Historical Data and Continuous Contracts

[DuggyLou]

How do I get Continuous contracts to load to current data. (I'm using Kinetick Free end of day data) ... I have for example CL ##-## listed in the historical data manager but when open it in the edit tab I see that the data hasn't been updated even after I have done the "Reload All" function. The only way I have gotten it to update is if I delete the data and reload it into a chart. Then it will update and export it with the current data. What am I doing wrong?

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Hello DuggyLou,

Did you already have the Historical Data Manager opened when you created the continuous chart?

Am I correct the chart does load all requested data?

If you close and re-open the Historical Data Manager, do you see the historical daily data?

[DuggyLou]

What I'm seeing is that it is only updated if I have a chart of that continuous contract open. The continuous chart does have the latest data. If I close and reopen the manager the data only has the new data if I had the corresponding chart loaded. I don't usually run continuous charts. Just the monthly chart ie CL 07-16 but not CL ##-## .. It's a bit inconvenient to have to open a ##-## chart just in order to get the historical data.. Am I still missing something?

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Unfortunately this is as expected. Please note that continuous data is saved separate from data for individual expiry months. If you do not have a continuous chart opened, it will not load continuous data in the Historical Data Manager.

[DuggyLou]

Ok, Thanks for clearing that up. It would be nice if one could have the option of reloading all data to current for non-active instruments also..

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

I will forward the suggestion to development to put it on the list of possible future enhancements. Thank you for your feedback.

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

You could create a custom instrument list and load historical data for all instruments part of this instrument list using the Historical Data Manager-->Download-tab. Instructions to create custom instrument lists can be found at the link below.

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/instrument_lists.htm