Diamond Backtesting with MultiCharts (BTWFMgr)
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Check out a Video showing how to run the BTWFMgr ins MultiCharts (Version 6 and 7+) (BT_MC_Demo1.wmv)

BTWFMgr can also process optimizations now with the TradeStation compatible MultiCharts platform:
Step1: Prepare your Strategy in MultiCharts
Step2: Run the Optimization for your strategy/signal
If you are running Windows - make sure you run MultiCharts.exe in ADMINISTRATOR mode (sometimes running in Windows Vista Mode helps):

Step1: Prepare your Strategy in MultiCharts

1a	Open the MultiChart PowerLanguage Editor:
1b	Open the Strategy you would like to optimize and analyze with BTWFMgr for editing a) File/Open b) Enable only the Signal check box c) Select double click on your Strategy As a sample you can import our RSI Sample Strategy from here: PSS_RSISample.pla
1c	Open the Diamond BTWFMgr Start/Programs/Diamond Backtesting with Walk Forward Manager (BTWFMgr)/Backtesting with Walk Forward Manager (BTWFMgr) or double click on: C:/BTWFMgr/BTWFMgr.exe
1d.	Click on the "Strategy Preparation" button (or File/Strategy Preparation)
1e.	Your Strategy name should appear in the new box - click on the Prepare button:
1f	The click on the Modify button This will automatically add a small section at the end of your strategy and verify the strategy for you. That's it - you are ready to go - click on OK in the Confirmation box:
	The only difference between the MultiChart and Tradestation modification is the DLL function call to PSS_BTMC() instead of PSS_BT():: MultiChart: external: "PSS_BT.DLL", int, "PSS_BTMC", LPSTR,LPSTR,LPSTR,IEasyLanguageObject; ... nRetWFO = PSS_BTMC(Symbol,"PSS_RSISample"{Strategy},WalkForwardVar{InputNames},self); TradeStation: external: "PSS_BT.DLL", int, "PSS_BT", LPSTR,LPSTR,LPSTR,IEasyLanguageObject; ... nRetWFO = PSS_BT(Symbol,"PSS_RSISample"{Strategy},WalkForwardVar{InputNames},self);

Step2: Run the Optimization for your strategy/signal

2a	Open your workspace with the Chart and Strategy/Signal loaded as a sample you can open the PSS_RSISample chart from here: PSS_RSISample_MSFT15.wsp
2b	Right click on the chart and select "Format Signal":
2c	Click on "Optimize" and enter your (exhaustive) optimization ranges and set  the nBTWFMgrExport parameter to 2 - here is an example for our sample signal PSS_RSISample: A new Strategy input parameter has been added: nBTWFMgrExport The following modes are available: 0 Disable BTWFMgr data capture 1 Enable BTWFMgr data capture - in initial strategy potential research mode When you are researching the basic strategy potential and the effect of additional context input values 2 (Default) Enable BTWFMgr data capture - in regular backtesting mode When you are finalizing strategy development and want to collect data for the Walk Forward backtesting
	Make sure the Properties are sett o $10000 Dollar per trade:
2d	Click on OK to start the optimization and the MultiCharts Progress WInodws will appear:
2e	When the MultiChart optimization has completed, BTWFMgr will automatically process the newly collected and display the BTWFMgr Result window and remove its temporary work files.
2f	Make sure the PSS_RSI_Sample (or any other study you use) is compiled: a) Open in Power Editor b) Click on Compile/Compile XXX (F3) c) You should see a message like: Also the ready Status should show YES:

How BTWFMgr processes the MultiCharts optimzations
BTWFMgr uses the following steps to process MultiCharts optmizations:

• Create on the very first permutation the temporary sub folder with the Timeframe as the sub folder name:
  Example: \BTWFMgr\PSS_RSISample\MSFT\015Min
• Write the BTWFMgr definition file into the sub folder with the creation time in the filename:
  Example: \BTWFMgr\PSS_RSISample\MSFT\015Min\015Min_20100209_175026.btwf1
• Write EACH permutation as a separate BTWFMgr event file into the sub folder:
  Example:
  \BTWFMgr\PSS_RSISample\MSFT\015Min\MC000001.btwf2
  \BTWFMgr\PSS_RSISample\MSFT\015Min\MC000002.btwf2  etc
• Initiate a BTWFMgr process to wait for the MultiChart optimization box to disappear:
  
• When the MultiChart optimization box has disappeared, BTWFMgr assumes that the optimization has completed
  and will copy the BTWFMgr definition file to its final destination:
  Example: \BTWFMgr\PSS_RSISample\MSFT\015Min\015Min_20100209_175026.btwf1 copy to:
  \BTWFMgr\PSS_RSISample\MSFT\015Min_20100209_175026.btwf1
• Open the final BTWFMgr event file:
  \BTWFMgr\PSS_RSISample\MSFT\015Min_20100209_175026.btwf2
• Append each Multicharts permutation file to the final BTWFMgr event file:
  \BTWFMgr\PSS_RSISample\MSFT\015Min\MC000001.btwf2
  \BTWFMgr\PSS_RSISample\MSFT\015Min\MC000002.btwf2  etc
  append to:
  \BTWFMgr\PSS_RSISample\MSFT\015Min_20100209_175026.btwf2
• When completed remove the temporary sub folder:
  \BTWFMgr\PSS_RSISample\MSFT\015Min
• Process the data as usual from the final location:
  \BTWFMgr\PSS_RSISample\MSFT\015Min_20100209_175026.btwf1
  \BTWFMgr\PSS_RSISample\MSFT\015Min_20100209_175026.btwf2