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Do you get platform "throttling" and "lagging" after some sometime of usage?
Don't know what my issue is. Yesterday I try to leave it on for a whole day, I just get a data timeout message, meanwhile the platform is running like a 1 htz monitor if not completely frozen. Lol. I have this issue with my previous laptop and this mac mini (16 ram)
Wonder how you "run very smooth"?
parth6512
West Seneca, NY
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I don’t have those issues you are describing. Mine has been running(24/7) for last few days now along with ToS. One thing I did have to change was to enable “Prevent computer from sleeping automatically” in System Preferences > Energy Saver.
Try going into the settings of the volume profile and uncheck "use historical bars". It is my understanding that with this checked it gives you an "estimate" but drastically improves the load time. Unchecked it will pull from raw data.
Thanks for the advise. Even though it does not really improve on my situation.
It's frustrating to see that my computer is running smoothly but the app is not. Something is just not right.
I switched back to my old Intel mac for a while, and it actually does a bit better than the M1. So there might be a compatibility issue.
Not sure how people say it runs smoothly? Wonder what kind of charts they are using?
Of course, if I tone the platform way down to the most simple studies, it can run better. But what is the point paying for a platform if I cannot "power use" for the price? Even when you have enough RAM and CPU.
BTW, with historical data checked, I am not getting a correct delta reading on my volume imprint. So that sucks too.
The only solution to me is just logging out and logging back in
I come from stock trading and would like to try out future trading. I tested SC and bought the Order Flow Edition of MW.
I have an IB account for years and i am permitted for future trading
At first i don´t want to pay too much for datafeed and want only use IB´s datafeed. I always subscribed "US Equity and Options Add-On Streaming Bundle"
which contains future quotes without market depth. IB also offers "US Futures Value Bundle PLUS" for market depth. Would a subscription make sense?
Honestly i don´t know how to use the whole market profile, oder flow stuff, i would trade from a one minute chart at first.
My question: Would IB´s future datafeed be sufficent for my needs (try out) as a beginner future trader?
This data bundle works fine for trading with both Market Profile and the Footprint in MW.
(I do have to warn, if you use tick charts, the IB futures data takes forever (beyond slow) to load. However, once it loads it works fast and perfect the rest of the day. I always fire up MW and then go make a pot of coffee. When I come back the data is usually loaded into the charts.
This is exactly what i already subsribed ;-) Thank you very much for your advice. If i understand you correctly, you are not an orderflow/market profile/DOM Trader.
I am a little bit suprised that our subscription works so well for futures because using it for stock trading is awful. The stock charts take minutes to backfill or you get an pacing violation message.
For stock charting i use TC 2000 and not MW. If i consider trading stocks with MW, i would use another datafeed like barchart or iq. But this costs 60 bucks extra minimum.
