Where is my imported data?

[Chris001]

So I could not find the appropriate thread category for data loading so I posted this under Installation and Licensing.

I tried loading tick data, merging to kinetick data which I already have. I selected 6C 09-14, I made sure that the file I was importing had the exact same name as the contract in instrument manager, I watched the loading bar in the bottom corner and the dates that were being listed made sense. When completed I was notified that this was successful. Still a new chart or strategy analyzer will not allow be to go back further than what I had for kinetic.

I know there is actual data there as I have already loaded this without merging, but I deleted that and now want to merge it with the kinetic data. I also have tried viewing this data with and without my connection to kinetick, still no luck.

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hello,

Thank you for your post.

Does the data appear within the Historical Data Manager's Edit tab? (Tools > Historical Data Manager)

[Chris001]

I tried looking there, unfortunately that is not feasible. The contract is not subdivided by expiry dates so it is continuous from 2003. Opening that sub-folder is not happening, I tried and ended up waiting for half an hour without it opening, there is just too much data in it. Because this just seems to have too many complications I think I am just going to abandon the idea of merging the Kinetick data with additional historic data. I think I will just load it as a separate made up instrument.

However I think there is something wrong with the data file I was provided but would just like that verified. The 6J contract has a tick size of 0.000001, I am viewing the file in Ultraedit and the decimal place is off. For instance 0.009822 is showing as 0.9822. Is there any way around this on the import or is it a problem that must be fixed with the file? I would like to know before requesting this from the provider or trying to create a macro in Ultraedit to fix this.

On the other hand I could also just deal with the difference in tick size, assigning the instrument tick size to 0.0001, I don`t think there will be a problem with my strategy running off this tick size since I can just copy the strategy and change any tick size references and use this near identical strategy on that data set. Yet I am concerned if there are any indicators that will perform differently on a different tick size, are you aware of any?

One more question regarding backing up my historic data. Seemingly I can only export one data type, per expiry, per contract at a time. Is there a more efficient way to do this or back up all the historic data at once?

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hello,

Thank you for getting back to me.

Please contact me at Support AT NinjaTrader DOT com. In your message please include a link to this forum thread.