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Post From: Your Market Depth Studies have a MAJOR flaw!

[2023-01-18 00:34:06]
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I must be making a mistake, then. I have been testing my program with CLG23_FUT_CME on the .depth file for January 11th:

CLG23_FUT_CME.2023-01-11.depth

I read and parse the depth records. After reading your post, I checked the timestamps, printing each records timestamp, in the sequence read from disk, along with the duration (in seconds) since the previous record. Several had negative durations:

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3882564794899000  -0.393
3882573483952000  -1.700
3882579410123000  -0.026
3882580289013000  -0.644
3882595486811000  -0.027
3882596068603000  -0.129
3882597650570000  -0.877
3882599583655000  -0.137
3882601154027000  -0.063
3882602609175000  -0.165
3882604751565000  -0.019
3882605352708000  -0.081
3882606215738000  -0.026
3882607331439000  -0.030
3882608099468000  -0.008
3882609234477000  -0.022
3882612036599000  -0.094
3882612583541000  -0.023
3882613812842000  -0.003
3882617143484000  -0.006
3882617437276000  -0.008
3882619084757000  -0.137
3882621050867000  -0.555
3882621598414000  -0.237
3882622719117000  -0.007
3882623830650000  -0.024
3882625978142000  -0.014
3882627429297000  -0.198
3882628440203000  -0.069
3882628942626000  -0.617
3882629886540000  -0.415
3882631069988000  -0.427
3882631356149000  -0.110
3882633649364000  -0.099
3882634415297000  -3.419
3882634950445000  -2.342
3882636000080000  -305.156

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I also noticed some extremely large gaps, during which the intraday .scid files recorded many trades. A full list of depth records with more than 10 seconds since the prior record follows:

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3882614052330951 164.757
3882615577679513 1379.228
3882616627764529 974.451
3882617143489678 428.746
3882617437284224 206.422
3882619084893547 1565.991
3882620012736179 850.890
3882621051421557 963.978
3882621598650844 459.398
3882622719124114 1022.769
3882623830674489 1042.644
3882624178089245 262.180
3882625978155526 1717.477
3882627429495371 1366.029
3882628053722469 476.641
3882628440272371 310.200
3882628943243471 403.628
3882629886955481 856.914
3882631070415447 1100.475
3882631356258940 136.383
3882633649463388 2218.236
3882634418715692 668.591
3882634952786561 400.066
3882635862949969 832.561
3882636305235979 321.985
3882638700426000 2700.346
3882638772532000 48.775
3882638790394000 17.862
3882638830344000 39.950
3882638869399000 39.055
3882638893349000 21.514
3882638938351000 45.002
3882638963351000 25.000
3882638975707000 12.356
3882639000351000 18.000
3882639019352000 19.001
3882639037352000 18.000
3882639071353000 31.000
3882639104019000 26.665
3882639121203000 15.088
3882639166356000 17.001
3882639183356000 13.000
3882639195200000 11.844
3882639247357000 47.733
3882639262358000 15.001
3882639277358000 11.000
3882639298358000 16.000
3882639319021000 15.000
3882639332101000 13.080
3882639367022000 15.000
3882639582009000 19.769
3882640234350000 10.550
3882640949746000 12.867
3882641494432000 10.265
3882641965455000 12.540
3882642662214000 12.811
3882642742091000 10.002
3882642946160000 16.128
3882642960183000 14.023
3882642998780000 16.471

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As you can see, there are gaps of up to 2700 seconds (45 minutes) between depth records.

So my questions are:

1. Are the records not guaranteed to be in sequence?
2a. Why are there such long intervals between some of the records?
2b. If these intervals indicate missing data, is there any way to obtain it?

Regarding 2b, I tried right-clicking on an intraday chart for CLG23_FUT_CME from a point prior to Jan 11th but within the 30 day window (i.e., January 2nd 2023, 15:00) and selecting "Download Depth Data from Date-time," but nothing changed in my depth files. I had deleted files prior to January 6th, for example, and they were not recreated. None of the other existing depth files past that point changed, either.

Here are the entries in the message log subsequent to selecting "Download Depth Data from Date-time":

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Triggering next historical data download in queue. | 2023-01-17 17:06:57.787
No download requests in the queue to start downloads for. | 2023-01-17 17:06:57.787
CLG23_FUT_CME[M] 30 Min #18 | Reloading chart. | 2023-01-17 17:06:57.827
Socket (5) | Socket gracefully closed by remote side. | 2023-01-17 17:06:57.830
Socket (5) | Closed. | 2023-01-17 17:06:57.831
CLG23_FUT_CME[M] #2 | Reloading chart. | 2023-01-17 17:06:57.835
CLG23_FUT_CME[M] #2 | StartDateTimeForLoadingOrderFills: 00:00:00 | 2023-01-17 17:06:57.913
Opened cached Depth file: C:\SierraChart\Data\MarketDepthData\CLG23_FUT_CME.2023-01-18.depth | 2023-01-17 17:06:58.976
DTC Client socket (2) | Timed out waiting for shutdown. Performing an immediate socket close. | 2023-01-17 17:07:10.254
DTC Client socket (2) | Closed. | 2023-01-17 17:07:10.254
Opened cached Intraday file: C:\SierraChart\Data\NGH23-NGJ23.FUT_SPREAD.CME.scid. Thread ID: 1584 | 2023-01-17 17:07:24.332
DTC Client socket (2) | Deleting network socket now after delay. | 2023-01-17 17:07:40.273
Added historical Market depth data request for CLG23_FUT_CME to the queue. | 2023-01-17 17:08:21.672
Market depth data recording state for symbol CLG23_FUT_CME is set to download 'Pending'. | 2023-01-17 17:08:21.672
Triggering next historical data download in queue. | 2023-01-17 17:08:21.672
HD Request # 168 | Downloading Market depth data for CLG23_FUT_CME. Service: nymex.marketdepth. | 2023-01-17 17:08:21.673
HD Request # 168 | Download start date-time: 2023-01-12 17:08:21.000000. | 2023-01-17 17:08:21.682
HD Request # 168 | Using server: ds28.sierracharts.com port 10149 | 2023-01-17 17:08:21.683
Socket (2) | Creating socket. | 2023-01-17 17:08:21.683
Socket (2) | New receive buffer size: 5242880 | 2023-01-17 17:08:21.683
Socket (2) | Connecting to IP: 142.215.18.147. | 2023-01-17 17:08:21.683
HD Request # 168 | Setting DTC encoding to Binary VLS | 2023-01-17 17:08:21.786
HD Request # 168 | Sending historical data logon request message. | 2023-01-17 17:08:21.786
HD Request # 168 | Requesting market depth data. Start date-time: 2023-01-12 17:08:21. Symbol: CLG23 | 2023-01-17 17:08:22.365
HD Request # 168 | Decompressing data. | 2023-01-17 17:08:22.445
HD Request # 168 | Receiving market depth data for CLG23_FUT_CME starting at 2023-01-12 17:08:21.000000 | 2023-01-17 17:08:22.456
HD Request # 168 | Truncating file to starting date-time of 2023-01-12 17:08:21.000000. | 2023-01-17 17:08:22.456
HD Request # 168 | Timestamp of first market depth data file record written: 2023-01-12 17:08:21.000000. | 2023-01-17 17:08:22.667
Socket (2) | CloseSocket call. | 2023-01-17 17:08:54.955
Historical data download thread signaled to stop. | 2023-01-17 17:08:54.955
Socket (2) | Shutdown started. Waiting for graceful close. | 2023-01-17 17:08:54.955
HD Request # 168 | Received 16337566 Market depth data records from 2023-01-12 17:08:21.000000 to 2023-01-17 17:08:51.521000 (5.0 days) and wrote 16337566 records for CLG23_FUT_CME | 2023-01-17 17:08:54.955
HD Request # 168 | Completion time: 33s. | 2023-01-17 17:08:54.955
HD Request # 168 | Market depth data download complete for CLG23_FUT_CME. Unique request ID: 168 | 2023-01-17 17:08:54.955
Removing historical data download ID 168. | 2023-01-17 17:08:54.955
Real-time market depth file updates started for CLG23_FUT_CME | 2023-01-17 17:08:54.955
Opened cached Depth file: C:\SierraChart\Data\MarketDepthData\CLG23_FUT_CME.2023-01-18.depth | 2023-01-17 17:08:54.961
CLG23_FUT_CME[M] #2 | Flagging to reload Intraday data on market depth download completion. | 2023-01-17 17:08:54.961
CLG23_FUT_CME[M] 30 Min #18 | Flagging to reload Intraday data on market depth download completion. | 2023-01-17 17:08:54.961

Triggering next historical data download in queue. | 2023-01-17 17:08:54.961
No download requests in the queue to start downloads for. | 2023-01-17 17:08:54.961
Socket (2) | Socket gracefully closed by remote side. | 2023-01-17 17:08:55.005
Socket (2) | Closed. | 2023-01-17 17:08:55.005
CLG23_FUT_CME[M] #2 | Reloading chart. | 2023-01-17 17:08:55.009
CLG23_FUT_CME[M] 30 Min #18 | Reloading chart. | 2023-01-17 17:08:55.017
CLG23_FUT_CME[M] #2 | StartDateTimeForLoadingOrderFills: 00:00:00 | 2023-01-17 17:08:55.088
Opened cached Depth file: C:\SierraChart\Data\MarketDepthData\CLG23_FUT_CME.2023-01-18.depth | 2023-01-17 17:08:55.474
Opened cached Intraday file: C:\SierraChart\Data\CLQ23-CLU23.FUT_SPREAD.CME.scid. Thread ID: 1584 | 2023-01-17 17:10:20.304


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It appears to have only touched the depth files for 1-18 and 1-17, despite files from 1-6 through 1-18 existing.

Thanks for your help.

edit:

And one related question. In order to maintain the correct order book state, is it enough to parse the depth records alone? Or do trades need to be subtracted from the existing quantities at each level? I was under the assumption that every change to the quantity at each level would come from the add/mod/delete depth record commands, but if I also need to subtract the trades, that would be nice to know.
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2023-01-18 01:12:50