Hello,
I have noticed that any chart I pull up whether in live market trading or in Market replay leaves off the last bar.
Take for instance ZW. The Session finishes at 13:20 central standard time. The bars are time stamped 5 minutes off from the start of the session on a 5 minute chart. So the first bar reads 19:05. I confirmed the volume and price, highs and lows to my other brokers chart and everything is the same except the time stamp. For all points during a 24 hour period the time stamps are 5 minutes off.
The problem is with the session closing bar. When the time stamp shows the 13:15 bar everything is normal and matches my other broker except the time stamp.
The problem occurs when the session trades for 5 more minutes. The chart never displays the actual last bar of the session. You can see your P&L moving but the black tab on the chart no longer moves. If your trade trigger is hit during the last 5 minutes of the session with a 5 minute chart the trade will not take place. The P&L are correct during this time but there is nothing you can do but hope for the best because your strategy works off the chart and since it is no longer doing anything your strategy isn't either.
What is wrong with the charts and how is this rectified?
Regards
Brian
I have noticed that any chart I pull up whether in live market trading or in Market replay leaves off the last bar.
Take for instance ZW. The Session finishes at 13:20 central standard time. The bars are time stamped 5 minutes off from the start of the session on a 5 minute chart. So the first bar reads 19:05. I confirmed the volume and price, highs and lows to my other brokers chart and everything is the same except the time stamp. For all points during a 24 hour period the time stamps are 5 minutes off.
The problem is with the session closing bar. When the time stamp shows the 13:15 bar everything is normal and matches my other broker except the time stamp.
The problem occurs when the session trades for 5 more minutes. The chart never displays the actual last bar of the session. You can see your P&L moving but the black tab on the chart no longer moves. If your trade trigger is hit during the last 5 minutes of the session with a 5 minute chart the trade will not take place. The P&L are correct during this time but there is nothing you can do but hope for the best because your strategy works off the chart and since it is no longer doing anything your strategy isn't either.
What is wrong with the charts and how is this rectified?
Regards
Brian
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