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Date/Time: Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:16:42 +0000



Questions to the historical accuracy of tick data

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[2026-07-22 22:22:11]
zzzieke - Posts: 1
I’m using the Sierra Chart Historical Data Service for CME futures (NQ) tick data for backtesting. A few questions about data provenance and quality:
  1.  Is the historical CME intraday data sourced directly from CME’s MDP 3.0 feed?
  2.  Is the bid/ask volume in historical CME records exchange-reported (from the MDP 3.0 aggressor flag), or inferred by a tick rule?
  3.  How are CME summary/unbundled trades represented in the .scid files?
  4.  For NQ, how far back is genuine tick-by-tick data available, and is there a cutoff before which it’s aggregated rather than true tick?
Thanks
[2026-07-24 05:46:08]
Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 24779
Refer to:
Sierra Chart Historical Data Service: CME Group Historical Intraday Data
Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level

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