Importing the SP500 stock list

[1reason]

I can see in my documents where I am supposed to paste the SP500 list but upon reloading NT it does not see that list.

Not sure how to get that list into NT, is there another way??

[NinjaTrader_Chris]

Hello,

NinjaTrader installs with the DOW 30 and NASDAQ 100 instrument lists. You can import additional lists by following the instructions in the link below.
http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/Pre-BuiltInstrumentLists.html

[curtains]

Yes I have the same issue. I copied the Instruments.txt file from SP500.zip into Program Files\NinjaTrader 6\db, but the stocks are not available when NT is restarted. Any suggestions ?

In the 6.5 Beta notes, importing of instrument lists is mentioned as a feature. I've installed this version but can't see how the instrument manager is different to version 6. Could you please help as I seem to be missing something here.....

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

In 6.5 the SP500 is already included in the default database. To import, see File > Utilities

[curtains]

Thanks for the quick reply; I used the utilities list import and it works very well. ;)
However, I still do not see the S&P500 in 6.5; the Instrument.txt (116Kb) contains the SP500 symbols, and the mdb is of smaller size (2124Kb) than in version 6.0 but the instruments & lists that come up in IM are the same in both versions: Indices, Dow, & Nasdaq. I still seem to be having the same problem in 6.5 as in 6.0, namely that the symbols in Instrument.txt are not being imported at startup. Could you please help ?

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

DB is smaller since we have reduced memory usage for storing instruments in 6.5.

In 6.5, Tools > Misc > Reset Instruments --> Does this work?

[curtains]

Yes that's fixed it, thanks!