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Date/Time: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:41:39 +0000
Post From: Feature Removal: Simulation Fills Source Setting
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One feature which was added to Sierra Chart several years ago was the "Simulation Fills Source" setting and concept. This is documented here: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/doc_TradeMenu.html#SimulationFillsSource It was something that developed in order to separate Order Fills from back testing from order fills during simulated trading with real-time data. There was some internal disagreement over this feature because of confusion it can cause. When it was initially released it did cause some problems/confusion for some of our users that we addressed by adding the All Simulated fills setting which at this time does not seem to be working as intended. We do not see a reason for the Simulation Fills Source setting any longer because now there are hundreds of simulation trade accounts which can be used to separate back testing from real-time simulated trading. It is just a matter of using the simple trade account concept to create the separation: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/doc_TradeWindow.html#SelectingTradeAccount We have made a decision to remove the Simulation Fills Source setting because the concept is a hard one to understand, leads to confusion when transitioning from a replay to real-time simulated trading, difficult to support and just leads to general confusion. The Simulation Fills Source >> All Fills also does not appear to be working correctly and may not be including all fills. Although we have not yet thoroughly tested it but the very fact that it does not seem to work correctly, only simply leads to the general confusion of separating replay fills from non-replay simulated fills for the same Simulated trading account and symbol. When someone is performing a Replay Back test, then wants to not perform any further automated trading and therefore not have any other order fills added to the results, they can disable automated trading through the Trade menu. We are also going to be adding a chart specific setting to disable automated trading. 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: 2015-10-18 02:36:11
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