Bookmap® works on Windows, Mac and Linux (Linux is not officially supported).You can install Bookmap on as many computers as you want yet you can run Bookmap on only one of them at a time.Although, Bookmap Global+ version allows for access to Replay Mode on a secondary machine. These are the technical specifications required to successfully install and run Bookmap.Keep in mind that during a market activity spike all your trading software is likely to start consuming more CPU/RAM, so plan resources accordingly. Minimum: Recommended for light use (no MBO, low resolution or limited depth data, no heavy software running in parallel): Recommended for heavy use (MBO, high resolution full depth data, e.g. Rithmic or some cryptocurrency providers):Bookmap for Windows
- Windows 10
- Minimum of 1920x1080 display resolution ¹
- Modern video card with a minimum of 1 GB memory supporting OpenGL 3.3. Requirements go up as you connect more/bigger monitors.
- 32 GB RAM. More if you run other software in background. ³
- SSD for Bookmap data folder with 100 GB of free disk space. More if you want to keep more data loaded (e.g.leave bookmap running for a week retaining data. Around 50GiB/day is usually enough, but depending on number of instruments you might want more)
- Modern Intel Core i9/AMD Ryzen 9 (or equivalent) or better. 8+ cores. ² ⁴ Able to stay above 3GHz consistently. ⁵
- Stable internet connection with speed of at least 100Mbit/s and low package loss. Be careful with using WiFi or DOCSIS.
- A mouse with a middle button is required for the one-click trading add-on feature.
- .NET 3.5
¹ Effective resolution (assuming scaling is set to 100%). For example 1920x1080display meets the requirements with 100% display scaling, but does not meetthe requirements if scaling is set to 150%, as resolution gets effectively dividedby 1.5 in that case, becoming 1280x720. However you can tell system not to scalebookmap by changing "Override high DPI scaling behavior" to "Application"under "Compatibility"->"Change high DPI settings" inside bookmap shortcut properties.
² Not to confuse cores and threads. There are 2 core 4 thread CPUs marketed asCore i7 line, e.g. 7500U - those are below recommended specification.
³ Keep in mind that even seemingly light software, like a browser, can end upconsuming a lot of RAM and/or CPU depending on how you use it. Bookmap by itself shouldbe fine with around ~8GiB of actually free ram, the only catch is making sure no othersofware ends up using it up.
⁴ Bookmap core by itself is unlikely to utilize more than 6 cores in most workloads at this point,however you might be running add-ons that can do it. Also other sofware, e.g. video encoding on CPU,could use up few cores.
⁵ With modern laptop CPUs frequency can be configured in wide range by manufacturer.Some laptops that seemingly have a decent processor have its base frequency configured very low (say 1.2GHz)due to power or thermal constraints. While such CPU might boost to "reasonable" 2.8GHz for short period of timeit will often decrease frequency under constant load (such as when market gets volatile), thus losingperformance when you need it the most. Note, that you don't really need your CPU to maintain the requiredfrequency in synthetic benchmarks, as those aren't very realistic (make CPU work "harder" than it has to in real-world tasks).
Bookmap for macOS
Minimum:
- MacOS 10.12 or higher
- 8 GB RAM
Preferred:
- 16 GB RAM
- Graphics Card
To download the latest Mac version:
- Visit User Portal,
- Join the macOS discussion on our Forum or
- Use the direct link to start the download now
Once download is complete, follow a regular DMG installation process:
- Double-click the .dmg to make its content available. Name will show up in the Finder sidebar. Usually a window opens showing the content as well
- Drag the application from the .dmg window into /Applications to install. Note: may require an administrator password.
If Bookmap does not start:
- Open Bookmap Logs location
- Open Finder, press CMD+SHIFT+G and paste:
~/Library/Application Support/Bookmap/Logs/
To find Bookmap Logs on macOS:
- Start an application
- Go to Select File ⟶ Open user folder
To find external adapters on macOS:
- Go to Setting ⟶ Manage plugins
Adapters, currently available for macOS:
- Rithmic,
- dxFeed,
- CQG,
- IB,
- iqFeed,
- Cedro,
- cryptocurrency adaptors.
Adapters that are currently NOT supported by macOS:
- Stage5,
- Gain,
- Ninja,
- XTrader,
- Transact
Intel-based processors vs. Apple Silicon (M series) processors
We now have 2 versions available. One for intel-based Mac and one for Apple Silicon.
The Apple Silicon version fully utilizes the new architecture and provides better performance and user experience.
When running the M-series version, GPU acceleration will only be enabled for macOS 13.0 and higher which was released October 24, 2022.
