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[User Discussion] - multiple instances of SC, quoteboard, and links
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| [2013-12-09 19:07:32] |
| jesslinn - Posts: 108 |
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I want to link a QuoteBoard to a chart so that I can look at a number of different instruments one after the other. I want the local instance to be a trade engine only with no data and I want to get quotes from other instances of SC that are running as data feeds. This works in some cases. For example, if I start a chart with a remote symbol from IqFeed, then I can enter any IqFeed symbol in the QuoteBoard and up will pop the chart with remote data. It does not seem to work with SC Forex or SC Futures. What would be best would be if Find Symbol always let one pick from any of the running instances of SC. Currently, this appears to be the case only with chart symbols. When might this get extended to Quote Boards and spreadsheets? |
| [2013-12-09 19:36:38] |
| jesslinn - Posts: 108 |
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With equity symbols from IQFeed, the QuoteBoard brings up the chart and fills in the QuoteBoard. With futures symbols, it brings up the chart (after displaying an Unknown Symbol message while it loads) but does not fill in the QuoteBoard. This may be happening because the local IB SC has equity symbols that match but the futures symbols do not match. That is the QuoteBoard is probably displaying local data even though the link brings up a remote data chart. |
| [2013-12-10 02:33:11] |
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The Quote Board does not support Symbols from remote instances of Sierra Chart. There are no current plans for this. We are just not able to provide any further help on this anytime soon. You may want to use a Quote Board in other copies of Sierra Chart and use symbols from that particular copy of Sierra Chart and detach the quote board from the main window. We would think that would be good enough. 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 |
| [2013-12-10 13:21:23] |
| jesslinn - Posts: 108 |
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Well that is certainly the worst news that I have heard in my exploration of Sierra Chart. Perhaps I am misunderstanding your intentions. The glowing description of using multiple services including: "This feature allows you to use the data feed from one service, but trade with another service." indicates that you can configure your trading instance to draw data from other instances. Now it seems that you are saying that QuoteBoards and spreadsheets are not useful tools for trading, since they cannot draw data from other instances. Your suggestion of using QuoteBoards from the remote data instances means no linking. Do people just not consider linking to a chart a useful feature? I strongly disagree. Since any sort of automated strategy needs to take place in the instance attached to the trade service, that is the one that needs to be configured, watched, and manipulated. QuoteBoards and SpreadSheets are a critical part of this configuration, monitoring, and control. Ideally, you could watch the status of hundreds of instrument/strategy pairs in a table and click on one to bring up a chart and the details of a particular one. With local QuoteBoards not able to link tp charts with remote data and with SpreadSheets and SpreadSheetStudies not being able to link to anything, and no ASCIL way to bring up a chart with remote data, I see no good way to configure the trade instance to control complex trading. Are there no current plans to allow one to use QuoteBoards for trading because it is difficult or only because you do not see any reason for it? Why is it difficult? You have all the pieces in place and it seems as though seamless data sharing is one of the centerpieces of your architecture. Charts can find and utilize remote data streams. How hard can it be to allow the other trading tools to access them? Please reconsider your plans. Everyone who uses a separate data and trade instance could benefit by supporting and clearly identifying remote data in all the trading tools, not just charts. |
| [2013-12-11 03:25:54] |
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The Spreadsheet study can be used on a chart that uses data from remote instance. So Spreadsheets definitely do have access to remote data. Although not Quote Requests on Spreadsheets. Quote Requests on spreadsheets is now an outdated feature now that there is the new Quote Board feature. The only reason they exist is for back compatibility. It was contemplated to remove them from the non-CLR version. And Quote Boards will support spreadsheet formulas. This is planned. We do have it on our task list to add support for ACSIL to open charts from remote instances. Furthermore, the way we are moving moving right now is to develop connectivity to data services that we resell and integrate them with the trading services and also allow them to be used on their own. We see you are using IQ Feed, but we foresee six months from now, that we will have in place all of the exchanges, quality of data, indexes and market statistics to meet the needs of the vast majority of our IQ Feed users . All of this will be fully integrated accessible from a Sierra Chart account without having to use external services. And also provided much more economically. So you can work with Interactive Brokers and access our stock, forex futures data all in one instance. If a Quote Board supports remote instance, the only way we would consider doing that is to assign an entire Quote Board to a remote instance. Not individual symbols. In the end, there is only so much we can handle. We get lots of suggestions and we cannot possibly keep up with everything and everyone wants. 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: 2013-12-11 03:27:43
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| [2013-12-11 16:52:59] |
| jesslinn - Posts: 108 |
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Thanks for the explanation and look forward. Are you saying that the SC feeds work differently than other feeds. I thought I read that I could use the SC futures and forex in the same instance as an IB trade service, but I do not see how to do that. Currently, I am running the SC forex in a different instance and can access the data from a chart but not from a QuoteBoard. Are you saying there is a way I should be able to do this now with futures and forex? When do you think that SC might have a US equities feed? Since automated trading appears to be integrally tied to a chart, I need a way to automatically bring up a chart and start a strategy running for a particular symbol. Is it true that there is no way to do this at this point unless the trade service instance of SC also provides data for the desired symbol? |
| [2013-12-12 02:33:25] |
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The current implementation of the Sierra Chart Real-time and Historical Futures Data Fee does work differently. It is fully integrated with all trading services. There is no need to use data sharing. The Sierra Chart Forex data feed works like other data services and can be shared. US stocks we hope will be available in 60 days. Since automated trading appears to be integrally tied to a chart, I need a way to automatically bring up a chart and start a strategy running for a particular symbol. Is it true that there is no way to do this at this point unless the trade service instance of SC also provides data for the desired symbol? 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: 2013-12-12 02:33:53
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| [2014-12-02 06:27:14] |
| User16301 - Posts: 4 |
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Has there been any progress on being able to link a stock symbol in a quote board to a chart? Or any other way?
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