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Date/Time: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 03:24:09 +0000
How to make a “Tick Chart” in Sierra Chart?
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| [2015-08-11 01:17:32] |
| User760942 - Posts: 120 |
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How do I make an SC chart that only displays ticks? In other words, a chart that displays every new tick it receives? Thanks! |
| [2015-08-11 01:47:55] |
| Hieronymus - Posts: 51 |
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F5 > Bar Period = Number of trades per bar , then 1 for the value if that's what you want. That's how I've done it anyway.
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| [2015-08-11 02:19:43] |
| User760942 - Posts: 120 |
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Cool, that works, thnks! On a related note, how do I get both the BID price and ASK price to REMAIN on the chart for each bar? At the moment I can only get the bid/ask prices to show up on the current bar. I’d like to be able to see the bid/ask on all previous bars (as well as the current bar) Date Time Of Last Edit: 2015-08-11 02:20:09
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| [2015-08-11 05:39:03] |
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For the first question, refer to: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/doc_ChartSettings.html#TimePeriodPerBar You need to use the Number of Trades per Bar Bar Period Type setting. For the second question, use this Study: http://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/doc_TechnicalStudiesReference.html#s355 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 |
| [2015-08-11 11:17:27] |
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We have made further documentation updates for the Bid and Ask Prices study: http://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/doc_TechnicalStudiesReference.html#s355 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 |
| [2015-08-11 23:16:17] |
| User760942 - Posts: 120 |
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Thanks, that made it work! Three related follow up questions: 1. The bid/ask prices for FXCM’S EUR/USD in my Sierra Chart demo account are different from the bid/ask prices for EUR/USD in the Metatrader account I have with FXCM. Specifically, the spread is about 10 pips higher in the FXCM chart I made with SC then in the FXCM chart I made with Metatrader. Why is this? 2. In my Sierra Chart demo account I see the option to open a chart for the following 3 different symbols. What exactly is the difference between these three symbols? (For instance, can the first symbol show the bid and the ask prices? Or can only the second symbol show the bid and the ask prices?) -EURUSD | Euro/US Dollar -EURUSD-BIDASK | Euro/US Dollar -EURUSD-BID | Euro/US Dollar 3. How can I get an SC chart to show a historical record of both the best bid and best ask prices (regardless of if a trade was made at either of these prices)? In other words, if I have a chart spanning one day, I’d like to be able to see what the best bid and best ask were at any moment of time during that day. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2015-08-11 23:17:49
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| [2015-08-13 04:33:55] |
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1. We do not know. the spreads are controlled by FXCM and what you see comes from the particular account we have with FXCM. 2. Refer to this section here about this: Sierra Chart Real Time and Historical Forex and CFD Data Service: Forex/CFD Market Data and Data Recording Modes 3. This is already supported by setting the chart bars to 1 trade per bar and using the Bid and Ask Prices study. There is nothing further that needs to be done. 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 |
| [2015-08-15 03:34:06] |
| User760942 - Posts: 120 |
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Thanks, that definitly answers questions 2 and 3. Regarding questions 1, I messed around with different SC settings yestaerday (global settings, chart settings and so on) and was able to get the bid/ask prices in SC to match those in my FXCM metatrader account and the live spreads FXCM posts on their website. Therefore, I think it was just some weird setting I had SC on that was causing the issue. However, when I opened Sierra Chart today the issue came back and I can’t figure out what settings I used yesterday to fix it. Any ideas on what SC settings could cause the bid price to be displayed 5 pips lower then it should and the ask price 5 to be diplayed pips higher then it should? Thanks! Date Time Of Last Edit: 2015-08-15 09:56:02
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| [2015-08-15 23:31:30] |
| User760942 - Posts: 120 |
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. . . and one thing i'd like to add to the last comment. I reached out to FXCM and said they do not markup their prices for Sierrachart users.
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| [2015-08-17 17:13:48] |
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There is absolutely no way to change the Bid and Ask prices or the spread between those in Sierra Chart. The only thing that will affect them is the Real-time multiplier in Chart >> Chart Settings>> Advanced Settings 2. However, that is not going to affect the spread. I reached out to FXCM and said they do not markup their prices for Sierrachart users.
You are not necessarily going to get an accurate or comprehensive answer regarding this from FXCM customer support or whoever you contacted.
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: 2015-08-17 17:14:39
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| [2015-08-18 04:42:33] |
| User760942 - Posts: 120 |
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Could the issue be that I’m getting FXCM’s quotes via your “SC Forex Data (FXCM)” option instead of your “FXCM FIX TRADING” data option or “Iqfeed” data option? Also, I see I’m not the first person who was unable to get accurate FXCM price data when using Seirra Chart. SC Bid/Ask != FXCM Bid/Ask Did FXCM ever respond to your querry in the above mentioned link? I really like your software, but I don’t see how I can consider using it if neither you nor FXCM can fully explain why I’m not getting accurate price data. Even if you or FXCM are marking the prices up, I would at least need to know by how much so I could adjust my trading strategy accordingly. |
| [2015-08-18 05:09:56] |
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We really do not know what to say about this, and we are busy with a lot of other high-priority tasks. At this point, we recommend looking elsewhere because we cannot spend time answering further questions about this. Also, Sierra Chart is simply retransmitting the bid and ask prices from the FXCM FIX data feed we have with FXCM. It is also not fair to say the data is not accurate. Obviously the data FXCM is providing, is accurate on the FIX feed we have from them. That same data feed is used for FXCM FIX Trading. Although with FXCM FIX trading, you have the choice of using a second data feed which has different pricing. What exactly the differences are, we are not sure. In regards to the answer we got from FXCM, we do not specifically remember what it was, but in general these kinds of questions do not get a clear and definitive response. We do know, that FXCM does not have a single bid and ask price. It depends upon the account. 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: 2015-08-18 05:15:14
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| [2015-08-18 05:19:31] |
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Do you have a live FXCM account? And we assume it is a US account? If you have a FXCM FIX account, we recommend using FXCM FIX Trading service in Sierra Chart and see if you get a match by trying the two different data feeds available. It would be very simple, if FXCM has standard pricing. They do not. And how many different pricing models they have, we have no idea and what the differences between them are and who gets what, we have no idea. 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: 2015-08-18 05:24:44
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| [2015-08-18 06:18:03] |
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We have monitored the FXCM feed for EURUSD for about 30 minutes. We noticed a spread as large as .00015, only infrequently though, and as small as 0.00001, also infrequently. This seems to make sense because FXCM indicates they provide raw spreads. 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: 2015-08-18 06:25:07
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| [2015-08-18 23:27:45] |
| User760942 - Posts: 120 |
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If/when you have time please reach out to FXCM for full clarification on all this and let me know what they say. Would really love to use your software. Thanks. |
| [2024-12-15 12:11:53] |
| User676363 - Posts: 82 |
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Is there a way to get new charts for EURUSD using the FXCM feed to open up with default tick sizes and display formatted to 0.000001? I know that for me, it seems to default to 0.00005, and I was thinking I could just change it to 1, but in fact, they do delivery prices to even a fraction of that, meaning I have to change the 5 to 01 otherwise, when I draw a box it appears the candles do not touch it and the tools view shows the same. WHen I use Duplicate Chart, SierraChart is changing my 0.000001 to 0.00005 every time in Chart/Symbol. Symbol Settings Price Display Format (List) 0.00001 Auto-Set From Data Feed No Tick Size 0.000050 Currency Value Per Tick 0.00005 I have tried using Global Settings > Symbol Settings where I have the option to use custom settings, but that system does not seem to allow me to set custom settings for just EURUSD and leave the other symbols as non-custom. Am I right that if I take control of one symbol with custom settings that I am also responsible for taking control of all of the others as well? 1. Chart properties should respect the No option. I would like to be able to tell the chart - do not use the data feed and when I duplicate it, it keeps the settings exactly as I had them instead of resetting them to the Global settings defaults (or custom if I check the box - which I don't really want to do because it will mess up other symbols that were fine with their defaults) 2. Global Settings should offer a custom option for each symbol in addition to a custom settings for all symbols. I would like to be able to just customize symbols and if I tell my chart to use the data feed, that it will then use those settings. 3. Also, it seems the FXCM defaults should be set to the following (by changing the 5 to 1 and adding an additional decimal), otherwise all the snap to high/low fail to work. Price Display Format (List) 0.000001 Auto-Set From Data Feed No Tick Size 0.000001 Currency Value Per Tick 0.000001 Thank you. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2024-12-15 12:12:51
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| [2024-12-16 15:51:25] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 39428 |
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I have tried using Global Settings > Symbol Settings where I have the option to use custom settings, but that system does not seem to allow me to set custom settings for just EURUSD and leave the other symbols as non-custom.
Am I right that if I take control of one symbol with custom settings that I am also responsible for taking control of all of the others as well? We are not understanding this statement. You can modify just the symbol settings for the EURUSD symbol. 1. Chart properties should respect the No option. I would like to be able to tell the chart - do not use the data feed and when I duplicate it, it keeps the settings exactly as I had them instead of resetting them to the Global settings defaults (or custom if I check the box - which I don't really want to do because it will mess up other symbols that were fine with their defaults)
The "Auto-Set from Data Feed" option sets the symbol information from the data feed when set to "Yes". But, even when set to "No", a symbol change will update the settings based on the Global Symbol Settings. There is an option - "Chart >> Chart Settings >> Symbol >> Do Not Change Symbol Settings for Chart on Symbol Change" that does some of what you are wanting, but it will not update all of the symbol settings, so we do not recommend this. You are best served by changing the Global Symbol Settings for the symbols you want a certain way. Refer to the following: Chart Settings: Do Not Change Symbol Settings for Chart on Symbol Change (Chart >> Chart Settings >> Symbol >> Symbol Settings menu) 2. Global Settings should offer a custom option for each symbol in addition to a custom settings for all symbols. I would like to be able to just customize symbols and if I tell my chart to use the data feed, that it will then use those settings.
The Global Symbol Settings allow you to change the settings for a specific symbol. The only time it applies to multiple symbols is if there is a wildcard character that is used, such as for U.S. Equities where it uses the ?, ??, ???, etc. symbol settings. 3. Also, it seems the FXCM defaults should be set to the following (by changing the 5 to 1 and adding an additional decimal), otherwise all the snap to high/low fail to work.
Price Display Format (List) 0.000001 Auto-Set From Data Feed No Tick Size 0.000001 Currency Value Per Tick 0.000001 Change the symbol settings how you want them for the symbols you want. For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2024-12-16 16:22:54] |
| User676363 - Posts: 82 |
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The "Do Not Change Symbol Settings for Chart on Symbol Change (Not Recommended)" option of Yes does works for me. I had not attempted that option. Now, when I use Chart>Duplicate Chart, my EURUSD settings remain The Global Settings>Symbol Settings>"Use Custom Symbol Settings Values" can be left unchecked, which works great for futures for me where I don't want to edit all of them by hand. I have tried checking the box and that does work with EURUSD, but it messed up my historical charts for NQ, for example. So, I was thinking it might be nice to offer that checkbox not for ALL symbols but allow each symbol to have it's own data parameters. In any case, this works fine for me and allows me to keep the global settings for futures, customize FXCM tickers as they should be, and even duplicate the chart and keep the settings. Perfect. |
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