Slow Strategy Analyzer

[Bobin]

The Strategy Analyzer is very slow even with my high-end PC.
My CPU, SSD and network have almost no workload so I'm really wondering what's taking so long?
If something had a heavy workload, I wouldn't question the long processing time.
But it's really weird when something takes so long for seemingly no reason.
I am using a very simple test Strategy which does almost nothing.

So what is taking so long? What is the bottleneck?

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello Bobin,

Thank you for your post.

First, are you backtesting while connected to a live data connection and not the Playback connection or Simulated Data Feed?

What type of test are you running in the Analyzer? Over what dates on what instrument? What bar type and interval?

Do you see the same running the Sample MA Crossover that is built into NinjaTrader over the same time period?

Thanks in advance; I look forward to assisting you further.

[Bobin]

Hello Kate,
I am backtesting with a Continuum connection.
Instruments are some futures : gold, silver, crude oil, wheat and some other common commodities.
Bar type is 1440 minutes and interval the last 10 years.

I tested the Sample MA Crossover strategy and indeed I can get some workload.
However the CPU goes only to about 15%.
I guess the strategy analyzer uses only a single thread?

Edit: Another question: is it possible to run multiple strategy analyzers at the same time?

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello Bobin,

Thank you for your reply.

A backtest would be on a single thread, Optimizations would use multiple threads, one per optimization run.

It is possible to run multiple Strategy Analyzers simultaneously, yes. This would not be recommended if you're running an optimization though.

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.