Essential Tools for running QCharts successfully.

Essential Tools for successfully running QCharts...

Note: I have no reciprocal agreements with any of these software providers. These links are not "affiliate" program links of any kind. I get no money if you all buy any of these programs. I simply use these software tools and have found them to be very helpful. If you purchased the software in items 1, 2 & 3 you'd spend about $100 total. These items have the ability for a free trial before you buy, so you don't have to purchase them right off the bat.

1- Ping Plotter and MultiPing. Two great tools for tracing a path from your computer to another computer on the Internet. I use these to troubleshoot connection problems between my trading computer and a QCharts router, or my brokerage servers, or any other server for that matter. Lots of times QCharts "being slow" is a CPU pegging problem on my computer, but sometimes I have to make sure my route over the Internet to the QChart servers is clear. These tools help me to do that.
Click here for info on PingPlotter.
Click here for MultiPing.

2- TaskInfo. A great tool for looking at what your computer is running behind the scenes and seeing if your CPU is pegging and causing QCharts to slow down or stop. It will show you all the processes in operation at a given time on your computer and what %CPU utilization is for each one. If you look at it and see QCharts is utilizing 80% of the CPU (or an abnormally high number) then there is cause for concern about your workspace. There is also a ton of additional information about the goings on in your computer.
Click here for info on TaskInfo.

3- DU Meter. This tool monitors your connection to the internet and runs in a semi-opaque fashion on your desktop so you can visually see the level of upload/download traffic to your computer at a given time.
Click here for more info on DU Meter.

Before I launch QCharts, I launch Ping Plotter, MultiPing, TaskInfo, DU Meter. In that order.