A Long List of Platform Enhancements
Hi,
1.) This is really big and I don’t know how difficult it is to implement. The ability to use .ex4 files. A lot of the good indicators that I use, the owner of the indicator does not give out the source files. Currently, I have to place orders on Protrader and have M T in the background using up my computer resources.
2.) Advance Order Management on the charts. This is a feature that I miss from Ninjatrader. The ability to have a template that saves my TP and SL levels and even more advanced order management features. It would also be nice if I can have a drop down menu to pick which account I would like to trade on.
3.) Advance alert system that allows me to interact with objects on chart. This feature is used in Ninjatrader and I can draw a diagonal line and set an alert to alert me when price touches this line.
4.) Simulator- I mentioned this before, but thought that I would add it again since it is so important.
5.) This is huge, the ability to scroll the chart one bar at a time. This is good for backtesting.
6.) For the chart to go back further. I believe for the 15M chart, it only goes back 2 months. It would be great if I have the flexibility to load data on the charts to my choosing.
7.) This is a very powerful feature and may not be feasible, but if this problem could be solved, then the other suggestions could be solved with this feature alone. A powerful language that allows me to integrate features into the ProtraderMC platform. Basically a language that could allow me to add buttons to the graphical user interface without looking so third-partyish. This might not be a big deal for most people, but as a programmer, I would love to add features and make it look good too. Again, I don’t know if this could be feasible, because I want the Protrader code to be protected.
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Williams Chris
| 21.09.2016
- Modified by Makuschenko Sergey 16.07.2017, 23:03
After further viewing, I noticed that I can create columns that can display the values of different objects on the chart by writing column scripts. This could allow one to interact with the objects on the chart. This is what I've found and I hope this tip can be useful. Happy trading!
Hi chrisbiz1e!
Thank you for your feedback.
2. You can choose account for chart trading in account lookup(number 1 on picture below). And if you choose SL/TP (number 3 on picture below) this SL/TP will save (when you are trading on chart using mouse trading or chart OE).
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 - These ideas are very interesting and helpful. We have sent it to our product analysts team. Please write about them in our Feature request section.
Regards, Support PTMC.
"6.) For the chart to go back further. I believe for the 15M chart, it only goes back 2 months. It would be great if I have the flexibility to load data on the charts to my choosing."
Hi chrisbiz1e. We have increased depth of available history for 15M and 30M from 2 months to one year. Nearest release (24.06) will include this fix. And also we have plans to create "infinity" chart - without control for history range and loading history by scrolling chart. It'll allow to load any depth you need.
7.) "... powerful language..."
Good question. Our platform is written in C# language, so if you know it you can extend the functionality of our platform. For current moment there are two ways:
1. C# Indicators/Strategies - you can create any logic you want: make custom drawing on charts, show your own forms with GUI, run threads, load data from 3rd parties etc.
2. Plugins. You can create absolutely new panels, add use them in terminal like standard (Positions panel, Orders panel and other). You can use your regular tool for development
(Visual Studio for example). It opens unlimited possibilities for traders with knowledge of programming. If you are interested - we can provide you more information.
Wow! I'm blown away.
I wasn't sure if this was possible without direct access to the main file. I'm glad that it is. Bogdan, can you point me to the documentation on how to do this? I'm really excited about this. I'm assuming an advanced feature would allow one to create buttons and then right-click on the ribbon and be able to customize it with a custom button. Currently in Protrader, you can customize the ribbon with buttons that already came with the platform, to the best of my knowledge.
Also, for the plugins, it would be great that one can create a custom panel and be able to drag and drop it into a workspace just like a panel that already came with Protrader.
Thanks again!
In current realese we will add the possibility to scroll chart "Bar by bar" by clicking F12 button, also you will be able to change the "hot button" for this action in General settings.
Best regards, PTMC team.
Hi Topol Artem,
Thanks for the new features. I love them and it will make backtesting easier. I'm really late with this and might have to wait until the next release. I feel the best shortcut key should be to push right to go right one bar at a time. Also, I forgot to mentioned this, but fortunately, this was implemented. The ability to hold down to the button to have the chart to continue moving. I'm proud to see this. I think to add the left scroll ability would be a feature that people will appreciate too. I will say that a lot of traders now are using laptops for trading and there are no scroll wheels, but the arrow keys do exist on pretty much all laptops.
Thanks again!
I will make sure to post all feature requests in the appropriate section. This was the only section that I saw in the forum that I felt was the most appropriate for adding feature requests. Thanks for giving me a voice and working hard to try to implement features that I loved from previous platforms. Thanks again.
