[REQUEST] Simple indicator to show the spread

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[REQUEST] Simple indicator to show the spread

Postby Traderji » 17 Jul 2013

Very rusty with my programming skills. So if someone could give me a pointer in the right direction. I need a simple indicator that outputs the spread between bid and ask.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: [REQUEST] Simple indicator to show the spread

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 17 Jul 2013

Hello Traderji,

There is a built-in indicator called Spread__Diff. You need to add two data series to your chart and then apply this indicator.

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Re: [REQUEST] Simple indicator to show the spread

Postby Traderji » 17 Jul 2013

Hello Traderji,

There is a built-in indicator called Spread__Diff. You need to add two data series to your chart and then apply this indicator.

Hi Henry,

I just need the spread for the current instrument on the chart. I think that indicator 'Spread_Diff' shows the difference between the spreads of two instruments?

It would be great if Multicharts had a built-in option to show the Spread on the Status line along with Bid & Ask. At the moment to the user has to manually/mentally work out the spread by looking at the bid / ask.

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Re: [REQUEST] Simple indicator to show the spread

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 18 Jul 2013

Spread__Diff indicator shows the difference between the two data series you have on the chart. The data series can be different instruments or the same instrument but different quote fields (ask and bid).
Here is how to add multiple data series to your chart:
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... art_Window
Here is how to select the quote field for the data series:
https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... uote_Field

Here is how EUR/USD spread plotted by the Spread__Diff indicator looks like:
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