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Re: Ticks and minutes



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Can anyone help with the settings for these electronic contracts, 
please?

Ian

> Ah.... The plot thickens... I've been merrily rumbling along with 
> a setting of 1/100. But that goes for most of my data, too - they 
> seem to have a range of settings.
> 
> Is there a list anywhere of the Price Scale, Point Value and Min 
> Movement for the popular contracts? I assumed the GS would take care 
> of all that.
> 
> At the least, could some kind person tell me what the settings should 
> be for ES, YM, ND, SP?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> > > That makes sense. But where do I set the tick resolution? The Min
> > > Movement in the Global Server is set correctly (in this case to 
> > > 1).
> > > is there another setting somewhere that, er, needs setting? 
> > 
> > What is the Price Scale set to?  The minimum tick size is Price 
> > Scale * Min Movement.  So if Min Move is 1, that says "min tick 
> > is 1 PriceScale movement."  If PriceScale is 1/100 ....
> > 
> > For one-point ticks, you want to set PriceScale to "As Is" and 
> > Min Movement to 1.
> > 
> > Gary
> > 
> > 
> 
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