IG and TradingView Charts Different

[Lydia285]

Hi,

It seems that the charts on IG Web Platform vs. TradingView are quite different. 
See photo. Both taken at the same time.

- For charting on Tradingview, what should I use to be as accurate as possible? Example: FXCM / Forex.com / Oanda charts?
- Which candlestick countdown timer does IG platform follow?

@CharlotteIG

[Caseynotes]

2 hours ago, Lydia285 said:

It seems that the charts on IG Web Platform vs. TradingView are quite different. 
See photo. Both taken at the same time.

- For charting on Tradingview, what should I use to be as accurate as possible? Example: FXCM / Forex.com / Oanda charts?
- Which candlestick countdown timer does IG platform follow?

Hi, there are a number of differences that will cause charts to look different.

The accurate chart to use is the broker's chart you are trading with, those are the prices on offer to you, no 2 brokers will offer the exact same prices at any one moment, they all track the underlying market but none can offer you the exact exchange price, all brokers source their prices from an array of different liquidity providers. 

The platform itself will handle data differently and will not look exactly the same as the broker's chart for the broker's data  Tradingview is displaying.

The time zones also cause the charts to look different, the other 3 brokers are US based while IG UK uses GMT (+1 in summer) while IG Australia uses Australian EST and I think IG US uses US Chicago. The time zones are stamped by the broker and can't be changed except through a third party platform like Tradingview or Prorealtime.

Different brokers also have different weekly opening, IG opens on Sunday evening so IG markets have 1, 2 or 3 hourly candles on a Sunday which creates an extra day and so both the price and indicator data will project differently onto a chart.

Hope this helps.

[dmedin]

7 minutes ago, Caseynotes said:

Hi, there are a number of differences that will cause charts to look different.

The accurate chart to use is the broker's chart you are trading with, those are the prices on offer to you, no 2 brokers will offer the exact same prices at any one moment, they all track the underlying market but none can offer you the exact exchange price, all brokers source their prices from an array of different liquidity providers. 

The platform itself will handle data differently and will not look exactly the same as the broker's chart for the broker's data  Tradingview is displaying.

The time zones also cause the charts to look different, the other 3 brokers are US based while IG UK uses GMT (+1 in summer) while IG Australia uses Australian EST and I think IG US uses US Chicago. The time zones are stamped by the broker and can't be changed except through a third party platform like Tradingview or Prorealtime.

Different brokers also have different weekly opening, IG opens on Sunday evening so IG markets have 1, 2 or 3 hourly candles on a Sunday which creates an extra day and so both the price and indicator data will project differently onto a chart.

Hope this helps.

 

You're on a roll today, bonnie loon! 🤓

[Caseynotes]

2 minutes ago, dmedin said:

 

You're on a roll today, bonnie loon! 🤓

market going sideways for the last half hour 🙁