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Date/Time: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:50:45 +0000
Post From: Historical tick data for COMEX gold (GC) — requirements and coverage
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Hello, Before purchasing, I would like to confirm five points. My intended use is to download historical tick-by-tick data for COMEX gold futures for statistical research, and later automated trading via ACSIL. 1. HISTORICAL DOWNLOAD WITHOUT REAL-TIME SUBSCRIPTION Can I download historical tick-by-tick Intraday data for GC contracts with only a Service Package (for example Package 11), WITHOUT activating a real-time CME/COMEX exchange subscription and WITHOUT a funded futures trading account? Your documentation states: "All Sierra Chart Service Packages and the trial include historical data for the above listed exchanges regardless of whether the data is real-time or delayed." I would like to confirm this applies to GC tick data specifically. 2. DEPTH OF TICK HISTORY FOR GOLD For GC contracts specifically - for example GCM13, GCZ16, GCM20, GCZ25 - is the historical Intraday data tick-by-tick, or 1-minute? Your documentation gives two different dates: "Tick by tick data for futures contracts on the CME/NYMEX/COMEX/CBOT begins at 2011", and elsewhere "Tick by tick data for the CME Group goes back at least as far back as the year 2013 approximately." Which one applies to GC? 3. BID/ASK VOLUME IN HISTORICAL DATA Do the historical GC tick records have BidVolume and AskVolume populated (non-zero) for the entire tick-by-tick period? 4. TRIAL RESTRICTION I have read on this board that "Gold is not one of the available options while on a trial." Does this restriction apply only to real-time data, or also to downloading historical GC data during the trial? 5. DATA REQUEST QUOTA Is GC considered a "less common market" with respect to the limit of 3000 historical data requests per month? Thank you. |