am sure NT8 dev closed new features many months ago but ..

I would love floating windows ie outside current workspace eg: i have 3 or 4 workspaces and always have an ES chart open, that means that i have to duplicate the same ES charts 3 or 4 times so i can view the same info.

If floating windows were available i could move this out the current workspace and not use up extra resource

use my entire processor....not just one core.

Chart: Zoom IN & OUT using the mouse wheel (both scales at the same time) Pan: left click drag, so easy & fast to navigate a chart this way

Cache optimizer results in memory so that you can display things like the summary tab, equity curve and other graphs, trade listing, etc -- instantly. If you are worried about memory consumption then just give me the option to enable it. There are those of us like me who will build whatever hardware needed to make things fast.

Today alone I've wasted huge amounts of time because each time I switch between different optimizer result sets, and I check the graphs tab, it takes a good 5 minutes to load. This is on a 5ghz i7, 32GB memory, 2x256GB SSD in RAID 0. CPU usage about 10%.

It's just very aggravating to have to wait so long for results that it just finished completing... just keep it in memory, even if you have to create the blotter or tables as images and just cache the damn image in memory! Anything to make the main graphs load instantly as you switch result sets.

Yes I realize I am using a very large data set. Data is big, and getting bigger, this is only going to get worse in years ahead.

Mike

gktk 

am sure NT8 dev closed new features many months ago but .. I would love floating windows ie outside current workspace eg: i have 3 or 4 workspaces and always have an ES chart open, that means that i have to duplicate the same ES charts 3 or 4 times so i can view the same info. If floating windows were available i could move this out the current workspace and not use up extra resource

Completely valid request IMHO @gktk , and a good one, in the sense that it would avoid unnecessary duplication of the same chart across many workspaces, plus the bigger draw on CPU cycles that might be occurring by having the same indicators across each of those same charts: depending on the indicators used, if a data/tick surge comes along, CPU cycles can sharply increase.

Am also posting here with a possible alternative, if it is a sort of 'status snapshot' that you are after. Although MT4 has little respect, there are brokers that have a robust set of world index instruments, futures, commodities and more available via demo/free MT4 feeds. The advantage of MT4 is that it has a very light memory and CPU cycle footprint, and chart timeframe changes are instantaneous. In your case, you could choose to display your various ES charts within MT4. Since those of us with multiple workspaces are usually sticklers for screen real estate, there are MT4 scripts/indicators that tap into the WinAPI that will undock the charts, allowing you to place or float whatever chart wherever you want, outside of the MT4 'main' screen: if your charts are to remain static and you are simply after a view of that ES or whatever other forex/future/commodity is doing, this might be a good option for you. (In my screenshots below, I am not making use of the undock or float feature in my link.)

There are other scripts that will allow one to remove the default title bar that would sit atop every MT4 chart, a la @vvhg's NT7 equivalents - if you're stacking lots of charts into a smallish space, this frees up vast real estate IMO; in my screenshots below, I have both the title bars and the chart's borders removed. Those tools are here. (BTW, make sure you're permitting DLL calls from within MT4's option settings, and, if you're going to rotate profiles, you must use the indicator [on each chart] to make the changes 'stick', as opposed to using the scripts)

If one really wants to take it further, it's possible to set up a sort of looping timed screen flipping between various workspaces of charts in MT4 (they're called profiles); in my screenshots, I have an Asia and a Europe collection of charts.

Oh, and the MT4 broker I'm using is GCI. They seem to offer unlimited length demos, reliability/uptime is almost perfect, plus in addition to most futures instruments, they have index/sector influencing stocks like AAPL, JPM, etc., etc. My color scheme here is plain-jane boring, and I am largely indicatorless, but, MT4 is quite configurable, with pretty much NT7-equivalent indicators available. Coupled with the minimal usage of X and Y chart region space + the above mods, this is a rather effective usage of precious screen real estate IMO, and could serve to diminish NT7 workload.

Id really like to see Ninjatrader 8 accept multiple data feeds at the one time.



Cheers

Compositeman 

Id really like to see Ninjatrader 8 accept multiple data feeds at the one time. Cheers

I think Ray confirmed that already in last futures.io (formerly BMT) webinar

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I know it is too late to add to this thread, but Cluster Analysis is one great feature introduced by TradeStation to test robustness of trading systems, also to find best re-optimalization period.

"While a single WFA may provide a preliminary indication of whether a strategy is robust, the Cluster Analysis feature of WFO is generally a better method for proving or disproving the validity of a trading strategy and optimization procedure. As a bonus, the Cluster Analysis matrix helps determine how frequently the strategy should be re-optimized for optimal performance on unseen data."

More to Cluster Analysis here.

I would guesstimate that 80-90% of the use of unmanaged orders is to:
1: Deal with overfill
2: Provide bracket order functionality

If NT8 would provide better way of dealing with overfills in managed mode that would be a huge improvement.
One simple suggestion would be to allow for choosing OverfillHandlingMethod in Initialize() eg:

 

Code

OverfillHandlingMethod = OverfillHandlingMethod.Default //Default, current way of dealing with overfills OverfillHandlingMethod = OverfillHandlingMethod.FlatAndContinue //Flatten All and Continue running strategy OverfillHandlingMethod = OverfillHandlingMethod.SomethingElse //whatever else

Some options/possibility to decide what to do if the dreaded overfill happens would be welcome (in manged mode).

Another request would be to have a "Development Mode" set in Options to allow for editing Strategy parameters without a need to endless click on Enabled=false -> Apply -> Change Parameters -> Enabled=true -> Apply etc.
This mode could only be available for Sim accounts (just in case)

gregid 

Another request would be to have a "Development Mode" set in Options to allow for editing Strategy parameters without a need to endless click on Enabled=false -> Apply -> Change Parameters -> Enabled=true -> Apply etc. This mode could only be available for Sim accounts (just in case)

In #initialize, set Enabled = true;

Mike