Free data feed for renko bar backtesting?

[ken20111]

i hv connected free data provider such as yahoo and google, but it seems that they dont support renko or range chart, I wonder is there any free data provider for renko or range bar backtesting?

[NinjaTrader_VinceB]

Hello Ken,

Welcome to our forum and thank you for your post.

Yahoo and Google only provide Daily data to us so Renko and Range bars are not supported. Renko and Range bars are build from Tick data and unfortunately there aren't any supported providers that provide this data for Free.

To see these kind of bars in a chart you would need to have an account with a supported provider that provides this kind of data to us.

Please see here for an overview of our supported providers and what they provide to us:

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

Check under the section 'Understanding the data provided by your connectivity provider'

[ken20111]

hi, thx for your reply, i have tried http://www.backtestdata.com and downloaded the sample of E-Mini S&P 500 Index Future which they claimed supporting range bar.
The sample works in daily chart, but when applied in range chart, it doesn't, I don't know why the y-axis suddenly change to the range of 0 to 0.25, and nothing in the chart, could you tell me why?

[NinjaTrader_VinceB]

Hello Ken,

Can you confirm with backtestdata that Tick data is included in the download sample.

Also, did you download the sample for historical data or market replay data?

[ken20111]

Yes, it included tick data, and it is the sample for historical data, thx

[NinjaTrader_VinceB]

Hello Ken,

Can you tell me to which datafeed provider you are connected so we can test on our end. Check for this in the green colored box in the lower left corner of the control center.

[ken20111]

No, i dont need to connect any data provider when i am using the sample of http://www.backtestdata.com, i just downloaded the sample file and place the db data into ninjatrader folder, for details, pls refer to

http://www.backtestdata.com/community/faq

[NinjaTrader_VinceB]

Hello Ken,

Can you clear out the data, then reload it into the DB file by manual placement. After this ensure that you can bring up the data in the Historical Data Manager under the Tools menu. When it does show up there bring up a Custom Range chart for the data and see if it loads.

Also, please be aware they are not a partner of ours.

[ken20111]

Thx for your help, but it still doesn't work , may be they lied to me, it would not work anyway, so just forget it.

[NinjaTrader_VinceB]

Hello Ken,

What you can do is to contact Portara which is one of partners and they provide data for backtesting as well:
www.portaraninja.com

[ken20111]

thx for your help again, will try it.

[jeffco]

Hello Ken,

What you can do is to contact Portara which is one of partners and they provide data for backtesting as well:
www.portaraninja.com

Vince,
unlike Portara, the other data provider mentioned in this thread "backtestdata.com" is not an official partner of Ninjatrader, right?
I'm asking because I had to find out, that the data from backtestdata was low quality.
Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hello jeffco,

Your understanding is correct - Backtestdata.com is not a NinjaTrader partner.

[ken20111]

Hi Vince,

I have tried http://www.portaraninja.com, but i dont know how to create an account, pls advise. thx

[NinjaTrader_VinceB]

Hello Ken,

What exactly do you mean with 'create an account'? Do you mean an account connection? If so, who is your datafeed provider?
Also, do you have an account with a supported broker?