Why can't I choose any instrument in FX Entry?

[henry.omd]

Hi, according to Help-->Acount, my NT is enabled for AdvancedStrategyManagement, AutomatedTrading, BasicEntry, Charting, SuperDom.

I am currently connected to the free forex.com feed. When I bring up the FX Entry window, the Instrument drop down menu is blank, and the Account selection tab is grayed out. I am not sure about the grayed out part, but not seeing any Instrument seems strange. Would you agree?

-Henry

[NinjaTrader_Josh]

In the instrument dropdown you can just type in what you want. For example type in $eurusd

[henry.omd]

Thanks Josh, I tried typing in $GBPUSD in the Instrument box of the Fx Entry window, and that crashed NT after hanging for about 10~20 seconds. It didn't even give me a chance to dump the log...

[NinjaTrader_Josh]

Does this happen every time for you?

[henry.omd]

Sorry, I haven't tried (afraid to try actually). I would be fine with not having FX Entry feature, if only I can specify stop loss from the main Orders Tab as I create the order.

I am tempted to try to upgrade to the latest release available, but on the other hand, I am afraid of losing my settings, and besides my laziness is starting to get the better of me. If I can just wait till 6.5 release, I think I will just bear with the inconvenience...

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

Add a currency instrument to your Default list in the Instrument Manager.

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/InstrumentLists.html

[_cdf_]

Does this happen every time for you?

I have the same problem.
The program will crash if i choose FOREX symbols in FX Entry window.
Yes, the problem happened every time.

I use IB, and paper trade account,
for a trial purpose.

[NinjaTrader_Josh]

Hi _cdf_,

Please try out Ray's suggestion.

[_cdf_]

Hi _cdf_,

Please try out Ray's suggestion.

Thanks, Josh.

Surely, I had tried the suggestion before the previous post.

May the problem come from IB's paper account?

BTW,
I am hesitating to purchase a license because NJ crashed very often.

[_cdf_]

I have the same problem.
The program will crash if i choose FOREX symbols in FX Entry window.
Yes, the problem happened every time.

I use IB, and paper trade account,
for a trial purpose.

Forgot to say, I use Windows Vista.

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

What version are you using? FX with IB is not supported in NT 6.0.1000.X. You must use NT 6.5 which is in beta.