How to best copy NT settings to another computer

[unter821]

Hi,

I am currently moving NT from my laptop to my trading workstation. What is the easiest way to transfer all my user-defined settings (instruments, sessions, charts, etc.) to the trading workstation.

What I would like prevent is to make all the settings once again on the workstation.

Thx, Peter

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Hello Peter,

You can transfer your settings and data using a backup file. Please create a backup file as per the instructions at the link below on your laptop.
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/creating_a_backup_archive.htm

Once NinjaTrader created a backup file, it is located at My Documents-->NinjaTrader Backup as .ntbk file.

Copy this file to the trading workstation at the exact same location; My Documents-->NinjaTrader Backup.

Start NinjaTrader and restore the backup file.
http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/restoring_a_backup_archive.htm

[unter821]

Hi Jason,

Thx worked out fine.

Now my next question: I had on my laptop 6 strategies running on my IB Paper Trading Account. When I try to enable those 6 strategies on my workstation I always do get the following error message in my log window:

Error on calling 'OnBarUpdate' method for strategy 'MacroStrategy/526a51c4622a43f0b69eb6416d83123e': Der Objektverweis wurde nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.

What did I miss?

Best, Peter

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Can you please translate the error to english?


I look forward to assisting you further.

[unter821]

Brett,

Sorry for the delay in my answer...
My translation would be something like this: The object reference did not refer to an object instance.

thx, Peter

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

This is a an error that means you tried accessing an object or a value that does not yet exist.

This is a programming error in the strategy which would require some debugging to find where the error code is.

The only obvious place to look to resolve this is the following, please insure you have this check in your code and that it is sufficient for the ammount of data back you are requesting in your code.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3170

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[unter821]

Hello,

In the process of transferring NT from my laptop to my trading workstation, everything works well except one little thing.

When I enable all currently active strategies within the strategy tab of the control center the output window tells me, that the Script code has run through, but the strategies do not show up in the charts. All necessary charts are open (on the laptop it is working).

Of course I could reopen all the windows an attach there for each chart the strategy once again, but I just would like to understand....Did I loose some link, reference by moving it from one computer to the other?

Peter

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

Peter, the link definitely could've been lost in the transition. The strategies will be exactly the same though with the same settings. You could always just re-create the strategies on the chart if you want the visuals. Please let us know if you have any other questions.

[unter821]

Ok I added the strategies yesterday to the charts once again, seems to work.

Today the next problem: All 6 charts (3 US Bonds, 3 US Indices) I have currently open with the running strategies did not update it's daily bars. From the sessions templates I am using this should have happened at 14:20 for US Bonds and at 15:30 for US Interest Rates. To clarify the last bar I am currently seeing (16:36) are still from Friday (14.1).

Connection 1: Kinetick Real-time
Connection 2: IB

Again on the laptop this worked already fine over the last couple of days.

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Markets are closed today.

[unter821]

Attached the screenshot of the charts with missing bars for today

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Reposting in case you missed my response.

Hello,

Markets are closed today.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

[unter821]

I see...

But, when I start NT today on my Laptop with the same settings as on my workstation bars for the 17th of January (today) show up for the US markets.
If markets are closed no bars should show up on my workstation and my laptop, correct? Why the difference?

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

There is a difference in either your time zone on your PC or laptop and the session template used that is causing this.

Most likely it is the time zone on the PC thats causing this.

[unter821]

No, for both are timezone and session template completely identical I just checked it.

But after restarting Ninja on my workstation I have now bars for 17th for all US markets as well.
So I am getting confused. What should the behaviour of Ninja be on closed market days like today?

And why this difference between a running Ninja (which did not produce bars for today) and a restarted Ninja (which did produce bars for today)? Should not make a difference, correct?

[unter821]

Hello,

With all this problems over the last couple of days, I checked my logfile today and found the following error message coming again and again: "Unable to load server side config file: The operation timed out."

However the Kinetick price connection seems to be ok (green).

This could be the reason for all my bar problems, correct? Could you please tell me, what I can do on this.

Thx

The following user had the same issue:

Hi,
I am using NT 7.20 on Windows 7 and have recently changed my data provider to kinetick. I am running NT7 all week long and only rebooting at weekends, or when I am not in a trade.

I am finding that although the connection to kinetick is fine, market data for certain futures contracts will update for a while and then stop. For example, right now the prices of index futures contracts for Z 09-10, ES-09-10 have not updated since Friday - yet I am connected to kinetick.

Looking at the log (attached), there is an error message "Unable to load server side config file: The operation timed out." Could this be causing the problem?

The most frustrating thing is that apart from missing trades, if I reboot NT7 whilst I am long/short a market, the strategies reset to being 'flat' and don't exit the market even if I am still in a position. Is there a way to avoid this please?

Many thanks in advance,

David

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Sorry for the delay in my response. Very busy around here.

Yes you issues of the bar problem is not this error but simply when data was loaded. On the live connection that was connected all the time the day bars where correct as NinjaTrader was not receiving live data it did not plot any.

On the connection that you started up on that loaded todays daily bar as historical data. What time zone are you located in as it looks like possibly this daily bar is being downloaded for yesterday but due to your time zone is being converted to display as the next day due to your data feeds providers time stamp is what this sounds like.

I look forward to assisting you further.