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Hi
The websocket API sends conflated prices (fields BID, ASK) every 300ms, and will set these to null if there wasn't a price during the last 300ms. This is problematic for us, especially since we don't get a price at application start until there is a tick.
Is there any way to configure (or subscribe to market) so that for any conflated prices messages we always get the last BID/ASK price instead of null?
Also clarifying your statement - the Websocket protocol will not set BID/ASK fields to null, if there is no activity. The application simply won't receive any update message if the fields haven't changed.
Only time these fields might be null or 0 is way before the trading day has started. The exact value - null or 0 or last price depends on the exchange/venue that is quoting that instrument.
@stefanos The conflation only happens in the update messages. Upon login and sending a new subscription request, the application will receive a "Type": "Refresh" message - which is immediate and not conflated and contains all the fields that the instrument supports - unless application requests a subset of fields.
