How can I add in older months into the Instrument Manager?

[aventeren]

This information will update after connecting to your provider then selecting this contract within your chart to load data.

Okay, cool.

Do I want to load this instrument before I change the clock back or after I change the clock back?

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

I would suggest loading this data after setting your clock to the current date.

[aventeren]

I would suggest loading this data after setting your clock to the current date.

Okay, I added ES 03-03 through ES 04-12 to my Instrument List while my clock was set at 2003.

I then changed my clock to now and then restarted my computer.

I then opened NT.

I then imported ES 03-03 through ES 12-03.

However, the rollover info is still not showing up in the ES Contract Months under the Instrument Manager.

I feel like I'm close. What am I missing here?

http://screencast.com/t/rszp9XTAk

Thanks,

Aventeren

[aventeren]

As a heads up, I'm using Continuum as my data provider.

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

When connected to Continuum you will have access to 1 year of historical data. In order to load data back this far you would be required to connect to a provider that offers this data.


If you are looking for a data provider for historical data I recommend using Kinetick: (Our Preferred Data Feed Service Built Specifically for NinjaTrader 7) which provides historical Tick, Minute and Daily data for Equities, Futures and Forex.

www.kinetick.com

At a minimum, and for all instruments Kinetick offers:

• 180 calendar days of historical Tick data (for building tick based charts, such as range and volume)
• 2 years of historical Minute data
• 10 years of historical Daily data

For more commonly traded symbols it is likely that more extensive historical data will be available, as well.


I have also provided a link below that goes over all supported providers, the assests that they support and the data they offer.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/historical_data.htm

[aventeren]

I have the data. I've already imported the data. The data is not the issue.

I'm simply trying to have the ES contract (or any other instrument for that matter) include 2003 and 2004 contracts (or any other earlier years that I have data for) and the associated rollover offsets and dates in the Instrument Manager.

Do you know how or where I can find the rollover dates and offsets for years earlier than 2005?

Thanks,

Aventeren

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

Unfortunately I do not have the offsets and rollover dates for the previous contract however I will speak with development in the morning to verify if they have a source to pull this information and will update this thread as soon as I gather additional information.

Thank you for your patience.

[aventeren]

Unfortunately I do not have the offsets and rollover dates for the previous contract however I will speak with development in the morning to verify if they have a source to pull this information and will update this thread as soon as I gather additional information.

Thank you for your patience.

That would complete the circle.

Thanks, Christopher.