Sierra Chart | Referencing a Study with Sierra Chart ACSIL Sometimes you need to reference a study from within your own study. As an example, say you have a study that uses the Sierra Chart built in “Swing High and Low” study for some calculation.With references, the study user will do the following: Adding the […]

Sierra Chart | Finding ACSIL Example Code Finding reference code and examples of ACSIL is not only a great way to learn but also a great way to speed up work. Apart from the Sierra Chart Support Board and other forums like BigMikes, I have found the ACS_Source folder that comes with Sierra Chart to […]

 Sierra Chart | Creating and Submitting a Limit Order in Sierra Chart I was asked by someone how to create and submit a LIMIT order in Sierra Chart ACSIL. Below is a short snippet with notes at the bottom. s_SCNewOrder order; // define order structure order.OrderQuantity = 1; // set order quantity to 1 order.OrderType […]

Sierra Chart | Handling “function or variable may be unsafe” unsafe when compiling Sierra Chart Custom Study You are compiling your study and getting these warnings. We want the output of compiling to be clean. No errors and no warnings. 1>—— Build started: Project: demo, Configuration: Debug Win32 —— 1>  SCStudies.cpp 1>d:demosierrachartacs_sourcesierrachart.h(385): warning C4996: ‘strcpy’: […]

Sierra Chart | The Anatomy of a Sierra Chart Custom Study DLL Custom studies have a skeleton or structure to them. This structure is the basis of how a custom study fits in with the application itself. The structure can be broken down into four major components. The “physical” DLL file The Sierra Chart DLL […]

Sierra Chart | Persistent Variables with Sierra Chart It is common when programming indicators to have to retain a value between subsequent calls to your study function. These are cases where you need to store some value that has just been calculated for some future use. Some examples of this include: Retain the index on […]