To be able to save only the indicator settings. Now we can only do it by saving a chart template. This way we could have many different settings for the same indicator saved.

NT8 should fork multiple processes. Heck even web browsers do that these days. And please use a quality network accessible database.

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A couple of requests:

- the ability to add a trailing stop AFTER a position has been opened.

- ability to use NT with SQL Server 2005/2008 Express, instead of the compact one.

- multi-tabbed windows/workspace like the one in Tradestation/MC, for quick view changes.

Thanks
J

10 deep Bid/Ask quotes on the DOM,with a histogram or volume inside the DOM similar to the T-4 platform.

Minimum Chart Scale Divisions on the Y Axis

I would like to have the option to set a minimum chart scale size.

The problem I have is with a workspace with a number of charts, some of which are small sized. If the chart contains a low number of bars and the market is quiet the high low range is low, but the bars are scaled to fit the window. That makes the fluctuations look bigger than they are.

It would be great if I could set the minimum chart y scale divisions to say 1, 2 or 5 points on the ES for example. This can be done in Investor RT and it is very handy to maintain perspective on volatility.

With this option the chart would still resize automatically, but it would not zoom in too much when the market range is low.

In Investor RT this option is called custom markings, Notice that the y axis scale major and minor divisions can be selected by the user.



Logarithmic Indicator Scale

Please add an option to have zero as the lowest value for an indicator. Try viewing volume on a minute chart with range set to automatic and the type to Logarithmic. You will notice that half of the panel is wasted as the zero line is drawn in the middle of the panel. Since volume is never below zero, this is wasteful of space.


Note - there is an indicator that [AUTOLINK]adds[/AUTOLINK] this capability, but it would be better to have the option built into NT.

I would like an option to edit the title bar text of a chart to help find the chart I want when I have a number open.

For example, I may have two 5 min charts for ES with different indicators. These will have the same title bar text and that means that I can know which is which when I click on the task tray to see a list of open windows. If I could append some user text, I would not have this problem.

Hello,

I sure do hope the NT developers have a look at this thread:

Speeding up NinjaTrader with a RAM drive (ramdisk) I have been able to make a large performance gain in NT 7 by storing the NT database files on a RAM drive and I thought that I would share what I have done. The time taken by NT to change the time frame of a chart from 3 to 5 minutes was 46 seconds and …

At one point Big Mike suggests that we copy what we find in that thread to this one.

The activity on that thread has slowed, which prompted me to make this post now. I am not sure if the whole thread can be boiled down, except to generally say that it many users find it really boosts the heck out of performance.

Perhaps such technology could be included in NT 8, and/or develpers could look 'under the hood' to find out why there is a performance boost and remove bottlenecks associated with this.

Separately, one user at least noted that a third party (paid) indicator was causing a lot of his performance problems. It would seem to make sense then to offer some kind of profiling, so that users could determine what indicators were using up the most resources.

Thanks,
-Bob

pawnbroker 

I would like an option to edit the title bar text of a chart to help find the chart I want when I have a number open. For example, I may have two 5 min charts for ES with different indicators. These will have the same title bar text and that means that I can know which is which when I click on the task tray to see a list of open windows. If I could append some user text, I would not have this problem.

@pawnbroker
You can already do it - just change value of Label property of your Data Series window (where the instrument name is)

An undo function (for the drawing tools) would be handy

seeker 

An undo function (for the drawing tools) would be handy

for the screwd up entries would be much better