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Date/Time: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:52:14 +0000



Recent Bid/Ask clears early when using “Use As Trade Only Symbol

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[2025-12-19 10:06:45]
User500830 - Posts: 1
Hello,

I’m noticing that the Recent Bid / Recent Ask columns in the DOM are being cleared sooner than expected when cross-trading is enabled.

Details:

* This occurs when Use As Trade Only Symbol is enabled for NQ/MNQ (or any other mini/micro) and used as a Trade and Current Quote Symbol.
* The clearing happens after a short time (exact duration seems setup-dependent).
* Disabling *Use As Trade Only Symbol* prevents the issue.
* Not using cumulative bid/ask columns.

Is this behavior expected when cross-trading is enabled?
If so, is there any way to extend how long recent bid/ask values persist in this configuration?

Without Use As Trade Only Symbol, disabled:

https://i.ibb.co/TqDzmdQh/2025-12-19-11-01-04.gif

With Use As Trade Only Symbol enabled:

https://i.ibb.co/dw3ZBjFk/2025-12-19-11-02-41.gif

As you can see, when cross-trading is enabled the recent bid/asks get cleared after x time as opposite as without it.

Thanks.
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2025-12-19 10:07:17
[2025-12-19 21:05:13]
Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 21906
Not sure about this. What is this particular setting for the chart set to:
Chart Settings: Clear Recent Bid Ask Volume Inactive Time in Milliseconds (Chart >> Chart Settings >> Market Depth menu)
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