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🎯 Get Tick Value and Size

Helper method: retrieves tick value and tick size for symbol in one call. Used for profit calculations and volume sizing.

API Information:

  • Sugar method: MT5Sugar.getTickValueAndSize(String symbol)
  • Returns: double[2] - Array with [tickValue, tickSize]
  • Underlying: tickValueWithSize() service call

🔽 Input

Parameter Type Required Description
symbol String ✅ Symbol name

⬆️ Output

Returns: double[2] - Array: [tickValue, tickSize]

Throws: ApiExceptionMT5 if no data available

🔗 Usage Example

String symbol = "EURUSD";
double[] tickData = sugar.getTickValueAndSize(symbol);

double tickValue = tickData[0];
double tickSize = tickData[1];

System.out.printf("%s tick data:%n", symbol);
System.out.printf("  Tick value: $%.2f%n", tickValue);
System.out.printf("  Tick size: %.5f%n", tickSize);

// Output:
// EURUSD tick data:
//   Tick value: $1.00
//   Tick size: 0.00001

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