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OHLC tick length

Postby iso » 02 Feb 2012

Hello,

Is there a way for MC to shorten the "Open" and "Close" ticks on the OHLC bars or make it possible for the user to set them at their desired length? This may seem trivial but if you look at the attached charts you will see what I mean. The open and close ticks are so long in MC that they connect, or at times overlapp, the bars next to them. This makes it very difficult to read the bars. The one chart is of MC and the other is one that has smaller open and close ticks. For the visual trader, this makes a big difference.

Thanks for the consideration
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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 02 Feb 2012

Hello,

Is there a way for MC to shorten the "Open" and "Close" ticks on the OHLC bars or make it possible for the user to set them at their desired length? This may seem trivial but if you look at the attached charts you will see what I mean. The open and close ticks are so long in MC that they connect, or at times overlapp, the bars next to them. This makes it very difficult to read the bars. The one chart is of MC and the other is one that has smaller open and close ticks. For the visual trader, this makes a big difference.

Thanks for the consideration
Hello Iso,

The bar spacing can be increased/decreased using the "Control" toolbar (MultiCharts->View->Toolbars->Control).
You can increase/decrease the bar width in Format->Instrument->Format->Style tab.
Unfortunately there is no way to set the spacing manually.

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby iso » 02 Feb 2012

What I am talking about does not have to do with bar spacing, it has to do with the length of the open and close ticks on an OHLC bar.

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 02 Feb 2012

There is no such feature to change the bar's OHLC length.
You may want to submit a feature request to the Project Management of our web site so other users can vote for it: https://www.multicharts.com/pm/

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby iso » 11 Jun 2013

Is it possible for you guys to shorten (or make it user defined) the "Open" and "Close" ticks on the OHLC bars in a future release?

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 13 Jun 2013

Is it possible for you guys to shorten (or make it user defined) the "Open" and "Close" ticks on the OHLC bars in a future release? Thanks
Hello Iso,

We will make "Open" and "Close" ticks on the OHLC bars shorter in MultiCharts 8.7 Release.

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby iso » 13 Jun 2013

Thanks so much!

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby iso » 02 Jul 2013

I didn't see any difference in 8.7. Will this be fixed in an upcoming release?

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 05 Jul 2013

Hello iso,

This improvement has been postponed. I will update the topic once I have any news from the developers.

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby iso » 07 Aug 2013

Hi, is there any news on this?

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 23 Oct 2013

This improvement has been implemented in MultiCharts 8.7 Release (build from August, 7).

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby iso » 24 Oct 2013

Where do I go to reduce the open and close tick length? By default they still seem to overlap.

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 24 Oct 2013

The default tick length has been reduced. This improvement is not optional.
Probably your Bar Spacing value is too small and the bars are too much compressed.

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby iso » 24 Oct 2013

Is it possible to make it user defined in the future?

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 25 Oct 2013

iso, please come to our live chat 6.30 am-4 pm EST to demonstrate the difficulty you have and we will do our best to help you.

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby iso » 06 Oct 2015

Hi, Would it be possible to get this implemented?

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 07 Oct 2015

Hi, Would it be possible to get this implemented?
Thanks
Hello iso,

Could you be more precise in your description please?

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby iso » 08 Oct 2015

Did you read the thread and see the attached pictures?

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Re: OHLC tick length

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 13 Oct 2015

Yes, I did. I have also replied to your posts:
The default tick length has been reduced. This improvement is not optional. Probably your Bar Spacing value is too small and the bars are too much compressed.
iso, please come to our live chat 6.30 am-4 pm EST to demonstrate the difficulty you have and we will do our best to help you.


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