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Bid Ask on Y axis and quote box not lining up with last candle


Gord

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In this example I placed an order (SPY calls) at the Ask as per quote box and bid ask indicators on the Y axis. Order not filled.  Is the price at the yellow marker or at the bid ask indicators?

Have seen this on other occasions as well.

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Y axis bid ask 2021-05-11 13_00_13-AMD 75.99 (50 bars_1 min) B_76.29 A_76.30.png

Y axis bid ask do not match candle 2021-05-13 11_04_57-LITE 66.62 (50 bars_0.5 min) B_67.10 A_67.12.png

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bid ask and last do not have to be in the same range, especially on options.  You may have had a trade and then the bid ask moved far away from it without any trades occurring. 

as for the execution, MT just shows you were the order is. We have no control over execution - that you would have to take up with your broker.

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Only 1st example this morning was an option. The others are stocks.  

The 2nd chart was accurate but 3rd and 4th not.  .5 minute charts with good volume.

Just seems improbable. Would the quote box & axis indicators update quicker than the candles?

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Jerry, I can see the upper or lower body on the candles move in real time.  Here in this example on TGT the quote box Last price matched the yellow highlighted price on the Y axis but the Bid Ask values are not corresponding. You can see from TGT1 to TGT2 the prices that are trading are shown by the candle not the bid ask quotes.

Does this make sense?

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seems that some of the data you are getting ends up coming from Yahoo since that is one of the sources being used. Do this - go to SETTINGS / DATA SOURCES / CONFIGURE ACCOUNTS. Select YAHOO.  Then on the right side, change the Smart Source Priority to either LOW or NEVER.  Then restart MT.

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