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Date/Time: Fri, 15 May 2026 18:06:55 +0000



tick data question

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[2026-05-15 14:10:01]
coachted - Posts: 512
What periodicity setting in the charts setting page should be used if i want true tick data written to the Write Bar and Study Data?
[2026-05-15 14:36:40]
Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 23783
You need to set the chart bars to 1 Number of Trades Per Bar:
Chart Settings: Bar Period Type (List) (Chart >> Chart Settings >> Bar Period >> Intraday Chart Bar Period Settings)
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Date Time Of Last Edit: 2026-05-15 14:37:58
[2026-05-15 14:49:38]
coachted - Posts: 512
How often does the write to the bar and study data to the file update??? Can this be controlled how frequently it updates???
[2026-05-15 15:22:15]
Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 23783
Yes through the Chart Update Interval:
Chart Settings: Chart Update Interval in Milliseconds (Chart >> Chart Settings >> Display >> Chart Update Interval menu)
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[2026-05-15 15:34:32]
coachted - Posts: 512
ok so i have a chart that is now set to the tick data as per your instrution along wiht the update interval setting and the txt file from write bar and study data to file is not updating..please see image
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[2026-05-15 15:41:12]
Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 23783
You have the Chart Update Interval set to 0. Set it to the time interval that you want to have the file updated.

The screenshot you provided, does not tell us at all, whether the file is updating or not. That would be something that you would never be able to show in a screenshot. And there is no reason why that study is not working properly. It is going to be updating the file.
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Date Time Of Last Edit: 2026-05-15 15:41:50
[2026-05-15 15:51:21]
coachted - Posts: 512
sorry for any confusion here....so here is a picture showing the chart updating, the study with path and a file name, the data file with a MESM6 Bar.txt file which shows date modified as 5/14/2026 @ 8:50 pm, a notepad showing 1 minute data ...the chart shows 1 trade in the tool bar...and finally the update interval setting...
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