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Date/Time: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:26:40 +0000
Feature Request: Momentum Tails
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| [2020-01-26 20:45:16] |
| BlueVein - Posts: 34 |
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Something along the lines of this http://daytradr.jigsawtrading.com/index.html?momentum-tails.html Help visualize that OF momentum. I know you are all very busy but would be extremely cool. Thanks a million! |
| [2021-05-01 01:13:23] |
| User852621 - Posts: 14 |
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I Would love to see this too!
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| [2021-09-12 18:41:02] |
| Woodzy76 - Posts: 9 |
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I agree this would be great. My current workaround is setting the DOM chart Period to 1 second and then adding a VBP study set 5 second (One period at end of fixed time length) This can do a good job on super fast symbols such as NQ helping me visualize quick moves but a version of momentum tails would be ideal.
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| [2021-10-06 19:55:52] |
| User356762 - Posts: 37 |
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+1. one of the few things JS can do but sierra cant. great feature imo
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| [2022-03-16 12:02:17] |
| User61622 - Posts: 9 |
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+1 Please do it. it's a great feature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de_gyRzopSc |
| [2022-03-23 10:41:49] |
| caxxxxxx - Posts: 12 |
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+1
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| [2022-03-23 20:09:35] |
| User379468 - Posts: 508 |
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+1. As well as integrating connection for journalytix.
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-03-23 20:14:04
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| [2022-03-29 17:13:36] |
| sean3000 - Posts: 65 |
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+1 I know this feature might seem gimmicky, but it's incredibly useful on fast-moving markets. It's one of the only things I really miss about Daytradr. |
| [2022-04-05 17:40:07] |
| ScalpingPadawan - Posts: 6 |
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Have they still not added this feature yet? It is so valuable for those of us who scalp ONLY using the DOM. It shows 'value' in the Norden sense of the word so well. The feature also lets you jump on mid and late momentum for a few quick ticks. I used it today on another platform and it was amazing. I would rather use Sierra, but this is a feature that I've come to love as a trader who doesn't use charts while relying on only the DOM/Price Ladder as my only tool to trade.
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-04-05 17:41:43
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| [2022-04-05 20:10:06] |
| User900285 - Posts: 101 |
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We created a study collection for momentum tails in Sierra Chart by using a few Volume by Price studies on the Chart DOM or Trading DOM. They are displayed in the left side space in the Trading DOM or Chart, where the Volume by Price normally goes. The momentum tails in jigsaw used 8 colors or some form of transparency, and fyi transparency increases CPU usage. So if you want your DOM to be as responsive as possible, it is recommended to not use transparency, even if the impact might be minimal. We have provided 2 study collections, one with the transparency and one without. You will see that we used 4 or more instances of the Volume By Price study set to One Period at End of Fixed Time Length. The momentum tails will be displayed in the left side space of the Trading DOM or chart, where VbP studies normally go. The time periods we selected, we only briefly tested them on a thinner market (MNQ) and this may need to be changed based on your unique use case. We set the time periods to 2, 4, 8 and 16 seconds. The most important settings you will need to adjust for your unique set up are as follows. 1. The bar period of your chart or Trade DOM. This may not work with all set ups for example if you have the bar period set to 1 minute but want 2 second momentum tails on this chart, it is not possible. This study collection works best with the Trading DOM or if you can set the chart to the same period as the Volume by Price that has the shortest period. This is because you cannot set a Volume by Price which is based on a fixed time period to a shorter period than the bar period of the chart. If you set the VbP to a Volume Graph Period Type of One Period at End of Fixed Time Length, with the fixed time length set to 2 seconds. Then you put the bar period of your chart to 1 minute or 16 tick ranges, the VbP will not show 2 second profiles. We are not able to explain why this is the case but we understand the logic. (One method to get around this problem would be to set your chart to the timeframe required for the momentum tails to work and then overlay a larger bar period on the chart using price/study overlay or something else). If you only use a Trading DOM, set the bar period of the Trading DOM to the same interval that is set in the shortest VbP study. In the study collections we provided, it is set to 2 seconds. If your Trading DOM is set to a larger bar period than 2 seconds, these momentum tails will not display correctly. 2. The Maximum Volume Bar Width Percentage. We set it to 100 but some traders have unique use cases or might be using a Chart DOM and need the momentum tails to occupy less space. If you use the left side space for the chart bars or other studies, you will need to change this to a number less than 100 on all instances of the momentum tails. 3. The one setting that made this possible is 'Volume Bar Minimum Width in Chart Bars'. We set it to 100. 4. The colors are yellow but these can be changed to your liking in the subgraphs tab. The only colors that should be changed are the Volume Bars Outline and Fill Colors. In the version with transparency we used transparency values of 0, 25, 50, and 75. In the version with different shades of yellow, we tried to change the colors by a proportional amount. 5. If there is a scenario where you would need to include another volume profile on the chart, you would add that study and then make sure to enable 'Align to Far Right' in the settings for that VbP. Then change the Maximum Volume Bar Width Percentage for each of the momentum tails to a value less than 100 to fit in the other VbP. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-04-06 16:09:02
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| [2022-04-06 12:31:46] |
| ScalpingPadawan - Posts: 6 |
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Thank you for sharing your Momentum tails study.
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| [2022-04-06 12:47:46] |
| User372626 - Posts: 59 |
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Thanks for sharing, where can I open it
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| [2022-04-06 15:46:37] |
| User900285 - Posts: 101 |
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@User372647 You need to click and download the files I attached with the file extension .StdyCollct This file needs to be placed in the SierraChart > Data folder. If you use different installations of Sierra Chart or sub instances, each of those have their own Data folders. 2. When you apply the study collection I shared, it will remove the other studies on your chart and replace them with these. If you do not want that to happen and want to add this study collection on top of existing studies, I attached the documentation right below. You will just need to save the study collection another time but make sure the box Prompt to Remove Existing Studies is checked before selecting Save All. Study Collections: Adding a Study Collection Without Clearing Existing Studies On The Chart (Prompt to Remove Existing Studies) |
| [2022-06-16 20:12:57] |
| Ed C. - Posts: 125 |
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You will just need to save the study collection another time...
Or just change the name of the study collection from "MomentumTails.StdyCollct" to "MomentumTails+.StdyCollct" :) |
| [2022-10-11 14:31:44] |
| pMathisen - Posts: 9 |
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It does not load any studys at all when I try to load it. Is it specific for any version of Sierra? Got this error message. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-10-11 14:54:56
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| [2024-07-30 17:07:27] |
| Ace21base - Posts: 2 |
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@user900285 thanks so much for sharing the study. I have added this on NQ dom where it works fine but on ES it barely shows any activity. Is there some configuration specific for ES? Also, can i directly message you about this study and momentum on dom?
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| [2025-10-25 15:15:30] |
| TopGunTrader - Posts: 294 |
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I just recently started a prop firm tryout and they give you Rithmic data so signed up for Jigsaw to see how its evolved since I used it last 2+ years ago. The momentum tails ARE very helpful has REALLY improved my trading both on entries, knowing when a trade isn't likely to work and exiting for far smaller loss and holding wins longer and trailing stops. Is this on list of things currently being developed? I'd love to get rid of Jigsaw this is really about the only thing they do right I have seen price go right through my stops/targets on demo in Jigsaw and they don't execute where as in Sierra NEVER have ever seen this, basic functionality in Sierra is bug free. But no matter how hard I try I can not get Sierra's DOM to be as intuitive and predictive as Jigsaw's and its all the momentum tails. It could so easily be IMPROVED on as well do it as a separate study and let users put it into Label, General Purpose 1 or 2 field. Have more colors with more time out options My suggestion Color options 1 to 10. Each has its OWN delay in milliseconds. I'd have first 5 levels 500ms then level 6-8 1 second level 9 for 10 seconds and level 10 for 30 so you can SEE where price was last 10 seconds, last 30 and have the benefit of seeing current order flow LIGHT UP and fade quickly. On so many NQ moves it will retrace back on strong trends the last 30 second move so can monitor that area for limit order to get into the next push. |
| [2026-03-11 01:48:54] |
| gcUserStudies - Posts: 143 |
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I just released a Sierra Chart study called Momentum Tails: https://gcuserstudies.com/studies/momentum-tails/ Short Video for now: https://youtube.com/shorts/bVxeFeIg_oI |
| [2026-03-11 11:03:19] |
| Sébastien - Posts: 142 |
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@gcUserStudies Thank you very much for your awesome work ! If I may give you two suggestions for a future update : 1) it would be nice to have a "combined recent delta column". For now, I use the 2 Histogram columns to show the delta by price. It works very well but it creates 2 new columns which take some space. Being able to combine these two columns into one would help to shrink the DOM width a little. 2) Your "Last Traded Recent Bid/Ask Volume Outline" replace SierraChart native "Last Traded Recent Bid/Ask Volume Background". It works fine, but maybe some users would maybe like to keep the original SierraChart background colored (I'm one of them). It is crisper and gives more contrast than just an outline. Also, SierraChart has this option "Display Both Last Traded Recent Bid and Ask Background". It is by default the case in your study, and it is not customizable. It would be awesome to give users the choice to activate or deactivate this option. Thank you again ! This is the best DOM custom study by far. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2026-03-11 11:23:37
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| [2026-03-11 16:51:28] |
| gcUserStudies - Posts: 143 |
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Thank you for giving it a try and the great feedback. Appreciate it! 1) it would be nice to have a "combined recent delta column".
For now, I use the 2 Histogram columns to show the delta by price. It works very well but it creates 2 new columns which take some space. Being able to combine these two columns into one would help to shrink the DOM width a little. I will take a look into this 2) Your "Last Traded Recent Bid/Ask Volume Outline" replace SierraChart native "Last Traded Recent Bid/Ask Volume Background".
It works fine, but maybe some users would maybe like to keep the original SierraChart background colored (I'm one of them). It is crisper and gives more contrast than just an outline. Also, SierraChart has this option "Display Both Last Traded Recent Bid and Ask Background". It is by default the case in your study, and it is not customizable. It would be awesome to give users the choice to activate or deactivate this option. Regarding items in 2, I have pushed out an update. When you close/reopen Sierra Chart it should get the update and you should see the changes. If not, you may have to remove/re-add the study but in my testing it picked them up. It shouldn't affect existing study settings at all. New input added: Display Both Last Traded Highlights: New toggle to show both bid and ask last traded highlights simultaneously (Yes, default) or only the most recently traded side (No) Existing Inputs Updated: Last Traded Highlight modes: Outline/Fill dropdown replaces Yes/No toggle. Fill option fills the cell background (like SC native), Outline draws a border (previous behavior) Thank you again ! This is the best DOM custom study by far.
Thank again, appreciate it! |
| [2026-03-11 20:27:36] |
| Elvis.S - Posts: 11 |
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Good luck with that, its been requested by users since 2020.
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| [2026-03-14 14:33:49] |
| Sébastien - Posts: 142 |
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@gcUserStudies Regarding items in 2, I have pushed out an update. When you close/reopen Sierra Chart it should get the update and you should see the changes. If not, you may have to remove/re-add the study but in my testing it picked them up. It shouldn't affect existing study settings at all.
New input added: Display Both Last Traded Highlights: New toggle to show both bid and ask last traded highlights simultaneously (Yes, default) or only the most recently traded side (No) Existing Inputs Updated: Last Traded Highlight modes: Outline/Fill dropdown replaces Yes/No toggle. Fill option fills the cell background (like SC native), Outline draws a border (previous behavior) Thank you for the update. I spent some more time testing your study today. This works well and brings back the native SierraChart feeling ! If you're willing to improve your custom study a little bit more, here is one more suggestion : Make big prints or big delta highlightable for a certain amount of time or until revisited in the Recent Bid/Ask Volume Column. See the example in the screenshot attached. This is Dow Jones. The 50 print at the ask is completely unusual and we expect a reaction if the market revisit this price. It would be awesome if this big print would stay highlighted for a configurable amount of time, or until the market retest the price. User inputs would be : - Highlight Volume greater than X - highlight Delta greater than X - Highlight Decay Timer or Highlight until revisited - Text color and background color for highlighted Volumes - Text color and background color for highlighted negative delta - Text color and background color for highlighted positive delta Thank you for your work. Enjoy your weekend ! |
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| [2026-03-18 20:50:46] |
| gcUserStudies - Posts: 143 |
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If you're willing to improve your custom study a little bit more, here is one more suggestion : Make big prints or big delta highlightable for a certain amount of time or until revisited in the Recent Bid/Ask Volume Column. See the example in the screenshot attached. This is Dow Jones. The 50 print at the ask is completely unusual and we expect a reaction if the market revisit this price. It would be awesome if this big print would stay highlighted for a configurable amount of time, or until the market retest the price. User inputs would be : - Highlight Volume greater than X - highlight Delta greater than X - Highlight Decay Timer or Highlight until revisited - Text color and background color for highlighted Volumes - Text color and background color for highlighted negative delta - Text color and background color for highlighted positive delta Quick update. The volume highlighting is complete and finishing testing here. Per-side detection (bid and ask tracked independently), and time and/or revisited settings, color settings, etc. Before I look at delta highlighting, I also just updated the Histogram feature (not released yet). You can now set any threshold to 0 to disable that color level. For example, setting thresholds to 0, 0, 0, 0, 50 would only color histogram bars where delta >= 50. Everything below shows uncolored. This might already get you what you need for delta highlighting, depending on your use case. Could you clarify what you had in mind for "big delta" highlighting? Per-price imbalance - bid=2, ask=50 at the same price, delta=48. Highlight when one side significantly outweighs the other. This would color the winning side's cell directly in the Recent Bid/Ask column. Already covered by histogram? The histogram already shows delta per price level with color thresholds, either side-by-side or diagonal. With the new 0=disabled thresholds, you could set it to only highlight extreme deltas. And also has a timer to leave those showing up for whatever amount of time. If #2 doesn't cover it and you want the highlight directly on the Recent Bid/Ask cell (like the volume highlight), let me know. One design question in that case, if a cell meets both the volume threshold AND the delta threshold at the same time, which highlight should take priority? Or would you prefer it as a single toggle, either highlight by volume OR by delta, not both simultaneously? |
| [2026-03-18 23:07:25] |
| Sébastien - Posts: 142 |
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Hi gcUserStudies, Thank you for the follow up. Yes, by "big delta" highlighting I meant "Per-price imbalance". After further testing, I feel a little bit overwhelmed by the Histogram column. I deleted them. For my trading strategy, I need to track ES, NQ, YM and RTY side by side... That's a lot of information to ingest. So I try to limit the quantity of informations to the minimum (market depth columns and Recent Bid/Ask column are enough) The two Histogram columns (*4 markets = 8 more columns on my screen) were too much for me and it took too much space. Reducing to one Histogram combined column would be better and easier to read. But the [b]best of the best[/b] would be to find a way to show the Per-Price Imbalance directly inside the Recent Ask/Bid Columns => No more added column => easiest to read. This is what I had in mind when I made the suggestion in my last post. If #2 doesn't cover it and you want the highlight directly on the Recent Bid/Ask cell (like the volume highlight), let me know. One design question in that case, if a cell meets both the volume threshold AND the delta threshold at the same time, which highlight should take priority? Or would you prefer it as a single toggle, either highlight by volume OR by delta, not both simultaneously?
I would suggest to make the Volume Highlight not Per-Side detection but Per-Price instead. So when it triggers, it colors both Recent Ask and Bid Column at price.Then, for the Per-Price Imbalance Highlight, only color the Dominant Side. If both are triggered at the same price, the Per-Price Imbalance Highlight would be drawn on top of the Volume Highlight, so both are visible. One more quick suggestion to make your study more versatile : Add a user input to deactivate the "Tail effect" rendering completely and let SierraChart renders the Recent Bid/Ask text as native. Why would someone want to disable the Tail effect ? 1- It would be useful for users who just want to use your study to show the secondary tools like the Histogram column, the HUD, the Delta Display for Tail Volume, or the future Highlight Recent Per-Price Volume/Imbalance. 2- It would be useful to make sure the printed text is 100% accurate to the Data Feed Data as your study accuracy is dependent of the Chart Update Interval. |
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