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Date/Time: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 02:10:37 +0000



NQ Friday 7/10/2026 10:32:41 - SC not showing chart price during huge selloff

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[2026-07-11 20:43:17]
n8trading - Posts: 72
On Friday, NQ had a huge reaction to some news that caused the market to drop very quickly. SC didn't show price movement for several seconds and/or was showing spurts of market data with multi-second gaps instead of the usual constant stream.

I can replicate this in replay from a duplicated chart with all studies removed and it happens with OS timers and SC timers.

Is there any SC configuration that can handle this, or is this a shortcoming of SC that might be able to be improved, or is this a limitation on the exchange/market infrastructure side and nothing can be done about it?

Thank you,
[2026-07-11 21:00:55]
Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 24239
Are you referring to 10:30 AM Eastern time July 10, 2026? We replayed that part and there are no issues. Replay is extremely fast and stable.

If you are having a problem during a replay, then you need to reduce the CPU usage in the chart. You should go through a process of elimination just by opening only one single chart for NQ without any studies and do a replay and see if you can reproduce the problem. If so, then this is going to be a system specific issue.

Also re-download the data for that timeframe in case there is any missing data. Instructions:
Historical Intraday Data (Missing Data / Download Errors / Viewing More Data): Retrying the Download When There is Data in the Chart
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[2026-07-12 00:29:10]
n8trading - Posts: 72
At 10:32:41 on Friday 7/10 on NQ. It was a huge influx of volume and the market sold off a couple hundred points or so in seconds.

If you have the time and wouldn't mind, could you record a video of SC on this chart during this time frame (maybe a 1 to 2 minute) video? And I will try your suggestion as soon as I can.

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