Unable to import Bitcoin Historical Data

[omololu]

CME already has provision for some BitCoin historical data and NT8 also already has BitCoin (BTC - Futures) instrument in the Instruments List. So, I attempted to import the attached Historical data but NT8 did not import the data. The error message is "0 data record(s) successfully imported"; and error in Log is as follows;

Time: 11/23/2017 5:10:46 AM

Category: Default

Message: Unable to import file 'brr-historical-data.txt'. Instrument is not supported by repository.

Could you please have a look at this challenge I'm having, by importing the historical data at your end.

Regards.

Omololu

Hello brucelevy,

Thank you for your post.

When the CME Group releases information about the symbol for bitcoin futures, it will be possible to map this symbol within NinjaTrader from a supported data provider.

Let me know if I may be of further assistance.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickG]

There are two 'Bitcoin' futures instruments currently configured within the NinjaTrader 8 database - 'BTC' and 'XBT'.

Importing historical data requires very precise file naming and format. The file you've attached is not named correctly nor does it contain appropriately formatted historical data for import into NinjaTrader.

Please follow the guidelines in the Help Guide for importing historical data successfully:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/importing.htm

[omololu]

Thanks. I got another historical data that conforms with NT format (although, it dates back to 2011 - 2014), and I got it successfully imported into NT8. I was also able to chart it, by adjusting the Data Series "End Date" to align with the old dates.