We made a shocking and very disturbing discovery: a tick is not quite a pip in forex (we even argued for that, but he was right - never take anything for granted)
Running a simple script like this:
int start()
{ Print("tick size= ",MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_TICKSIZE),
" - tick value= ",MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_TICKVALUE));
return(0);
}
what we got after some hours was this:
22:40:20 ticksize GBPCHF,M1: tick size= 0.0001 - tick value= 8.53
22:40:24 ticksize GBPCHF,M1: tick size= 0.0001 - tick value= 8.53
22:40:27 ticksize GBPCHF,M1: tick size= 0.0001 - tick value= 8.53
22:40:30 ticksize GBPCHF,M1: tick size= 0.0001 - tick value= 8.53
22:40:31 ticksize GBPCHF,M1: tick size= 0.0002 - tick value= 17.07
22:40:32 ticksize GBPCHF,M1: tick size= 0.0001 - tick value= 8.53
22:40:46 ticksize GBPCHF,M1: tick size= 0.0001 - tick value= 8.53
WTF!!!
Running a simple script like this:
int start()
{ Print("tick size= ",MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_TICKSIZE),
" - tick value= ",MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_TICKVALUE));
return(0);
}
what we got after some hours was this:
22:40:20 ticksize GBPCHF,M1: tick size= 0.0001 - tick value= 8.53
22:40:24 ticksize GBPCHF,M1: tick size= 0.0001 - tick value= 8.53
22:40:27 ticksize GBPCHF,M1: tick size= 0.0001 - tick value= 8.53
22:40:30 ticksize GBPCHF,M1: tick size= 0.0001 - tick value= 8.53
22:40:31 ticksize GBPCHF,M1: tick size= 0.0002 - tick value= 17.07
22:40:32 ticksize GBPCHF,M1: tick size= 0.0001 - tick value= 8.53
22:40:46 ticksize GBPCHF,M1: tick size= 0.0001 - tick value= 8.53
WTF!!!
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