How to import EvE market data in a trading platform - Page 2 of 6

Creating and importing a new commodity

MultiCharts^® is a powerful software that comes with hundreds of pre set markets and exchanges. Despite this, EvE Online is not a RL exchange (yet!) nor its markets are included with the trading platform. We have to manually add them.

In order to simplify our job, we consider EvE a currencies exchange category (maximum hours coverage) and EvE commodities will each be a currency or instrument sitting in that category.

Once created a new instrument (= EvE commodity) we’ll import its data and – if not present yet – eventually create a new graph for it.

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Right after installing the trading platform, it comes with many pre set instruments (RL securities) but none of them of course is related with EvE. The first time we want to use a new EvE commodity we have to tell the software about it. Here are the steps:

1) Press the “New Quote Manager Window” button on the toolbar as shown in the picture below:

The following window will appear:

2) Press the first hotbar button (“Add Symbol”) or select the Instrument => Add Symbol => Manually menu.

3) A new popup will appear. Set it to look exactly as in the picture below:

In place of the shown “MEXLN” you may type your own chosen ticker for the commodity you want to add to the platform. The name is quite free form. I chose to use a short, capitalized name that resembles a real security ticker. Press OK when done.

4) An umpteenth and last window will appear. Fill it with your ticker again and a short description. A smart decision is to specify the EvE region where the commodity prices come from, The Forge in this case.

Now select the “Sessions” tab. We have to tell the platform that the EvE markets work (almost) 24/7 and not just 5/7. This is accomplished by filling in the values as follows:

– Click on “Use Custom Session Template”.

– Select “24/7” in the Custom Session Template Name selector right below. The rest of the window will fill with correct values by itself.

Press OK when done.

This will bring you back to the Quote Manager window. It should show the newly added commodity under the “FOREX” category on top.

We are done with this commodity, if you wish you may repeat the process for others (here a PLEX commodity has been added as well) or proceed importing the data as shown in the next page.

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Definitioner

1 (OHLC)

Open, High, Low, Close (and sometimes Volume) data, is a finance industry standards format used to represent price evolution during a certain period of time (daily, weekly, hourly...). OHLC data are consumed by financial analysis applications and by charting software to represent price action.

1 (audit)

The general definition of an audit is an evaluation of a person, organization, system, process, enterprise, project or product.

1 (Meta game)

Meta gaming is a broad term usually used to define any strategy, action or method used in a game which transcends a prescribed ruleset, uses external factors to affect the game, or goes beyond the supposed limits or environment set by the game. Another definition refers to the game universe outside of the game itself.

1 (emergent)

Emergent gameplay refers to complex situations in video games, board games, or table top role-playing games that emerge from the interaction of relatively simple game mechanics.

1 (sandbox)

A sandbox game is a type of video game design where a player can roam freely through a virtual world and is given considerable freedom in choosing how or when to approach objectives. Sandbox emphasises a paradigm where, as in a physical sandbox, the user is entertained by his ability to do as they wish creatively and with there being "no right way" of playing the game

1 (discretionary)

A discretionary method is a trading method where little or no mechanical tools and procedures are used to decide the trades. A discretionary trader applies a solid ruleset basing on a flexible interpretation of the market

PLEX

A Pilot License Extension (PLEX) is an item that adds 30 days of game time to an EvE Online account. It is freely traded like any other in game item. CCP accepts to convert in game PLEXES to real money in case disasters and emergencies happen.

1 (PLEX)

1 (NEISIN)

A New Eden Interstellar Securities Identification Number (NEISIN) uniquely identifies a security. While its structure is identical and strictly compliant with "real life" ISINs, NEISINs are tailored to New Eden investments and contracts.

Creating and importing a new commodity

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