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Date/Time: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 08:10:46 +0000
rolling to new contract month permanently
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| [2016-01-03 07:23:59] |
| user40663 - Posts: 54 |
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happy new year!!! currently using ib data feed into 1440m intraday chart. example - when I type in es, chart comes up with es but is still displaying dec 15 contract. all good, "this contract needs rollover" pops and and I click it and brings up current contract (mar 16). problem is everytime I go to that contract, I have to do the same process each time as it keep bringing up the old contract. how can I make sure that once I have rolled a contract to correct month/year, it stays there and doesn't keep diverting to older months? thanks |
| [2016-01-03 08:20:19] |
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Make sure you save the Chartbook with File >> Save after changing the symbol. Are you using the Chart Linking feature on the chart and linking the Symbol? That should not be a problem but can be a problem if another chart that it is linked with, is being changed to the December contract. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing Date Time Of Last Edit: 2016-01-03 08:20:59
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| [2016-01-04 09:33:02] |
| user40663 - Posts: 54 |
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Hi I wasn't using the chart linking feature but I have now started and I only have 3 charts links to same symbol but I am still having the same issue. With ES as an example, when typing in "es" it is currently displaying the ES-201403-GLOBEX contract which is really weird. At least when I type in "aud", it is still bringing up the last used contract AUD-201512-GLOBEX. "eur" still bringing up 201512. "cl" is still bringing up 201512, so it is a couple of months behind. I did as suggested and once the correct contract was displayed I went File >> Save, but the same thing happened. Any other suggestions?? |
| [2016-01-04 09:38:43] |
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OK now we understand this better. You cannot just type ES and expect to get the current futures contract. It will not work that way. You must specify the very specific contract you want to change to. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2016-01-05 04:15:58] |
| user40663 - Posts: 54 |
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Do you have to do that each time? I thought once you had selected the contract you want, it will open this same one each time and not revert back to older contracts?? It should be that if I type in "es", it populates the chart with the month/year of that contract with most volume at the time, then if you want a specific month or year you can type it out in full. Anyways, another way I found around it is to delete old/expired futures contracts out of the sierrachart >> data file. Once you do this and you just type in the prefix (such as "cl" for crude oil), it will open the one that is in here automatically. For my needs this is the current contract for crude oil, feb 16'. |
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