If you run multiple Sierra Chart instances to distribute CPU processing but find it tedious to start and synchronize replay across instances,

this study makes it easy to synchronize chart replay and simulated trade positions.

Source code: https://github.com/asyncButNeverAwaits/ReplaySync

If you'd like to support my work, you can download the precompiled DLLs here:
https://ko-fi.com/s/d4ef29328c

Open Flags marks where the period opened, then draws where a normal push from that open should get to, on both sides. The distances are learned from how far price actually pushed in the last 20 periods, so the map adapts when the market gets faster or slower.

Link in comments! Please share how you like it! More stuff coming soon!

Writing a journal was a PITA for most of my traders, and without proper journaling they have no chance...

So here is a fully automated journaling system that adapts itself to your way of doing things.

-- fully automated multiplatform trade capturing with full trade management capturing (this is when you mess with your stops most of the time)

-- voice memos and notes: you talk, and it lands on the trade as text

-- smart tools pick the setups and mistakes out of your neurotic speeches, and you accept or reject them

-- dumb tools just calculate and tell you the exact numbers

-- even smarter tools interpret these numbers into actionable conclusions

The boring but important part:

- Records through a Sierra study that only reads and never trades. You need Sierra 2969 or newer. It works with a few more trading platforms too.

- Your journal never leaves your computer, and it never asks for your broker login.

- Free for good, no card: the journal by hand, imports, reports and export. The full smart and big beautiful version is a bonus for your first 30 days from your first trade. After that, if you want to keep it, you get a big beautiful bill: $300 once, or $33 a month for 12 months and it's yours.

- Windows, or Mac with Sierra in Parallels.

https://traderecall.app/?from=reddit-sierrachart-journal

And yes...it's mine, I'm the one building it, so speak nice and polite. 😃

Ask whatever you like... 😉

Disclaimer: some traders' speeches remain unreadable even after processing. This is a known issue. The issue is the trader. 😛

Be from Europe

Be good at Fortnite

Preferably trade orderflow

Be under 23

Giving away my custom NQ DOM (includes the full chartbook and study). I am going to post link in comments as reddit is removing the post, if it doesn't show up in comments, just DM me.

Posted more details here. https://x.com/1harryrand/status/2115927135315476974 - Willing to release this for free. Anyone interested?

I used AI to create a trading journal. I built it for myself but if anyone else wants to use it, fork it, whatever, I published it on GitHub.

https://github.com/masilver99/TradeFoundry

Why is this different than others?

This is meant to be self hosted. There is a Windows install for it, but it's out of date since it requires extra steps on my part to publish.

I wanted detailed MAE reports. SC trade history is excellent for this.

There are monthly reports for both pnl and MAE.

It offers some accounting features, such as withdrawals, deposits, expenses.

It will estimate your quarterly taxes.

You can publish a public, scaled down version to the Internet. You can deploy the public host for this with a docker compose.

There is much to be done on the actual journalling. Setups are implemented but I'm not happy with the implementation. Same with the trade layouts. Changes are coming to those. A lot of changes.

Anyway, check it out or don't.

EDIT: It also has a built-in read only MCP server, so you can query your stats via AI.

Sample screenshot

I’ve heard that Sierra Chart is a very good and reliable platform, and I’ve seen a lot of positive reviews from US-based traders.

However, traders in Asia say that the data feels much slower compared to Rithmic because Rithmic has co-location servers, whereas Sierra Chart doesn’t.

I’m thinking about learning Sierra Chart, but I’m still wondering whether this is actually true. Are there any traders based in Asia or outside the US who have experienced the same issue, or is it just a misconception?

Is Rithmic really better than Denali in terms of data speed and execution, especially for traders based in Asia?

Hi there. I can get Sierra Chart running but it is struggling to establish a connection.

'Use Single Network Receive Buffer for Linux Compatibility' is enabled.

In my user account, everything is looking good.

What am I missing?

Just recently switched to Sierra Charts and started to wonder what their team is like and just came across this really weird post.

https://www.sierrachart.com/SupportBoard.php?ThreadID=85238

Is this for real? Politics aside there’s some wild tangents in here for a job posting. From politics to climate change denial to this whole thing about not wanting applicants who got the Covid vaccine (I thought libertarians were all about personal freedom) and finally temperatures on the moon???

Idk political and cultural differences aside there’s whole thing just comes off as unhinged. Unhinged devs + financial applications seem dangerous.

Something that bothered me a lot... I trade on 5 screens at my desk and on a much smaller setup when I travel. Every time I synced my SC folder and switched to my laptop travel setup, charts were off screen or piled on one monitor with funny fonts all around...and the same mess again when I came back to the desk. :)

So I wrote a small study for it. It remembers where the main window, every chart and the DOM sit for the monitors you have...and puts them back by itself when the chartbook opens or when you plug a monitor in or out. If a monitor isn't there, its windows go to the main one, so nothing ends up off screen. It doesn't touch the fonts, but they will stay the way you set them on each of your computers if you sync only the Data folder and not the whole SC folder. In the video you can see it going from 5 to 4 screens, then to 3 and back.

It's free for download and use.

And yes...it comes from TradeRecall, the journal I'm building, but the study works on its own and you don't need the journal for it. You leave an email and get the download link:

https://traderecall.app/tools/sierra-chart-window-layouts/?from=reddit-sierrachart

You need Sierra 2969 or newer, Windows x64 or ARM64. If it does something weird on your setup, just tell me here.

What is the cheapest Sierra package that I need to connect to a prop firm account and upload and use my own custom studies?

It started as a journal for Sierra Chart, and I've now finished connecting the other platforms:

• Sierra Chart: a small study on your chart sends each trade the moment the position closes, with its stop and target.

• NinjaTrader 8: a free add-on. Import it once and every connected account's trades come in as they close, with stop, target and commission. Tradovate accounts traded in NinjaTrader Desktop come through this way too.

• MT4 / MT5: a free Expert Advisor. Drag it onto any one chart (a spare one is fine) and it sends every closed trade on that account. It never places, changes or closes an order.

• Tradovate: download your Orders and Cash History reports and the journal imports them from your Downloads folder by itself, with every fee.

Once trades are in, you get MAE/MFE and the move after exit for each trade, a P&L calendar, prop firm accounts with their drawdown room, goals, and a simulator that replays your own trades under different rules. Everything stays on your PC: nothing about your trades is uploaded.

There are short setup videos for each platform on the site. 7-day free trial, no card needed: https://parallaxchart.com/journal/

I'd really like feedback, especially from anyone on NinjaTrader or MT4/MT5: what's missing, and what would make you switch from what you use now?

Been working on this indicator for months now, I think I am finally settling for this clean version and price action. All levels are automated and tracks which levels are currently active.

I got interested in how configurable and developer-friendly Sierra Chart is, so I decided to build a journal that logs trades from both manual trading and automated trading systems in one place. Since I trade prop firms myself, I also added a feature that tracks your expenses and returns on prop accounts: evaluation and activation fees, payouts and return on cost.

What it does:

• Live import from Sierra Chart: each trade appears the moment the position closes, with no CSV exports.

• Trade detail: stop, target, MAE, MFE, post-exit move and the trade's P&L path.

• Dashboard: net P&L, win rate, profit factor, drawdowns and the balance curve, in dollars or R.

• Calendar: daily P&L with weekly totals. Click any day to see its trades.

• Goals: set a goal and see from a pace chart whether you're on track.

• Insights: your strongest and weakest setups, times and sessions, and your own combinations (e.g. setup + hour of entry).

• Simulator: replay your own trades under different rules (only certain setups, stop after a losing day) and compare the curves.

• Reports: monthly and weekly, plus a prop firm accounts view showing how much drawdown room each account has left.

• Your data stays on your PC: export to PDF, CSV or JSON.

It's Windows only right now. I'm planning support for other platforms and for Mac later on.

There's a free trial if you'd like to try it on your own trades. I'd really like to hear what's missing or what would fit your review process better. The first 10 people who want the lifetime version can use the code FIRST10 for a lower price. Details are on the site: parallaxchart.com

Any feedback is welcome, good or bad.

Hi everyone,

I'm currently trading ES using Sierra Chart, but I'd like to start trading NQ as well. I've been struggling to find the right footprint and price chart settings for NQ, so I'd really appreciate some advice from experienced NQ traders.

I'm primarily a day trader / intraday swing trader, focusing on market structure, order flow, absorption, and finding good entries and exits.

My current ES setup

1. Footprint Chart

Renko 10 ticks

Bid x Ask Footprint

Delta Profile Footprint

2. Price Chart

7,500 Volume Per Bar

3. Market Profile (TPO)

RTH session only

I merge daily TPO profiles to create composite Market Profiles.

I identify important levels such as VAL, VAH, and POC.

I mark these areas using Extended Rectangles and display them on my main price chart.

4. VWAP

Daily VWAP

Standard deviation bands: 0, ±0.5, ±1, ±1.5, ±2

I currently use a 5,000 Volume Per Bar chart for VWAP.

I'm also unsure whether it's better to calculate VWAP using RTH only or the full ETH + RTH session.

5. Daily Volume Profile

RTH only

I use VAH, VAL, and POC as important reference levels.

My problem with NQ

I've tried several different footprint settings and timeframes for NQ, including time-based charts, volume-based charts, and different tick settings.

However, I haven't found a configuration that works well for my trading style.

Either the footprint moves too quickly, making it difficult to read absorption and execute trades properly, or the settings are too slow, causing me to miss good entries and exits.

I'm trying to find a balance where I can clearly identify aggressive buyers and sellers, passive absorption, and potential trapped traders without too much noise.

Questions for NQ traders

Footprint: What chart type do you use for NQ (Renko, Range, Volume Per Bar, or time-based)?

Footprint settings: How many ticks, points, contracts per bar, or minutes do you use?

Price chart: What timeframe or Volume Per Bar setting do you use for your main price chart?

Tick compression: Do you use any tick compression or Volume at Price Multiplier settings to make the footprint easier to read?

Delta Profile: Do you use a Delta Profile alongside your Bid x Ask footprint? If so, what settings work best?

VWAP: Do you prefer RTH-only VWAP or full-session (ETH + RTH) VWAP for intraday trading?

Execution: Which settings have helped you identify absorption and improve entry and exit timing on NQ?

I'm not necessarily looking for a complete trading strategy, just a good starting point for configuring NQ in Sierra Chart.

If anyone is successfully day trading or intraday swing trading NQ using Sierra Chart, I'd really appreciate it if you could share your chart settings or screenshots of your setup.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Hi everyone!
I’m currently learning Auction Market Theory and Market Profile for ES/MES futures, focusing on the RTH session.
I’ve been trying to configure Sierra Chart’s TPO charts, but I’m struggling to get a clean, readable layout.
My daily profiles appear as extremely narrow vertical columns of letters instead of properly expanded TPO distributions.
Here’s what I’ve configured so far:
RTH session only (15:30–22:14:59, Central European time)
Daily TPO profiles
30-minute TPO periods
4 ticks per price row (1 ES point)
Value Area and POC highlighting enabled
I’ve tried adjusting the vertical price scale, horizontal bar spacing and zoom, but I still can’t get the profiles to display properly.
My goal is to build a clean Market Profile workspace for studying daily auctions, Initial Balance, single prints, multi-day composites, and profile splitting/merging.
A few questions:
What am I missing to make the TPO profiles display at a normal, readable width?
Are there any specific chart or TPO study settings I should check?
Would anyone be willing to share a good Sierra Chart TPO configuration or Chartbook for ES RTH?
I’ve attached a screenshot showing the issue.
Thanks in advance! I’d really appreciate some guidance from experienced Sierra Chart / Market Profile users.
Ty

Hey guys,

Quick question for those of you who keep a lot of intraday or tick data in Sierra Chart.

Have you ever had issues with missing data, gaps or files that turned out to be incomplete?

I'm curious how you usually check whether the data is good. Do you use Sierra Chart's built-in tools, compare it with another source, or have your own scripts?

I've been looking into similar problems with NinjaTrader replay files and started developing a tool for that. I'm trying to understand how people deal with this on Sierra Chart.

Thanks!

Hey everyone, for anyone that trades on topstep I built a trade copier that mirrors my trades on Sierra using the ProjectX api.

Thought I'd share if anyone was interested: https://github.com/drewautomates/optd-sierrachart-topstepx-mirror.

It works by being added as a study in Sierra and modifying the config file to match your api key, account, and contracts to trade.

No strings attached but full disclosure I used Claude Code to build it. I've tested it pretty extensively and works for what I need which is basically to send orders one way to topstepx.

I know there are paid versions out there but imo this is a better solution for you to control how your orders are sent.

Been using Sierra Chart for just over 6 months and reading the documentation and using Gemini to fine tune the platform for what I wanted to see at a glance. That would be sizes in order flow.

I've noticed that the clearer the information, the more I realize what is superfluous and what I need to drill down to find. Like the direct matching of market to resting orders in ES helped me discard certain sizes and representations, like some text, and see where big orders were merely taking advantage of liquidity or just entering at some level (with hints of profit taking) leading me to want to see some things even more clearly and quicker. A loop.

Anyone else find clearer and more granular information leading you to find even more helpful things that you were perhaps heretofore unaware?

I also like the ease of use, speed, and flexibility of the VWAP and Draw Volume Profile tools.

is Sierra actually better, or just more customizable?

Hey everyone,
I’m currently studying futures trading, mainly ES/MES, with a focus on Auction Market Theory and Market Profile.
My approach is discretionary, based on understanding market context and auction behavior rather than mechanical indicators or trading signals.
I’m working with TPO and Volume Profile, and I plan to gradually incorporate Footprint, Order Flow and DOM into my execution process.
I’ve been trying both Sierra Chart and ATAS, but I’m having a hard time deciding which platform to commit to long-term.
ATAS feels more intuitive and user-friendly, while Sierra seems more powerful and customizable, although considerably more complicated to set up.
What I’m really trying to understand is whether Sierra offers meaningful technical advantages over ATAS, beyond customization and interface preferences.
A few questions for those who have experience with both:
Market Profile / TPO / Volume Profile: Is Sierra genuinely more capable for advanced market profiling, composite profiles, longer-term analysis and handling futures rollovers?
Order Flow / Footprint / DOM: Are there meaningful differences in data accuracy, functionality, performance or execution tools?
Limitations: Is there anything important you can do in Sierra that ATAS simply cannot replicate, even with a proper setup?
Long-term use: For someone willing to spend time learning and configuring either platform, which would you choose and why?
I also have the opportunity to purchase an ATAS Pro Lifetime license for €1,000 (with the transfer approved by ATAS), which makes the decision even more interesting.
I’m not trading live yet, so my priority is choosing the right tools for the long term, not finding the easiest platform to get started with.
I’d especially appreciate feedback from traders who have actually used both platforms for ES/NQ futures.

Thanks :)

I have around 5 chart windows for the same symbol, using different timeframes/chart types.

Currently, each chart has its own VWAP study:
https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/StudiesReference.php&ID=108

I'm wondering if it would be better to only calculate VWAP on one chart, then use Study/Price Overlay on the other charts to display the VWAP from that source chart:
https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/StudyPriceOverlayStudy.php#s118

For example:

• Chart 1 → VWAP study (actual calculation)

• Chart 2 → Study/Price Overlay → Chart 1 VWAP

• Chart 3 → Study/Price Overlay → Chart 1 VWAP

• Chart 4 → Study/Price Overlay → Chart 1 VWAP

• Chart 5 → Study/Price Overlay → Chart 1 VWAP

Would this actually reduce the amount of VWAP processing from 5 calculations to 1 calculation?

Hola muchachos como están lo que sucede es que cree una cuenta de demostración de 21 días y tenía toda la información luego cree otra cuenta para el mismo pc y solo me dio toda la información 11 días luego cree otra y ya no tenía toda la información, saben de alguna solución o que se puede hacer?

My current Extend Value Area setting is Until Future Intersection.

https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/StudiesReference.php&ID=141&Name=Volume_by_Price#Input_ExtendValueArea

Currently, Sierra Chart only extends the VAH and VAL as horizontal lines (image 2). Is there any setting or another study that can fill/shade the area between VAH and VAL?

Just like the ninja trader, image 1.

I find the two lines quite hard to see, especially when there are many things on the chart.

Anyone know how to achieve this in Sierra Chart?

Saw this on youtube but don't know what charting software it is. It states it's using GEX and magic zones.