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Date/Time: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 07:44:26 +0000
Countdown Timer Alert
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| [2024-01-27 13:57:42] |
| TomasVill - Posts: 9 |
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Hi there I have set my countdown timer alert 'Alert on new bar' to Yes then on Alerts --- Alert Condition: =SG1 <=10. 'Enabled' and 'Alert Only Once per New Bar' are both ticked but No sound goes off at all. Should it work even on replay mode too? Many thanks |
| [2024-01-29 15:52:37] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 41490 |
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Refer to the following: General Settings Window: Troubleshooting for Alert Sounds That Do Not Play For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2024-01-29 16:02:24] |
| Sawtooth - Posts: 4261 |
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The CountDown Timer study does not output any value in SG1, so you cannot reference it for an alert. If you want an alert just before a new bar, here is a custom spreadsheet study that does it: https://www.sawtoothtrade.com/free-stuff-11.html Date Time Of Last Edit: 2024-01-29 16:02:43
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| [2024-01-29 18:46:15] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 41490 |
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I hate to disagree with you Sawtooth, but you can alert on SG1 of the Countdown Timer. We even have documentation for this here: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/StudiesReference.php&ID=201#Examples_AlertWhenBarWithinTime The important thing is to have the Input for "Display Remaining Time as Seconds Only", then the data is directly accessible. For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2024-01-29 20:50:03] |
| Sawtooth - Posts: 4261 |
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The important thing is to have the Input for "Display Remaining Time as Seconds Only", then the data is directly accessible.
Oops, I missed that detail.
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| [2024-03-31 22:41:57] |
| User35525 - Posts: 192 |
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Support, does putting the value into SG1 depend upon the chart being a time-based chart? I have a non-time based chart I'd like to get the remaining value for. Setting "display value only" and/or "display remaining time as seconds only" didn't allow me to read it into SG1. I can however use "TextDisplay for Study" to grab the SG1 value, as a text string for display. I'm not sure how to convert that string back into a number value for a simple alert. I tried this within a spreadsheet formula: =VALUE(TEXT(ID128.SG1,"0")) Date Time Of Last Edit: 2024-03-31 22:45:35
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| [2024-04-01 15:03:38] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 41490 |
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What kind of chart are you using?
For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2025-05-01 17:26:44] |
| User35525 - Posts: 192 |
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John, sorry I didn't see your reply earlier. I'm using a volume charts, delta charts, price change charts, range charts, point and figure, etc... I can get the remaining value into SG1 if it's a time-based chart (which I could have done anyway with BARTIME math) or calculate if a volume chart, but I'd really like to get the remaining value into SG1 for all the other chart types. I'm looking to create an alert shortly before the bar closes instead of after it closes.
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2025-05-01 17:37:11
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| [2025-05-01 18:20:57] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 41490 |
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For a Range chart, you can get the remaining ticks in the subgraph by setting the Input on the Countdown Timer for "Display Remaining Range in Ticks" to "Yes". The other chart types do not have the option of displaying the remainder in the subgraph. You can modify the code for the Countdown Timer to get what you want from it. The code is in the Studies2.cpp file in the ACS_Source folder under your main Sierra Chart installation folder. Refer to the following: How to Build an Advanced Custom Study from Source Code 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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