COT Indicator - WTI Physical

[Bobin]

It seems like CFTC has changed the name of Crude Oil light sweet NYMEX to just "WTI Physical". The COT indicator does not work any more because it does not know the change.
Would you please tell me what we could do to see the COT indicator for crude oil again?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Bobin,

I've tested the COT indicator and this does still appear to be working and plotting values.

Below is a link to a video of the test.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rjKpPNZUV78ulOf799pdHmTCB5eJyAcD/view?usp=drivesdk

With the exact steps shown in the video are you getting different behavior?

Do you have Tools -> Options -> Market data -> Real-time -> 'Download COT data at startup' enabled?

Have you restarted NinjaTrader?

[Bobin]

Hello Chelsea,
if you watch your video closely, you can see that the COT data has not changed since 1 month.
This is because the script does not load new data any more because the name of Crude Oil has changed in the COT report of CFTC one month ago.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Bobin,

I think I'm understanding. When you said "The COT indicator does not work any more", you didn't mean that it's not plotting or causing an error and not loading, you meant the value is wrong.

I will send a note to our development.

[Bobin]

Hello Chelsea,
oh you are right, I was not really clear.

I would be very happy if you share any news on this

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Bobin,

This is being tracked with ID# NTEIGHT-15184.

In the meantime, our development has suggested adding a tilde '~' plus the new COT name. Then shut down NT and delete the Documents\NinjaTrader 8\db\COT folder then restarting.

For example, for COT symbol mapping the new symbol would be.
"CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE~ WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE"

[Bobin]

Hello Chelsea,
thank you.
Some markets like CL Future have been fixed.
However, there are some markets which are still wrong.
For example HG has only COT data since februrary and NG has no new data.
I would really appreciate if all mappings would be fixed.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Bobin,

I will note this in the report this would be for all markets.

This is being tracked with ID# NTEIGHT-15184. As new releases of NinjaTrader 8 become available, please check the release notes for this ID.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/release_notes.htm

Once listed please update, then test to confirm the behavior is resolved.

[Bobin]

Hello Chelsea,
the last fix worked automatically without updating Ninja Trader. Is this different for the new fix?
We are greatly depending on this indicator, so we would appreciate not having to wait until the next release.

Thank you very much.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Bobin,

The change was to the instrument settings which are sent out as an instrument update. (Tools -> Database Management -> Update instruments)

I've notified the dev team of HG 05-22 not showing data before feb 8th and NG 04-22 being flat since feb 1st.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Bobin,

Devs wanted to let you know you can use the symbol mappings below for NG in the meantime.
"NATURAL GAS - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE ~ NAT GAS NYME - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE"