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[User Discussion] - Open Interest

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[2014-03-31 15:25:28]
Dom7364 - Posts: 257
What does the study Open interest calclates exactly? It updates real-time, doesn't look like OI.

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[2014-04-01 07:22:28]
User38215 - Posts: 14
Just to add to the question, I have read the documentation relation to the OI, goes without saying, but it says it is an end of the day calculated figure, hence what is it exactly we are am getting on a bar per bar basis, other than "number of trades" maybe? Doesn't make much sense as there is a "number of trades" study, but I am trying to understand too what it actually does.
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2014-04-01 07:27:42
[2014-06-11 14:06:21]
Dom7364 - Posts: 257
Is there any answer on this by the way? Clearly not open interest but what is it exactly? Number of trades?
[2014-06-11 15:41:03]
Sawtooth - Posts: 3976
If you add the Number of Trades study, you'll see that the values are exactly the same as the Open Interest study.

If you add a spreadsheet study, you'll see that column G is Number of Trades on an Intraday chart, and is Open Interest on an Historical chart, but the values are still equal to Number Of Trades.
http://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=doc/doc_TechnicalStudiesReference.html#s10

The OI is a daily calculated number.
Open Interest weekly calculation incorrect

This is not much help, but it is what I've observed.




[2014-06-11 17:07:09]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
Here is the documentation for Open Interest:
http://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=doc/doc_TechnicalStudiesReference.html#s10

It can only be used on Historical Daily charts.
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Date Time Of Last Edit: 2014-06-11 17:08:52

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