Date at the Top of Chart

[florida99]

My simple question is what does the date shown at the upper left, top line of the chart, represent and more to the point, when it is not the current date, what does it mean.

I assume it is the chart end date based on available data, correct?

I was connected to a premium data provider and noticed while looking at some minute charts the dates were several days ago and most recent data wasn't painted on the charts. After connecting to a different premium data provider, the charts updated to the the last trading date. I assume the first provider's data may have been offline and not available for chart updating and the old date is based on either what is locally available in my pc or what was available at that time from the first provider?

Thanks for the support! Have a Happy New Year!

[NinjaTrader_RJ]

Hello florida99,

Thank you for your post!

The date in the upper left hand corner of the chart window represents the day the furthest bar in the right hand side of the chart is painted on. So if you scroll the chart back and forth, you will see this date change as you move to another day.

Happy New Year!

[florida99]

Thanks for the response Ray. My question is what happened when connected to the data provider and the chart showed an old date, even though the Data Series End Date is the currect day? I tried Download and Reload and the old date stayed the same. Is the most recent data not being downloaded because it's not available?

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

Yes the date diplayed in the upper left hand corner will be the last date that data is available from the server.