Is There a Difference Between Running a Strategy on a Chart Versus the Strategies Tab

[atariaf]

The title is essentially my question. I have been through the documentation on Running NinjaScript Strategies and there is no discussion one when one would be more appropriate to use than the other or if it matters. Do contracts have to be rolled over manually for both variations? If you have multiples strategies running, does it benefit your hardware capability to not have multiple real-time charts running constantly? If I start it in the chart, but then close that chart, will it disappear from the strategies tab too? If so, does that mean that the real-time trade data from that strategy would start over from that point too? I am just looking for some unknown unknowns.

Thanks,
atariaf

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello atariaf,

Thanks for your post.

If you run a NinjaScript strategy in the Strategies tab of the Control Center then the strategy will not process drawing objects or plot lines which could increase your platform's performance.

When a strategy is run on the Chart, draw objects and plot lines from the strategy would be rendered on the chart and this would slightly decrease the platform's performance due to the rendering for draw objects and plots.

Yes, you should manually rollover expired contracts regardless of if a strategy is running from the Strategies tab of the Control Center or Chart window.

Yes, if you are running a strategy in a chart window and then close the chart window, the strategy will be closed also and will no longer show in the Strategies tab of the Control Center.The strategy would start from the realtime data when the strategy is readded to a Chart window or Strategies tab of the Control Center.

[atariaf]

Answered all my questions. Thank you.