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Date/Time: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:06:14 +0000
Historical intraday availability: expired serial 6E CME contracts (2011-2017)
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| [2026-08-18 13:17:34] |
| User928353 - Posts: 13 |
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Hello Sierra Chart Support, I am conducting an outcome-blind source-integrity review of expired CME Euro FX futures contracts. I am using an isolated Sierra Chart instance and manually opening specific expired symbols through Find Symbol. I need to verify whether your current historical source can supply raw intraday records for the following serial 6E contracts: 6EF11-CME, 6EF12-CME, 6EF14-CME, 6EF16-CME, 6EF17-CME, and 6EX17-CME. For each symbol, Sierra created an SCID file containing only the 56-byte header and no data records. The 6EF11-CME request was allowed to run for 647.8 seconds; the other checks ran about 121-160 seconds. The same isolated workflow acquired valid same-day serial controls 6EF18-CME (628,816 bytes) and 6EF19-CME (293,536 bytes). Could you please confirm: 1. Whether the current historical-data service can provide intraday history for these specific pre-2018 serial 6E CME contract symbols. 2. Whether the exact symbols above are correct for the current service, including the -CME suffix. 3. Whether any service setting, entitlement, symbol translation, or historical-days setting is required to retrieve them. 4. If the records are unavailable, whether this is a known archive limitation and whether a repair or alternate Sierra-supported historical source exists. I can provide compact source-availability evidence if useful. I am asking only about contract-level historical-data availability, not price interpretation or trading advice. Thank you. |
| [2026-08-18 14:56:20] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 47529 |
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1. In general, we have data for the CME Group going back to 2011. Refer to the following: Sierra Chart Historical Data Service: What is Included But it depends on the symbol as to how much data will be available. 2. Those are the correct symbols if your service is set to "SC Data". 3. No. 4. N/A. Your issue is that the 6E is mostly traded on quarterly contracts, so the H, M, U, and Z contracts will have data. The F and X contracts typically will not. Refer to the information here: https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/fx/g10/euro-fx.contractSpecs.html So you are not missing anything. If there is no data for those contracts, then there simply was no trading for them. For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
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