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The fields currently supported include the following:

Field

Description

Ask

The last Ask Price from the exchange indicating a willingness to sell at that price

Ask Size

The total number of contracts offered at the current Ask Price

Bid

The last Bid Price from the exchange indicating a willingness to purchase at that price

Bid Size

The total number of contracts offered at the current Bid Price

Change

The difference between the Last Price and the Close Price from the previous day or session

Close

The current session's Close Price

Description

The description of the symbol

Exchange

The exchange or data source in which the instrument resides

High

The highest price paid during the current trading session

Last

The last price paid during the current trading session

Low

The lowest price paid during the current trading session

OI

The total number of futures contracts traded that have not yet been liquidated either by an offsetting futures transaction or by delivery

Open

The first price paid during the current trading session

% Change

The percentage difference between the Last Price and the Close Price from the previous day or session

Previous

The previous trading session's Closing Price

Prev Settle

The previous trading session's Settlement Price

Settle

The current session's Settlement Price

Size x Bid

Contains both the last Bid Price and the number of contracts offered at that price

Size x Ask

Contains both the last Ask Price and the number of contracts offered at that price

Symbol

The Barchart unique identifier which represents the symbol of a particular instrument

Tick Dir

The symbol’s minimum upward or downward last traded price

Time

Time of the last trade

Underlying

A cash values deliverable futures expiration month

Volume

The total number of contracts traded during the current trading session

Vol Time

Time of last volume update

Barchart for Excel Functions

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=BCT_Daily("TSLA","Close","7/1/2020","9/20/2020",BE_ADJ_DIVIDEND()&BE_ADJ_NO_SPLIT())

Historical data by default is returned in descending order, using the Sort argument at the end of the string, data can be returned in ascending order using an “A”.

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Below is a sample query for unadjusted ZC*0 data sorted in ascending order:

=BCT_Daily("ZC*0","Close","1/1/2024","2/7/2024",,"A")

BCS Historical Study Functions

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