Emini Gold and Silver

[ryebank]

Hi,

I'm having problems viewing a EMini charts of Gold (8Q 12-09, XGN 12-09) and Silver (6Q 12-09, XSN 12-09), NT tells me these contracts don't exist. Does NT have a different symbol for these instruments?

I'm using IB as a live feed and can see their charts...

Any Ideas?


Thanks
Rye

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

Hello ryebank,

Thank you for your post.

NinjaTrader comes pre-loaded with the most commonly traded instruments however, you may find the need to add an additional instrument. Please follow the instructions below to add an instrument in the Instrument Manager.

• From the NinjaTrader Control Center window select the menu Tools > Instrument Manager
• Press the "New" button
• *Enter in instrument specific information and select the appropriate exchange (add Default exchange for equities in addition to the actual exchange)
• Fill in any relevant information under the "Misc" tab such as symbol mapping for your target connectivty provider
• Press the "OK" button

* If you wish to add an equity, this can be accomplished without following the steps above. Just open a chart (for example) and start typing in the symbol and a new instrument is automatically created.

The instrument is now added to the master instrument list. Please follow the instructions below if you want to add this instrument to an instrument list.

• Select the instrument list you wish to add the instrument to via the "Instrument lists" drop down list in the upper left hand corner
• Select the exchange (Default recommend for equities) as this will route orders to your broker smart routing system
• Select the appropriate expiration date if this is a futures instrument
  Press the "<" button to add the instrument to the list

You are now complete and can press the "OK" button.

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.

[ryebank]

Hi

I've tried what you suggested and still can't get it to work.

Please see attached

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

ryebank, did you already try the YG and YI contracts?

For the custom ones you tried setting up, which expiries did you test? For example I get data for 8Q 10-09 or 12-09 in NT with a IB demo account in testing.

[ryebank]

Hi

I don't have permission to view YG and YI

I have noticed that it loads 8Q now but the data seems different. In IB i can chart the mid price but in NT it displays trades. Is there anyway to change NT so it charts the midpoint?

Rye

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

ryebank, I see, unfortunately 'midprice' is not supported - NinjaTrader would use the 'last'.

[ryebank]

ok

But why does it work for every other instrument.

IB offers 'midpoint' and 'trades' charts on a number of instruments like YM and ES and they chart correctly in NT

[gbusolini]

Is it still the case that NT does not support "midprice" data? For reference I am using the term "midprice" to mean:

(bid + ask) / 2

I know this is an old thread, but I haven't been able to find a more recent thread on this subject on the forum.

If it is still the case that midprice is not supported, then is it possible to create a workaround? For example, I notice that I am able to extract a feed of bid prices, and a feed of ask prices. So is there some way to use both feeds to artificially "create" a midprice feed using NinjaScript?

Thanks
Graham

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hi Graham,

Thanks for the post and welcome to the NinjaTrader forums. There is not a built in midprice functionality but you can work in NinjaScript to access bid ask data programatically. For level I data you would work in OnMarketData() handler.

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