How do I replay my Historical Data?

[Rotdabbel]

I want to practice trading via the Playback Connection with Historical Data.

I have chosen to practice with the Future MES and downloaded it's Historic Data from the 01.01.2024-17.07.2024.

Every time I try to play those files back however, NT8 tells me I have no files to play back in the first place. As a matter of fact, I can't even select a date. That would mean to me that NT8 can't seem to find any of my downloaded Historical Data for MES at all.

Hopefully the pictures help understand my problem.

Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

[NinjaTrader_Clayton]

Hello Rotdabbel,

Thank you for the message.

I can see in your screenshot that you only have the "Minute" data downloaded.

• For the Historical Playback to work, you have to download the "Tick" data for those days.

Please follow along with this video I made that goes over downloading Historical Data for use with the Playback connection specifically:

• How to Playback Historical Data

Some things to be aware of when using the Playback Connection:

• Make sure you have the same Instrument and Contract/Expiry selected in each Window as the Historical data that you downloaded
• Make sure you actually have Historical data downloaded for the specific Instrument, Contract, and Date that you are looking at
  • If you downloaded the 1st, 2nd, and then accidentally skipped the 3rd and then downloaded the 4th and 5th, it would look like it wasn't working on the 3rd for that instrument and contract specifically
  • Go to the Control Center > Tools > Historical Data > Click the + next to Historical Data > Click the + next to the Instrument and then Expiry/Contract > Make sure you have Tick Data for the specific time you are looking at
• Make sure you are not looking at a time the Instrument isn't traded, a Saturday, or a Holiday
• Make sure the Chart or Window has the correct Instrument and Expiry/Contract selected
• If looking at a Chart and SuperDOM and the SuperDOM is moving but the chart isn't, check the Trading Hours Template on the chart:
  • Right-click on the Chart > Data Series > Properties > Time frame > Trading hours > Set this to "Default 24x7" and click OK
  • Right-click on the Chart and select "Reload all historical data"
• If the chart is still not working:
  • Create a New Chart and make it a 1 Minute chart
  • Set the Trading Hours Template to "Default 24x7"
  • Make sure "Template" in the top right is set to <None>
  • Click OK to make this chart
    • Does it load in and move as expected?
    • If you open the Chart Trader panel, does it show the Ask and Bid values updating or just 0's
      • If the values are updating, this means there should be moving data
      • If the values show 0's there is no market data downloaded for that specific Instrument, Contract, and Time/Date

Please let us know if we may provide any further assistance.

[Rotdabbel]

Thank you very much for the quick response Clayton!

Haven't tried your solutions yet but just know that if you don't hear from me again in next couple of days, you were very helpful.