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Post From: Ping to server timed out

[2020-02-21 20:58:58]
Ernie Doo - Posts: 46
Thanks for your prompt response.

I pinged the DS1 and DS7.SierraCharts.com servers. For the 1st one I had an average ping of 130ms and for the 2nd one, 122ms. It could be much better but that is what I have. However, as I mentioned initially, my delay is of 2-3 seconds which I think is huge!

I would like to explain my setup quickly to you. I really need to find out why is there such a big difference if I want my Studies to work in Sierra Chart.

I) First of all, under Global Settings -> General Settings, I have a "Chart Update Interval in Milliseconds" of 50 (I didn't make this number smaller because it was explained by Sierra Chart that it was no recommended) and by the way, I had it initially on 500ms; I thought this was the problem but after bringing it down to 50ms, I still have that big delay.
II) Under Global Settings -> Data/Trade Service Settings I have:
  a) Service: SC Futures Order Routing/Data
  b) Intraday Data Storage Time Unit: 1 Tick
  c) Primary Server: Server 3 (which according to Sierra's description it is in Germany and I reside in Germany)

I only have 1 chart open (1 min) with only my study loaded to avoid other studies "stealing" bandwith.

While reviewing the Message Log I found out that Connections are made to 3 different servers: futurestrading3.sierracharts.com, DS1.SierraCharts.com and DS7.SierraCharts.com.

So, having explained all this I have a couple of questions:
1) What is futurestrading3 server for? I know the last 2 servers, DS1 and DS7 are then for market data (correct?).
2) Is there a way I can tell Sierra Chart to connect only to one market data server, either DS1 or DS7? I would of course choose the server with the fastest ping.
3) Can you think of anything else that could be happening to have this huge delay?
4) I read, I think in the Support Board, that you guys were working on supporting information on milliseconds. Is this already implemented? And what is the fastest time unit I can use?
5) And last question. Is there a way I can detect when a tick has happened? I mean, like the Intraday Data Storage Time Unit: 1 Tick, I would like to read the information at every tick, but I don't know how to do that. Currently I am reading data every time I detect the Second (time unit) changed.

Thanks Sierra Team. I am really desperate because my Simulation and testing run pretty good, but the accuracy with real-time trades is extremely low. I followed everything explained under "https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/Backtesting.php#DifferencesBackTestRealTime" without success.

Thanks again for all your support.
Ernesto

PS. I would love to receive EUREX data out of Frankfurt. How can I keep track if this is implemented? Is it only announced on the release notes?
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2020-02-24 16:16:18