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Spread issue on import
Posted: Sun May 31, 2026 6:29 am
by vladar80
Hey guys, I have an ECN account symbol XAUUSD with average floating spread of like 14 based on specification and when I create a custom symbol to import bar data from tickstory, the spread is on average 500. How can I get to me 14 average? If anyone could help me on this, would be awesome.
Re: Spread issue on import
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2026 12:44 pm
by tickstory
Hi Vladar80,
You can force a spread of 14 by doing a custom tick format similar to this:
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{Timestamp:yyyyMMdd},{Timestamp:HH\:mm\:ss},{BidPrice},{BidPrice+14},{BidPrice},{BidVolume:F0}
And a custom bar format similar to this:
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{BarBeginTime:yyyyMMdd},{BarBeginTime:HH\:mm\:ss},{Open},{High},{Low},{Close},{BarTickCount},{BarTickCount},14
You can refer to the
Custom formatting Token Reference section in our manual for more.
Hope this helps.
Re: Spread issue on import
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2026 3:00 pm
by vladar80
Hi there and many thanks for the help. I managed as well by now to get a fixed spread of 14, but that is not to 100% correct to my broker, since my broker is having a floating spread that varies from 14 to 18. Is this something as well possible to export import from tickstory such a floating spread to be the same as on my broker? Many thanks in advance.