...and is there any way to measure it so I would know exactly?
I am looking to take the trading game on the road, and trading over 4G seems a real possibility. Only concern seems to be how much data this would use. I trade in-running horse racing, so would love to know how much data this is going to require.
thanks!
How much data does one use trading an in-play market?
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RalfusDawes
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If you are using Windows 10, you can view data usage under Settings > Network & Internet > Data Usage > View usage per app. That covers the last 30 days though, so might not be detailed enough. Networx Bandwidth Monitor is free (and has a portable version) and gives hourly/daily/weekly etc usage report. it doesn't seem to show usage per app though. Hopefully there are other recommendations...
Refreshing a 12 runner market at 200ms uses about 1.5MB per minute.
if you are using polling and trading every horse race you could use up to 50Gb a of data a month.
Or about 1.7Gb per day
If you use streaming rather than polling in the communication settings that will reduce bandwidth significantly. But the best solution is to use a VPS and to trade from that: -
https://www.betangel.com/vps/
That will reduce the bandwidth usage to tiny amounts and provide other benefits as well.
if you are using polling and trading every horse race you could use up to 50Gb a of data a month.
Or about 1.7Gb per day
If you use streaming rather than polling in the communication settings that will reduce bandwidth significantly. But the best solution is to use a VPS and to trade from that: -
https://www.betangel.com/vps/
That will reduce the bandwidth usage to tiny amounts and provide other benefits as well.