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Open your Charting Software

Charting Software

Open your Charting Software

Open your Sierra Chart charting software. The login process should complete automatically, and Sierra Chart should connect to the TWS market data feed. The main charting window will be displayed, but there will not be any visible charts. If there are any problems during this process, the message log window will be displayed with an explanation of the problems.

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