Margin-9 (M9.)

Copy Trading (Beta): one Margin-9 chart can act as the master and mirror its setups — pending entries, position, stop and take-profit levels — to any number of slave charts on the same PC, each trading its own account and sizing every trade with its own risk profile. Slaves place their protective stop before the entry, refuse mismatched symbols or accounts, freeze safely when the master goes silent, and show connection, latency and slippage right on the panel; a KILL button stops copying on either side. Off by default. Also fixed: a market entry that the broker closed again instantly could freeze the study.

Updates now install silently: a new version is downloaded and verified in the background and installed the next time you close Sierra Chart — no popup, no mid-session reload, nothing to click. Afterwards the Margin-9 panel shows the new version with its release notes until you click the notice away. This is the last update delivered through the popup.

FLATTEN closes your position with a single click again: non-protective orders are canceled first, your stops stay in place until the broker confirms, and only then is the closing market order sent — so it is no longer rejected by broker risk limits on larger positions. Plus two display fixes: preview strokes in front of the order history, and a forward R-multiple readout (marked F) once your stop is in profit.

The ATR stop setting now works during an open trade: your stops are held at the ATR distance from your average entry and follow it when you add to the position. Once you move a stop into profit, ATR is locked out so a secured stop is never pulled back into risk.

Live-safety release: protective stop ladders are no longer rejected by broker risk limits, a rejected stop raises an alarm and is replaced automatically, Margin-9 learns your account's contract limit and caps sizing to it — and updates now install in place with one click, keeping your chartbook assignments and settings.

Stable chart-click brackets with linked stops: brackets no longer flicker or snap a dragged stop back — legs stay put and follow your drag while the position size adjusts.

Three ways to read your size: click the panel’s size readout to switch between contract counts, secured R-multiples, and distances in ATR multiples. Take-profits at the same price merge into one value, and the panel now redraws flicker-free.

Smarter ATR stop switching: the STOPS button offers its ATR setting only when the active risk profile has valid ATR stop multipliers — profiles without them fall back to linked stops automatically and return to ATR when you switch back.

The ATR readout now stays visible on its own panel line during a trade, and a live stop-distance readout shows while you arm a Market+Stop entry. Also fixes ATR-based sizing when the chart symbol and the traded symbol differ.

High-volatility contract cap: optionally cap the position size of percentage-risk profiles whenever market volatility is unusually high (off by default). The ATR reading and volatility regime now show compactly on the sizing line.

ATR-based stop distance: each risk profile can set its stop distance as a multiple of the current ATR instead of a fixed tick count, with a new ATR setting on the STOPS button and automatic stop pinning until the entry fills.

ATR panel display: an optional readout shows the current ATR and a volatility regime badge (LOW / NRM / HI) based on where current volatility ranks over a configurable lookback. Off by default.

The control panel now rescales itself correctly when dragged to a monitor with a different Windows display scaling.

Safety and robustness release: a per-chart order audit log, a freeze of all order actions if the connection drops on a live account, protective orders placed before the entry, isolation between charts and accounts, and a noticeably smoother panel.

Snappier entry take-over: adopting, market, and breakout entries now build the bracket the instant your order is confirmed, instead of after a short fixed delay — and no longer arm while you are still dragging your order into place.

Haptic feedback for the Logitech MX Master 4: feel your entry fills, take-profits, wins, and stop-outs without watching the panel (off by default; Windows only). Plus faster live entry confirmation and a fix so take-profits and stops are no longer cancelled by mistake after a partial fill.

Fixed-contract sizing: any risk profile can size a fixed number of contracts instead of a risk percentage — just enter a plain number (e.g. 5) in its Risk field. Counts above your contract limit are capped automatically.

New Market+Stop entry: hold a key and click to set your protective stop while entering at market in one move, with the side taken automatically from where you click. CANCEL ALL now keeps your position open and asks for a "CONFIRM?" second click before removing the stop and targets, so it can no longer be confused with FLATTEN. Also: a configurable chart-click preview length, a clearer cursor marker, and a fix that keeps protective orders from expiring when a position is held across the session close.

Bug fix: the "market on wrong stop side" warning no longer stays on screen after you cancel the protective stop in market and managed entry modes — Margin-9 now resets immediately instead of waiting for the market to move back.

The biggest Margin-9 update yet — a fully self-managed order engine with four entry modes (chart-click, pair adoption, market, and breakout), draggable pre-fill targets, market-entry safety guards, an optional account/margin info line, and a cleanly grouped settings dialog. Requires Sierra Chart’s "Use Attached Orders" to be turned off.

One protective stop per take-profit in every entry mode, so Sierra Chart’s STOPS LINKED / FREE controls keep working as expected — plus control-panel display fixes.

Flat-Stop Safety — three selectable modes keep a market-entry stop from firing while you are still flat, with an always-on warning if a position is ever left unprotected.

Pre-fill targets for market entry — your take-profit lines appear as soon as your stop is set, with live risk-to-reward, and the number of targets now follows your live position size.

A cleaner control panel — your entry status now shows on a compact bottom line of the panel, consistent across all entry modes.

Draggable pre-fill take-profit lines — your targets appear before the entry fills and turn into real orders the moment you are filled.

Non-destructive pair adoption — place your own entry and protective stop, and Margin-9 adopts them as-is instead of cancelling and replacing your orders.

Chart-click entry — hold a key and left-click the chart to place your entry exactly where you want it.

A brand-new self-managed order engine — Margin-9 now places and manages your entries, stops, and take-profits itself with atomic OCO brackets, replacing the old Trade Window configuration files. Turn off Sierra Chart’s "Use Attached Orders".

Stops and take-profits now follow your position reliably and OCO-safely, without the brief flicker previously seen on some multi-bracket positions.

Improved license activation reliability — more consistent behavior across all license types and smoother recovery from brief network interruptions

Refreshed, more compact update and activation dialogs that match the rest of the Margin-9 interface, with a minimize button and consistent colors

Lifetime licenses now check for new versions once per day, just like subscription licenses — the in-study "Update available" dialog now appears whenever a newer build is released

Fixed license activation failing with an "unable to write the license file" error on non-standard Sierra Chart installations (a different drive or folder, a portable setup, or multiple instances)

Daily update checks, a redesigned update dialog, and one-click in-study installation of new versions

The "*Trial" badge is now removed instantly when your free trial converts to a paid subscription — no chart reload needed

Free-trial licenses now show a "*Trial" badge in the panel title; quieter Sierra Chart message log (only actionable alerts shown)

In-study update notification dialog; native Windows-on-ARM build; fixed contract-count flip on live bracket entry drag; reliable control-panel restore

Fixed contract count flipping when dragging the entry of a live bracket; control panel now reliably re-appears after removing and re-adding the study

Smarter Max Contract Limits, new STOPS LINKED panel button, non-blocking activation, panel-restore fixes, smoother contract sizing with multiple or unsynced stops

Window layout persistence, percentage-based risk, Max Contract Limits, Sync Stops, CANCEL ALL button, 4K support, borderless UI

Window close state memory, improved visibility control

Multi-instance / multi-symbol support, button state validation, tick value validation, per-symbol logging

Stability improvements and smoother operation

Forward Reward-to-Risk (FRR) indicator, green circle for profit stops

Performance improvements and bug fixes