Jason

From the Dashboard on the upper right hand corner we have a button that allows us to minimize everything. Can this be achieved through a keyboard shortcut or assigned to a hotkey? I've been looking around and haven't been able to find a way to do this. I can see in the keyboard shortcut list an option to restore all windows but can't seem to find a corresponding option for minimizing everything or any kind of toggle. It's pretty irritating having to restore the Dashboard and move my mouse to hit that tiny button on the top right.

Thanks will look into it.

Is there any way at all to receive the data feed from Interactive Brokers without needing to have TWS us loaded? The bloat and design of TWS is such that it slows down my system considerably having it open and running in the background in conjunction with MT. I think there are other platforms that don't require TWS running in the background to interact with the IB data feed through their API and was wondering if it was doable with MT.

I managed to recreate the the layout from scratch and after testing it doesn't have the same problem. Other layouts previously saved are not affected. Somehow it seems this particular layout AND it's backup was corrupted.

I had made a few changes to my layout and saved it like I always have in the past. I shut down MT and loaded the layout and received this error. Out of the blue now I can't even load the layout fully unless I use the backup that was created. It seems all I have to do is make any change to the layout and save the layout and the layout will not be able to load without throwing this error. I've tried saving a change in the layout over the previous copy as well as saving the changed layout to an entirely new location but it hasn't helped. I am using version 1.1.9710.208

I have a watchlist which shows all the positions in my portfolio and have the Yield column displayed but it does not show the dividend yield on new positions. All of the other data populates properly except the yield. I have also found that when I open MT sometimes the yield for other symbols which previously did have a yield present in their row are now missing the yield. I have tried backfilling the data for the symbols but this hasn't worked.

I was attempting to get my data feed piped from my IB paper trading account through to MT when this occurred. I had TWS open using my paper trading account and had already configured an option to use the paper trading account under the Trading / Accounts section in the settings window. I changed the port number under Data Sources / Configure Accounts to match that in my IB paper trading account and clicked on Apply which produced the error. The unhandled exception window was accompanied by a graphics distortion in the settings window consisting of a large white square appearing under the "Supported Functionality" check boxes where the port and IP options are specified. The error did not crash the whole program but the graphical distortion remained after closing the exception window. I have the text of the unhandled exception window but will send the log to support in case that's sufficient.

Done, thanks.

I'm using version 1.1.9700.202 x64 and encountered this when editing a portfolio. I was adding notes to the symbols through the portfolio editor window and it appeared that the text in one of the columns was slightly cut off. I was curious to see what may not be visible in the column and attempted to resize it. Immediately the window locked up and I could only close MT through task manager. Thereafter, every time I try to open the portfolio editor window, either through the Dashboard or other means, the portfolio editor window shows as solid black with no text when it attempts to open and the scrollbars flicker as if it's trying to populate an ever growing list of rows/items for display but nothing ever appears. I'm guessing this is some kind of memory leak or race condition or something. This is a persistent problem I can reproduce every time I load the program and it's not possible for me to use the portfolio editor at all at this point. No error code or message is ever thrown by MT or Windows. I am using Windows 10 Pro. In case it's useful; I've noticed ever since it started crashing this way that I can no longer resize the Symbol column when viewing the portfolio. Could have sworn I was able to do so before I encountered this behavior. I also have multiple groups, each with a name, set up in the portfolio using three dashes entered in the portfolio editor (i.e. "---Energy") before I started encountering this bug. Also, I've found that after I attempt to open the portfolio editor window all other MT windows seem to be fine as far as in expected behavior when interacting with them. However, if I click on or attempt to interact with the solid black portfolio editor window in any way then all MT windows become unresponsive.

Ah I see. Exploring different areas of the software and getting my watchlists and portfolios mixed up.

Hello, I've found that when I try to modify the watchlist/portfolio columns there are two columns that seem never to be saved. I've tried adding the "Value" and "Quantity" columns to my watchlist but after closing the watchlist and reopening it those two columns and, so far, ONLY those two columns are not displayed. I don't currently own any shares in the securities in my watchlist but expected that I would be able to have the columns displayed. I have tried saving the column layout with the above columns showing under the "View" tab in the watchlist window and loading that column layout after closing and reopening the watchlist window but the those columns are always missing. I am, however, able to remove columns and those columns remain hidden. Thanks, Jason

Okay, I think I haven't encountered this before as I'm trying to use the API in a way I haven't in the past. It's an easy workaround for me though to simply put them in a portfolio list when I need to access the latest quotes. Thanks

Hello, I seem to be having a problem with the web API. If I enter the following line: http://127.0.0.1:16239/req?getLastQuote(SYMBOL) Into my browser I seem not to be able to get the last quote for the SYMBOL unless I've already entered that symbol into a chart in MT. After I do, it always pulls the quote. I can load a different ticker into the chart so that the original SYMBOL isn't loaded anymore but subsequent calls through my browser with the above URL continue to work. I am using QuoteMedia for my data stream and haven't encountered this before. Thanks, Jason

Very interesting! That will give me something to chew on for a while.. Thanks for the heads-up!

I'm not sure I understand. The only API interface I know of is through the browser URL approach. Also, when it sends information from the current window, what information is sent/available? You mean the symbol? The quotes from the data service we're using?

Yes, you're right. And it's not a button I see often as I have the watchlist window reduced to a very small size. Also, I use AutoIt to automate and combine multiple operations in code that's all initiated with hotkeys so I immediately went for the hotkey solution. It's not a deal breaker though. One thing that I think is more important is the ability to toggle, or cycle through, portfolio symbols/watchlists. For example, it would be really nice if I could set up multiple watchlists and click on the window and then move to the next watchlist using an arrow key or just cycle through them using a hotkey.

Is there any way we can get a hotkey option added for clearing all the symbols in the watchlist we have open? I like to have to option to start with a clear watchlist at the beginning of everyday. It would be nice if a simple hotkey could do this for me. Thanks, Jason

Was poking around the hotkey settings and encountered this option under the Global hotkey settings. What does this do?

I'm glad I found a legitimate bug. It was hiding before but now we can squash it. In the interim it's functioning now with the workaround. Thanks.

I am using the following code: public void MainCalculation() { if ( Close[1] >= High[1] - .10*(High[1] - Low[1]) ) { SetColorAndShape(0x4dc4b6FF, PBShape.Fill); //TriggerAlert("OF", @"OF"); SetScanResult(@"OF"); } if ( Close <= Low[1] + .10*(High[1] - Low[1]) ) { SetColorAndShape(0xa33c14FF, PBShape.Fill); //TriggerAlert("OF", @"OF"); SetScanResult(@"OF"); } } And it's producing this error: Medved Trader encountered an Error Array dimensions exceeded supported range. Please contact Medved Trader technical support and provide the error details AppVer: 1.1.9300.1 Err.Flags: Log, ShowIndicator, ShowToUser System.OutOfMemoryException: at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type) at MT.Charting.Editor_Paintbar.<OnParameterChanged>d__9.MoveNext() in [ROOT]\Charting\Paintbars\Editor_Paintbar.cs:line 105 Second attempt, couldn't get the code to go through the first time.

I'm using the following code in a simple paintbar: And it's returning this error: Medved Trader encountered an Error Array dimensions exceeded supported range. Please contact Medved Trader technical support and provide the error details AppVer: 1.1.9300.1 Err.Flags: Log, ShowIndicator, ShowToUser System.OutOfMemoryException: at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type) at MT.Charting.Editor_Paintbar.<OnParameterChanged>d__9.MoveNext() in [ROOT]\Charting\Paintbars\Editor_Paintbar.cs:line 105 Thanks for your assistance.

I'm a little late to this party. I know it's been a while since this was asked about but I hope it hasn't been ruled out. I would be very interested in this.

Hmm, is there any way I can see the underlying code used by an indicator? I want to play with it and I'm going to have to re-implement it.

Is there any way I can retrieve the value of an indicator at a specified candle on my chart, say for an EMA or RSI or something, through the API? I would like to request that this be implemented. How difficult would this be? I wouldn't think it would be THAT hard since all the values are already calculated sitting right there in the program/chart and I just need them to be exposed to get access to them. I wouldn't expect you guys to anticipate every conceivable use case one could imagine for every possible scenario. I'm not suggesting we be able to modify or set indicator parameters or anything like that. Just something simple. Like an API call that returns an enumerated list of all the indicators on the chart and an option to have the API spit out one of them.

I've sent the Log/Settings but I can't get a screenshot of the glitch.