Strategy Chart prices don't match My Charts

[bbucha_stk]

Hi I am doing back test and analyzing winners and losers.
I have attached a screen shot of your char created running a back test and my charts.
I question why it entered where it did, but more importantly the price bars dont match.
Its hard to analyze when the bars them selves don't match.
The strategy chart is the chart created by backtest.
Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Thank you for your note.

CAn you please right click on your chart and select reload historical data. Does this bing things back into line?

Also, what data feed provider are you connected too?

Also, as far as your question on your entry will need more information, such as what are your entry logic code?

I look forward to assisting you further.

[bbucha_stk]

Hello,

Thank you for your note.

CAn you please right click on your chart and select reload historical data. Does this bing things back into line?

Also, what data feed provider are you connected too?

Also, as far as your question on your entry will need more information, such as what are your entry logic code?

I look forward to assisting you further.

I am using Zenfire, will do the historical reload and see if that brings data into sync.
The entry issue can discuss once prices line up......

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Sounds good after a reload it should match.

As what you most likely seeing is this with Zenfire:

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

Understanding why chart bars can look different on reload.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[bbucha_stk]

My broker is AMP running Zen-fire as I understand.
I did a right-click on my chart and selected reload all historical data.
I am connected to AMP when I did this.
I see no change from the screen captures I sent you.
As you can see my chart on 11/03 at 7:41 am time frame tops out at 7:45 at 1.4025
On your chart tops out at 1.4020

[bbucha_stk]

Sorry no change in screens

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

The screen capture you sent only has one chart. Can you please send a screen capture that shows both charts.

Also, please verify that you are using the same session template and the same settings in both charts also.

I look forward to assisting you further.

[bbucha_stk]

"Let's say you have a tick (tick "A") with a time stamp of 10:31:00 AM which gets packaged into the 10:32:00 AM bar and happens to be the high of that bar. An hour later, you reload historical data from your historical data provider into NinjaTrader. This process will overwrite the existing data. The 10:32:00 AM bar now looks different since the high made by TICK "A" is now part of the prior bar, 10:31:00 AM. How is this possible?"
So your explanation of why data could look different makes it IMPOSSIBLE to analyze backtesting. It does not make sense that the chart I work from would not have
the same look and feel. I could see if I had done screen captures on one computer and comparing on another, but to load historical data that both my chart and the chart that is created during the backtest should be in sync.

[bbucha_stk]

You said you did not get both charts here is My Chart
Note both charts worked from the same strategy and template.

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,


These are both charts however they are on top of eachother and I can only see one chart. I need to see both the live chart and the backtest chart at the same time so I can compare them. Otherwise I cannot compare them to see what you are referencing.

Thank you.

[bbucha_stk]

Brett you can see both charts in two different replys below, but I did a new image with them side by side. attached.

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Ok your talking about the wicks are missing.

This is due to the background color Black being the same as the wick color : black. This is why you dont see the wick on your live chart.

Please right click goto data series and then click the + next to wicks and change the color of the wicks so you can see them on your live chart so it matches your backtest chart which is white in color.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[bbucha_stk]

Brett
I am not talking about the wicks. Look at the white chart that is the one the strategy created. Look at the high vs the high not even counting wicks is higher.

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Not sure what your referencing here. If you add the wicks please repost the screenshot. As these two charts look identical even the highs.

[bbucha_stk]

So I changed the background color so you could see the attachment better.
The chart on the left is the analyzer with a entry at 1.4015 the top of the candle.
The chart on the right the same candle is at 1.4021 Time 7:41.31 on Nov 3