Can you display a countdown timer or T&S in Multicharts?

A countdown timer would be nice, like on most other platforms. So you have an idea of how many shares are need to complete a bar.

Time and Sales as well?

 

There is no T&S in Multicharts...

 

I don't understand what you are talking about? What do you mean by bar?

 

Like if you were looking at a share bar chart, where if you set it to 1000, it plots a bar every time 1000 contracts are traded.

Same for ticks with number of TRADES taken.

If you're on a time graph, it will countdown the amount of time left before a new bar starts printing.

 

Hi forrestang,

Volume countdown can be easily coded in MultiCharts. Moreover, if I am not mistaken our customers have already written one. If you are a registered MC user, you can log into our forum and search for one or contact us for this study.

Regards.

 

Andrew, i tried to register on that forum a long time ago, and could never do it. It's like there is no link to attempt to register.

I did find the thread that was for the countdown timer, but I can't view any of the code if it was there.

Can you post or attach the files for the countdown timer?

 

Copy and paste Forrest.

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[LegacyColorValue = true];


{ WAV_MinTimer Indicator WAV 7/19/04

for intra-day, time-based charts only

Borrows some from eKam Timer (thanks)..

uses BarStatus to read time at end of bar
and reset params

once-a-bar alert

7/21/04
slight mod to alert for 1st bar of day

7/26/04
slight mods to allow for text position to right
best to use HOffset = 0 and at least 6 bars to the right
ok with regular bar types...but not for Heikin Ashi bars (yet)

uses GetTickValue function

7/27/04
added PostText string input ...added after number of seconds left
8/11/04
changed time format...now shows minutes:seconds
now has better horiz offset ... can move further to right of last bar
(use negative HOffset for this)

}
inputs: Hspacer(10),Vspacer(80),AlertSecs(25),TextColor(magenta),
AlertColor(yellow),soundoff(false);

vars: txt(-1),str(""),SecsLeft(0),value2(0),ref(0),spacer(""),
StartTime(0),IntervalSecs(0),n(0),
EndTime(0), TextID(-1),AlertTime(0);

if BarNumber = 1 then begin
TextId = Text_New( date, time, 0, "." );
value2= text_new(date,time,close," ");
Text_SetColor(value2,Textcolor); Text_setStyle(value2,2,0);
for n= 1 to Hspacer begin
spacer=spacer+" ";
end;
end;

if LastBarOnChart and BarType = 1 then
begin
//set BarInterval time to seconds
IntervalSecs = BarInterval*60;
//Barstatus: 0=opening tick...2=closing tick...1=other tick
if BarStatus(1) = 2 then //closing tick ...so reset params and draw new text
begin
//convert fraction portion of time to seconds ...(from days to seconds)
StartTime = FracPortion(ComputerDateTime)*86400; //24*60*60
//calc when time is up
EndTime = StartTime + IntervalSecs;//calc time when bar should be done
//make string to output
value1 = SecsLeft / 60;//minutes
str = NumToStr(IntPortion(value1),0)+":";
value1 = SecsLeft - 60*IntPortion(value1);
str = str + NumToStr(value1,0);

ref = text_SetVertLocation(value2,Vspacer);
ref = text_SetString(value2,str+spacer);

//delete old txt
{
if txt > 0 then
text_Delete(txt);

if HOffset <= 0 then
begin
//move text to right of last bar
txt = text_new(date,Calctime( Time, -HOffset*BarInterval),
high + GetTickValue,str);
text_SetStyle(txt,0,1);//set right and top
end else
begin
//text to left of last bar
txt = text_new(date[HOffset],Time[HOffset],
high + GetTickValue,str);
text_SetStyle(txt,1,2);
end;
text_SetColor(txt,TextColor);
}
end;

//get time at new tick
if BarStatus(1) = 1 and EndTime > 0 then
begin
//calc seconds remaining
SecsLeft = EndTime - FracPortion(ComputerDateTime)*86400;
//update text
if SecsLeft >= 0 then
begin
value1 = SecsLeft / 60;//minutes
str = NumToStr(IntPortion(value1),0)+":";
value1 = SecsLeft - 60*IntPortion(value1);
str = str + NumToStr(value1,0);
ref = text_SetVertLocation(value2,Vspacer);
ref = text_SetString(value2,str+spacer);

{
//str = " "+NumToStr(SecsLeft,0)+PostText;
text_SetString(txt,str);
//have text move with price...if using HOffset = 0
if HOffset <= 0 then
begin
if close < open then
text_SetLocation(txt,date,Calctime( Time, -HOffset*BarInterval),
high + GetTickValue)
else
text_SetLocation(txt,date,Calctime( Time, -HOffset*BarInterval),
low - GetTickValue);
end;
}
end;
//see if time for alert
//be sure SecsLeft not a huge negative number on 1st bar of day
if SecsLeft <= AlertSecs and SecsLeft >= 0 and soundoff=true then
begin
text_SetColor(value2,AlertColor);
AlertTime = text_GetTime(TextID);
if AlertTime <> time then
begin
alert(NumToStr(SecsLeft,0) + " seconds");
text_SetLocation(TextID,date,time,0);
end;
end;
end;
end;


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Enjoy

 

One more thing. When you add the Timer dont freak out when you dont see it right away.

It needs to finish whatever X frame youre looking at before it starts. So if you put it on 1 min chart, it will start countdown on the NEXT min bar. 5 min takes whatever interval of 5 min left to see, 10, 15 so on and so on.

Good luck.

 

Where is this pasted?

 

Paste the attached in the Power Editor, compile, then add to your chart. This should work for tick and volume charts.

TG