Scripts to Find Data Errors
Hi. Have you guys developed any scripts to help identify potential data issues? I ask because for some systems, especially intraday, QuantShare simulation runs can show an error and stop processing and

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IB Real Time
1. Anyone had a successful "Backfill when system detects a disconnect" using IB? I had an instance where ISP was down, and when it reconnected it streamed all my symbols OK, but it did not go

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Real Time experience
I have been attaching QS to a real Interactive Brokers account for the past few weeks. That has been a favorable experience:
- A number of charts at various frequencies all update properly.
- IB (TWS)...

Migration to a new system
Hi All & QS support!
I want to migrate my QS s/w & data from Win7 64 to a new Win 8.1 64.
What is the best way to do it so I can preserve my customization, DB data as much as possible?...

Saving Chart layouts
Hi,If I add 4 charts to a screen with different tickers,and I want to save the layout,How would i do that.Chart manager didnt do the trick,nor did save layout..

Thanks...

Trading strategy backtesting
While backtesting a trading strategy, some stocks remain open
on the last day specified in the strategy. How to avoid this?
Can anybody help......

MM variables deactiavte/activate
Hi,
perhaps i am overlooking something,but is there a way "deactivate" a MM script without removing it?
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MM Staggered Entry and Exit
hi,
I am looking at the staggered entry and exit MM and would like to create a system that enters half the position when
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About Market Profile
Dear Sir,

I am not able to find Market Profile (Auction market Theory) in QS. Is it available in QS? If yes the how to plot it on Graph?...

QS language/operators
Hi,
I was going over a system that I downloaded and could not find the definition of "&& " and the 2 vertical lines, || which I cant even find on my keyboard..They are
separating...

Posts.
Hey Everyone,

Where do I search for the posts that just one person made?...

Simulation by Year
This may be answered somewhere, but I didn't find anything with a few searches.

I want to be able to get simulator results for a single year at a time. So I thought I could just use the following simulator...

Very basic question about backtesting
I have not used Quantshare but I am trying to understand what Quantshare can (or cannot) do. For example, if I wanted to test a potential (simple) trading strategy which had the following characteristics:
if
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Cosmetic / Usability Updates for the Next Release?
Hi. Is there any chance we could get some or all of the usability improvements in the next release? I realize they are fairly small, but when you are using the interface for hours at a time, some of the

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Help with Quantshare Language
Hi,

I am new here and I would like to create a simple Bullish Engulfing trading strategy:...

Industry/Sector data
Hi,
Is there a way or source to get at least 5 years of industry/sector data?
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Dynamic Watchlist Help
I'm trying to build an intraday trading system where, each day, the system chooses the top 10 stocks from a watchlist of the Nasdaq 100 constituents and only trades those 10 stocks. The following day,

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Composite tickers under custom database
Do we have any options for creating composite tickers under a custom database? Currently, I create composite tickers with multiple composites using addcomposite function. The ticker is created in quotes

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Optimization Speed Issue
Hi. I'm trying to optimize an intraday trading system and the performance is very slow, so I'd like some suggestions on how to speed up the performance. The multi-core optimization option is turned on.

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TD Ameritrade
Do you have any integrations to TD Ameritrade TOS or even better TD's Institutional Trading program ThinkPipes? If not, any plans in the future?

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Downloader - Login and Download a file
Hello.

Is it possible to login to a secure site via the downloader and navigate to a page to download a csv file and have it saved to the local hard drive?...

Add new symbols for download
I trade on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and realised last night that two of the biggest companies listed on the JSE is not part of the symbol list to download historical data. How can I add these companies

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64-Bit IB API
Hi. Will it be possible to have QuantShare retrieve / work with the 64-bit version of the Interactive Brokers TWS API in an upcoming release?

Count Down Days
I'd like to setup a buy condition based on a count of the number of down days. For example, I'd like to say, "buy if 3 out of the last 5 days has a lower close".

I thought I could do this with...

More documentation on SetSimSettings
Is there somewhere which has the complete documentation on all possible values of the arguments?

For example, I am looking for an argument which translates into "dollar value of shares purchased"....

Add Money Management Settings to Reports
Hi. I'd like to propose you guys add the advanced money management settings to the backtest reports. Money management is a big part of returns, and right now the settings that produce those returns (and

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Script to Toggle Hide Buttons
Hi. I'd like to build a script to toggle the 'Hide Buttons' function on the window menu using a shortcut key. I'm guessing this is one line of code... can you point me in the right direction?

Download Manager help needed
1. How does one download historic from their data supplier.
2. How do you delete the default 2010 Dec historic.
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Better Plotting for Sell Arrows on Chart
Hi. In evaluating some trading systems, I'd like to be able to show realistic buy and sell conditions on a chart. For example, please look at the following script I'm currently using on a chart:

// Buy...

Location Constants
Hi. Can you point me to a list of location constants I can use for the following code:

PrintChart(f, "", topleft, colorgray, colorTransparent, colorTransparent, 255);...