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Date/Time: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:16:52 +0000
Bid Ask Volume Bars open/close color
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| [2018-03-03 14:56:22] |
| User132748 - Posts: 159 |
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How can I change open/close dash marker color? No such option on Graphic settings and Bar Open/Close doesnt work for them.
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| [2018-03-03 17:33:23] |
| jsoviero - Posts: 84 |
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One simple method of highlighting the open or the close of each bar is by using the simple moving average study and setting the period to 1 and setting the draw style to dash, select any color you like and select the width size to increase the prominence. Hope this suggestion helps you. :-)
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| [2018-03-03 18:44:34] |
| JoseyWales - Posts: 67 |
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If you go to the Menubar->Global Settings->Graphic Settings-> Click the Tab called Other, there is a checkbox titled "Color Entire OHLC bar the High/Low Color" which when enabled will color the Open and Close dashes the same color of the bar. I enable this setting every time I do a fresh install of Sierra Chart. But this setting has to be disabled if you want to explicitly set the Bar Open and Bar Close color settings on the Colors and Widths Tab. See the Bar Open and Bar Close documentation notes here: Graphics Settings: Colors and Widths Date Time Of Last Edit: 2018-03-03 18:57:55
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| [2018-03-03 19:49:30] |
| User132748 - Posts: 159 |
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Thanks for your suggestions. I had always this option set to true (Color Entire OHLC bar the High/Low Color). Unchecking that option still doesnt allow to change open/close dash color. It does allow for all other bar type charts though. I have glowing white dashes which makes my dark chart scattered with them. I wanted to darken them or even switch off totally. No luck for now. |
| [2018-03-03 20:52:14] |
| JoseyWales - Posts: 67 |
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I assume your Graph Draw Type is set to OHLC bars. On the chart that still has glowing white dashes try going to the Menubar->Chart->Graphics Settings - Chart and make sure the checkbox Use Global Graphics Settings Instead Of These Settings is checked. And then modify the global Graphics settings Bar Open and Bar Close colors, and double check the checkbox titled "Color Entire OHLC bar the High/Low Color" is unchecked. As described above. If you really don't want the Open and Close dashes, you can go to Menubar->Chart->Chart Settings and change your Graph Draw Type to HL bars or even Candlestick bars and enable the checkbox on the bottom "Save Days to Load, Intraday Bar Period, Graph Draw Type as Default". From then on new charts will be based on the graph draw type you selected. |
| [2018-03-04 17:54:43] |
| User132748 - Posts: 159 |
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I use Bid Ask Volume Bars as stated in subject of this thread. No possibility to change open/close dash color. Works fine for OHLC bars, etc but not for Bid Ask Volume Bars.
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| [2018-03-04 18:59:48] |
| JoseyWales - Posts: 67 |
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You're right. All this time I assumed you were talking about OHLC bars, my apologies. There's options under "Bid Ask Bar:" toward the end of the list to change the color of the bars themselves but I see nothing for the open and close dashes.
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| [2026-03-08 18:22:27] |
| User34124 - Posts: 287 |
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Dear Sierra, Please add this tiny functionality. Having the Open/Close markers as only ever white and thin, is extremely burdensome when using charts on a white background. The choice of the thickness would also be a great addition, but, not essential if it would require too much time. But the colours ideally should have a paramater each for the Open and Close, not one parameter for the colour for both. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2026-03-09 11:04:40
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| [2026-03-09 15:55:33] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 45204 |
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Exactly what study are you referring to? There is no "Bid Ask Volume Bars" study in the Sierra Chart studies.
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| [2026-03-10 20:02:31] |
| User34124 - Posts: 287 |
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Hi John Not sure what you mean. The thread is called "Bid Ask Volume Bars open/close color"? No studies were mentioned by myself? Me and the OP were discussing this specific Graph Draw Type: Graph Draw Types: Bid Ask Volume Bars |
| [2026-03-10 20:53:08] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 45204 |
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Thanks for the information, I was confused as to what this about. The Bid/Ask Volume Bars do not come up much. The Open/Close markers are drawn based on the "Chart Background". But there is a slight error in how this is done, in that those markers only use the "Chart Background" color from the Global Graphics Settings. This does give you a way to color them differently, but it would require that you use chart graphics settings for all your other charts - as you could set the background for your charts to be whatever you want (say black) in the Chart Graphics Settings, then set the Global Graphics Settings for the Chart Background to be something that would stand out for those Open/Close markers (such as yellow). For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2026-03-10 21:35:56] |
| User34124 - Posts: 287 |
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Thank you. Yes it did seem that way to myself too, but, I am expecting even more confusion for someone like me who prefers to use “use global graphics settings” across all my charts. There is obviously a relationship between the default colour of the markers and the global chart background, but I do recommend simply making them as parameters within these colour settings which are already programmed very well: Graph Draw Types: Color Settings for Bid Ask Volume Bars
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2026-03-10 21:36:45
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| [2026-03-10 21:57:06] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 45204 |
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We have noted this as a Feature Request. We can not say when we would get to any particular request. For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
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