charting the continuous contract; no execution

[thedude]

Hi, I am new to ninja trader and platforms I have used in the past gave you an option to load, prices into charts for contract only and also would allow you to choose the continuous contract. The continuous contract is very beneficial for seeing long term price action (Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly), very difficult to do this price action analysis on non-continuous data series.

Is there a way to chart the continuous contract? I am not looking to execute from this chart just view it.

Thanks,
T

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Hello thedude,

NinjaTrader automatically merges historical data from previous expiry months if you request enough historical data in the chart ('Days to load' setting in the Data Series menu).

The historical data is merged as per the rollover dates that are setup in NinjaTrader. You can find the rollover dates as follows.

• Please go to Control Center-->Tools-->Instruments.
• Double click the futures instrument and a new window will open with the instrument settings.
• Scroll to the bottom and click in the 'Contract months' field.
• Another new window will open up which will list the expiry months with the rollover dates.