I created a brand-new installation of NT 8. I opened up a total of 65 charts, of type Day, with around 130 bars loaded on each chart. There are no indicators on any of the charts. Each chart has a different NYSE stock on it.
When I open up Ninjatrader, even before I connect to any data feed, the NT8 program starts railing the CPU and continues consistently doing that, becoming the biggest CPU hog in my system, even more so than an NT 7 installation that is running live futures data which is actually streaming in. What in the world could your program be doing when there is no data connection, and no indicators on any chart?
This is not the first time that I (or others) have reported performance issues with this program. This is not me, or my installation... the reality is that this is not the first time I have installed NT8 or tried to use it, and stuff like this keeps happening. I am about to delete my installation (again), because quite frankly your program is simply non-functional. Please don't ask me to send you my files, there is nothing to see there, and I do not intend to waste any more time on this.
I am only writing this to inform you that you really need an overhaul of this program on a basic level to improve performance issues. There are serious architectural deficiencies in what you have created, and they need to be fixed, period. NT7 is capable of running 10 times more charts and uses up less CPU than the same thing on NT8, and there is something very, very, very wrong about that. So bottom line, you guys really need to take a look at this... I can't imagine how in the world you are even selling any copies of this software any more, I certainly wouldn't be paying you anything for it if I didn't already have a lifetime license from the NT7 days.
It's up to you guys, but if I was running your company I would address this ASAP. I cannot imagine that you are not losing potential customers over this, and significantly so. Whatever your code is doing before a data connection is initiated, I suggest you change it. Please pass this on to the decision-makers at your company, there is nothing else for you to do as front-line support people. For now, I am done with NT8, yet again... maybe if you guys fix this I will try again in a few months.
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