ninja script utilization monitor - wrong info

[bob_brsser]

I do my backtests on 1 second data series, but the utilization monitor windows name it ''1 tick'' instead of ''1 second''. it seems that the calculations are done based on tick instead of 1 second which cause my backtests to be very slow. Anyone can help me with that?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello bob_brsser,

When backtesting over 1 second data, this will be historical tick data.

There are 3 types of historical data: tick, minute, and day. Any sub-minute or non-time-based bar types (like renko or range) will be built from tick data.

The script will be tested over the bar type you select in the Data Series section. If you choose 1 second, it will be 1 second bars.

Using 1 second bars (or 1 tick bars) would require further resources to run your logic on every bar close.

Unfortunately, for backtests there would not be much that can be done to improve the performance when testing over a very large amount of data points, unlike optimizing where there are some things that can be done to improve performance.

[bob_brsser]

ok thanks for your quick answer Chealsea.