bandwidth usage with mt4

hi i have a question.

ive been noticing lately that ive been using like 500mb sometimes over a day. would this be mt4? i know its not genral web browsing. how much bandwidth do others use trading?

regards damien

Yes. O2 UK cut me off without notice and sent me a bill for over £700.00 when I left my laptop switched on overnight running MT4. I would not recommend O2.

I'm averaging 10-12GB / week across all my servers.

I use about 250 to 500 meg but that includes two platforms and a browser.

the weird thing is my mt4 platform is saying im using hardly any like 3mb an hour but im using way more. and when u ask the broker they have no idea of usage i think its a pretty big thing u should know about your program if someone comes in with a small bandwidth qouta with there isp and asks. all they say is it doesnt use much at all. ive been researching all platforms on there usage as i only have a 12gb allowance and i dont want to use it all. atm it looks like a package upgrade to the next plan.

regards damien

Hi,

I think that down the bottom right hand corner of your screen of MT4 should show your download amount.

In a couple of hours I use about 2mb I think, never worried about it as I don't leave it turned on when I am not trading so not a problem for me.

yeah ive checked that then got a bandwidth meter and its completely inncaurate even my broker got a shock when i rang thewm and said download a bandwidth meter they thought the mt4 one was correct.

regards damien

I'm interested in using a remote server for logging in metatrader.

How many windows do you use? I'm guessing from your 34+ ea's you must have 34x the bandwidth required?

Regards,

Phil

here is my vps Traffic usage.

Here is the 1 week usage with running 1 EA in 1 Hr chart, and i only open 1 chart to run the EA.
The Max record i have is 20,000 kb for DL and 12,000(kb) for UL, happens twice last month(march 2010)

Date DL (kb) UL(kb)
17 1,175.37 1,156.79 (sat)
18 4,937.90 3,480.47 (Sun)
19 14,696.51 4,005.72 (Mon)
20 13,931.04 3,824.22
21 14,414.17 4,111.16
22 16,950.34 4,587.04
23 14,049.51 4,024.81 (Fri)

and here is another few days usage for running 1 EA in 1 HR chart, and another MT4 demo running 2 chart in 5 Min chart( with no EA running) just to test how many kb it use for running another 2 chart.

Date DL (kb) UL(kb)
24 626.68 4,291.93
25 7,826.09 4,589.86
26 38,210.85 16,375.26 (Mon)
27 46,918.20 18,801.77 (Tue)
28 48,226.69 18,855.17 (Wed)


The more chart you open in the profile, the more bandwidth it use.
i believe the actual usage will be higher then what show in the traffic log.

and i think general browsing some time do take more bandwidth .

Is not bandwidth is unlimited and unmetered in western countries?

They have this thing called Fair usage.

Basically they tell you its unlimited, but if you use too much they either limit your bandwidth, cut you off or send you a large bill for excess usage.

They say it's unlimited. The reality is it's quite limited.

Right click on Market Watch, hit Hide All. Then you are only downloading data for the symbols you use.

yeah on the isps website it says unlimited but really i have a 12gb plan(now upgraded to 80gb if i hit 80gb before my turnover date at the end of the month the shape my internet to 64kbs till it rolls over. the only company in australia that does unlimited unlimited is iinet for like $159 and i found out it was my isp making me use excess bandwidth when you get faster speed from them i went from 1500mb speed to 8000mb speed they muck with your download usage so it uses more.

regards damien

Wow! £700.00 in only one night? How much do they charge for one MB and how much traffic did your MT4 generate during that night?