Printing Spread

[DanielB]

I tried the following code:

double Spread = GetCurrentAsk() - GetCurrentBid();
Print("Spread: " + Spread);

And it printed a bunch of zeroes. Why no values? (Using the gain demo connection, there should be a 0.0003 spread on the EUR/USD.)

Thank you,
- Daniel B.

Edit: I see that it started printing values after letting it run a bit in real-time. Is there any way for me to calculate the spread in past data? I suppose past data is simply where the transactions took place at, not the Bid/Ask prices available at that time, so this is unlikely.

[mrlogik]

Hi daniel,

This depends on the version of NT you're using...

In NT6.5 the Ask price is not stored for historical calculation.
IN NT7.0 it is.

[DanielB]

Thanks... so I'll look forward to 7.