Historical Data

[jbhansen7]

When exporting historical data....it's saved as a text file which I copy/paste into excel and want to work with from there....I want to make sure I know what data is given...this is the first few lines from a tick bar type on Nov. 17th

20081117 000005;860.75;2
20081117 000006;861;1
20081117 000008;860.75;1

The 20081117 is the date...
The 000002,000006,000008 is the time...in seconds
and the 860.75, 861, 860.75 is the price right?
and are the 2,1,1…are these the number of contracts printed at that price for that moment

This is the first few lines from a minute bar type on Nov. 17th

20081117 000100;861;862;860.75;862;117
20081117 000200;862;862.75;861.75;862.75;102
20081117 000300;862.75;863.25;862.75;863.25;193

The 20081117 is the date...
The 000100,000200,000300 is the time...in minutes
The line that looks like this: 861;862;860.75;862;117 how is this data broken out?
And the 117, 102, 193….are these the contracts printed in that minute?

I hope this is clear.....thanks for your time as always.

Jonathan

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Please see this article for formatting of the export file: http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...helpguide.html