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Building a Backtesting PC #470870 02/09/18 19:00 02/09/18 19:00
Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 26 T trader6363 OP Newbie
trader6363 OP Newbie T Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 26	I would like to build a machine capable of backtesting a large volume of tick data as fast as possible. Does anyone have suggestions on a starting point or any resources that I can follow? Thanks

Re: Building a Backtesting PC [Re: trader6363] #470901 02/12/18 11:05 02/12/18 11:05
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,986 Frankfurt jcl Chief Engineer
jcl Chief Engineer Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,986 Frankfurt	Only backtesting or also training? For training get a Ryzen, I7, or I9, with 16 or 32 threads. For only backtesting, the number of threads does not matter, you only need a CPU with high clock rate.

Re: Building a Backtesting PC [Re: jcl] #470907 02/12/18 15:28 02/12/18 15:28
Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 26 T trader6363 OP Newbie
trader6363 OP Newbie T Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 26	Thanks, that makes sense. Last edited by trader6363; 02/12/18 15:36.

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