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Date/Time: Sun, 31 Aug 2025 16:24:20 +0000
Delta Leg Profile Start Time End Time
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| [2025-08-02 00:11:08] |
| Trade with ICE - Posts: 32 |
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Is there a way to create a new fixed profile or delta profile at a specified time interval, redrawing it every time interval I set? I’ve tried different combinations of Volume Graph Period Type, but I can’t get it to create a new profile for every minute interval I specify. I want it to create a new profile every 90-minute cycle, but the profile keeps displaying incorrectly. I’m not sure if this is related to Bar Type or Bar Period. I’m using Renko bars in ticks with a Bar Period value of 4. Session Times are set to include the evening session (Evening Session set to Yes), and New Bar at Session Start is also set to Yes. |
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| [2025-08-04 15:04:52] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 41535 |
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You can get close, but since the study is based on the bars themselves, the actual start time of each profile will be as close to every 90 minutes as it can, but it will not be exact, since you are using a 4 tick Renko chart. We can not tell what you are referring to from the image you provided, as we can not see any profile within the period you are referring to. What exactly is the problem you are having with setting this up, apart from what we specify above? For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2025-08-04 16:40:04] |
| Trade with ICE - Posts: 32 |
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I'm trying to create a volume profile that displays deltas instead of standard volume. I want to automate this process, as I saw a YouTube video demonstrating volume-by-price profiles updating every 5 minutes. I'd like to achieve the same but with a 90-minute interval. You mentioned that using Renko bars prevents the profile from resetting correctly, but I'm basing the study on time, not the bars themselves. I tried configuring it as follows: Volume graph period type: One period at the end of a fixed time length Time period type for fixed time: Minutes Time period length: 90 However, the profile doesn't reset every 90 minutes as expected. |
| [2025-08-04 19:53:48] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 41535 |
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As we understand it, you want a single 90 minute Volume by Price profile that resets completely at each 90 minute interval. So if your trading day starts at 17:00 (for example) you would see a profile build from 17:00 to 18:29:59 and then completely reset at 18:30:00 and start building again. The above can not be accomplished with the "One Period at End of Fixed Time Length" options, as those are a rolling period - in other words with a 90 minute period, they are looking back 90 minutes and as a new bar is added, the oldest bar is dropped, so it is not a "reset". One way to do this is to use the "Multiple Profiles Based on Fixed Time" and set your period to 90 minutes. You can then set the option for "Right Align Volume Bars" to "Yes" and set "Always Display Last Profile Within View" to "Yes", so you can view that last profile separate from the bars. Another option would be to use "From Start Time to End", but this would require constantly updating the "Start Time" whenever you want the profile to reset. -- With regards to the issue we described with the Renko chart, this will continue to be an issue. Most Sierra Chart studies are based on the bars themselves, and this includes the Volume by Price study. So with a Renko Chart, you do not have bars falling at even time intervals, therefore the Volume by Price is going to be based on the nearest bar including the time you want. For instance, if you expect a profile to start at 18:00:00, but the bars around that time are 17:58:25 and 18:02:35, then the profile will actually start from the bar at 18:02:35. It does not look at the underlying data to find the trades that occurred at 18:00:00 and actually build from there. For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2025-08-04 23:33:25] |
| Trade with ICE - Posts: 32 |
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yea I also created multiple profiles based on fixed time intervals. However, I don’t want previous profiles to appear, as they’re no longer relevant to my strategy and clutter my charts. I only want to display the current 90-minute profile. I guess it cannot be done :(
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| [2025-08-05 14:03:12] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 41535 |
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The only way to do it is to continually change the Start Time as we mentioned in post #4.
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