Displaying tick-chart prices across the full market-watch window

 

Sometimes the market watch window is showing only the last few seconds of price fluctuations, and sometimes several minutes of ticks.  I understand that it is some sort of cache that needs to be filled, but :

1 why isn't it consistent, and

2 how can I reset it? 

 
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