How much Internet traffic does MetaTrader 4 use?
The volume of the incoming traffic is the sum of several factors:Also, ticks are put into a TCP packet which occupies about 128 bytes. The higher the intensity of ticks, a fewer packets are needed, which also reduces the traffic. Thus, a greater number of instruments are in the markets view and the greater the amount for each instrument is, the greater the traffic is. But when increasing the intensity of instruments, traffic increases not in direct ratio but evens out thanks to the stream compression. 2. The volume of pumped data for opened instruments or periods. On opening a chart or changing a period, there occurs an automatic spooling of history from the moment of the previous data session, which consumes 44 bytes for each uploaded bar. 3. Streaming news. 4. History inquires, 224 bytes per each entry. 5. Trading inquiries. 6. Service information (crash logs).
