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continuous futures contract

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[2013-04-20 09:51:38]
mayerrs - Posts: 70
hi,

i have some questions about this option. for now i have thisone:

1) if i have continuous futures contract am i somehow able to show "rollover line" i mean, i would like to see what date was rollover. so may i show some vertical line like that?

2) there is "automatically rollover futures contract" option in chart settings. my question is how does this work. i mean when does it work. on LTD or 1 day before lTD or when and how

3) if i check continuous futures contract why is slow data loading? is it something what has to be? i mean i alredy have these daily data in my computer so why is slow data loading? could be some better and faster way?

thx
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2013-04-20 15:57:46
[2013-04-21 00:02:12]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
1. No.

2. This has now been documented in Chart >> Chart Settings:
http://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=doc/doc_ChartSettings.html#AutomaticallyRollover

3. The method that is used is a time-consuming process. It cannot be made any faster.

For an alternative, refer to this page:
http://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=doc/helpdetails51.html
Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level

Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy:
https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation

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Date Time Of Last Edit: 2013-04-21 00:02:32
[2013-04-21 08:25:59]
mayerrs - Posts: 70
ok, i see. one less question. if i make my own file with continuouls contract - for example CL (crude oil) and than i will open current month CL-201306-NYMEX (i use interactive rokers) is it going to work? i mean i will have very long file (10years) and i expect that is going to downloud current mont. and next month and another month. i just want to see long past and i also want to have current month and day. and i also believe that would be faster than continuous contract from IB - there would be many many months and also files. is it workoning like that? or making this 10 years file is unprodactive?
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2013-04-21 08:33:42
[2013-04-21 19:49:28]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
You cannot do a 10 year continuous futures contract chart with Interactive Brokers. Do not even bother trying.

You can get a 10 year Historical Daily Continuous futures contract chart by using the Sierra Chart Historical Data Service. Refer to Method 2 here:

http://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=doc/doc_ContinuousFuturesContractCharts.html
Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level

Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy:
https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation

For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service:
Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing

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