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Adding Splits and Dividends

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You can automatically update an instrument with historical split and dividend adjustment data from within the Instrument Editor. You can skip step 1 if you have already created a Yahoo connection.

 

Adding Splits and Dividends

To automatically update an instrument with historical split and dividend data:

 

1.Create a connection to Yahoo. See the Connection Guide for more information on creating a free Yahoo account connection.
2.Connect to Yahoo by left mouse clicking on the menu File and selecting the menu item Connect. Then select your Yahoo connection.
3.Open the Instrument Manager by left mouse clicking on the menu Tools and select the menu item Instrument Manager
4.Select the stock that you wish to update with historical split and dividend data
5.Press the Edit button to bring up the Instrument Editor window
6.Select the Misc tab and scroll down to the bottom section Splits & Dividends
7.Press the Update splits & dividends button

 

NinjaTrader will now request historical splits and dividend information from Yahoo! Finance and populate the information in your local database.

 

NOTE: The Update splits & dividends button only appears when connected to a provider (Yahoo) that supports historical splits and dividend data.