Convert tick data in NT format

[noisetrader]

Hi I am a user of tick data company and the format in txt do not have ; separate field for NT, somebody knows a convert tool??

Thank you very much

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

I suggest to take a look at the two forum threads below.

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10047&highlight=convert+data

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7919&highlight=convert+data

[noisetrader]

historical data with Tradestation2000i

Hi I see that I can dowload historical data from tradestation but I have ts2000i and when insert tradestation file It do not appear the strategy.. can ninja trader support to give us the code to construct that strategy, in europe we have still problems with new version of ts8.

thank you very much

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

Unfortunately we don't provide a migration service TS8->TS2000. May be the community can contribute?

Here is the text of the TS8 NTDataDownload strategy as a starting point:

{ Copyright (C) 2006, NinjaTrader LLC <[email protected]> }
DefineDLLFunc:  "shell32.dll", int, "SHGetFolderPathA", int, int, int, int, lpstr;
[LegacyColorValue = true]; 
 
variable: barsCount(0),         { # of bars processed }
   buffer(""),                   { output buffer }
   err(0),                        { error code }
   hoursOffset(0),              { hours offset to EST timezone(New York) }
   linesInBuffer(0),            { actual # of lines in output buffer }
   maxLinesInBuffer(100),       { max. # of lines in output buffer }
   outputFile(""),              { output file name }
   num(0),
   importFolder("");            { name of import folder }

if BarInterval <> 1 or BarType <> 1 then begin
    value0 = Text_New(Date, Time, High, "NTDownloadData can only be used on 1 minute interval");
end else begin
    if importFolder = "" then begin
        importFolder = "                                                 ";
        importFolder = importFolder + "                                                 ";
        importFolder = importFolder + "                                                 ";
        importFolder = importFolder + "                                                 ";
        importFolder = importFolder + "                                                 ";
    
        { get users's app data directory: SHGetFolderPath(0, CSIDL_PERSONAL, 0, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, folder) }
        err = SHGetFolderPathA(0, 5, 0, 0, importFolder);
        outputFile = importFolder;
         outputFile = outputFile + "\NinjaTrader 6.5\db\import\" + GetSymbolName + ".txt";
    end;
 
    if barsCount = 0 then
         FileDelete (outputFile);
     
    buffer = buffer + NumToStr (1900 + Year(date), 0);
     
    num = Month (date);
    if num < 10 then
         buffer = buffer + "0";
    buffer = buffer + NumToStr (num, 0);
     
    num = DayOfMonth (date);
    if num < 10 then
         buffer = buffer + "0";
    buffer = buffer + NumToStr (num, 0) + " ";
     
    num = Time - hoursOffset * 100;
    if num < 10 then begin
        buffer = buffer + "000";
    end else if num < 100 then begin    
        buffer = buffer + "00";
    end else if num < 1000 then
        buffer = buffer + "0";
    buffer = buffer + NumToStr (num, 0) + "00;";
     
    buffer = buffer + NumToStr (open, 4) + ";";
    if BarType <> 0 then begin
         buffer = buffer + NumToStr (high, 4) + ";";
         buffer = buffer + NumToStr (low, 4) + ";";
         buffer = buffer + NumToStr (close, 4) + ";";
    end;
    buffer = buffer + NumToStr (ticks, 0) + NewLine;
     
    linesInBuffer = linesInBuffer + 1;
    if linesInBuffer > maxLinesInBuffer or LastBarOnChart then begin 
         FileAppend(outputFile, buffer);
         linesInBuffer = 0;
         buffer = "";
    end;
     
    barsCount = barsCount + 1;
end