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FX Tick Chart Bar Period Question

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[2016-02-21 20:24:47]
Pinger - Posts: 33
Hi

My query relates solely to Forex.

I'm using the "Bid and Ask Prices" study on a EURUSD-BIDASK chart to create a "tick" chart (i.e. a chart that is updated on each tick) but I'm confused about which Bar Period I should use. Should it be "Range per Bar" set to 1 tick, or "Number of Trades Per Bar" set to 1 tick? And what is the difference between the various "Range per Bar" types, e.g. Standard, True, etc?

Thanks in advance.
[2016-02-22 17:31:00]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
You need to use the symbol itself: EURUSD. In this case do not use a data recording suffix.

Make sure Sierra Chart is set to a tick by tick data configuration:

https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/doc_TickbyTickDataConfiguration.php

Use this:
"Number of Trades Per Bar" set to 1 tick

Refer to the documentation here:
https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/doc_ChartSettings.html#TimePeriodPerBar
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