Sierra Chart
Install on Sierra Chart
quantedOptions Profile on your Sierra Chart charts. About ten minutes.
How it works on Sierra Chart: the walk-through film →Before you start
Sierra Chart 64-bit, build 2910 or newer (build 2962 or newer recommended). Know where your Data Files Folder is: open Global Settings › General Settings › Paths and read the Data Files Folder path — usually C:\SierraChart\Data.
On a Mac with an M-series chip (Parallels): Sierra Chart recommends its ARM64 program there, SierraChart_ARM64.exe, and that program only loads ARM64 studies. Download quantedoptions_profile_sierra_arm64.zip instead. It contains quantedOptions_Profile_2927_ARM64.dll and quantedOptions_Profile_2969_ARM64.dll; install both with the same steps. Intel Macs and Windows PCs use the standard download.
Install
Sign in at your Orderflow Plugin page and download
quantedoptions_profile_sierra.zip. The page lists the platforms on your plan and shows your API key.Unzip it.
Inside:
quantedOptions_Profile_2927_64.dll,quantedOptions_Profile_2969_64.dlland a licence file. Only the two DLLs are installed. Sierra Chart loads the one that matches its version (2969 for Sierra Chart 2962 and newer, 2927 for older builds).Close Sierra Chart.
If you installed an earlier version, delete
quantedOptions_Profile_64.dllfrom your Data Files Folder.Earlier versions used that single file name. It does not work on Sierra Chart 2962 and newer.
Copy both DLLs into your Data Files Folder.
For example
C:\SierraChart\Data.Start Sierra Chart and open a chart for ES, MES, NQ, MNQ, RTY, M2K, YM, MYM, GC, MGC, ZB, UB, CL, MCL, SI, SIL, BTC, MBT, ETH or MET.
Open Analysis › Studies › Add Custom Study.
Expand quantedOptions Profile in the list, select the study named quantedOptions Profile, click Add, then Settings.
Fill in the connection inputs (below), leave
HTTP engineonBuilt-in (no flicker), click OK.Wait a few seconds.
Until data arrives the chart shows a small label reading
quantedOptions Profile - connecting.
Connection settings
Same on every platform; only the labels differ a little.
| Setting | Enter |
|---|---|
API base URL ('mock' = demo data, no key needed) | https://www.quantedoptions.com/api |
API key (qo_live_...; empty = reuse %APPDATA%\quantedOptions\plugin.json) | your qo_live_… key |
Options underlying (AUTO = from the chart symbol) | AUTO |
Price conversion to this chart (AUTO = by instrument) | AUTO |
Book (today's / nearest expiry = 0DTE …; All expiries = …) | Today's / nearest expiry |
Every other setting is one line each on Settings explained.
How to tell it works
A ladder of bars on the right of the chart, one per strike, and a small panel in the bottom-left corner. The panel's first line
names the chart and the source — ES · from SPX 0DTE 08-19 — then the prices: SPX 6480.25 → ES 6512.00.
The dot in the panel header: green = fresh, amber = a few minutes old, red = stale. Outside market hours the last data is held and the dot stays green.
Update to a new version
Open Analysis › Build Custom Studies DLL and choose Build › Release All DLLs and Deny Load. Replace the DLLs in the Data Files Folder, then choose Allow Load DLLs in the same window. Or simply close Sierra Chart, replace the files, and start it again. Updating from a version with a single quantedOptions_Profile_64.dll: delete that file and copy in both new DLLs. Your charts keep the study and its settings.
If it doesn't work
| What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
The label reads error: HTTP 403 (check API key) or HTTP 401 | Fix the key or update the DLL. |
The label reads error: with another message | Check that the URL has www. |
| The study is not in the Add Custom Study list | The DLLs are in the wrong folder. Check the Paths setting again. |
| The study stopped working after a Sierra Chart update to build 2962 or newer | Download the add-on again and install both DLLs. Delete the old quantedOptions_Profile_64.dll first. |
Mac with Parallels: the study is not in the list, or the Message Log says error code 193 | You are running SierraChart_ARM64.exe with the standard DLL. Install the ARM64 download instead (see the note at the top). |
| Where the log is | Window › Message Log — entries from the study start with qO Profile. |
| The panel or label reports HTTP 401 or 403 | Check the key: no spaces at either end. Lost it? Regenerate it on your plugin page and paste the new one. A 403 also happens with an out-of-date plugin file — download the current one. |
| Nothing draws and there is no error | Check the URL. It must be exactly https://www.quantedoptions.com/api. Without www the request is redirected and the plugin does not follow redirects. |
| Bars draw at the wrong prices | The chart has no live last price yet (a fresh chart with no ticks, or a symbol the plugin does not recognise). Wait for a tick, or set the underlying by hand. |
| The panel says rate limited | You have more charts open than the key allows across all machines. Close a few, or wait a minute. |
Still stuck: send a screenshot and the log lines starting qO Profile.