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That’s it, i finally migrated to GNU Debian Linux with gnome-panel and WineHQ.
No more spyware. And my PC works better. What a joy !
I encourage everybody to do the same.
Do not choose Windows nor Ubuntu nor MacOS : choose GNU Debian !
Now i can work peacefully.
Cheers.

Hello,

In just a few words ; i am happy today that i can now say that QChartist build 275 can fully replace TradingView and MT4 MetaTrader 4. It is pleasant that i can entirely rely on an open source solution and that QC can do all the job. I am no more dependent to paid, commercial, copyrighted and closed source software. I think it’s a scoop.

QChartist build 275 is out!

• Now you can load H4 TF charts on the fly from Yahoo Finance, with indicators, and auto refresh it.
  4 hour timeframe works for all tickers from YF data source.
  You can run update and recompile with QTStart
  Enjoy!

QChartist build 274 is out!

• Volatility Pivot indicator debugged
• Added a new user-friendly and free customizable Market Watchlist with price alerts
  Works with thousands of tickers. I hope you will like it!
  You can run update and recompile with QTStart
  Enjoy!

There is a bug in with the Volatility Pivot indicator in build 273.
The volatilitypivottrstop basic double array variable indicator buffer returns wrong values.
It seems like sometimes RapidQ memory limits are reached.
The workaround is to store indicator buffer values in a qstringgrid variable.
It’s a bit tricky but it works.
I attached the two files that have been modified here. They should be replaced and then recompile the program.
Best regards.

Hello guys,

Good news :

A Major bug that made QChartist crashing when loading monthly charts has been solved in build 273 !

Since many years i did not understand why the software was crashing when trying to load monthly charts for world indices and stocks. Moreover, it was not possible to put indicators on these charts.

The problem was the same for daily, weekly and monthly crypto charts.

This problem was one of the last QChartist weakness. I am very happy today that this problem is definitely solved and that all your charts (Bitcoin, Crypto, Stocks, Indices, Commodities and FX) can be loaded by the software successfully on all timeframes. You can also put indicators and draw objects on all these charts.

The problem was dealing with the bar volumes that were stored into integer variables. This was in fact a big mistake from my part. Integer variables are sometimes not enough for some bar volumes especially on large timeframes. Thus i replaced volumes integer variables to double variables. As a result, QChartist now works like a clockwork.

I made some other minor modifications at the same time (improved the price decimal precision for the crosshair and objects position). High price decimal precision is important for crypto charts.

To conclude, i hope that this major improvement will encourage traders to choose QChartist or simply to use it more often as the software has now become more and more user-friendly.

You are invited to update your software to the build 273.

Enjoy and happy trading !

Hello,

I recently decided to work under Linux and to write QChartist text files under this system.

Although QChartist is designed to work on Windows, i prefer to work with it on Linux with WineHQ.

So if you have problems to read the readme.txt file and to edit the QChartist.ini file under Windows :

Use Wordpad to display and edit my text files with correct line endings under Windows.

Text files line ending compatibility between Windows and Linux is an old problem.

Windows uses \r\n at the end of each line whereas Linux uses only \n at the end of lines.

That’s why you should not use Notepad under Windows to view or edit QChartist files, use Wordpad or JFE instead.

Thanks for your attention.

QChartist build 271 is out!

• Twelvedata Data Source implemented !
  Twelvedata supports Stocks, FX, Crypto, ETF and Indices.
  It also supports the 240 minutes interval.
• Documentations updated
  You can run update and recompile with QTStart
  Enjoy!

Good News : I still have some New Ideas in Mind to improve QC !

– I intend to implement Twelvedata data source to QC.
It will support intraday historical data (and even the 240 min TF!).
It will support Stocks, FX, Crypto, ETF and even Indices !
I believe that the implementation of Twelvedata will be a wonderful improvement because there was a lack of 240 minutes time interval.
I had to use the period converter to convert 60M to 240M, this was tedious.
With this new data source, 240M time interval will be finally built-in !
And cherry on the cake : the Live Chart Refresh mode will work on 240M TF, which will be perfect to follow the exit strategy with TMA_CG (System #3 Price Action System).
See https://twelvedata.com/docs for more info. Twelvedata rocks !
All that remains now is to get to work to program that. I just need to find some time. This will be done for the next build : 271.

– Another thing for the build 271 will be to add in the documentations that :
For Alpha Vantage Crypto Data Source, you don’t have to put the Cross Pair for the symbol :
the correct syntax for the symbol is : “BTC” or “ETH” (not “BTCUSD” nor “BTC/USD” which do not work)

– Another thing for the build 271 will be to add in the documentations that :
The Market Watchlist does not work under Windows 10 with WineHQ. But it works great under Windows 7.
If you want to use the Watchlist, all what you have to do is to run “winecfg” in the terminal and select “Windows 7” instead of “Windows 10”.

Have a nice weekend !

QChartist (QC) – MetaTrader 4 (MT4) comparison tab:

To conclude: QChartist and MetaTrader 4 are good free charting software alternatives and they are complementary. They are a good and powerful combo when used together because there are some things that QChartist can’t do and some things that MT4 can’t do. Together, they can do many things, otherwise everything !