backtest apple

[beezerlm]

Hi there,
I am new to NT and I am having trouble getting results backtesting. I am connected to IB and trying to Backtest AAPL with the samplemacdcrossover strategy. I set it to go back one month, but when its finished all the results are 0.00% like nothing happened. I have tried by default qty and by strategy.
Which brings me to another question. Where do you change the default Qty?

Thanks in advance for the help.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Are you connected to a live IB trading account or just a sim one? The sim one does not provide historical data which is required to run a backtest.

[beezerlm]

No, I am running sim.

I have strategies running in sim though. One that I made through a tutorial (3 EMAs) and the samplemacross. Nothing seems to be happenning. shouldn't I be able to run a sample strategy and see sample results while connected to IB during trading hours?

Sorry for such basic questions I am just trying to get the hang of NT

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

beezerlm,

NinjaTrader will not have enough data to run any meaningful backtest. You will need to get a data provider that supplies historical data. If you just want to play around I suggest the Yahoo connection which will get you free historical daily data for equities.

[beezerlm]

Hi Josh,
I think you misunderstood my last post. I am also trying to run a real time strategy in NT (sim) but nothing is happening ( no hypothetical trades taking place ).

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

For a strategy to begin running you need at least 20 bars. Please check your Control Center logs for any runtime errors.

[beezerlm]

Thanks Josh,
Where do you define "defaultquantity" ?

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

Hi there, you can set DefaultQuantity in the backtest information box. I've attached a picture showing what I mean.

[beezerlm]

Thanks, don't know how I managed to miss it.