I'm using Ninja trader live along with E-signal data, and MBT as my broker.
When I connect I first connect to Esignal and then to MBT for trading.
Everything has been great as far as order executuion and ATM chart trader.
But the system I trade is based upon Tick data and relies on bar calculation and price for my signals.
Right now I'm trading the 89tick in the Euro 6E. And I have been trading along with a group and have started noticing that my system signals will often times be different that there system signals. Even though were all using Ninja trader with E-signal.
Now I understand that tick data is time stamped and can often look different than other peoples charts based on when you logged in.
But today I got a bad signal after I realized that my charts looked different than my friends. So I tried RE-loading the historical data. After that it looked exactlly like his. So I lost money because of this!!!
This is a problem because this has been happening a lot lately and i've been suspicious that something is off but I just wasn't sure of it until now. I've also noticed that the charts will give signals real time and then when I log off Ninja and re-start the system it will come up looking different than before
So how can I fix this?
I've got a 30 meg internet connection on my computer and at least 4 gigs of ram and have not had any issues with connection speed or computer lag.
I've talked with E-signal and they could give me no explanation and said my connection was fine.
I'm in the Seattle area, and I generally trade between 6 and 10 am Central.
I have my computer set to East coast time ( which I think now could be causing some of the issue).
Under chart properties I have Session times to begin at 12:00 Am and end at 12:00 AM.
So unfortunately my Live trading and backtesting numbers are not completely lining up because of this.
I just need to know why this is happening and how I can fix it. If there are any settings that I need to check or change and so forth.
Thank you,
Jon Oswalt
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