There is no market data available to drive the simulation engine.

[N4Apound]

Hello,
I have an IB account and appear to have connected successfully in NT (NT shows "Connected - InteractiveBrokers in green at the bottom left).

However, when I try to place a Market Buy order in NT (Sim101 Account) for "ES 06-16", it times out and is rejected with "There is no market data available to drive the simulation engine."

Also, the Bid, Ask, Last fields are all "n/a" in NT.
When I enter the "ES Jun17'16@Globex" symbol in TWS I can see the data for it.

Even though this is not regular-session hours I expected it to work since it can be traded now.

What am I doing wrong?

[NinjaTrader_EricB]

Hello N4Apound,

Thank you for your post,

To test, please reset your instruments, this will ensure that the internal setting for the instruments are up-to-date with server specifications: Disconnect and go to the Tools menu, select the Options menu item, select the Data tab, and then click on 'Reset Instruments'.

You will need to close and restart NinjaTrader for the settings to take effect.

Let me know if you see the same after taking these steps.

[N4Apound]

Hi Eric,
Thank you for your reply. I followed the Reset Instruments steps but see the same result.
BTW, it is NT 7.

[NinjaTrader_EricB]

Hello N4Apound,

Thank you for your reply, sorry to hear that didn't help.

What version of TWS have you installed? There is specific version needed for use with NinjaTrader. The following link will take you to a page that details the steps required for creating a connection to Interactive Brokers and specific connection configuration information.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/Connectio...n-Guide.php 7.

[N4Apound]

Yes, I set it up per that connection guide and downloaded the TWS install from that guide.

[NinjaTrader_EricB]

Thank you for your reply,

Could you please write in to PlatformSupport[At]NInjaTrader[DOT]Com along with your log and trace files? Please also include a link to this forum post.

You can do this by going to the Control Center-> Help-> Mail to Platform Support.

[N4Apound]

(For benefit of anyone else with the same issue: From the trace file Eric figured out that I had not subscribed to real-time data with IB. Issue solved.)