What session template should be used when trying to replicate 6.5

[verge]

I trade the 6E (Euro-USD) future on the CME.

I am trying to replicate my systems results that I see in 6.5 in 7 as well. There are differences - so I decided that I will use a built in system (sampleMAcross) to understand the differences.

I think this is related to the new session manager -
The default sessions associated with 6E is CME FX futures RTH.

I thought that the CME FX futures ETH session template will be in effect the same as what I use in 6.5 with exclude weekends = false.

My current problem is: If I test sampleMAcross (all default values) on 6e 06-10 from 2010/03/16 to 2010/05/07 on a 15 minutes chart I get the following:
CME FX futures ETH - 152 trades
Default 24/7 - 157 trades

There are of course other differences in the results but I am highlighting the number of trades to make the point. Please explain why there is a difference.

The aspect about this worries me the most is that when I do the above in NT6.5 the system only trades 108 times.

Please tell me what I should do to see that a system that comes with both NT6.5 and NT7 (sampleMAcross) provides exactly the same results.

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

Hi verge,

Thank you for your post.

Within NinjaTrader 6.5 when you have your Session begins and ends time set to 12:00 AM this will be based off of your Local PC clock. Within NinjaTrader 7 Default 24/7 will be based off of EST as apposed to the Local PC which may result in different results due to the time differences.

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.

[verge]

Why the differences in 7 then

Hi Christopher

I will investigate this further to understand the differences between 6.5 and 7 - but I do not think it explains the differences between CME FX futures ETH and Default 24/7

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

The Session Template CME FX Futures ETH uses times of 5:00 PM to 4:00 PM and Default 24/7 uses 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM.