Hi!
I'm currently in the process of optimizing a strategy and it's taking an absurd amount of time to optimize. It's not the amount of combinations, but the actual strategy that is opening/closing a large amount of trades during the optimization. That's what I want, but I was wondering if there was any way to speed up that process. I'm currently using a:
Intel i5 3570k
4 cores @ 3.40Ghz
I also tried a:
Intel i7 6770HQ
4 Cores @ 2.60Ghz
8 Threads
(I can use 8 agents because hyperthreading gives me another 4 threads on this one)
However, when I use 8 agents with the i7 6770HQ, it only runs at 60% in task manager, which means its not actually using 8. It also feels slower than the i5 3570k which I can only do 4 agents with. Is it because the optimizer doesn't support hyperthreading? Or does the frequency matters more than the amount of cores?
My question is, what could I do to improve speed on intensive strategy optimization (large amounts of buy/sell). Would a stronger CPU improve speeds? Does frequency or cores matter more? Is hyperthreading supported on TradingStation?
Thanks a lot for any help and have a nice day!