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Why is column "Flags" no longer present in the CSV tick data file exported from MT5 ?

Hello all ! I have two machines with different MT5 builds installed. The oldest one is build 1643, downloaded from my brokerage account at ActivTrades. The newest one is buid 1730, downloaded directly from MetaQuotes. When trying to export the tick data file from the newest MT5 instance, I noticed

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TICK_FLAG_BUY and TICK_FLAG_SELL simultaneously set in MqlTick structure

Hi all, When I use CopyTicks() , I often get some ticks with flags = 96 in their MqlTick structure . This value 96 = 32 + 64 = TICK_FLAG_BUY + TICK_FLAG_SELL seems to indicate that both TICK_FLAG_BUY and TICK_FLAG_SELL flags are simultaneously set. The documentation says: TICK_FLAG_BUY — a tick