[Obtaining Current System Time within a Renko Bar]

I was wondering if this can somehow be accomplished in C# Advanced Paintbars:

A couple of preliminary items:

1) I am using Renko Bars (4 points) for futures;

2) I am doing this as part of my back testing  efforts;

Renko bars get timestamped (TimeStamp) when the Renko bar is created.  In my back testing logic, I want to close any simulated trade, say within 15 minutes of market close.

So, as an example, let's say a trade fires off, and my last Renko Bar has a TimeStamp of 15:24:25.  16:00:00 comes around (15 minutes of market close), and I'm still in that same Renko bar.   I cannot check the TimeStamp of the Renko Bar to see if we're at 4:00 PM, since the TimeStamp associated with that bar is 15:24:25.  I tried creating a variable of type "DateTime CurTime", but I get the following error on declaration, "96, 16    CS0103    Possible security violation".   Not sure that would have given me the desired result anyway, as it might provide current system time (that is, the time when I run the back test), as opposed to the current time with the Bar.

Is there any way that I can check the system time, while within the Renko Bar, via logic?  

Thank you in advance.

 

[Date/Time Timestamp in Scan/Paintbar Manager]

Not sure if this is recorded internally within MT or not, but it would nice to have a Date/Time Stamp (last modified date) column in the Scan/Paintbar Manager that would allow for sorting via this column.  Nice to have only.

Thanks in advance for considering.

[Display Ordering of Hot Key Buttons not Preserved on DOM]

Not a biggee, but the display ordering of user-defined Hot Key buttons on DOM is not saved on MT application exit to next invocation.

[Verizon (USA) SMS attacment removed]

Jerry, sorry forgot to post, due to busy weekend with family.   It is now working again via Email to me.   The SMS text-to-Emails from last week all came in late Friday night, as if they were queued up.  And I tested one yesterday (Sat morn), and it came in, in real-time.   Could it be that your SMS-to-Email server/service was down last week?

[Verizon (USA) SMS attacment removed]

Jerry, I'm in need of sending SMS text messages to myself when I away from my computer.  I had this working in the past, where I had C# code in my paintbar fire off when a new bar was created:

 

         if (Close > Open)
         {
             TriggerAlert("NewCandle2", "Up: " + Close.ToString() + " Time: " + Timestamp.AddMinutes(-240).ToString());
         }
         else
         {
             TriggerAlert("NewCandle2", "Down: " + Close.ToString() + " Time: " + Timestamp.AddMinutes(-240).ToString());
         }            

This alert (NewCandle2) is enabled for this paintbar, and I have SMS enabled with my cell telephone #.   Recall I have Verizon as my carrier, and due to Verizon issue, SMS didn't work.   However, you created and Email Entry for me for my drop-down (which still exists), that allowed me to send text to myself thru Email, while Verizon was selected as the carrier.

This all worked awhile back, but is no longer working.   Has something changed in MT that would prohibit this from working?

Thanks in advance.

[TDA Bitcoin Liquidity Index]

Thanks, but that symbol doesn't work.

[Trading/Security Setting Not Retained when New Beta Version Loaded]

OK, sorry for this; this the SECOND time I have made this mistake........my export was "To Share with Others", and not to just my account, so naturally that setting would not be carried over for the import.

Sorry!

[TDA Bitcoin Liquidity Index]

Hi,

The above index can be displayed in ToS as "BLX:GIDS".   I've tried different permutations to get it to display in MT to no avail, using the "$" typecode.

Can you lend a hand on the MT symbol please?

Thanks.

[Trading/Security Setting Not Retained when New Beta Version Loaded]

Yes, exporting and importing (via Merge) of Settings.  This has happened to me only after last couple of Beta installs.  Not a biggee, just reporting.

[Trading/Security Setting Not Retained when New Beta Version Loaded]

This has happened on the last several beta upgrades:

Trading/Security Setting - Allow Chart/DOM  Trading Auto Transmit Setting to be remembered, is no longer remembered.

Is this intentional or a bug?

[Adjustment of Trailing Stop on DOM Not Working Properly at Times]

Seems to be working OK, re:Moving Trailing Stops.   Thanks for fixing.

[Adjustment of Trailing Stop on DOM Not Working Properly at Times]

Mike, had no idea, wasn't listed on the Beta fix list.  I'll check today or tomorrow, thank you.

[Adjustment of Trailing Stop on DOM Not Working Properly at Times]

Any update on this fix???????????

[Adjustment of Trailing Stop on DOM Not Working Properly at Times]

LOL, just like my brother and I.  Thanks.   In the interim, you'll be happy to know that I used new Hot Keys feature to tighten my TStop (only prob is that I do a cancel of existing Stop, before creating new one, so there is chance market moves before new TStop is submitted).

[Chart Low of Day does not match DOM Low of Day]

OK thanks.

[Chart Low of Day does not match DOM Low of Day]

Tiny bug - MES using IB.

Today's Low of Day (6/1/21) is noted as 4191.75 on Intraday Chart.   Today's Low of Day (6/1/21) on DOM is noted as 4189.75.

[Adjustment of Trailing Stop on DOM Not Working Properly at Times]

Morning guys, any ETA on fixing issue # 1 above?   Again, this is just a function of TrailStop$, as the common denominator - Thanks in advance.

[First Look at Hot Keys - Very Cool!]

Got the Stop Direction done already.   Scaling out should be easy enough.

[First Look at Hot Keys - Very Cool!]

Hey guys,

Just downloaded latest Beta with Hot Key functionality, and can already see this will be a winner!

In fairly quiescent ES markets, I like creating Stop Orders with Trailing Stops.  Since most brokers (definitely IB) don't support Stop/TrailingStop conditional order types, I created Hot Keys for submitting desired Trails (one for Buy; one for Sell), which is way better than having to manually enter Trails after order executes.

Next Up:  Figuring out how to generate Buy/Sell Trails dynamically, based on direction of current Order Type.

After That:  Devising Hot Keys to Scale out of multi-contract positions.

Thanks for this!

[Adjustment of Trailing Stop on DOM Not Working Properly at Times]

Yes.   Seems like the lowest common denominator of issue seems to be the re-pricing of the TStop$, regardless if native or within a conditional order.

[Adjustment of Trailing Stop on DOM Not Working Properly at Times]

Just as a further FYI, when I use a TStop$ trade by itself on the DOM, and attempt to adjust the TStop$ price, the same behavior as noted above occurs.

[Trading (and other) customizable Hotkeys functionality suggestions needed]

Hi Mike,

Just curious when the ETA for release will be on this?

I mentioned one thing I'm interested earlier in this thread (multiple contracts with defined scale outs).

Here's another simpler one I'm interested in.  Since IB (and prob most brokers) don't support OCA/OTA Stop Orders with an opposing Trail Stop leg, I would like to do the following:

1) Simple AUTO DOM order that will allow me to buy/sell a Limit/Stop order at a price of interest;

2) Once trade executes, availability of a defined hot key that will execute a Trail $/Trail % Stop order calculated as an offset to my entry price;

Will that be achievable?    Thank you.

[Adjustment of Trailing Stop on DOM Not Working Properly at Times]

I figured that, but thought I'd bring it to your attention, since you asked me about OCA orders (with trails) above in this thread.  Maybe had something to do with today's heavy trading volume.  I assume that IB would be keeping track of Trail on their trading server, and that it's just their API update being sluggish then.

[Adjustment of Trailing Stop on DOM Not Working Properly at Times]

FYI, I tried an AUTO->OCA trade today (MES Long with 3.25 point trailing stop).  As price moved up beyond 3.25 gain, the Trailing Stop didn't move up at all with it.  All of a sudden it, the Trailing Stop jumped 5 points, and then trailed appropriately.   This happened three times today.

I check the resources of my laptop to make sure CPU and Memory wasn't pegged at 100% or something, but I had plenty of available resources.

Could this be IB misbehaving again?

[Is your Login Server down??]

I can login from my main PC OK to MT, but am unable to login from my laptop (keeps prompting me for username/password).  Weird since, both machines are on my home network.

I notice that website MedvedTrader.com is inaccessible currently via the Web, and I get a TimeOut when trying to ping it.

Thanks.