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Broker: Tradestation/Tradestation, NinjaTrader, FXCM and Tallinex
Trading: ES, CL, EUR/USD, TF
Posts: 173 since Aug 2009
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Hello
I am having a problem. I currently have lots of historical daily data from Genesis Financial for the Dow and wanted to put it into Ninja Trader for C# coding. It is in the form of ASCII. Name of file is DJIA.txt
It is in the format:
yyyyMMdd;open price;high price;low price;close price;volume
It is from 01/30/1920 to 01/25/2012
It is currently formatted correctly. When I go to the Historical Data Manager tab, and follow the promps from NinjaTrader Version 7
it says imported successfully!
So, I went to the instrument manager to add the name of the instrument. In this case, the file name is DJIA.txt
So, I put in DJIA and filled in everything else.
Just don't seem to be figuring out how to put the imported data and "map" it to the symbol??
Do I need to specify the path on my computer for the URL or something?
thanks
Spencer
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
You probably should rename the filename to YM ##-##.txt based on the default symbol mappings in NinjaTrader, then when you bring up the YM (mini dow) you'll get the imported data.
But make a backup of everything incase I am wrong, as I don't use NT and can't test this.
Broker: Tradestation/Tradestation, NinjaTrader, FXCM and Tallinex
Trading: ES, CL, EUR/USD, TF
Posts: 173 since Aug 2009
Thanks Given: 105
Thanks Received: 61
Hi Mike
thank you as always for the reply:-) So, it sounds like you are saying to basically name it something that is already in NinjaTrader like the mini down.
Yes, unless it is not the mini-dow. If it is the cash price for instance and not futures, then you would want to just create your own symbol in instrument manager, then rename the file to match the base symbol and add ##-## for a continuous contract. Like DJIA ##-##.txt. But if it is futures, them YM ##-##.txt.
Broker: Tradestation/Tradestation, NinjaTrader, FXCM and Tallinex
Trading: ES, CL, EUR/USD, TF
Posts: 173 since Aug 2009
Thanks Given: 105
Thanks Received: 61
Hey Mike
I think the problem is that I was importing as an Index, and for some reason, it kept adding that ^ symbol. Even when I changed the filename to ^DJIA.txt it did not work. However, when I created a stock or future with the symbol DJIA, then it worked.
They must have made it easier than before. The filename is DJIA.txt
When I import it, it automatically creates a new symbol as a stock. I can create it as a future if I want as long as I keep the names the same like you said.
This is just daily data from 1920 to 2012, so no minute data or anything.
Anyway, it worked out well, so thank you:-)
I am new to ninja trader. I am facing an issue when importing historical data from a .csv / .txt file to my NT7. I am am from India and I am trying to import data for NSE. So for example there is a script named SBIN(When entered in google finance). So I am trying to get the data from this to my NT7.
I am following the below steps.
In NT7 under tools clicked Historical data manager
Then under import section i am selecting the parameters Format:Ninja Trader(Timestamp in import files represent start of bar time),Data Type :Last,Time zone:UTC+5.30
Then clicked the import button.
The import is failing showing with the pop up "There has been an error in importing"
Pls help me out. I feel you have lots of experience in NT so might be you can help me out.
Apologies if covered elsewhere, is it possible to bulk download the EOD for all the FTSE 100/FTSE 350 companies from Yahoo in one go for Ninjatrader, or is it company by company? From what I see Kinetick don't do individual FTSE companies. Thanks.
Hello, I also have attempted importing historical data in .txt format via the data manager tab and likewise I have received the "imported successfully" message, however I then proceed to open a chart and the historical data is not loaded..
