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I have been messing around with some other chart programs, some standard install and some web based and I have noticed a small maybe 1/4 second delay in NT8 when compared to the others.
All other charting programs are faster. I emailed NT and they left it at
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this will be due to the total time it takes for the data to reach out PC and for your computer to then render it on the chart.
Unfortunately, this is just a limitation of overall internet, hardware, distance, and rendering latency and won't be something that can be sped up by a setting change.
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The thing is, the other programs have the same challenge. They are all being ran on the same PC, side by side, so I don't buy it. They all seem to be inline with each other - say Tradovate vs TDA, bars form at the same time.
When I compare any against NT8, NT8 is slower, with the bars forming about 1/4 second behind the rest.
Has anyone else noticed any chart delay?
I attached a video of NT8 compared to Tradovate as an example.
Thanks!
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
Yes...definitely...depending on the load you have on your CPU, and your internet connection...but also, I've seen significant delays even with a workspace that has only 1 chart, and no indicators on it. Some delays are up to 5-seconds.
I created a tool to compute the delay...very simple since each tick of price data comes with a time stamp, you can compare that timestamp with your computer clock (DateTime.Now) and get the difference.
I had posted in the NT support forum before I had learned about all the insights to NT8 and a user brucerobinson replied back in the support forum and gave some great insight to NT8 and the time delays. It sounds like you may know the history of NT8 but for users like myself that do or did not know, and stumble on this post, here is his reply from the NT support forum which I am very grateful for!
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1. The chart refresh rate is hard-coded in Ninjatrader at 250ms, so 1/4s is the fastest refresh you will get with the default platform. That of course does not mean this is responsible for the 1/4s slower than other platforms you perceive as those will not be zero, but it is the fastest possible in the default platform. It is perceptible even without direct comparison (many noticed the change made from NT7 to 8), and for many Users not considered fit-for-purpose. Of course many will be unaware that they are disadvantaged in this way as you have. If you search on this Forum and others using 'chart refresh rate' you will find extensive feedback from users that this is insufficient, it is a downgrade from NT7 which allowed 100ms and was user-configurable. Ninjatrader has failed to react to the many requests for this to be reverted to NT7 speeds, so a User developed a workaround called 'TickRefresh' - a small and light add-on Utility available on the Ninja Ecosystem.
2. The default platform with no indicators can itself become a processing bottleneck causing chart lag. In a similar vein to 1. above, a User has coded a small utility to show when this is occurring called 'ChartLagTime' and 'ChartLagMeasurement' (same concepts, slightly different implementations) available on the Ecosystem. This shows Server time and PC Clock time and difference - hence chart lag.
Of course most Users are unaware of 1., and that at times they may be lagging behind the rest of the world
Hopefully these tools and info may assist you.
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I am going to try the indicators he suggested and see if there is any improvement.
Hello there guys.
Does someone know if there is a study (indicator) for TOS (ThinkorSwim) like this - like ChartLagTime?
I've searched here and didn't find.
I want to check my TOS chart response time.
Anyone?
