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I trade the 30 Yr Treasury - ZB. It's not uncommon for a trade not to be filled, especially if you trade off hours as I do most of the time. I doubt it's a connectivity problem. It's just the nature of the beast - sometimes your limit order does not get filled. ES, CL and NQ are very different - there's always someone to take your trade.
I run Ninja 7. I don't need all the bells and whistles of NT 8. My codes run just fine in 7. Frankly, I don't use much - I have 2 charts - one long term, one short, Jigsaw and a few applications running on the charts. That's it. I do have 4 monitors, but that's because of my eyes - had 2 surgeries so the additional screen space makes it easier on the eyes.
The order entry platforms for the 2 companies I work for take up some space as well.
Thanks for the Reddit link -
I have not been able to find out from ninjatader how many cores/threads nt8 uses but when I am loading up charts or optimizing a strategy it uses 100% of my 4 cores. Takes a long time... lol's. I may upgrade my cpu to an i7-4790K a bit faster and 4 core 4 threads compared to my i5-4660....
When I get around to building a new system AMD is the only choice in my book, good speed, many cores/threads for the price, I've never seen ninja use only 1 core so ultimate speed doesn't help much.... I don't want to overclock unless I get a water cooler (and a good one) so that 4.2 or 4.3 is fine, hell all I got now is 3.2 on 4th gen intel.
Also the newer AMD chips have a shitload of cache.
I don't think xeon is any more reliable than any other intel or AMD cpu.
I also don't think ecc memory is useful but I don't know.....
I have used an Intel Core i7-4790K with 4 cores, 8 threads for about 3-4 years. I have six charts opened simultaneously and the computer is amply fast and solid. CPU is never loaded more than 6%-15% and that is with other applications running besides NT8.
However, I trade every morning with a buddy via Skype and occasionally he gets filled trades and gets indicator signals (we can hear each other signals) a tiny bit quicker, less than a second, than me. I think it must be the different internet provider.
If I were to upgrade computers, which I am not soon to do, I would go for a set up with AMD Ryzen 9 3950X or if I wanted to unnecessarily show off (not really unlikely) I'd take the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X or, really show off, with the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. ($$$$$)
More important than a super powerful CPU I think is to have ample bandwidth and an reliable internet provider.
Good luck and good trading
more important than bandwidth is latency. All the bandwidth in the world will not cause the packets to arrive faster. But there's not much you can do about latency, really. Depends on your internet service provider and your physical proximity to the data feed provider.
High thread CPUs are the key, but I think Threadripper is more expensive than it's worth for traders. The Ryzen CPUs are solid. The 3950X, 3700X, and 2700X are all far more than adequate. The 1660Ti or better is good for GPU. Stay away from AMD GPUs for now. For ram, 32GB is needed, and it should be fast (clock speed) and low latency (CL timings).
I really believe ppl who have slow downs on NT8 suffer from slow RAM rather than slow CPU. Maybe not, but that's my guess. Or they are using some poorly written NinjaScript.
NT8 runs fine on an i3, i5, and i7. What kills it is the 6 order flow tools while trading live. Looks like a buffer over run in the software maybe? I mostly trade Bitcoin though and NT may not be designed for that. Try live trading and add the Market Depth Map. I have an older i5 laptop w/16GB and NT runs great besides that issue.
BRO. Basic computer rules: The faster the CPU(Ionly use Intel) the better. The more RAM the better. The better video card the better. Solid state hard drive - better
I trade on a i7-4930K @ 3.40GHz. and a 4 -monitor video card. Basically a gaming computer that I bought as a package from https://eztradingcomputers.net/.
I have used NJT for a long time as I have a life-time license. It has its issues but nothing to do with the hardware.
Fivewhy, thanks for clarifying, re: latency.
With respect to higher end CPUs vs cost, personally, is like pondering the question, why use a 12 gauge shotgun to kill mosquito? Answer: Maybe, to make sure it is dead.
(tongue in cheek)