Multicharts 6.0 Beta 3 is now available.
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FEATURES
Data
Custom Futures for eSignal symbols with postfixes.
Custom Futures can now be created for eSignal symbols that have postfixes as part of their name.
Custom Futures for IB DAX symbol.
It is now possible to plot custom futures for symbols whose root is different from the root specified in the symbols name.
The Open field in the status line.
Values for the Open field will now be
fed into the status line for IB symbols.
Ability to add and work with symbols of Stock category from OpenECry datafeed.
MB Trading
MB Trading is now supported as a data feed and a broker.
Data Playback
Access to combobox for selecting detalization.
The combobox which allows selecting the detalization for data playback will now always be accessible.
Scanner
Right-click does not cancel highlighting
When right-clicking on a highlighted cell in a scanner window, the cell remains highlighted.
Charting
The Unverified status for uncompiled studies
When opening a workspace with uncompiled studies, these studies will remain on the chart with the unverified status.
Miscellaneous
Alerts when running out of the hard drive space
If the hard drive is running out of space when MultiCharts is plotting data, a notification warning about the lack of space will be shown.
Alerts when running out of memory
When memory consumption by one of MultiCharts processes approaches 1.5 Gb a notification will be shown.
Notification when saving data
When the data are being flushed from the cash into the permanent database a notification will be shown.
BUGS FIXED
Data
When
reloading history, the data is requested starting from the current day instead of being requested for the specified
range only.
1-tick resolution cannot be plotted if ASCII Mapping is selected as the provider.
After a
reload, the data for the current day is lost.
ASCII Mapping symbols are not loaded either in the scanner or on a chart.
Double ticks appear when real-time data for indices from BarCharts are plotted.
Ticks with the zero price on historical data from Zen-Fire are not filtered out.
Local time is used for quotes instead of exchange time
Interactive Brokers: different
Bid and Ask volumes at MultiCharts and TWS.
The value of connected clients counter at IQ Connection Manager exceeds maximum possible value of 3.
Real-time data from IB are one hour different from the actual time for symbols from ICE, COMEX and NYMEX.
Charting
The program runs out of memory when large numbers of bars (10 17 million) are plotted.
The up and down colors in candlesticks are
reversed when a workspace created in MultiCharts 5.5 is opened.
When working in the offline mode, certain session settings will result in the data for the latest session not being displayed.
Indicators are calculated differently in MultiCharts and TradeStation (if they contain Text_GetActive,, TL_GetActive).
The user Session Template is reset on opening a workspace if other Session Templates have been added to the database.
1-day resolution cannot be plotted using minute data while the 24-hour resolution is plotted.
Wrong Close values on Kagi charts.
Show Empty Period does not work when a single data series is plotted.
Symbols in the newly created Insert Instrument dialogue are filtered based on the most recent plotted symbol.
Wrong Last Date in the Format Objects dialogue.
.rld glob does not work for a chart containing a series with the Establishing connection
status in the status line.
Search in the Insert Study dialogue only works from the top down.
Minute series of Custom Features do not get back-adjusted properly.
When the symbol of the price series is changed, the indicator
scale is not recalculated.
Daily forex data from IB stop updating after a new session starts.
Selected realtime-symbol not shown when Merge options is set in Format Instrument dialog.
Gap in non-regular (Point&Figure, Kagi, Renko) chart type series after reloading at realtime: consecutive equitype columns on chart.
Scanner
When changing the font size in the scanner, an active cell overlies the symbol.
Data Playback
In the Playback mode, indicator applied to the second data series is not plotted.
Wrong option on the Data Playback speed slider.
Drawings cannot be cloned in the Data Playback mode.
PowerLanguage
Regional settings are not applied to optimization dialogues.
TS and MC indicator calculation mismatch in functions where not all control paths return a value.
Order's number of
lots is calculated using the order execution's bar price instead the last known price.
variable 1 bar ago - compiles in TS, doesn't compile in MC.
Next bar's price (date or time) and SetExitOnClose cannot be used simultaneously in the same signal.
Indicators calculated incorrectly when multiple calls made to a serial function when parameters differ in number of barsback only.
Error compiling OnDestroy = EasyLanguageRtlOnDestroy.
Auto Trading
Some orders in TWS remain unfilled and require manual confirmation.
Exceptions appear when auto-trading through Zen-Fire on a multicore 64 x OS
When auto-trading through Zen-Fire, orders generated on small resolutions get cancelled with an assert.
Studies
Add-ons do not work in Windows 7
Backtesting and Portfolio Reports
Values based on trades are calculated incorrectly.
Settings page in Strategy Perfomance Report is messed up if the signal has a string input.
Miscellaneous
Error messages when launching TWS 903 through MultiCharts.
Hot keys stop working after choosing not to save changes to a workspace on exiting MultiCharts.
SessionLastBar returns wrong values on daily bars.
The date in the From
To field is displayed incorrectly if a workspace has been open for more than a day.
Pressing Space when there is an active detached window restores the main window from minimized state.
Crash on Window 7 at isc_expand_dbp() function call.
Add/Edit Custom Futures dialog in QuoteManager doesn't get restored on it's former place on an active monitor.
Inputs values are not applied after optimization in Portfolio.