currently I am testing NT8 in order to figure out if I like to upgrade from NT7. I use NT mainly for strategy development, automated trading and data management. In my point of view there are some major improvements but also some major gaps in NT8 which I would like to share in this message:
overall improvements:
- much better performance especially for the database.
- native support for IB gateway which provides an API without auto-logoff
gaps, especially in data management:
- Still no possibility to define rules for futures rollovers. It is possible to setup custom roll dates but not on a mechanic way, like in TradeStation or Multicharts which results in much more manual work to maintain the database, especially since the rollover definitions provided by NinjaTrader are sometimes wrong. An example of Multicharts is demonstrated here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s_81xpM3Ds (especially beginning 1:40)
- Still no possibility to export historical data in a flexible way. I can backup the whole database or a single symbol with one data resolution but not a set of symbols with different resolutions (e.g. Minute + Tick)
- Still no support of second bars which are offered by some data providers.
As said I do not use NT for manual trading and therefore some further improvements are not in my personal scope but hopefully you can use my feedback for future developments.
Many thanks,
Joerg
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