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Date/Time: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 09:04:25 +0000
Trade Activity Log Issue with P/L format
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| [2017-10-14 22:34:42] |
| Tom Hanks - Posts: 20 |
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Hello, I think there may be a bug in the P/L format for EUR/USD on the trade activity log. I have been backtesting a strategy with the spreadsheet study (working on learning ACSIL still) and everything was working great and calculating correctly using USD/JPY in the trade log. I set the tick size to .001 with .09 tick value. In chart settings I have the profit/loss format set to currency and I had the same setting for P/L in the trade activity log. So I tried to test my same strat on EUR/USD and couldn't get the Trade Activity Log log to display P/L correctly (very tiny numbers). I discovered the .00005 tick suggested setting so I set that as the tick size and .5 as tick value. This did not help my P/L display correctly in the log, BUT when I changed the log P/L format to currency value AND ticks I got the right numbers. So maybe this is just a bug for this specific pair? I will test on some other pairs shortly. Is there any other funny behavior with specific currency pairs like this? I am primarily trading Forex at the moment. Also I just wanted to let you know that I love the the customizability and features of Sierra chart, keep up the good work! Thanks |
| [2017-10-14 22:51:05] |
| Tom Hanks - Posts: 20 |
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I don't know what happened but i was changing the p/l format on the trade activity log to different things and when i tried "Currency Value" again it worked. So confused.. Maybe I did something wrong.
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| [2017-10-15 00:35:59] |
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Unless you are using LMAX, which you are not, the Currency Value Per Tick and the Tick Size must always be the same. We really do not recommend altering those. The small values you see for Currency Value, have to do with the fact that you are trading smaller quantities. Here is the relevant documentation for this whole subject: Profit/Loss Calculations and Symbol Settings 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: 2017-10-15 00:36:11
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