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dchg and dchg% reset time

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[2022-09-06 14:10:51]
whats1thingnow - Posts: 407
hi support, hope this finds you well

from https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=doc/WorkingWithCharts.html#RegionDataLineDescriptions and specifically Dchg:
This is the Daily Price Change. The Daily Price Change is based on the data provided by the Data or Trading service you are using Sierra Chart with. The Daily Price Change (DChg:) is calculated as the difference between the last trade price for the symbol and the prior day's closing/settlement price. If the prior day's closing/settlement price is incorrect or unavailable, then the Daily Price Change will be incorrect or be 0. You can see these values in Window >> Current Quote Window.

This value is in no way affected by the Session Times in the Global Symbol Settings or in the chart itself.

The underlying variables used in the calculation are accessible through ACSIL with the sc.SymbolData member.

when does dchg or dchg% get reset?

i'm trying to get a recap snapshot of the price action across multiple instruments at 4pm EST daily, but i have noticed that the dchg values during that time isn't showing as expected (e.g. even if market had big up or down day, the dchg% is still hovering around 0)

documentation says
This value is in no way affected by the Session Times in the Global Symbol Settings or in the chart itself.

that means "the prior day's closing/settlement price" used to calculate dchg is NOT affected by the Global Symbol Settings... which makes sense because for example the ES?##-CME Global Symbol Settings default i see is:
session start time 09:30:00
session end time 16:14:59
evening start time 16:15:00
evening end time 09:29:59
use evening session times: yes
start new daily bar at start time: yes
new daily bar start time: 18:00:30

which means around 16:00:00 EST when i'm taking the recap screenshots, the value should still be the current day (and hence dchg% shouldn't be near 0)

so how do we know when the dchg% is rest to 0 for different instruments like ES?##-CME, USDJPY, GC?##-COMEX etc

thanks for the help
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-09-06 14:11:36
[2022-09-06 14:31:30]
Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 18801
We cannot answer this question at all:

when does dchg or dchg% get reset?

Contact the exchange regarding when the settlement prices are sent out. Sierra Chart will report all settlement prices transmitted by the exchange.
Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level

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Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-09-06 14:32:13

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