A Quick Note on the Name
- Plenty of people write sierrachart without a gap. The product itself goes by Sierra Chart, and either spelling gets you to the same place.
- The program sits on your own machine instead of a remote server, so what you see keeps pace with your hardware rather than your browser tab.
- Spotting a price and acting on it takes place in the same window, with no hopping between apps.
Principles Behind It
- Kept at home
- Your layouts, preferences and homemade indicators are saved on your computer.
- Modest needs
- Ordinary, even aging, hardware copes fine.
- Calm updates
- New releases avoid breaking what already works.
- Standard plugs
- DTC and FIX keep you free to choose your own broker and data supplier.
Four Areas You Will Use
- Charts. Price drawn as candles, bars, ticks or footprints, topped with indicators and sketch tools. A bundle of charts becomes a chartbook that reopens in the exact state you closed it.
- Order book view. ChartDOM lists buy and sell interest by price next to the chart, and the depth replay shows how that interest shifted through the day.
- Indicators. Pick from the stock list, build one from spreadsheet-style formulas, or program something unique with the study language.
- Trading. Send orders yourself or via rules, attach protective brackets, cap your exposure, then examine reports. Every part can be tried in practice mode first.
Typical Users
- Scalpers and day traders who like a chart and an order stack side by side.
- Holders over weeks or months who study long daily histories.
- Developers of systems who transform rules into code and monitor results.
- Order-flow watchers reading volume per price and resting liquidity.
- Firms with many seats that want identical, steady software on every desk.
- Newcomers practicing on delayed quotes and a pretend account.
Installed Program or Website?
| Aspect | Sierrachart | Charts in a browser |
|---|---|---|
| Feel | Rendered on your PC | Limited by tab and connection |
| Entering trades | Ladder and routing included | Frequently absent or bolted on |
| Control | Deep options for indicators, keys, layout | A short list of presets |
| Data source | Yours to select | Picked by the site |
| Saved settings | On your disk | In an online profile |
Sierrachart Q&A
Why do so many people say sierrachart?
Mostly search habit. The formal name keeps the space: Sierra Chart.
What can sierrachart display?
Futures, shares, indexes and currencies, based on the quote service you attach.
How do I put it on my PC?
Use the steps on the Sierra Chart download page.
- Next move: open the download page and build your first practice screen.