Bad Data Feed from FXCM

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Hello,



I wonder what happening with Data feed received from FXCM. Today is 3 July but the
Daily bar it showing the 1 July day. Why is so different ? In MetaTrader 4, the same datafeed from FXCM is displayed correctly but not in NinjaTrader ? Why ?

And also I would like to know why so much gaps between daily bars ? On FXCM MetaTrader 4 server, there are few gap between daily bars but NinjaTrader8 has almost double of such gaps. Why ?

Is there any way to prevent/correct this abnormality in NinjaTrader 8 ?

[NinjaTrader_PatrickG]

I cannot recreate this behavior on my end with an FXCM connection.

Does the issue persist if you right-click and select 'reload all historical data'?

If so, right-click on your chart > Data Series > What is your 'trading hours' template? If you change this to 'Default 24/7' then select 'OK', does the issue persist?

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I cannot recreate this behavior on my end with an FXCM connection.

Does the issue persist if you right-click and select 'reload all historical data'?

Yes, reloaded all historical data and no change

If so, right-click on your chart > Data Series > What is your 'trading hours' template? If you change this to 'Default 24/7' then select 'OK', does the issue persist?

It was <Use instrument settings> . I selected "reload all historical data" and no change.
Then I changed to "Forex" trading hours, reloaded all historical data, no change made.
WoW 24x7 template work. Now, NinjaTrader display correctly like the data feed from FXCM on MetaTrader 4 . Can you tell me what happen? ?

Thank you very much !

[NinjaTrader_PatrickG]

The most likely culprit is that your cache data is corrupt.

To delete the cache, follow the steps below.

• Shut down NinjaTrader.
• Open the Documents > NinjaTrader 8 > db folder.
• Delete the sub-folder named 'cache'.
• Restart NinjaTrader, switch the trading hours template back to '<use instrument settings>' or 'Forex', and test.

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The most likely culprit is that your cache data is corrupt.

To delete the cache, follow the steps below.

• Shut down NinjaTrader.
• Open the Documents > NinjaTrader 8 > db folder.
• Delete the sub-folder named 'cache'.
• Restart NinjaTrader, switch the trading hours template back to '<use instrument settings>' or 'Forex', and test.

I did that. Deleted the cache reloaded history with different trading hours, no result. Only 24x7 work correctly.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickG]

The Forex trading hours template runs from 5PM to 5PM Eastern US time.

What is your PC clock's time zone?

What time zone is set within NinjaTrader under Tools > Options > General?

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The Forex trading hours template runs from 5PM to 5PM Eastern US time.

What is your PC clock's time zone?

What time zone is set within NinjaTrader under Tools > Options > General?

I am using UTC + 2 Athens Bucharest . I can't explain why such erroneus display of bars.

Just uninstalled completely NT8, deteled entire Folder NinjaTrader located in Documents
and made a clean install. I only saved the templates, configuration and workspaces so later
I just imported them in the clean install . Also I am using a different demo account for
data feed from FXCM, but the results are same. Something is bad here .

[NinjaTrader_PatrickG]

Please conduct the same test except make sure to change your PC clock to Eastern US time before installing NinjaTrader. Let me know the results of this test.

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I did as you said, with no result :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0V4M7TLVHY

[NinjaTrader_PatrickG]

Your dailt chart displayed a time stamp of July 12th while your PC clock displayed a date of July 11th. This is expected. I'll explain why:

• The session templates you used were all set to Eastern US time
• Your PC clock and NinjaTrader were both set to Eastern US time
• The session templates all have a end day/time for the next day. For example, the 'Forex' template goes from 5PM to 5PM the next day. The 'Default 24/x' templates go from midnight to midnight the next day.
• NinjaTrader stamps a bar with the closing time of the bar. All end times of the trading hours templates you're using have an end/closing time of the next day
• Therefore, it is expected that a daily bar with a closing time of tomorrow would display a date for tomorrow.

You could alter this by changing the end time of your trading hours templates to 11:59PM, or choosing a time zone which is before Eastern US time. For example, I am using the Mountain US time zone for my PC while leaving the Default 24/7 template as Eastern US time. Mountain US time (UTC-7) is 2 hours earlier than Eastern US time (UTC-5). This means my daily bars go from 10PM to 10PM local (midnight to midnight Eastern US time) and display a timestamp of 'today'.

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Your dailt chart displayed a time stamp of July 12th while your PC clock displayed a date of July 11th. This is expected. I'll explain why:

• The session templates you used were all set to Eastern US time
• Your PC clock and NinjaTrader were both set to Eastern US time
• The session templates all have a end day/time for the next day. For example, the 'Forex' template goes from 5PM to 5PM the next day. The 'Default 24/x' templates go from midnight to midnight the next day.
• NinjaTrader stamps a bar with the closing time of the bar. All end times of the trading hours templates you're using have an end/closing time of the next day
• Therefore, it is expected that a daily bar with a closing time of tomorrow would display a date for tomorrow.

You could alter this by changing the end time of your trading hours templates to 11:59PM, or choosing a time zone which is before Eastern US time. For example, I am using the Mountain US time zone for my PC while leaving the Default 24/7 template as Eastern US time. Mountain US time (UTC-7) is 2 hours earlier than Eastern US time (UTC-5). This means my daily bars go from 10PM to 10PM local (midnight to midnight Eastern US time) and display a timestamp of 'today'.

Patrick, I am talking about the fact that 24x7 trading hours template reveal 2 candles on daily timeframe, and that is ok,
While 24x5 trading hours template reveal one single candle and that is wrong, no matter the timezone used

[NinjaTrader_PatrickG]

The video shows that the 'Default 24/5' template starts the display with a Monday bar (July 11th end time stamp). The 'Default 24/7' template shows the Sunday bar (July 10th end time stamp).

This is expected.

The 'Default 24/5' template does not contain a Sunday session, so it is expected that the Sunday daily bar would not display when using that template.

Keep in mind what I discussed in my previous post about the time stamp behavior of NinjaTrader.

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The video shows that the 'Default 24/5' template starts the display with a Monday bar (July 11th end time stamp). The 'Default 24/7' template shows the Sunday bar (July 10th end time stamp).

This is expected.

The 'Default 24/5' template does not contain a Sunday session, so it is expected that the Sunday daily bar would not display when using that template.

Keep in mind what I discussed in my previous post about the time stamp behavior of NinjaTrader.

Patrick, please, explain with more details. I am unable to configure the trading
hours template. I did already what you said in the post regarding timestamp but there is no result

I want to create a trading hours template starting from Monday Night till Friday Night. That's all ! 5 days/week , 1 week.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickG]

Forex markets trade on Sunday. The candle that your charts are missing when the 'Default 24/5' trading hours are applied is the Sunday daily candle. This is expected because you have specifically excluded that day in your trading hours template (Monday-Friday only).

If you want to see this data, I would recommend using the' Default 24/7' trading hours template.

If you want your daily bars to be time stamped with the current day, then you'll want to change the end time to 11:59PM.

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