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Trade activity log shows P&L of charted symbol vs Traded symbol

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[2017-12-06 01:28:07]
User466737 - Posts: 22
Hi,

I'm experimenting trading a symbol based on chart quotes for another symbol. In this example, I have Gold in chart driving the trades for Silver futures. When I run a simulation, the trade activity log shows trade stats on all tabs based on Gold prices.

For instance The average entry price being 1282 and Average exit price being 1286 yields a difference of $4. The PL shows the profit as $20k (4*5000), 5000 being notional for Silver. I was expecting to see Silver prices instead of Gold prices, any setting I'm overlooking or am I misunderstanding the concept of trade symbols vs charted symbols in chart settings.

Note, I'm using a remote instance on the same machine as main.

Thanks,
S
[2017-12-06 03:15:40]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
You cannot use the Trade and Current Quote Symbol in this way.

That is only meant for live trading. You cannot run any type of back test or replay.
Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level

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