stock777 Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Chart custom timeframes are not being remembered from one session to the next. These are supposed to be on a per chart basis as well I think, as setting it in one chart does not reflect on the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Medved Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Ok - I open chart. I set its timeframe to be something other than default. I close MT. I reopen MT. That chart still has that non-default timeframe that I selected. What exactly is the scenario where something goes wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock777 Posted August 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Talking about the options to select time of day. Selected 0 days ago at 9:30 AM on a bunch of charts. When MT is restarted, that setting is gone and the default time of 12:AM is there. Using this setting for futures, to see only data from the open . Not sure how you want to handle one session to another, but at the very least, each chart should save the time entered (9:30) in this case so it doesn't have to be redone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Medved Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 It should save that setting and it does for me. If you close/reopen the chart (without closing MT) is the setting preserved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock777 Posted August 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 Just tried a close chart on AAPL, reopen , which seemed to save. When I shut down MT, the AAPL chart opens , with the custom time saved. I think stocks are working, but not working with my FUTURES charts for some reason, they are not saving . Using IB symbols. EDIT: I see where you are saving the data in the XML, but somehow its not restoring properly on reload. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Medved Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 Hmmm Have you tried doing it using MT symbology? @ followed by root followed by month code followed by two digit year? For example, @ESU15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock777 Posted August 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 That's exactly what I've been using. It simply isn't being saved / restored. Chronic issue. I have two @ESU15 charts open , but I don't think that's the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I looked at the last setup you sent us and the @ESU15 charts were not set to start at specific time. Can you resend the latest setup (export)? Also, if you want the chart to just start at the current day, you can select "Current Day" as the period. Assuming you set the timeframe to CME Globex Regular hours, it would start the chart at 9:30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock777 Posted August 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Looking at it right now and its set to 9:30AM. When I exit and rerun, that setting will be gone. Just did it. the Custom period resets to last day, and the from box no longer contains 9:30am but is reset to default 12:am Have you tested this with the same symbol. As for Current Day, that wont work for me as I have Extended Hours set to Always on Futures so ALL data shows. Current Day starts at the prev days open when set to Ext Hours always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 please send the export file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock777 Posted August 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Here's the problem Looks to me like the time data is saved in current.layout, correct me if I'm wrong. If I send you the layout AFTER I enter the data, it will be there. If I send you the layout AFTER I close and reopen it wont have the custom time data. Tell you what I just saw. I entered an odd time 9:37. I closed and reopened MT. I quickly pressed 0 on the @ES chart. It was THERE! And a few seconds later it wasn't. Sorry, if I'm encroaching on the debugging process, I really don't want to spend tons of time doing this, but these are obnoxious and hard to replicate problems and if I don't bang on them here you're not going to be able to replicate them so easily. Here's what I've found. The data seems to be saved, but as soon as you do anything with the chart, select another timeframe, keyboard or use the ctrl-mousewheel, , I see an Unknown Timeframe message flash on the top of the chart, and the custom timeframe value is lost. See if you can duplicate this. If you can't I'll record it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 I entered the 9:37 AM. it shows that on the chart on top. I restart (chart is on custom period at this point) After restart, chart still shows 9:37 AM - I didn't hit anything You said you hit 0. Does that mean that you are switching to a different period prior to closing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 The chart remembers the "last used" custom period while it is open. If the chart's period is custom at the time it is closed, it will be custom at the time it is open, which will become the last used custom period If the chart's period is one of the other, predefined periods when it is closed, then it will be the same when it is open. And there is no "last used" custom period. So if you select Custom Period after re-opening the window, you will get the default one. That works as intended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock777 Posted August 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Not sure how this behavior is what's intended. I customize the from time (the third line option, 0 days From 9:30AM) in chart XYZ. During the session this is remembered and I can simply press '0' and get that chart to display as wanted. If I call up the edit box again, it leaves my modified time setting alone . Now , the next day , when this chart is reloaded, I would expect that custom time to be remembered and available to me without having to reenter it each and every day. Reselecting custom time popup using '0', should not arbitrarily delete my entered values. It should simply enable editing them. I explained why I need to use the manual 9:30 start , as the ES settings I'm using dont start the chart there using the built in options. PS , I see now that even during the session, if I modify the timeframe options , ie selecting Last/Time (row 1 of the popup) it also deletes the custom time entered on row 3. I'd seriously rethink this design, as there is no benefit that I can see and causes extra work for the user, who chooses to vary the timeframe view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Medved Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Thank you for clarifying things, stock777. I put the saving of custom period/frequency values (when they are not selected) in our todo list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock777 Posted August 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 ok, thanks . appreciate that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock777 Posted August 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Saving of time seems to be fixed nicely but seeing another odd related issue. for ES only, NQ is fine. 9:30am is not displaying right. It was working previously. The chart starts at 9:15, this is on a 1 minute chart. I've seen it start at other odd times, besides 9:30. Tried clear/backfill, no diff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 please send me your current settings so I can check. Don't need the log Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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