NinjaTrader chart load times explained... in detail... it's long... I warned you!


#1


In today’s video, I go over what components inside your machine can impact the load times of charts. I get pretty technical, but try to keep it simple, so everyone can understand the major points.


Too Long, Didn’t Watch:

  • RAM = How many charts you can have open.
  • Minimum suggested = 8 GB
  • CPU = How quickly your machine can run algorithms.
  • Minimum suggested = Pretty much anything produced within the last 5 years, unless it’s a laptop, (laptop cpu’s are built for efficiency and battery life, not heavy computing.)
  • HDD = How fast NinjaTrader launches & minor impacts to everything else
  • Just have one. Doesn’t really matter.
  • Network Bandwidth = How quickly you download data from data providers.
  • Minimum suggested = 30 Mbps or about 3 MBps
  • Our download speed from data providers seems to be throttled to about 1.5 Mbps

What are the Minimum Computer Requirements or Specs to run the Apex Toolkit on Ninja Trader?
#2

Very cool and informative Austin! Thanks for putting this together. I look forward to more “green screen” videos.

Peter.


#3

Austin! This is brilliant! I love the format! I would love to see all Apex Webinars like this. :smile:

Very informative too! You are a natural in front of the camera. I look forward to more from the crypt, er I mean the “helpdesk” :smile:


#4

Thx. Very informative. So lets say I clear ALL of my cache data on sundays. From what I can understand it would be a good idea to then open charts with the instruments I trade on that same sunday let all the data download and then be able to open my workspace quicker on Monday ?


#5

Then “clear all recent cache” on Monday before opening charts. And you are set. If you skip a morning of clearing all “recent cache” you need to “clear all” instead.

At least that is how I understood it.

:slight_smile:


#6

That is absolutely correct, ronin50. Thank you all for the positive feedback. I look forward to providing you with more “fun” videos in the future.


#7

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