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Post From: Question about Renko Bars

[2018-02-28 17:52:54]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
So you are telling me sierra chart has inexplicably changed?

In GC's case I have been running .001 tick size on .1 price display. THIS HAS BEEN FINE FOR YEARS. No bar size or time distortions.

Renko bars have a new much improved implementation and require the Price Display Format when comparing values. So if the tick size is .001, that extra precision is not used when you set the Price Display Format to .1. This is something we cannot change.


Instance client ID has to have a visible value now. As in before it could be blank.
There is nothing wrong here. This always needs to be set to a value and is automatically set to 0 if needed.


IB stop order trigger method has to have a value now. As in before it could be left blank.
There is nothing wrong here. This always needs to have a value and is set to a default.


Also in the Intraday Data Editor you can see that the values are being stored differently post 1700 at Renko setting=50, Tick size= .001, and price display format=.1.

As in I can find the same data bar to bar at Renko setting=50, Tick size= .001, and price display format=.1. on any two versions before 1700 but post 1700 the data is different.
This makes no sense. There cannot be any problem with this. Also it is not unusual to see the same data record to record. Trades very well can have the same price and volume.

We really cannot help you here. And are prepared to offer you a refund if you are this terribly unhappy. You need to decide if you want to continue to use Sierra Chart.
Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level

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Date Time Of Last Edit: 2018-02-28 17:56:18