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Problems when resuming a replay session

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[2019-10-27 01:25:29]
j4ytr4der_ - Posts: 918
Lately I've been exploring the replay capabilities a lot, and have run into an issue multiple times.

If I'm in the middle of a session and I get called away to do other things, I can pause the session and come back to it. But if I then shut down the computer for the day and try to pick it up again tomorrow, I have to manually move back to the same timeframe I was at before, and start the replay again. No big issue there.

But then what ends up happening is the DOM doesn't correctly display any position I may have been in, and if I wind back in time to before the trade was entered, I eventually end up with more size being added to the trade. For example if I had 1 contract, I'll end up with 2, then 3, etc.

I'm wondering if resuming a replay session in this way, is in fact simply not supported? Maybe I need to actually close out any trade I'm in at the time, hit Stop, and then come back "fresh" again later? That's what I'm going to try next time anyway.
[2019-10-27 10:47:34]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
This is explained here:
Replaying Charts: Trade Position Quantity During Replay and Jumping Back

In regards to:
But then what ends up happening is the DOM doesn't correctly display any position I may have been in,
As long as you start the replay at the same location you should have the same position quantity. We will test this now.
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Date Time Of Last Edit: 2019-10-27 10:48:41
[2019-10-27 11:01:44]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
Ok we did run a test, and the Position Quantity is correct when resuming a replay but be sure when you are starting the replay you choose the option: "Do Not Clear Trade Data for Symbol and Account". Probably you are choosing the option to clear the data.
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Date Time Of Last Edit: 2019-10-27 11:02:29
[2019-10-27 15:33:00]
j4ytr4der_ - Posts: 918
Thanks, I was actually choosing the "do not clear data" option. I don't really understand the explanation at the link you sent, I'll read it over a few more times and see if I can make sense of it. The problem was that the position would increase larger than it ever was. It's not just that I would go back in time, then play forwards and the trade re-executed. I am only trading 1 contract positions for these tests and would end of with 3 or 4 contracts from backing up. It was like each time it re-encountered the position, it executed it an additional time on top of the one that was already there.
[2019-10-27 16:07:11]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
It certainly can change to a value you might not expect. It would be going back to the Position Quantity that existed at the date and time you are jumping back to. There is a full recalculation of the Position Quantity when jumping back. It should not be increasing. That would not make technical sense.
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Date Time Of Last Edit: 2019-10-27 16:07:26
[2019-10-28 15:49:34]
j4ytr4der_ - Posts: 918
I agree it doesn't make technical sense, that's what prompted me to make this post.

I'll watch closely the next time I'm doing replays, maybe even record it to video since I normally record all my trades anyway.

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