add daily data to 5 min strategy

[ivanjocic]

Hi,
My strategy runs on 5-min data. Days to load is set to 30 which is quite enough. I want to add an indicator that uses daily data (at least 180 days/bars), but if I load too much 5-min data, than it's extremely slow in starting up everything.

How can I solve my problem?

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello ivanjocic,

Thanks for your post.

Correct, if you need 180 days of daily bar data then that would also mean you would also load 180 days of 5 minute bars.

If your strategy is only reading the current value of the 180 days indicator then an alternative would be to create the indicator such that it outputs the current value to a data file that the strategy could then read as needed. The indicator would still need to be on a chart and if added to a daily bar chart would meet that criteria. Here are links to reference examples using C# steamreader/writer and file I/O:

http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3475

http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3476

http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3477

[ivanjocic]

Thanks for the idea.
It actually might work if I run that way crafted indicator in another chart window set on daily bars.