Sierra Chart the Real Deal?

[SpideySense 10]

Yes, you can run net and non net versions in different folders.

 

I typically run 2 copies of SC for trading only one of which updates the data for the symbol (the other relies on the first to have updated the data file). You can also have seperate data files for each copy. And they can be different revisions of SC as well as net vs non-net. They can also use different data providers. It's designed to be flexible.

 

If nothing is happening I may open another SC for system development so 3 isn't unusual for me. Others seem to go far further.

 

At the moment there isn't anything I need the chart trading to do differently. It seems intuitive to me and lets me manage things as I like.

 

I think Ninja is much more heavily into the net framework than Sierra ever was so there is probably more potential for issues. I havent used ninja for years so I don't really know.

[n00btrader 10]

Yes, you can run net and non net versions in different folders.

 

I typically run 2 copies of SC for trading only one of which updates the data for the symbol (the other relies on the first to have updated the data file). You can also have seperate data files for each copy. And they can be different revisions of SC as well as net vs non-net. They can also use different data providers. It's designed to be flexible.

 

If nothing is happening I may open another SC for system development so 3 isn't unusual for me. Others seem to go far further.

 

At the moment there isn't anything I need the chart trading to do differently. It seems intuitive to me and lets me manage things as I like.

 

I think Ninja is much more heavily into the net framework than Sierra ever was so there is probably more potential for issues. I havent used ninja for years so I don't really know.

 

Great info, thank you for sharing. What do you use the second copy for? I have started testing SC and I like most of it, though also dislike some things about it, mostly how unintuitive some of the settings/options are, syncing them between installs, and how difficult/untuitive it is to set up the ATMs/Attached Orders, compared to NT.

[SpideySense 10]

Great info, thank you for sharing. What do you use the second copy for? I have started testing SC and I like most of it, though also dislike some things about it, mostly how unintuitive some of the settings/options are, syncing them between installs, and how difficult/untuitive it is to set up the ATMs/Attached Orders, compared to NT.

 

A second copy lets me trade the same thing with no connection to the first (different client id numbers). A third copy runs on a different timezone for forex trading so that I see the world from a european viewpoint.

 

Synching between new copies is just a matter of copying critical files across. sierra3.cfg, accounts.config, plus some others ... look at what changed most recently when you shut sc down.

 

Yeah, I am not entirely fond of some elements of the attached order logic. You tend to get used to what you use a lot over time.

[n00btrader 10]

A second copy lets me trade the same thing with no connection to the first (different client id numbers). A third copy runs on a different timezone for forex trading so that I see the world from a european viewpoint.

 

Synching between new copies is just a matter of copying critical files across. sierra3.cfg, accounts.config, plus some others ... look at what changed most recently when you shut sc down.

 

Yeah, I am not entirely fond of some elements of the attached order logic. You tend to get used to what you use a lot over time.

 

By same thing with no connection to the first, do you mean simultaneously trade the same instrument in opposing directions, through different accounts? I was wondering if/how you could do that in SC, as I know you can in Ninja through 2 different DOMs by selecting different ATM strategies.

 

Do you know if SC is also capable of replicating trade execution/orders/management through multiple accounts? ie place trade in one account, identical trade/orders automatically show up in another account?