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[Programming Help] - More information on the binary structure of market depth .depth files?
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[2021-09-28 02:34:37] |
TrumpTradesOil - Posts: 8 |
Is there any further information on the binary structure of .depth files? I'm aware of this webpage: Market Depth Data File Format but that only gives the c++ struct of records and the struct of the header record. Is there any other information available that might help with reading those files from externally written software? Thanks! :) Aggregate list of things I know are true about the .depth binary (correct me if I'm wrong) - the header record is 64 bytes - the depth record is 24 bytes - data is stored in the form of each market depth update - a flag of 01 denotes the end of a batch of market depth updates Date Time Of Last Edit: 2021-09-28 08:12:31
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[2021-09-29 16:06:01] |
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368 |
This is all a correct understanding: Aggregate list of things I know are true about the .depth binary (correct me if I'm wrong)
- the header record is 64 bytes - the depth record is 24 bytes - data is stored in the form of each market depth update - a flag of 01 denotes the end of a batch of market depth updates 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 |
[2021-10-03 21:00:18] |
TrumpTradesOil - Posts: 8 |
Ok cool! Thankyou so much for confirming :) For others who follow up later, here's what I ended up with in python that can read the market depth file: import struct inputfile = open("marketdata.depth",'rb') rows=[] with inputfile as f: header=f.read(64) headersrc = struct.unpack('4I48s', header) print(headersrc) while True: tick=f.read(24) if not tick: break src = struct.unpack('qbbhfII', tick) rows.append(src) for x in rows: print(x) Date Time Of Last Edit: 2021-10-03 22:32:46
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[2023-11-20 19:27:55] |
Thanthou - Posts: 2 |
Thank your TrumpTradesOil. Here is a modified version with datetime and putting the struct into a dictionary. import struct from datetime import datetime, timedelta def convert_to_datetime(microseconds_since_epoch): epoch_start = datetime(1899, 12, 30) # SCDateTime epoch start return epoch_start + timedelta(microseconds=microseconds_since_epoch) def read_depth_file(file_path): rows = [] with open(file_path, 'rb') as input_file: header = input_file.read(64) headersrc = struct.unpack('4I48s', header) print(headersrc) while True: d = {} tick = input_file.read(24) if not tick: break src = struct.unpack('qbbhfII', tick) d['datetime'] = convert_to_datetime(src[0]) d['command'] = src[1] d['flag'] = src[2] d['orders'] = src[3] d['price'] = src[4] / 100 d['quantity'] = src[5] rows.append(d) return rows file_path = 'your/file/path' rows = read_depth_file(file_path) for row in rows: print(row) Date Time Of Last Edit: 2023-11-20 19:28:42
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