timtrader

Thanks much! - Tim

FYI, My IQFeed connection has been hanging at nearly every startup of MT since the last Beta version (11/29/2020). I have been having to right-click the IQFeed row in the Dashboard "Sources" tab and select "Force Re-Login" in order for the IQFeed connection to start and begin streaming data.

Yep, that worked for me....thanks much!!! - Tim

Same for me this morning.

Thanks so much!!! - Tim

Would it be reasonable to request the ability to save the Alert Log between sessions for perhaps up to 5 days, like you did with the Trade Log recently? Thanks, Tim

Yep, same here.

I am only seeing these 5 buttons on the view tab: Show Closed Pos. Show Pending Pos. Show Open Trans. Show Total Row Active Quotes

FYI, on the new Beta version (1.1.9050.2), it wiped out my columns on the positions tab on the Account View window. (Only showed the symbol name, and one other (quantity, I believe). Didn't know if you intended that to happen. Also, I'm not seeing the option for the new feature: ADDED - ACCOUNT VIEW - POSITIONS - "Select Pos. to Show" option - allows you to pick what positions to show/hide (useful if using same account for long term and daytrading) If I select an open position, I don't see any such option (show/hide)

Cool, that works. Thanks MUCH! Tim

MT keeps showing an update available (1.1.8735.1) and it downloads something and restarts, but after the update it keeps showing that I have version 1.1.8730.1, not the new 1.1.8735.1, so still have the same issue.

All 3 are checked now. Its different....now no matter how many windows I minimize, it only shows the outline of one minimized window in the bottom left. When I hover over the MT Icon in the Task Bar, it shows separate windows that can be selected for account view and all of the portfolios....however no charts show there, so if I minimize a chart, it doesn't show, so I can't restore it. I tried restarting MT, but that made no difference.

Here is a screen print of my setting in Application/General:

Yeah, I saw that post before I opened this issue. I already have that setting set. I tried turning on and off several settings in MT related to Task Bar Icons, but none solved this issue.

I've had a problem pop up with minimized windows after installing Microsoft's latest feature update this weekend(Windows 10 Version 1903). The attached image shows a cropped screen print where there are 2 minimized MT windows on the bottom left. It is only showing the outline of the minimized windows and I am unable to restore them....clicking or right-clicking anywhere inside the minimized window does nothing. The work-around is to either right-click the Medved Icon in the system tray and select Restore all windows, or select "windows" from the Dashboard window and double-click the individual item I want restored....the problem persists once the same or another window is minimized once again. I am up to date on the latest Windows updates.....nothing more to download. I saw a similar post like this from June, but I appear to already have the recommended settings turned on. I will email my system settings to you separately in case you want to look at them. No rush on this....its a Holiday weekend and there IS a work-around. Thanks, Tim

First, I Really, Really appreciate the recently added feature of locking windows.....that has prevented me from accidentally closing and moving windows. However, I also sometimes accidentally change the period of a chart when intending to use the scroller at the bottom of a window to scroll back or forward in time. I instead inadvertently grab the left or right edge of the scroller, invoking the zoom function, and end up changing my chart period.....then I have to figure out what the period was or re-create the chart from a template. So, it would be nice if the zoom function on the chart scroller was locked when a chart window is locked, or by adding a chart setting to not use the zoom function on chart scrollers. Thanks for considering, Tim

OK, just sent it - Tim.

I have the global trade alert turned on (both a popup window and sound alert), but it doesn't fire (at least on a long position), when the stop is hit. (It works fine when the profit point is reached). It also doesn't show up in the Alert Log. This is for a TD Ameritrade account. One thing I noticed, in case it helps, is that on the Transactions tab of the Account View window, both the Cancelled limit order and the filled Stop order show in the "**Other:" section....so the Filled Stop order does not show in the "**Filled:" section. Please let me know if you need any other information from me. Thanks, Tim

In the most recent Beta release, it states that you've added Scan Alerts. What do I need to do in order to invoke these alerts....can't seem to figure it out. Thanks, Tim

First, I really like the new real-time scanner....It's Great !!! Would it be possible to somehow show all of the portfolio scanner hits in the Alert Log. The reason I'm asking is because I'm using the scanner on a very short time frame, so even though I'm showing both the Scan and ScanDate columns on the portfolio, I sometimes miss seeing them since those fields clear out once a new bar begins....especially when I step away for a bit. So, being able to review the recent hits on the Alert Log would be great. Perhaps adding a portfolio alert on the Scan column? Thanks, Tim

OK thanks for looking into this. The spread showing 5-cents and a quick glance at the Level II window showing everything in 5-cent increments is working fine for me. Perhaps IQFeed will add the Tick increment in the future, but they may not bother until the rule is finalized in October 2018. I wouldn't bother with an edited list....since they update it daily it would constantly be getting out of date. Thanks Much! Tim

Thanks for doing this! I use IQFeed. Symbols "DVAX" and "CALA" would be a couple of examples. You can get the full lists from here (Download links down lower on the page): https://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=TickPilot Unfortunately, these get updated daily. Thanks! Tim

Would it be reasonable to request that the "Spread" column be made available on the Positions tab of the Account View window? The reason I'm asking for this is because I often exit a position by selecting the row with the position and do CTRL-T to open a Trade Ticket window. When I do this AND set the trade as a Limit order, I'm seeing increasing cases where the trade is rejected because the Stock is one of those in that Tick Size pilot program that only trades in 5-cent increments. If I see that the spread is 5-cents, I'll know to glance at the Level II, see every level in 5-cent increments and know its one of these stocks. I do have the spread column on my portfolios, but that's just not where I"m looking when I want to quickly set a Limit order for a position I'm holding. This would be helpful unless you can think of a better solution. Thanks, Tim

I see. I have the filtering on to just show trades....didn't want to see the entries for when the Bid/Ask changes without a trade. If there was a way to only use my IQFeed data for Raw Data, charts and portfolios, that would be ideal. I really only need the TD Ameritrade data for balance information in the Account view window. I believe all portfolio columns are available from IQFeed. I seem to recall you mentioning that MT calculates some of those portfolio columns, but I often see the IQFeed data being overwritten by those calculations, sometimes resulting in different values. That kind of defeats the purpose since IQFeed data is so fast. There's very little data I want from the broker. Thanks, Tim

I’ve seen this issue for quite some time so I’ll explain it as best as I can. This issue is most noticeable on the Raw Data windows, but also shows on the volume bars of the intraday charts. It is usually only noticeable on the higher volume issues. At some point during the day, what looks like extra trades begin showing in the Raw Data window. These extra trades always show immediately after a new “real” trade comes in and has the same exact time as the “real” trade, or 1 second later. The extra trade will always show the same time (or 1 second later), price, and Bid/Ask values as the real trade displayed just before it, but will show a relatively high trade volume. In the left Raw Data window below, you’ll see multiple trades with a volume of 21,405 (the extra trades). Looking at the right window below (IQFeed app), you don’t see the extra trades at all. (Using an app from TD Ameritrade, I also don’t see the extra trades.) These extra trades don’t show up after EVERY real trade, but only occasionally, usually when there are a lot of trades coming in quickly. Scrolling through earlier data from the Raw Data window, I see extra trades with volumes of “20,105”, “19,365”, “19,144”, “18,984”, “18,891”, “18,281”, “18,201”, “17,801”, “17,305”, “16,930”, “16,880”, “16,315”, “15,855”, etc. So, you can see that the volume of the extra trades keeps getting larger throughout the day. When these extra trades come in, they also affect the volume bars of the chart, but only for about a half-second. When this happens the volume initially shows on the chart, and then it appears to correct itself (the latest volume bar increases in height when an extra trade comes in, then shrinks back down as if the trade never occurred). This is especially noticeable on my 15-second charts, but I also see it on my 3-minutes charts. With my mouse hovering over the current volume bar, I can sometimes see a negative volume amount in the tracing window when the volume corrects itself . (See the negative “-4,857” in the example below.) Anyway, it makes the flow of the trades hard to follow when some of the trades in the Raw Data window aren’t real, and the chart volume bars are going both up AND down. I’m emailing you an export of my current settings, log, and DATA files. I cleared the data file before opening MT this morning, so it is only about 45 MB before the export compressed it down to a manageable size. Please let me know if there is any other information I can provide you with that may be helpful. Thanks, Tim