Symbol and price grid reference

Facts about the symbol, and the functions that put a price on its tick grid.

Functions#

symbol.price_of#

symbol.price_of([ticks])

The price amount of a number of ticks.

• Effects: none: the result depends on the arguments only.
• Phase: every bar.
• Cost: a fixed number of operations.

symbol.snap#

symbol.snap([price])

Rounds a price to the nearest tick of the symbol's price grid.

• Effects: none: the result depends on the arguments only.
• Phase: every bar.
• Cost: a fixed number of operations.
• Examples: Stops on the price grid, Loss limit before entry.

symbol.snap_down#

symbol.snap_down([price])

Rounds a price down to the price grid.

• Effects: none: the result depends on the arguments only.
• Phase: every bar.
• Cost: a fixed number of operations.

symbol.snap_up#

symbol.snap_up([price])

Rounds a price up to the price grid.

• Effects: none: the result depends on the arguments only.
• Phase: every bar.
• Cost: a fixed number of operations.

symbol.ticks#

symbol.ticks([price])

The number of ticks in a price amount.

• Effects: none: the result depends on the arguments only.
• Phase: every bar.
• Cost: a fixed number of operations.
• Examples: Loss limit before entry.

symbol.ticks_down#

symbol.ticks_down([price])

The number of whole ticks in a price amount, rounded down.

• Effects: none: the result depends on the arguments only.
• Phase: every bar.
• Cost: a fixed number of operations.

symbol.ticks_up#

symbol.ticks_up([price])

The number of whole ticks in a price amount, rounded up.

• Effects: none: the result depends on the arguments only.
• Phase: every bar.
• Cost: a fixed number of operations.

Values#

• symbol.base_currency
• symbol.category
• symbol.contract_size
• symbol.currency
• symbol.id — The identifier of the symbol of the chart.
• symbol.lot_step
• symbol.margin_rate
• symbol.max_lot
• symbol.min_lot
• symbol.name
• symbol.pip
• symbol.point_value
• symbol.price_scale
• symbol.spec_date
• symbol.spec_source
• symbol.swap_long
• symbol.swap_mode
• symbol.swap_short
• symbol.swap_triple_day
• symbol.tick — The size of one tick.
• symbol.tick_value
• symbol.ticker
• symbol.venue
• symbol.volume_type
• symbol.zone