timtrader

Both sources are IQFeed.

I just got the following error message while reviewing some stocks: Medved Trader encountered an Error ADDTEMPTICK OUT OF SEQUENCE 1: Previous=10/24/2014 8:00:00 PM 635497776003220000 Current=10/24/2014 7:57:30 PM 635497774503000000 APP VER: 1.0.4978.942 Please contact Medved Trader technical support and provide the error details AppVer: 1.0.4978.942 Err.Flags: Log, ShowIndicator, ShowToUser Please let me know if you need any other information from me. Thanks, Tim

OK. I had already removed the vast majority of those symbols 2 days ago (Right after I had added them and populated the chart data for each), so I assume more time needs to pass before a big reduction in file size will occur. Thanks Tim

FYI, I just tested the Consolidate option. My data file was 1.252 GB before and 1.183 GB after. The vast majority of that data was from 2 days ago as I mentioned above. I can run it again in the coming days if you expected the size to be reduced further after more time has passed. The entire startup time was just over 2 minutes, most of that doing consolidation. Thanks, Tim

A prompt would be good. I sometimes research dozens or hundreds of stocks on a weekend and would want to reduce the data file size when I'm done. I'll leave my data file alone so it will be of decent size in case you need it for testing. Thanks, Tim

I've been deleting the data file about once a week to keep the size down. It was about 600 MB as I read your note. I just added hundreds of symbols to a portfolio, cycled through each one to fill in the chart data, and deleted them from the portfolio. My data file is now 1.25 GB. Will that work for a consolidate test? Thanks, Tim

OK, thank you, that makes sense. - Tim

I've enabled trading (Using TD Ameritrade). Information on the "Balances" tab of the Account View window is not being updated real time, such as the Account Value "Current" and "Change" amounts. I would expect these to change throughout the day as positions are added and the value of those positions change. The information in the Positions tab IS updating real time, just not the information in the Balances tab. Thanks, Tim

Thank You! - Tim

I just got the following error message that popped up: Medved Trader encountered an Error General Exception in IQFEED HIST Backfill Parsing: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Specified argument was out of the range of valid values. Parameter name: SaveHistQuotes at MT.StoredData.SymbolData.SaveHistQuotes(IEnumerable`1 Collection, Boolean SaveLastQuoteOnly) in C:\MedvedTrader\StoredData\SymbolData.cs:line 403 at MT.StoredData.SymbolData.MergeHistBackfill(List`1 BFDays, CancellationToken CancelToken) in C:\MedvedTrader\StoredData\SymbolData.cs:line 746 at MT.RScriptBase.streamerBase.MergeHistBackfill(SymbolData SymData, List`1 Ticks, CancellationToken CancelToken, StreamerSymbol streamSymbol) in C:\MedvedTrader\RScriptBase\streamerBase.cs:line 612 at MT.RScriptBase.RUNTIME.Streamer_IQFEED.AfterHistBackfill(Task`1 BackfillTask, StreamerSymbol streamSymbol) in c:\Users\DAD\AppData\Local\2GK\Medved Trader\Temp\Compile\0us3zkdz.0.cs:line 1825 Please contact Medved Trader technical support and provide the error details AppVer: 1.0.4708.2132 Err.Flags: Log, ShowIndicator, ShowToUser Please let me know if you need any other information. - Tim

Today MT hasn't been showing any new news for me. I have news turned on for both Yahoo and IQFeed. I've tried stopping MT, renaming the SDATA.BIN, SNEWS.BIN, and SNEWS.BIN.bak files, but this doesn't fix the problem. I originally had the "# of days to keep (all sources)" set to 60 and the check box checked to monitor all portfolios. The weird result for this is that it was showing news beginning 60 days back (July 15th) and older, but nothing more recent. I changed the number of days to keep to 5, shut down MT, renamed the files, restarted MT, and now its showing the newest news beginning 5 days back (September 10th) and older, not the 5 most recent days. Please let me know if you need any other information from me. Thanks, Tim

OK, thanks for the information! - Tim

I've been using MT on a fast new computer for about 4 months now (Intel Core i7-4770). Over time MT has gradually taken longer and longer to both start up and shut down. Last week it got to the point of taking about 4 full minutes to start up and about a full minute or more to shut down. Task manager was showing that the MT.exe process was using about 1.4 GB of space and my free memory would often go down to less than 100 MB and the response time would sometimes lag for a second or two during the trading day. (I currently only have 8 GB on this machine.) So, I poked around and found out that my SDATA.BIN file had grown to over 4.7 GB in size. Three days ago I shut down MT, renamed my SDATA.BIN file, started MT back up and ever since then MT fully starts up in about 10 seconds (all data sources streaming), and it shuts down instantly. My free memory now stays at about 2.5 GB and the MT.exe process is usually only taking about 250 MB of memory. The new SDATA.BIN file that MT created was only about 25 MB after the first day, but now 3 days later it is sitting at about 134 MB, so based on my current usage, I suspect that it will eventually become a huge file and slow things down again. I periodically research over 100 stocks after hours and have my "Max # of Days of Intraday Data" set to 55. I know that's high, but its handy for research....and this fast machine coupled with the fast quotes from IQFeed will return that 55 days of intraday data in only about 2 seconds or less for a newly entered stock symbol with average daily volume of about 50 million shares. I assume its this historical data that is causing my SDATA.BIN file to grow so large over time. So, I have a couple of questions based on this information: 1.) Based on my settings, will MT periodically delete the data older than 55 days in the SDATA.BIN file, or does it just keep all of the historical data and continue to grow the file? 2.) Based on my setting and usage, would you recommend that I add more memory to my machine, or just plan to periodically shut down MT and delete the SDATA.BIN file and let a new smaller file be created? (I know historical data is lost this way, but it doesn't seem to matter much with the speed of this machine. It appears that the size of the SDATA.BIN file affects the size of the MT.exe executable and the amount of free memory on the machine.) FYI, MT is a great product! Thanks, Tim

I just received the following error. Please let me know if you need any other info: Medved Trader encountered an Error LevelIIWindow GetDepthData Task ERROR: Cross-thread operation not valid: Control '' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on. Please contact Medved Trader technical support and provide the error details AppVer: 1.0.4137.2026 Err.Flags: Log, ShowIndicator, ShowToUser System.InvalidOperationException: at System.Windows.Forms.Control.get_Handle() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.MarshaledInvoke(Control caller, Delegate method, Object[] args, Boolean synchronous) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.BeginInvoke(Delegate method, Object[] args) at MT.RegWin.MTManagedWindow.UIPost(SendOrPostCallback code, Object state) in C:\MedvedTrader\RegWin\MTManagedWindow.cs:line 741 at MT.LevelIIWindow.GetDepthData(Object State) in C:\MedvedTrader\MT\LevelIIWindow.cs:line 2424 Thanks, Tim

I have the "Always Show Trace" option set in the general chart settings (Freestyle option as well). I have the "Show Indicator Values" turned off on the floating data window of the charts. If I turn the "Show Indicator Values" ON in the floating data window of a chart, then the crosshairs will stay on the chart, even after I move the mouse entirely off of the chart. The same thing occurs if I turn the "Always Show" option on the floating data window ON after having turned it OFF. Please let me know if you need any other information from me. Thanks, Tim

Email has been sent. Thanks, Tim

I received the following error message this morning when starting MT. (Clicking Ignore allowed MT to start up fine.) - Tim

OK, the log file has been sent - Tim

I got windows popup stating that MT.exe had stopped working. Here are the details from that message. Please let me know if you would like me to email the log files to you: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BEX64 Application Name: MT.exe Application Version: 1.0.4085.2303 Application Timestamp: 53b9f070 Fault Module Name: clr.dll Fault Module Version: 4.0.30319.18444 Fault Module Timestamp: 52717f9a Exception Offset: 000000000023cce3 Exception Code: c0000409 Exception Data: 0000000000000000 OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: 3019 Additional Information 2: 301924c95c669350992279e1afb6429c Additional Information 3: 3b05 Additional Information 4: 3b0570085a549ea61dd22acbc9776b4f Thanks, Tim

Email sent - Tim

Nearly every morning (Usually sometime after the first half hour of market hours) my linked Raw Data window stops responding (All data is cleared out in the window and the little blue circle shows when the mouse is hovered over that window.) Unfortunately, at the same time, the Dashboard window stops responding as well, so I'm unable to do an export for you. Some days, like today, the problem happens twice. Each time I have to use task manager to shut down MT since the dashboard isn't responding either. All other MT windows continue running. I use IQFeed for everything except for one Level II window and one Chart of the DOW ($DJI)....both of which I use TD Ameritrade for. Is there anything I can send you that might help? Thanks, Tim

OK, Thanks! - Tim

I just received the following error message. Please let me know if you need any other information from me. Thanks, Tim Medved Trader encountered an Error Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: index Please contact Medved Trader technical support and provide the error details AppVer: 1.0.3924.2214 Err.Flags: Log, ShowIndicator, ShowToUser System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.get_Item(Int32 index) at MT.Streamer.Streamer.GetL2Record(String symbol) in C:\MedvedTrader\MT\Streamer\Streamer.cs:line 1782 at MT.Streamer.StreamerSymbolList.AddAction(IEnumerable`1 Syms, ActionType Act) in C:\MedvedTrader\MT\Streamer\StreamerSymbolList.cs:line 190 at MT.Streamer.StreamerSymbolList.AddAction(IEnumerable`1 Syms, Int64 subid, SubType sub, ActionType Act) in C:\MedvedTrader\MT\Streamer\StreamerSymbolList.cs:line 220 at MT.Streamer.StreamerSymbolList.Add(IEnumerable`1 Syms, Int64 subid, SubType sub) in C:\MedvedTrader\MT\Streamer\StreamerSymbolList.cs:line 303 at MT.Streamer.Streamer.SymbolAdd(IEnumerable`1 S, Int64 subid, SubType sub) in C:\MedvedTrader\MT\Streamer\Streamer.cs:line 654 at MT.LevelIIWindow.StreamSubscribe(Boolean ForceReconnect) in C:\MedvedTrader\MT\LevelIIWindow.cs:line 1105

Thank you....will do on any future error messages. Thanks, Tim

I received the following popup message a few minutes ago. I haven't seen this message before. Please let me know if you need any other information from me. Thanks, Tim