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Date/Time: Sat, 04 May 2024 16:20:45 +0000

Post From: building an alert

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John - SC Support - Posts: 31362
It depends on where the Alert is being set. If it is on a general Study, then it will only work forward from the current bar. If it is part of the Trading System Based on Alert Condition or the Color Bar Based on Alert Condition then those have special controls for calculating previous bars (they have the input Number of Bars to Calculate). If you are just wanting to test and make sure that the alert is working correctly for all situations, then I like to use the Spreadsheet Formula study. Just be sure to add it to the end of the list of studies, and then copy and paste the alert into the Formula Input. It will have a 1 where the Alert is true and a 0 everywhere else. So they will just show as spikes in the graph of this study. For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing