Import Historical Data and Load It into Charts

[kunwaichun]

Hi, I am brand new to ninjatrader and I am on the demo account.

I have historical data for the S&P and tried to import the data into Ninjatrader.

I have no problem importing it but when I tried to load it New>Chart>Data Series. I do not see the data imported and the chart is just blank.

I already tried connecting/disconnecting to external data feed and used instrument managers for stimulated data feed connection.

Please advise on what to do next.

Thanks!

[NinjaTrader_Brandon]

Hello kunwaichun,
Thanks for your post.
What is the name of the file you imported?
What symbol and expiry are you using to try and access the data?
Additionally, you may want to consider signing up for a demo to get real-time and historical data: http://ninjatrader.com/FreeLiveData

[kunwaichun]

Thanks for your reply Brandon. I already signed up for a demo to get real-time and historical data.

It is an excel file named SPXUSD.CSV

I am trying to create a new symbol named SPXUSD and view 1 minute bars + daily bars in charts.

[NinjaTrader_Brandon]

Hello kunwaichunm,
Thanks for your reply.
Monday please write into platformsupport[at]ninjatrader[dot]com requesting a call so we can remote into your system and see that everything was properly set up to assist further.

[Mateas]

I have the same error.
I tried to load csv and I do not see the data imported.
I think this is a common mistake. Could you fix it?

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hello,

Thank you for your post.

What is the name of the file you imported?
What symbol and expiry are you using to try and access the data?

[Mateas]

In your question i see the answer to my question
The problem was in expiry. I didt think that ninjatrader so smart

[pravin.pmg]

Hi,
I m facing the same problem. i m trying to create historical charts for nifty nse.
i had imported txt file in required format successfully but could not get chart out of it.
pls help.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello pravin.pmg,

Welcome to the NinjaTrader forums!

The historical data text file must have a specific filename format and specific format for the contents.

Below is a link to the help guide.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/importing.htm

For example for the file name I could use
ES 06-20.Last.txt

For the contents I could have:
20200531 211500;1377.25;1377.25;1377.25;1377.25;86

What is the name of the file you imported?
What symbol and expiry are you using to try and access the data?

[pravin.pmg]

Hi,

thanks for reply.

file imported is Nifty 06-20.Last.txt.

yes, content of file is as required. i didnt get expiry point. pls explain.

i am getting an error msg as instrument is not supported by repository.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello pravin.pmg,

Futures have expiry contract months that expire on specific dates. The expiry contract month must be correct for the dates of the data.

With Nifty 06-20.Last.txt, the expiry contract month would be 06-20 (a.k.a. June).
Is this also what is being loaded on the chart?

May I test uploading the file on my end?

Please attach the file with your next post.

[pravin.pmg]

pls find attached file.
understood expiry point. i mean, is there any specific setting to be done for expiry?
otherwise, data is inline with expiry. attached is just sample file created for checking purpose.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickG]

The 'setting' is the naming of the file.