it seems great, but you have to start from scratch with all settings (Including user ID and Password), studies, work spaces etc..small price to pay..for 64 bit..

Unfortunately the same can't be said regarding the Databases folder

A .dll error pops up every time I open QM or MC. I'm starting to download new data...

1. What's stunnel 4.11? I never saw it before. I suspect it has something to do with PFG.

I am currently trying to try the x64 version and am running into a problem with IQFeed. I am unable to retrieve any data using the IQFeed client 4.8.1.7 or 4.7.2.0 version.

Have went to QM and write your IQFeed ID and password?

Have went to QM and write your IQFeed ID and password?

yes

Hi,

It's the first time I would try to install a MC Beta version.
How does it work when installing following Betas and Release Version? Just install over the old Beta version or will I have to deinstall the old Beta version first each time?

I remember that a couple of versions back support advised to uninstall first, but I don't know if that continues to be valid.

I continue to uninstall first... just in case...

Hi,

It's the first time I would try to install a MC Beta version.
How does it work when installing following Betas and Release Version? Just install over the old Beta version or will I have to deinstall the old Beta version first each time?

I remember that a couple of versions back support advised to uninstall first, but I don't know if that continues to be valid.

I continue to uninstall first... just in case...

I remember that a couple of versions back support advised to uninstall first, but I don't know if that continues to be valid.

I continue to uninstall first... just in case...

You do not have to uninstall the previous version. Just run new installer to upgrade MultiCharts to the latest beta. Just remember that if you install MC 8.0 Beta 1 64 bit, it won't upgrade your MC 7.4 Release 32 bit. You will just have both 32 and 64 bit versions installed on your machine.

Have went to QM and write your IQFeed ID and password?

yes

Hello bibulous,

We failed to reproduce the issue on our end. Please see attached screenshot.

Are you able to get data in IQ Feed Diagnostic software? If yes, please send your MC logs to support@multicharts.com

You can find log files here "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\TS Support\MultiCharts\".
Please paste this line in Start --> Run and in the window that will pop up make a zip-folder.

I will send the logs later if I have the chance..

Is there a problem using Interactive Brokers as a Data Feed - am getting "Data feed couldnt be loaded"

Seems to be okay for DTN and Freequotes...

I will send the logs later if I have the chance..

bibulous,

You may want to come to our Live Chat Mon-Fri from 6:30 AM to 4 PM EST so we can help you: http://messenger.providesupport.com/mes ... pport.html

Check the video I've made, something's wrong here. This is 64bit version.

http://www.screencast.com/t/usQJuYO5Fku

I have a workspace from version 7.4 which has 15 charts and this is the only one that reacts like this.
Every time I open the workspace this chart data is not uploaded. As you can see in the video, when I double click on the symbol the Format Instrument symbol is not the same, the chart is QGC# and the Format Instrument window shows @TY#. If I then change the symbol to QGC# once again the chart is loaded and everything comes back to normal.

Regards,
Fernando

Is there a problem using Interactive Brokers as a Data Feed - am getting "Data feed couldnt be loaded"

Seems to be okay for DTN and Freequotes...

IB Datafeed works here, also Market-Orders, but Charttrader Orders (Limit, Stop, etc.) not working.

There are 3 versions of TWS: TWS Standalone, TWS Browser-based, Web-Trader.

MC asks for "Standalone" or "Web-Based". Not sure which one to choose for the TWS Browser-Based.

Is there a problem using Interactive Brokers as a Data Feed - am getting "Data feed couldnt be loaded"

Seems to be okay for DTN and Freequotes...

IB Datafeed works here, also Market-Orders, but Charttrader Orders (Limit, Stop, etc.) not working.

There are 3 versions of TWS: TWS Standalone, TWS Browser-based, Web-Trader.

MC asks for "Standalone" or "Web-Based". Not sure which one to choose for the TWS Browser-Based.

MC support, do you know which of the two IB settings (Standalone or Web-Based) to use when I use the IB TWS Browser-based?
And how to change this setting after the first connection to IB? There is a window at first connection, but I don't find a setting to change it later.

Charttrader Orders (Limit, Stop, etc.) not working.

Charttrader Orders (Limit, Stop, etc.) not working.

konstantin,

Please explain the issue in details with screenshots of the charts and Logs tab of Order and Position tracker or come to our Live Chat Mon-Fri from 6:30 AM to 4 PM EST so we can help you: http://messenger.providesupport.com/mes ... pport.html

Are there any plans to create easy language reserved words to access the DOM data (level 2)

Now that Version 8 is installed, can I go back to version 7.4 and not loose any data???

Neil.

Just installed MC 8.0 Beta 1 64 bit on Win 7 64 bit, fully patched.

I have an indicator that calls an external dll but even though the dll exists in the right place, its days it can't find it. This indicator works fine in all versions up to and including 7.4.

The indicator uses the line:

External: "C:\XYZ\abc.dll", int, "XYZ", IEasyLanguageObject;

It compiles ok but when applied to a chart I get the error:
Message: Error in study "XYZ" : : Can't find dll "c:\xyz\abc.dll".

The fact that it works perfectly in all prior versions, suggests a bug in the new v8.0.
The other possible is incompatibilities between the dll and 64 bit MC (rather than v8 per se).
I haven't installed 32 bit MC 8.0 and this isn't really an option as the PC is not 'spare' but used for live work.

The indicator uses the line:

External: "C:\XYZ\abc.dll", int, "XYZ", IEasyLanguageObject;

It compiles ok but when applied to a chart I get the error:
Message: Error in study "XYZ" : : Can't find dll "c:\xyz\abc.dll".

Have you copied/pasted that .dll from Multicharts 32 bit folder into Multicharts 64 bit folder?

I am finding it to be too buggy with strats (mostly when turning them on and off - lots of crashes) and am going back to 7.4 on week-end.
[I guess I am not going back: tried but I think I would have to delete the program and do a clean install, which I am afraid would entail creating new symbols lists, etc.]

Hi,

The Master Strategy Trailing Stop seems to have issues.
In the Master Strategy, I have the following set -
"Profit Target" = 8
"Stop Loss" = 5
Trailing Stop -
"Amount of Profit" =5
"Stop Loss" = 5.

I enter the trade Short @ 4219. The Profit Target and Stop Loss orders are placed.
The price moves 1 tick and I'm closed out of the trade @ 4220.
The Order Log shows Trailing Stop order @ 4219, filled @4220.

If I remove the Trailing Stop component from the Master Strategy, the Profit Target and Stop Loss work fine.

Neil.

Another Chart Trading issue.

When I place a trailing stop exit onto an existing position, it appears OK.
I then drag the Trailing Stop to a new level, the orange trailing stop line disappears. However, the line is still there, because when you move the mouse over the area, the mouse pointer changes to a hand.
Now when I drag the invisible trailing stop to it's second new position, the application crashes and closes.
This happens on the 64bit AND 32bit.

Neil.

Now that Version 8 is installed, can I go back to version 7.4 and not loose any data???

Neil.

Another thing that happens that never happened before is that if I change an Indicator, then all of the text for all of the indicators [on the right of the chart] sometimes (more often than not) disappears, causing the chart to have to be reloaded in order to see the text.

compilation error

internal error in mingw32_gt_pch_use_address, at config/i386/host-mingw32.c:151: VirtualAlloc (commit): Tentativo di accedere ad un indirizzo non valido.
C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\DATIAP~1\TSSUPP~1\MULTIC~1\STUDYS~1\Studies\SrcCpp\INDICA~1\i_prova.cpp:1: fatal error: can't read PCH file: Invalid argument
compilation terminated.

file for update ??

CQG is listed as a new available broker. Is it intended to work in this release? An error is produced, "impossible to connect to CQG trading system", when attempting to connect.

compilation error

internal error in mingw32_gt_pch_use_address, at config/i386/host-mingw32.c:151: VirtualAlloc (commit): Tentativo di accedere ad un indirizzo non valido.
C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\DATIAP~1\TSSUPP~1\MULTIC~1\STUDYS~1\Studies\SrcCpp\INDICA~1\i_prova.cpp:1: fatal error: can't read PCH file: Invalid argument
compilation terminated.

file for update ??

??????

Unfortunately the same can't be said regarding the Databases folder

A .dll error pops up every time I open QM or MC. I'm starting to download new data...

Fernando,

Please do the following: go to Quote Manger –> File –> Export Data –> Export All Instruments… in the 32bit version of MultiCharts and export daily data for all your symbols into a .qmd file. Then, import this data into 64 bit Quote Manager.

1. What's stunnel 4.11? I never saw it before. I suspect it has something to do with PFG.

Tresor,

Indeed, it is an application used for PFG connection.

So we cannot import all of our saved tick and minute data?
Can we get some kind of work around, if not.

I'm testing a strategy in Ver 8 64 bit and noticed that when I back-test using bar magnifier at 1 tick level, I get vastly different results, than on replay at the tick by tick level , why is this happening and which one is closer to correct ? (which best matches expected real-time results)

I'm testing a strategy in Ver 8 64 bit and noticed that when I back-test using bar magnifier at 1 tick level, I get vastly different results, than on replay at the tick by tick level , why is this happening and which one is closer to correct ? (which best matches expected real-time results)

sptrader,

If you compare two charts, make sure that the starting point of the calculation (first bar) and 'Maximum number of bars study will reference' setting are the same. If you are using «Real-time history matching» option then you need to enable it for signals on both charts:
Format tab->Signals->Format «Signal name»-> Properties

If the problem persists, please send us your workspace and the strategy as well as screenshots demonstrating the issue so we can test it on our end or come to our Live Chat Mon-Fri from 6:30 AM to 4 PM EST so we collect all the information: http://messenger.providesupport.com/mes ... pport.html

I think that I found the problem. I was using "intrabarordergeneration" with limit orders. After doing some research, I think they can ONLY be used on market orders.. Once I removed it, the results were the same...

I think that I found the problem. I was using "intrabarordergeneration" with limit orders. After doing some research, I think they can ONLY be used on market orders.. Once I removed it, the results were the same...

Surely this can't be true, why should that matter?

Multicharts - Please confirm one way or the other about this.

Neil.

Why can't we save a chart as an image when the window is detached?
There should be an option in the top left chart icon to save the chart as an image next to the attach window option.

You can save the active chart as an image from File tab in the MultiCharts main menu.

When drawing a trendline which goes beyond the last Bar on the right (into the empty space) and the chart windows is maximized.
Then downsize the chart window, the trendline disappears, when the smaller window does not contain the whole trendline. I don't think this is intended.

When drawing a trendline which goes beyond the last Bar on the right (into the empty space) and the chart windows is maximized.
Then downsize the chart window, the trendline disappears, when the smaller window does not contain the whole trendline. I don't think this is intended.

Could you reproduce this?

When drawing in the subcharts nothing appears, although it is listed that it is there.

edit : sub chart2 drawing suddenly appeared in subchart one, even though it is applied to sub chart two and listed as such.

video snip if it helps
no drawings in subchart


http://www.screencast.com/t/MbyOOBfGqO

This problem has not been reproduced in our environment.
Please describe how to reproduce this behavior step by step or come to our live chat Monday-Friday 6:30 am - 4 pm EST to demonstrate it.

I restarted MC and hand drawing still is strange behaviors.
Best I connect at some time to help as this may be on my end somehow.
Simple hand drawn rectangle once formatted and placed over price bars, block out price and trendlines. Cannot bring price forward.

http://www.screencast.com/t/V9xKqtJPc8M

P.S. What did you record the video with?

It seems something's wrong with the bracket strategy. I choose a 4 pip profit target, but as soon as the order is filled the target is at 5 pip, not 4.
The stop loss is correct.

http://www.screencast.com/t/0Vb8QvzU

It seems something's wrong with the bracket strategy. I choose a 4 pip profit target, but as soon as the order is filled the target is at 5 pip, not 4.
The stop loss is correct.

http://www.screencast.com/t/0Vb8QvzU

That is expected behavior.
Bracket strategy values are based on the average entry price.
Sometimes the Average Price in Order and position tracker window->Open positions tab is more accurate than the price returned by the data feed/broker. In this case the Profit Target value is rounded up, and the Stop Loss is rounded down.

This code for the Fisher Transform compiles OK, but when I insert it into a chart, MC64 crashes.
Could someone check if it's a code or program error?

Thanks.

This code for the Fisher Transform compiles OK, but when I insert it into a chart, MC64 crashes.
Could someone check if it's a code or program error?

Thanks.

Code: Select all

Inputs: price((H+L)/2),
Len(13);

Var: MaxH(0),
MinL(0),
Fish(0);

MaxH = Highest(Price, Len);
MinL = Lowest(Price, Len);

Value1 = .5*2*((Price-MinL)/(MaxH-MinL)-.5)+.5*Value1[1];

If Value1 > .9999 then Value1 = .9999;
If Value1 < -.9999 then Value1 = -.9999;

Fish = 0.25*Log((1+Value1)/(1-Value1)) +.5*Fish[1];

Plot1 (Fish, "Fisher");
Plot2 (Fish[1],"Trigger");

It seems something's wrong with the bracket strategy. I choose a 4 pip profit target, but as soon as the order is filled the target is at 5 pip, not 4.
The stop loss is correct.

http://www.screencast.com/t/0Vb8QvzU

That is expected behavior.
Bracket strategy values are based on the average entry price.
Sometimes the Average Price in Order and position tracker window->Open positions tab is more accurate than the price returned by the data feed/broker. In this case the Profit Target value is rounded up, and the Stop Loss is rounded down.

OK, BUT.
The instrument I use is in whole numbers ie 4000, 4001, 4002, yet the Profit Target still jumps around. Your Entry price is displayed correctly as per IB yet moving the StopLoss trigger causes the Profit Target to move ???
Neil.

I also have it impossible to remove some drawing tools, horizontal lines, fib retracement etc., but it is a beta, so we have to expect some of that.

This code for the Fisher Transform compiles OK, but when I insert it into a chart, MC64 crashes.
Could someone check if it's a code or program error?

Thanks.

I can confirm that MC64 really crashes with this one, actually I never saw any MC version crashing like this one did. Usually stays there a bit. This was instantaneous.
Yesterday I was also trying a new indicator that although compiling OK, made MC hangs to a point where no tool and menu would work or open, although receiving realtime data whitout a problem.

After I add ARROWS and select DELETE DRAWINGS they do not disppear until I close and then reopen the workspace.

Please let me know what exact symbol are you trading.

Australian SPI from the SFE current contract APH2.
Neil.

moving the StopLoss trigger causes the Profit Target to move

Australian SPI from the SFE current contract APH2.
Neil.

As I have mentioned above- bracket strategy values are based on the average entry price.
Average Price in Open positions tab has two digits after the decimal. It is more accurate than the price in the DOM. That is why the Profit Target value is rounded up, and the Stop Loss is rounded down. Please check the Average price in Order and position tracker window->Open positions tab.

Australian SPI from the SFE current contract APH2.
Neil.

As I have mentioned above- bracket strategy values are based on the average entry price.
Average Price in Open positions tab has two digits after the decimal. It is more accurate than the price in the DOM. That is why the Profit Target value is rounded up, and the Stop Loss is rounded down. Please check the Average price in Order and position tracker window->Open positions tab.

Henry,
I'm confused. The instrument goes in WHOLE numbers ie 4000,4001,4002. In the QM the instruments minimum movement is defined as 1. In IB, the orders show WHOLE numbers yet in the Open Positions TAB it shows an average price of 4207.2. Where does it get the ".2" bit from?

Why doesn't it just use what IB said was the entry price of 4207?

Neil.

P.S. Actually the "Open Positions tab shows it as "4,207.2". Not to two decimal places.

P.S.S. I've included a video showing the issues.
1. The Profit Target moves when adjusting the StopLoss
2. As per the Master Strategy, the Trailing Stop should start at the Entry Price not above it.
3. The Average Price is not a WHOLE number. Should be 4190
4. Sometimes, moving the Trailing Stop also causes the Profit Target to move.


I tried to attach the 7MB file but I get the following error -
"The attachment’s file size is too large, the maximum upload size is 4194304 MB."
I have emailed it to you instead.

In IB, the orders show WHOLE numbers yet in the Open Positions TAB it shows an average price of 4207.2. Where does it get the ".2" bit from?

Why doesn't it just use what IB said was the entry price of 4207?

As you can see on the attached screenshot-Avg price value is the same in IB TWS and MultiCharts.
You may want to contact IB directly regarding the calculation of this value.

In IB, the orders show WHOLE numbers yet in the Open Positions TAB it shows an average price of 4207.2. Where does it get the ".2" bit from?

Why doesn't it just use what IB said was the entry price of 4207?

As you can see on the attached screenshot-Avg price value is the same in IB TWS and MultiCharts.
You may want to contact IB directly regarding the calculation of this value.

I thought the average entry price from IB included commission, which might give 0.2 for $2,- one side commission.

Scanner Studies I am runnung in 7.4 give erroneous alerts ib 8 beta 1. Alerts are 2 or 3 days late. Anyone else see this?

Orders in Chart Trading do not appear in the DOM

Scanner Studies I am runnung in 7.4 give erroneous alerts ib 8 beta 1. Alerts are 2 or 3 days late. Anyone else see this?

Hello momentum,

Orders in Chart Trading do not appear in the DOM

Please explain the issue in details. Are you able to reproduce this situation? If yes, please send us the video showing the issue or come to our Live Chat Mon-Fri from 6:30 AM to 4 PM EST to demonstrate the issue: http://messenger.providesupport.com/mes ... pport.html

Installed 8.0, added all my workspaces but now all I see in the upper left corner of every chart is: Establishing connection.... I know its something simple but I can't find how to get my data. I'm using TS and IB for data feeds. In the quote manager I checked the settings for IB and the port and IP address match that in the quotemanager. What do I need to do to connect? Thanks

Should also mention that I did do a File - Export Data from the old version and then File - Import Data. Offline everything seemed to work last night when I did this. Today it won't connect and I don't see any old data.

Shut down 7.4, went back to 8.0 and now the data is working. Many of my indicators don't show up on my charts and under 'Status', they show Unverified. How do I verify all my old indicators and studies? In the Editor, none of them show up. Where are they stored and how do I import them into 8.0? Thanks!

I've got one indicator that runs fine in 7.4 but when imported into 8.0, it won't compile. When I open it in the Editor, it won't give me the option of compiling. That selection is greyed out. When I select Compile from the menu and compile all umcompiled I show nothing in the output area at the bottom. I'd be happy to post or send the code if this would help.

Why when a strategy is active in the DOM we can't see the last trades size when prices are at the limit order?

This code for the Fisher Transform compiles OK, but when I insert it into a chart, MC64 crashes.
Could someone check if it's a code or program error?

Thanks.

I can confirm that MC64 really crashes with this one, actually I never saw any MC version crashing like this one did. Usually stays there a bit. This was instantaneous.
Yesterday I was also trying a new indicator that although compiling OK, made MC hangs to a point where no tool and menu would work or open, although receiving realtime data whitout a problem.

The issue cannot be reproduced in our test environment. We have slightly changed the code. Please try to use this one:

Code: Select all

Inputs: price((H+L)/2),
Len(13);

Var: MaxH(0), MinL(0), Fish(0), Diff(0);

MaxH = Highest(price, Len);
MinL = Lowest(price, Len);
Diff = MaxH-MinL;

if (Diff > 0.0001) or (Diff < 0.0001) then
Value1 = .5*2*((price-MinL)/(Diff)-.5)+.5*Value1[1];

If Value1 > .9999 then Value1 = .9999;
If Value1 < -.9999 then Value1 = -.9999;

Fish = 0.25*Log((1+Value1)/(1-Value1)) +.5*Fish[1];

Plot1 (Fish, "Fisher");
Plot2 (Fish[1],"Trigger");

If the problem perists, please come to our Live Chat Mon-Fri from 6:30 AM to 4 PM EST so we can collect dump files necessary for investigation: http://messenger.providesupport.com/mes ... pport.html

There is no change with this version of the code, MC64 crashes without warning when inserting the indicator.

In IB, the orders show WHOLE numbers yet in the Open Positions TAB it shows an average price of 4207.2. Where does it get the ".2" bit from?

Why doesn't it just use what IB said was the entry price of 4207?

As you can see on the attached screenshot-Avg price value is the same in IB TWS and MultiCharts.
You may want to contact IB directly regarding the calculation of this value.

I thought the average entry price from IB included commission, which might give 0.2 for $2,- one side commission.

Spot on Josh,
Quoting from the TWS help file "Avg Price - the average price is calculated by dividing your cost (execution price + commission) by the quantity of your position. This value is then used to determine your unrealized P&L."

So the question is, why use the average price which appears to be stuffing up simple calculations? Why not use the fill price? Or if it was because of partial fills, put in a Option setting to allow the user to decide which to use.
This is probably why things like the StopLoss, Trailing Stop and Profit Target are not where they should be as per the Master Strategy template.

This may not sound like much but when you are putting your Stops and targets 4..5 points from your entry. Things not being set to where you expect as per your Master Strategy only add further stress to the trade that could last seconds to minutes.

Neil.

Dear TS-Support

MC do not anymore connet automatically at start and reconnet (after lost of connection) with the IB-TWS (Build 923.8a). I have to confirm always serveral times manually.

(Is this dependent of the TWS-Language? => I changed it to German)

Thanks a lot, LRP

Dear TS-Support

MC do not anymore connet automatically at start and reconnet (after lost of connection) with the IB-TWS (Build 923.8a). I have to confirm always serveral times manually.

(Is this dependent of the TWS-Language? => I changed it to German)

Thanks a lot, LRP

Hello LRP

To make sure that IB stay on, I use a free little tool call TWSSTART. In fact, the creator is German if I recall. Google it, you will found it. If not, send me a PM and I will give it to you.

Since I installed it, I'm more than satisfied with it. It will reload if I close IB by mistake, It will relaod when IB do som server maintenance at night etc.

Hope it could help others.

Martin
Excuse my English

What I mention is, that MC/TWS try several times a day to reconnect, which i have to confirm manually. This behavior is new and very annoing/dangerous for my real life trading.

A small issue with dockable OPT that might require some attention. Explained in the picture.

Dear TS-Support

MC do not anymore connet automatically at start and reconnet (after lost of connection) with the IB-TWS (Build 923.8a). I have to confirm always serveral times manually.

(Is this dependent of the TWS-Language? => I changed it to German)

Thanks a lot, LRP

Yes, MC used to connect to TWS without the user having to manually perform a confirmation. This was a very good feature. Most likely something changed on the TWS side.

CQG is listed as a new available broker. Is it intended to work in this release? An error is produced, "impossible to connect to CQG trading system", when attempting to connect.

We are currently developing CQG connection. It is not yet finished in MC 8.0 beta 1.

I was running V8 Beta1 64bit last week and noticed that the TPO study (Market profile- from this forum) fails to update in real-time. I switched back to V7.4 and TPO works fine. It will only update in V8 Beta1, if I manually click the "status" button off and on.. The Cyan horizontal line on the attached chart, is the current price, you can see that the TPO is not keeping up with current price. (update on every new tick is checked).
see attached view-

CQG is listed as a new available broker. Is it intended to work in this release? An error is produced, "impossible to connect to CQG trading system", when attempting to connect.

We are currently developing CQG connection. It is not yet finished in MC 8.0 beta 1.

Any update on when the CQG connection will be up and running?

In IB, the orders show WHOLE numbers yet in the Open Positions TAB it shows an average price of 4207.2. Where does it get the ".2" bit from?

Why doesn't it just use what IB said was the entry price of 4207?


Spot on Josh,
Quoting from the TWS help file "Avg Price - the average price is calculated by dividing your cost (execution price + commission) by the quantity of your position. This value is then used to determine your unrealized P&L."

So the question is, why use the average price which appears to be stuffing up simple calculations? Why not use the fill price? Or if it was because of partial fills, put in a Option setting to allow the user to decide which to use.
This is probably why things like the StopLoss, Trailing Stop and Profit Target are not where they should be as per the Master Strategy template.

This may not sound like much but when you are putting your Stops and targets 4..5 points from your entry. Things not being set to where you expect as per your Master Strategy only add further stress to the trade that could last seconds to minutes.

Neil.

You are correct, this is because of partial fills.
For example 10 contract order is partially filled with different prices. We consider using “average fill price” provided by the broker as the most appropriate way in this case.

Henry,

To a degree I can understand your logic. But... Isn't it better to be displaying the fill price and having it 99% of the time correct, than displaying the average fill price and being 100% of the time incorrect?

Or from a programing point of view, (I am a professional programmer) it would be very easy to detect if the qty ordered matched the qty filled (at one price level). Thus, use the Actual fill price if the fill qty matches the original order OR use the Average price if the fill qty doesn't match the order.

I'm sure that these fictitious fill prices are probably the problem further down the track with calculating the proper StopLoss, Profit targets etc in the Chart Trading and DOM area.

Multicharts are better than that. Display and report the correct prices to the best of your capability. Not take the easy way out.

Neil.

Henry,

To a degree I can understand your logic. But... Isn't it better to be displaying the fill price and having it 99% of the time correct, than displaying the average fill price and being 100% of the time incorrect?

Or from a programing point of view, (I am a professional programmer) it would be very easy to detect if the qty ordered matched the qty filled (at one price level). Thus, use the Actual fill price if the fill qty matches the original order OR use the Average price if the fill qty doesn't match the order.

I'm sure that these fictitious fill prices are probably the problem further down the track with calculating the proper StopLoss, Profit targets etc in the Chart Trading and DOM area.

Multicharts are better than that. Display and report the correct prices to the best of your capability. Not take the easy way out.

Neil.