Hello,
Just wondering if anyone has considered using tick data recently..
The main concerns i have now are:
- Tick data comes in millisecond precision now, is it even worth bothering writing a utility to feed it to forex tester?
- I downloaded a 1 month of tick data for one pair and the uncompressed archive was 500 megabytes in size. Will FT handle so many records well?
I would definitely prefer to use real tick data.. but it with many ticks often coming within one second in the raw data... maybe i should try and get used to the approximated ticks (which are genuinely not as good).
Is the expensive data service from ft any good?
Thanks.
EDIT: Say if i paid for only one month of vip data.. would i be able to download a couple of years of tick data for a few pairs during that one month? Any idea how large would the downloads be? Thanks again.
Tick data in 2013
-
- Posts: 905
- Joined: Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:54 am
-
- Posts: 6
- Joined: Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:35 am
Is it possible to get some information on how large the download would be for say.. 1 years worth of tick data for one pair, though the vip data service? Does the data come down in a nice compressed format or is it plain text transferred?
If the file size is reasonable id be very tempted to do so.
Thanks!
If the file size is reasonable id be very tempted to do so.
Thanks!
-
- Posts: 6
- Joined: Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:35 am
-
- Posts: 905
- Joined: Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:54 am
Hello,
average size of uncompressed tick file is around 500-600 MB.
But we provide data in compressed format so it is a few times smaller.
FT processes each tick from each pair which is available for testing so FT behaves like regular trading terminal which makes testing more accurate.
average size of uncompressed tick file is around 500-600 MB.
But we provide data in compressed format so it is a few times smaller.
FT processes each tick from each pair which is available for testing so FT behaves like regular trading terminal which makes testing more accurate.
Check our other product here:
http://www.forexcopier.com
http://www.forexcopier.com
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 16 guests