Thanks to this tread, I decided to try out MultiCharts. Compiled a few of my indicators and strategies with minor tweaks. I will be waiting for a sale and then I will be most likely purchasing a lifetime license. I could probably trade Forex with MC and TradeStation for futures.

One deal breaker that is keeping me with TS is the option for custom renko bars in TS that is not in MC.

FuManChou 

Thanks to this tread, I decided to try out MultiCharts. Compiled a few of my indicators and strategies with minor tweaks. I will be waiting for a sale and then I will be most likely purchasing a lifetime license. I could probably trade Forex with MC and TradeStation for futures. One deal breaker that is keeping me with TS is the option for custom renko bars in TS that is not in MC.

I bought lifetime licenses during their 'Easter Sale' last year. I would keep an eye on this promo within the next 4-5 weeks. I am using MC for forex and TS for futures, as you are thinking of doing.

With respect to custom Renko, MC has a lot more options for Renko than TS, especially Real Open, phantom bars, wicks, and 'new bar when exceeded'. I will not use Renko on TS because I automate strategies and accurate backtesting is pretty much impossible on TS without massaging the tick level data. MC is more accurate, so I only do Renko on MC. If the regular Renko settings in MC are not enough for you, then check out FlexRenko. Use 1 Tick Resolution.

There is nothing I on Renko in TS that I cannot do in MC. There are some good threads here on NexusFi discussing Renko and TradeStation.

I hope this helps!

vmodus 

I bought lifetime licenses during their 'Easter Sale' last year. I would keep an eye on this promo within the next 4-5 weeks. I am using MC for forex and TS for futures, as you are thinking of doing. With respect to custom Renko, MC has a lot more options for Renko than TS, especially Real Open, phantom bars, wicks, and 'new bar when exceeded'. I will not use Renko on TS because I automate strategies and accurate backtesting is pretty much impossible on TS without massaging the tick level data. MC is more accurate, so I only do Renko on MC. If the regular Renko settings in MC are not enough for you, then check out FlexRenko. Use 1 Tick Resolution. There is nothing I on Renko in TS that I cannot do in MC. There are some good threads here on NexusFi discussing Renko and TradeStation. I hope this helps!

Thanks for the heads up on Easter sale! I played around with the Renko bars a little more after and I posted. You are correct and I was able to get what I wanted. Still learning more about MC but so far I like it. I even started to look at Forex/Futures brokers too.

FuManChou 

Thanks to this tread, I decided to try out MultiCharts. Compiled a few of my indicators and strategies with minor tweaks. I will be waiting for a sale and then I will be most likely purchasing a lifetime license. I could probably trade Forex with MC and TradeStation for futures. One deal breaker that is keeping me with TS is the option for custom renko bars in TS that is not in MC.

FuManChou,

Good to know more candidates are thinking about the switch. Please post back and let us know how it went. I might actually go for the free trial first and take it from there.

Vacationer

FuManChou 

Thanks for the heads up on Easter sale! I played around with the Renko bars a little more after and I posted. You are correct and I was able to get what I wanted. Still learning more about MC but so far I like it. I even started to look at Forex/Futures brokers too.

Awesome, I'm glad I helped.

MultiCharts was created by the developers of TradeStation

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socaltrader 

MultiCharts was created by the developers of TradeStation Sent using the NexusFi mobile app

I have been trying to put together a timeline of this history of the two for some time, but the information I have is very spotty. You can tell just by the file structure in MC it's TradeStation roots (e.g. 'TS Support'). Do you have any insight into it's history?

Vacationer 

FuManChou, Good to know more candidates are thinking about the switch. Please post back and let us know how it went. I might actually go for the free trial first and take it from there. Vacationer

I purchased 2 lifetime licenses during the 2021 Easter sale. Regular MC and MC .NET along with the advance strategy packs for both versions. Got 50% off or a 2 for 1.

FuManChou,

Glad to hear you got a good discount.
How is it working for you? Did your strategies translate ok from TS in MC.
I still have problems with TS platform loosing connection to TS servers and the strategy automation goes down the drain from there. Most of the time I have to shut down the whole platform and restart.
I wonder how does MC handle that if it uses TS as a data provider for instrument.

Good luck with your licenses. I hope they pay off.

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Vacationer 

FuManChou, Glad to hear you got a good discount. How is it working for you? Did your strategies translate ok from TS in MC. I still have problems with TS platform loosing connection to TS servers and the strategy automation goes down the drain from there. Most of the time I have to shut down the whole platform and restart. I wonder how does MC handle that if it uses TS as a data provider for instrument. Good luck with your licenses. I hope they pay off. Sent using the NexusFi mobile app

I have fully transitioned from TradeStation (v10) to MultiCharts. After about a 25+ days of trial, I could not get MultiCharts to error out while TS would timeout/crash a few times. I thought TS did not timeout/crash often until I actually kept track of how often. All of my custom indicators/strategies compiled just fine. I used TS as the data feed during my trial and it worked well for what I needed.

Still waiting for the funds to clear from new broker and then I will be trading live with MC.