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Date/Time: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:35:05 +0000
Post From: Generic Front-Month Symbol for Studies / Ratios
| [2026-08-25 13:30:41] |
| cvltr95 - Posts: 4 |
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Hello, I am looking for a way to reference the current/front futures contract dynamically from studies. I am not referring to Continuous Futures Contract Charts or back-adjusted data. For example, instead of a ratio or Add Additional Symbol study containing: NQU26-CME / ESU26-CME I would like to reference something equivalent to: NQ-FRONT / ES-FRONT where Sierra Chart automatically resolves each symbol to the current contract at rollover. This becomes problematic in large Chartbooks containing many ratios, dashboards, panels, Add Additional Symbol studies, and custom ACSIL studies. Hard-coded contract months require updating many symbol references every rollover and make it easy for stale contracts to remain somewhere in the Chartbook. Is there currently any supported method to use a generic current/front-month futures symbol as a study Input? If not, could this functionality be considered? Ideally it could also support relative contracts such as: FRONT FRONT+1 FRONT+2 This would be particularly useful for ratios, spreads, term-structure panels, and larger intermarket dashboards. Thank you. |