How to Use the Barchart Futures API

How to Use the Barchart Futures API

When using the Barchart futures API, you can view information about the contract, exchanges, trading hours, contract size, and tick size. In addition, you can get information about the price range and commitment of traders. You can also opt-in to receive email communications from Barchart at any time.

Charts

If you are looking for the latest information on futures, stocks, and commodities markets, Barchart futures charts can help you. They feature customizable charts and can be customized to fit your preferences. For example, if you want to see the latest updates on the December S&P 500 futures, you can choose a five-minute chart. It will show you all trades that occurred between 12:45 and 12:49. The next bar will show the trades that occurred at 13:00.

Depending on the time frame you choose, the time scale on the chart will be a day, week, or month. The time scale will include open, high, low, and close prices. Monthly charts are a more extended view of the markets, and they can help you plan a strategy to take advantage of the market trends. For example, if prices are low during a month, you may want to consider holding off on sales until prices rise. On the other hand, if prices are high, you may want to take aggressive marketing steps.

Exchanges

The Barchart futures exchanges service provides real-time and delayed futures data by exchange. Its software and middle office systems are powered by global exchange data. To use the service, submit your use case and obtain live data. During the submission process, you will be required to provide your email address. The company will use it to send you information and other product updates.

The Futures Commodity Groupings page will show you the lead contracts in the major futures exchanges. The prices are delayed by 10 minutes per exchange rules. The prices are listed in Central Time (CT). Intraday prices always reflect the most recent session. End-of-Day prices are updated by 7pm CT each evening and include previous session volume and open interest.

A Futures Contract is a legally binding agreement between two parties. The parties in the contract agree to purchase or sell a commodity at a certain price. These contracts are standardized based on quantity, quality and delivery date and location. Trading in these contracts is conducted on the trading floor of a futures exchange. Gamma, or delta change, is the measurement of the change in price per unit change in an underlying futures contract.

Barchart's Futures Trading Guide is an indicator based on the 9-18-Day MACD Crossover strategy. This tool helps traders find breakout commodity futures contracts. It also analyses the past performance of a trading system. It also provides an insider's view of Total Profit (TP) as well as an insider's view of historical trades.

Commitment of Traders

To see a barchart of the open interest in futures and options, you can look up the "Commitment of Traders" report on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's website. This report includes positions held by commercial traders and noncommercial traders. It also shows net-long positions.

The Commitment of Traders report is one of the most unique tools for identifying big money movements in American markets. It shows how institutional investors are moving money from one asset class to another. Using this report can give you the insight you need to become a successful trader yourself.

The Commitment of Traders report provides an updated graphical representation of open interest in a given market. It includes all traders holding positions in a specific instrument, and it can help you determine whether to enter a long or short position. This report is published every Friday by the CFTC and is a useful indicator for futures traders.

COT charts also show the commitment of large institutional traders. The COT graphs show how many of these traders hold a long or short position and their average change in the long and short balances during a reporting period. Members of the Barchart Premier service can select a Detailed Report or a Summary Report to view the commitment of traders.

Price range

Futures prices are one of the most important pieces of information you can use in trading, and you can get the latest data by using the Barchart site. The data you get on this site is based on the Commitment of Traders (COT) report. This report is released by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) every Friday. The data that Barchart pulls from the COT report includes both Long and Short positions, as well as the Disaggregated Report and Financial TFF Report.

Historical performance

The historical performance of barchart futures can be viewed by visiting the Barchart website. The site provides three months of daily price information. It also allows users to adjust the amount of data displayed and adjust for dividends. Users can also download data to Excel. The data is updated every 10 minutes.

Barchart is a powerful web platform that separates different markets into tabs. The interface allows users to view data for individual markets and compare them with the performance of the overall market. However, users are faced with an overwhelming amount of data. It is possible to customize the site by changing the background image, side boxes, and the overall structure.

In addition to futures, the website also provides information on stocks, ETFs, options, forex, and cryptocurrencies. This information is useful to both long-term investors and day traders. For more detailed information, users can choose to subscribe to Barchart's premium service. The paid version allows users to remove ads and access additional features. While Barchart is free to use, its layout and tools can be overwhelming.

The Barchart futures guide is a hypothetical trading system based on a 9-18 day MACD cross-over strategy. The guide takes a Buy position when the 9-Day Moving Average closes above the 18-day moving average, and a sell position when the 9-Day Moving Average closes below the 18-day moving average. The futures guide also provides detailed reports on individual trades and the history of the trading system.

How to Read a Futures Barchart

There are many different ways to read a futures barchart. You can choose from seasonal charts and price charts. Both options allow you to see how price trends change over a calendar year. The seasonal chart compares the last price of a commodity to the five contracts before it, and then shows the change in price. This feature is available in Barchart Premier.

Price

The futures barchart is a visual representation of the prices of futures contracts. Traders can use this data to see how the market will perform over the course of the year. In this case, the data is provided by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC releases COT data every Friday afternoon. The reporting firms submit their data on Tuesday morning and correct it before it is released to the public. The data is updated on the Barchart site once the CFTC releases it.

You can also use the All Futures page to see all of the open contracts for a particular commodity. These prices are delayed by 10 minutes as per exchange rules. End-of-day prices are updated at 7pm CT each night and include the previous day's volume and open interest. During the day, you can also see intraday prices.

Date

If you're looking for a fast, visual view of futures markets, you may want to consider the Futures Expiration Calendar. This tool shows the expiration dates for each futures contract and categorizes them by market. Because the calendar is forward-looking, it does not include expired contracts in the current year.

Commodity groupings

Futures traders can find out which contracts are trending the most with Commodity Groupings. These are listed by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) each Friday afternoon. The data is updated on the Barchart site within a matter of minutes.

The Futures Market Overview page is a quick snapshot of today's markets. It includes the most recent quotes, price surprises (measured by standard deviation compared to the past 20 days), and top 1-Month Performance Leaders. It also features a snapshot of eight major commodities, with links to see the complete list.

Futures Highs and Lows pages are updated every 10 minutes during the trading day. The new price data will flash across the screen. If you switch to another time period, new symbols will not appear until the next 10-minute update. Also, the date, price, and lead month may not match in this way.

Margin requirements

In futures trading, the margin requirement is the amount of money required to place a trade. If you want to make a profit, you will need to deposit additional money to cover any losses. The gains and losses in this market are highly leveraged, so it's important to understand how margin requirements work. To learn more, check out this Futures Contract Specifications page. It will give you a comprehensive look at the contract specifications for different market categories.

When you buy a futures contract, you will need to deposit an initial margin of $2,000 or more. Then, you'll have to provide an additional $600 to maintain the position. You may also need to add funds to your account when your broker makes a margin call.

The price of a futures contract has nothing to do with the margin required for trading it. The amount required is determined based on risk and volatility. This information is monitored and updated daily by exchanges. Often, the exchange will change the margin requirement, but the amount is usually only a small percentage of the contract's value.

Opinions

Barchart Opinions, a service provided by Barchart, shows how popular trading systems have performed in the past. The program uses up to five years of historical data and runs prices through 13 technical indicators. Based on a common interpretation, the program gives each study a buy, sell, or hold value. Its results are updated every 20 minutes. For example, if price is above the moving average, it is a buy.

Traders can access information on stocks, options, futures, forex, and cryptocurrencies. The Barchart platform caters to traders of all levels. You can use it for day trading or following the latest financial news. It's free to use, though a paid version is available for users to remove ads and receive additional features. It's a robust tool for stock market research, but you can feel overwhelmed by its complex layout.

Using the Barchart Widget in Excel 2007

The barchart command creates a new window with a plot of two-dimensional data using bars of different lengths. The bars are drawn in the plotting area in the center of the window. The coordinate axes are drawn in the margins surrounding the plotting area. A legend is displayed in the top margin, while the title appears in the right margin. The barchart widget has several configurable components, including the axes and data elements. You can change these attributes to create a customized plot.

Specifies the data selection mode

The data selection mode is used to choose which variables to display in a barchart. Specifying this option allows the user to choose which data is displayed, whether it is a single or multiple variable. It is also used to specify whether the data cursor moves smoothly or snaps. Specifying the data selection mode can help users navigate a chart quickly.

A bar chart displays data values as vertical bars. It can be used to compare several sets of data or to plot a trend. A bar chart has a number of properties that can be specified for each dataset. The display properties can be adjusted to change the colors of the bars. When using a bar chart, you should specify a data option in the dataset namespace, which defaults to value axis.

Specifies the X-Y coordinates

A barchart can be arranged on a vertical or horizontal axis. Specifying a particular axis's X-Y coordinates will set the default appearance of the barchart. Specifying a specific axis also affects its colors and fill patterns.

Specifies the order in which the bars will be plotted

A bar plot can have a variety of different layouts. It can display multiple series of bars in a group, or a single group of bars centered at one x-value. The order in which the bars are displayed can be specified with the categoryorder and groupstyle options. If you do not want to use categoryorder, you can specify the order in which the bars should be plotted with the categoryarray parameter.

Specifies the axes

In the Specifies the axes of bar chart property, specify the range of a bar chart in the x-axis and y-axis. This property will be ignored if the data is too long. The x-axis is a fixed value; whereas the y-axis is a floating point value. If you don't want the axis values to be shown on the chart, you can specify the label at the center or inside the bar edge.

You can customize your bar chart in a variety of ways, such as adding a zoom slider to the chart or a gridline to the axis. You can also add scale labels or images. These options are especially helpful when the data on a particular axis has a large range of values.

You can assign data series to the y-axis by clicking and dragging it. You can also move an existing y-axis to a new position. For example, if you want to move Total Sale Price to the top axis, you can drag the series to that position. The settings in the y-axis tab are also applicable to other chart types.

Specifies the markers

Specifies the markers on a bar plot is an option in the chart editor. You can draw multiple markers by specifying a number or an index in a hidden data series. The default value for this parameter is c. You can use the value 0 to set the markers to one bar and the series index to another to set them to multiple bars.

The markers on a bar chart are indicated with a color bar. The color bar's length is the same length as the bar's width, minus the padding on both ends. This property specifies the size of the marker in pixels or plot "fraction" units.

The markers are named after the data series. For example, if the bar is titled x=2020, then the x-axis is the x-axis, and the y-axis is the horizontal axis. The bar chart's height, or y-axis height, is the sum of the values in each row.

There are two kinds of markers that you can use in a bar chart: dynamic and static. The dynamic types are described in the following section. The first type of marker is called a quantile, and it divides the range of values into equal quantiles. The second type is called a range marker.

Specifies the axis name

The axis name can be specified using the valueAxis property. You can specify the axis name for individual series or group of series. If the axis has multiple values, you can set the multipleAxesSpacing property to add empty space between axes. This property is useful if you have multiple values on one side of a chart. The valueAxis property also controls the margin between the minimum and maximum points in a series.

The axis name can be specified for both the x and y axes. In a vertical bar chart, you can specify both the start and end values for each axis. If you have a horizontal bar chart, you can set a limiting value to make the axis label readable.

The axis name can be any string value, but it is available only if the Show Axis Name option is set to On. You can also toggle the value labels on the x axis using the Axis Value Labels option. You can also rotate the value labels if you wish to.

Specifies the axes color

The axes color property determines the default color of the bar chart. This color is a three-column matrix that specifies RGB values for each bar. The value of this property can be changed by changing the row of the matrix. Specifying the axes color in a barchart will result in a more legible chart.

The valueAxis object specifies how the axis' strips are positioned and configured. This property only applies to continuous and logarithmic axes. The axis automatically extends beyond the extrema, but you can override this by defining a custom axis property. You can also set the axis' scale breaks. By default, the axes extend beyond the end of the axis by 0.1. This will cause the axis to begin in 1955 and end in 2015.

The Y-axis is also customizable. It can be centered on the chart or offset to the bottom. This can be achieved by using the yaxisScaleMax and yaxisScaleMin properties. Additionally, you can specify the axis' tickmarks. This will set how many tickmarks are displayed on each axis. You can also set the font used to render the axes' labels.