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Old 02-18-2009, 11:41 AM   #1
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Question E-mini continuous symbol for Yahoo daily chart

Hello NT,

I'm trying to connect to free yahoo historical data to download daily data.

I already added Yahoo connection on account connection section but I think I have the symbol wrong or maybe I have something set up wrong?

Is there a E-mini continuous symbol for Yahoo daily chart?

The only one I have is ES 03-09 right do I need to add a continuous ES symbol?



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Old 02-18-2009, 11:52 AM   #2
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Hi,


Unfortunately the ES contract will not be available via Yahoo as they provide EOD data for equities only.


Continuous contracts are available from eSignal and DTN/IQ Feed currently.

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...ricalData.html
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Old 02-18-2009, 08:18 PM   #3
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Thanks Micheal,

I was trying to make a ES daliy chart on yahoo because I have Zen-Fire connection but I can't make a daily chart unless I use 1440 min and I only get about 6 months of data.

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Hello Chon Wayne,

This is as expected, since Zen-Fire does not support historical daily data as you can see at the link below.
http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...ricalData.html
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