Newbe questions: Historical data and formats

[abhi701]

Thanks Brett , i am really thankful to u , what seemed to me like major problem of missing last bar indicator u provided a very simple solution , the session thing u mentioned i did it as mentioned by murthimsr , but it didnt seemed to work. I think it may take some more time to get adapted to ninjatrader and then will bother u with my queries.
But i must admit NinjaTrader is one of the best although i have ever seen and really thank Ninja developers for developing such a wonderful tool. Although only issue is that of datafeed options are not very reliable.Hats of to u guys.

Thanks,
Abhishek , India

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Thank You!

Also, please check out www.kinetick.com for a data feed option that is very reliable with the adapter build directly into NinjaTrader.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[abhi701]

Brett my 1 more problem got solved ,in historical data manager when i deleted the data and downloaded it again with new session template , then chart was displaying correct dates.
Secondly does kinetick offers datafeed for NSE/India.I checked out there options but NSE wasnt there. And is it paid or free. I only require EOD data.And are there any other datafeeds available for NSE except yahoo and google.
Thanks..

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Excellent.

Also, Kinetick does not support NSE unfortunately and I cannot think of any others that are free and support NSE Unfortunately.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[abhi701]

Hi Brett i am back at u again

Firstly, As shown in the image , the LHS drop down menu on charts shows only the default instrument list , can this behavior be changed to show other instruments list as required. Just as an example suppose i trade in 2 types of products stocks and commodities , i add stocks in default and commodities in other instrument list , so if i am analyising commodities then i would like to see all commodities in dropdown.

Secondly how can Ninjatrader be used to trade in indian stocks using "Chart Trader", is NinjaTrader also a broker? Do i need to open a paid demat account with Ninja for this purpose..

Thanks,
Abhishek, India

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

No problem.

For your first question only the default list can be used here Unfortunaley.

Also, For your second question NinjaTrader is the trading application only and not a broker.

I believe the only broker that we have that may support this is Interative Brokers. Please check them out on their website and then use the below connection guide to connect to them with NinjaTrader.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/ConnectionGuides/Interactive-Brokers-Connection-Guide.php

[abhi701]

Hi Brett , how can i backtest a particular security for certain period of time , like in NT i cud go only back upto 1 year using daily charts but cud get back further through weekly charts , but can i analyse past say 3 years back using daily charts.

Thanks,
Abhishek

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Thanks for the note.

Please increase the number of days to load in your daily chart.

Right click on the chart and select Format Data Series.

Then change the setting for Days To Load.

You will only be able to download what daily data is provided from your data feed provider.

Also, Weekly charts are formed with Daily data. Therefor you should be able to pull up daily charts with the same amount of data going back that you can in a weekly chart.

[abhi701]

Hello,

Thanks for the note.

Please increase the number of days to load in your daily chart.

Right click on the chart and select Format Data Series.

Then change the setting for Days To Load.

You will only be able to download what daily data is provided from your data feed provider.

Also, Weekly charts are formed with Daily data. Therefor you should be able to pull up daily charts with the same amount of data going back that you can in a weekly chart.

Simply awesome , thanks brett once again. Since i am quite new to tech analysis so i like to observe past data to see how indicators worked in past.

Thanks,
Abhishek

[milos.adamec]

Historical contract data from Kinetick

Hello,
i read thru this thread but havent find an answer.

I need to load historical data for say MAR2005 corn contract (from first to a last trading day - not a merged data)
I need to do the same with more comodities and months.
My way is to define an unmerged instrument linked to a particular contract month.
Unfortunatelly , with a instrument editor i can only define contract months back to beginning of 2010. (i cannot use ##-## as it does the merge)

Can somebody advise how to do that? How to define contract month for example 03-2005

Thanks
Milos

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hello Milos,

In order to access past expiries, you'll need to set your PC's date back to when that contract would have been valid. In your case, change the year back to 2005, then restart NinjaTrader and it will be possible to add this older expiry.

[obama6493]

Thank You!

Also, please check out for a data feed option that is very reliable with the adapter build directly into NinjaTrader.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Thanks Brett , i am really thankful to u , what seemed to me like major problem of missing last bar indicator u provided a very simple solution , the session thing u mentioned i did it as mentioned by murthimsr , but it didnt seemed to work. I think it may take some more time to get adapted to ninjatrader and then will bother u with my queries.
But i must admit NinjaTrader is one of the best although i have ever seen and really thank Ninja developers for developing such a wonderful tool. Although only issue is that of datafeed options are not very reliable.Hats of to u guys.

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[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Thanks Obama6493!

Hope you had a good weekend!

[abhi701]

Hi Brett , how can i get the yahoo data adjusted for splits? Every 2nd stock has gone through splits in the past one year so i m not able to backtest with indicators properly. Plz provide a solution brett..

Thanks,
Abhi

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Please goto Control Center->Tools->Instrument manager then edit the stock and then goto the Misc tab and then click the update Splits and Dividends button while you are connected to Yahoo.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.