yahoo historical data connection

[nightcountry]

Just started using the platform and am trying to connect to yahoo to access the historical data. However when I try and backtest I cannot seem to
access the data....have gone through the connect menu and selected yahoo
and entered the parameters for the test but it provides no information when I
try and backtest...what am I missing? Thanks in advance

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

nightcountry, welcome to the forums! Which instrument and timeframe were you trying to access? Please keep in mind the Yahoo connection provides end of day equity data only - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...ricalData.html

[nightcountry]

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Hi Bertrand - just wanted to get it up and running...was using the example
sample moving averages and chose intc to try it with a timeframe of
two years....the problem is that the information will not populate the
window the stategy analyzer opens up for this action.....

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Have you tried opening up a regular chart of INTC? Does this populate as expected, please ensure you attempt to create a daily one.

[nightcountry]

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Yes when I open up a daily chart of INTC it populates it with current data...

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Ok great, after this please disconnect from Yahoo and then try backtesting the SampleMACrossOver in offline mode on INTC then.

[nightcountry]

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Ok tried that but still won't work....no problem connecting to Yahoo but
no luck with populating the strategy analyser...

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Thanks for the reply, do you see any errrors in the log tab of the Control Center? Do you select to run the strategy on a daily chart in the Strategy Analyzer? - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...AStrategy.html

Default would be one 1 min so you would not see any data populated for Yahoo then....

[nightcountry]

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Thanks
It was the one minute setting that needed to be changed to day...while I have you could you tell me how I enter an individual stock as I see on the
analyser the es dow and s&p 500 but I don't see where I can enter a stock not on these indices....thanks again for the help

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Please click on the + sign to open up the DOW or SP500 instrument lists, then right click on a stock and start your individual backtest.

[nightcountry]

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Yes I got that part...its when the stock is not in the existing list...

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

If it's not in the list, right click on 'On the Fly' and enter your custom symbol then.

[nightcountry]

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Won't let me - the new button is greyed out....

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Right click on the 'on the fly' button, select 'Backtest', set your instrument in the 'Data Series' section then. Just click on type 'Stock' and enter the symbol then.

[nightcountry]

Still won't work - am trying UNG - am connected to Yahoo but now even the chart won't populate