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Spreadsheet only updates when a fill happened, not continuously

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[2025-09-11 18:04:45]
Andre - Posts: 33
Hi SC Support,

I noticed that on my spreadsheet for trading, the formula recalculations only happen when there is a print in the market (in this case ES) but not continuously.

As an example, i have a formula that prohibits trading around the full minute mark +4 seconds, but while e.g. the sizes on the bid/offer constantly change on the chart, the spreadsheet only recalculates and gives new values when there was a print.

During GLOBEX hours, it can happen that you do not have a print for 10s or so and that can screw up things for eg realtime stacking calculations.

Is there a way to get the sheet to recalculate independently of fills in the market?

Thank you for your help in advance.
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2025-09-12 07:01:08
[2025-09-15 15:56:21]
Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 21273
This definitely should not be the case. We are quite sure, the spreadsheet is going to be updated even with a change only with the bid or ask prices.
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[2025-09-15 15:59:12]
Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 21273
We have confirmed this is the case. Definitely the Sheet is updating, with bid and ask updates even though there is not a trade.

There could not be a problem with this. That really is impossible.
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[2025-09-16 08:35:45]
Andre - Posts: 33
Hi SC Support,

You are right regarding bid/ask etc. not sure what was happening on my side.

One question remains and that is that e.g. =SECOND(J41) only updates when there is a print. Is there any chance to get the time to update continously?

I played around with the Clock - Real Time study to somehow create a work around but was not successful.

Thank you in advance
[2025-09-17 15:11:45]
Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 21273
We will add a new field, with the market depth update date time.
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[2025-09-24 20:16:23]
Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 21273
We did add the new Market Depth Update Date-Time field but it only shows with the new version 2 fields:
Spreadsheet Study Inputs: Use Column I and J Values Version 2
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