Daily Charts and Session Manager

[Columbcille]

Hello, I am trying to get my charts to display NY close market for the forex, I figured the session manager is the best way to do this, however none of my charts aren't reflecting the ones im trying to match (axitrader charts) i am mostly aiming for 1h 4h 1d 1w charts

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Hello Columbcille,

Session templates do not affect daily and weekly charts (weekly charts are build by daily data). Daily data is loaded as per the OHLC values from the connected data feed.

You can use a 1440 minute chart as a workaround for a daily chart. Subsequently create a custom session template - each rows needs to capture 24 hours (1440 minutes). Use start and end times that will match the axitrader charts. More information to create custom session templates can be found at the link below.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/using_the_session_manager.htm

[Columbcille]

will try that thank you!!

[Columbcille]

well i may have figured out the problem, Axitrader does a 5 day new york close chart, when i try to plug in friday 1700 - monday 1700 the client doesnt recognize it as a valid session, Here are some pictures from my axitrader charts showing 11/1 one bar then over to 11/4 how can i replicate this?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello,

Are you trying to set up a session template that goes from Friday at 5:00 PM to Saturday at 5:00 PM, that repeats this pattern 7 days a week?

If not, what are the exact hours each day of the week that the session template should have as open?

[Columbcille]

mon 1700-tue 1700
tues 1700-wed 1700
wed 1700-thurs 1700
thurs 1700-fri 1700
fri 1700-mon 1700 (this one wont be accepted, says that the end needs to be greater than the start)

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello,

That is correct.

A session cannot span over multiple days.

You will need to continue doing 17:00 -17:00 for Fri-Mon.

[Columbcille]

so then i cannot replicate the chatrs i need ok then good to know before i bought

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Columbcille,

I was incorrect about only being able to create a session for one day. The issue is that there is a limitation where Friday is considered later that Monday and you cannot create a session that starts before Sunday to a day after Sunday.

So this would still not be possible with NinjaTrader 7.

I am submitting a feature request to have this added to the next major release of NinjaTrader in your behalf.

[Columbcille]

Sounds great!

[Kotyk]

strategy does not work in 1440 chart

Why my strategy does not work if I open chart 1440 minute. It is work if I open Daily chart . Strategy very simple, for example: if (Close[0] > Open[0] ) EnterLong(1);

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hi Kotyk,

How many Days to load do you have set in the Data Series parameters?

What is the Min. bars required set to in the Strategy parameters?

[Kotyk]

I load many days more 500 days. I don't use Min. bars required for strategy parameters. Strategy works on 60 minutes chart but don't work on 1440 min. chart.

Sorry, I use Exit on close=true in strategy parameters. The problem is solved.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hi Kotyk,

That is correct. With CalculateOnBarClose set to True and ExitOnClose set to True that code on a 1440 minute chart would never enter an order.

CalculateOnBarClose would cause the order to only enter on the next bar which would mean the next session. The ExitOnClose would cancel the order before the next session and the order would never enter.

[Columbcille]

Hey there Chelsea!

2 Things, First have you heard anything about the session manager and the added feature being implemented in NT8?

Secondly i have a ne question, i have been trying to modify the open close parts on my daily charts however no matter what i set the session start time at the open remains the same any help?