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08-02-2009, 10:34 AM
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yahoo historical data connection
Just started using the platform and am trying to connect to yahoo to access the historical data. However when I try and backtest I cannot seem to
access the data....have gone through the connect menu and selected yahoo and entered the parameters for the test but it provides no information when I try and backtest...what am I missing? Thanks in advance |
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08-02-2009, 11:29 AM
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nightcountry, welcome to the forums! Which instrument and timeframe were you trying to access? Please keep in mind the Yahoo connection provides end of day equity data only - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...ricalData.html
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08-02-2009, 01:14 PM
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Hi Bertrand - just wanted to get it up and running...was using the example
sample moving averages and chose intc to try it with a timeframe of two years....the problem is that the information will not populate the window the stategy analyzer opens up for this action..... |
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08-02-2009, 01:17 PM
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Have you tried opening up a regular chart of INTC? Does this populate as expected, please ensure you attempt to create a daily one.
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08-02-2009, 01:31 PM
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Yes when I open up a daily chart of INTC it populates it with current data...
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08-02-2009, 01:53 PM
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Ok great, after this please disconnect from Yahoo and then try backtesting the SampleMACrossOver in offline mode on INTC then.
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08-02-2009, 02:28 PM
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Ok tried that but still won't work....no problem connecting to Yahoo but
no luck with populating the strategy analyser... |
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08-02-2009, 02:44 PM
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Thanks for the reply, do you see any errrors in the log tab of the Control Center? Do you select to run the strategy on a daily chart in the Strategy Analyzer? - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...AStrategy.html
Default would be one 1 min so you would not see any data populated for Yahoo then....
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08-02-2009, 06:30 PM
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It was the one minute setting that needed to be changed to day...while I have you could you tell me how I enter an individual stock as I see on the analyser the es dow and s&p 500 but I don't see where I can enter a stock not on these indices....thanks again for the help |
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08-03-2009, 03:43 AM
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Please click on the + sign to open up the DOW or SP500 instrument lists, then right click on a stock and start your individual backtest.
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08-03-2009, 09:56 AM
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Yes I got that part...its when the stock is not in the existing list...
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08-03-2009, 10:01 AM
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If it's not in the list, right click on 'On the Fly' and enter your custom symbol then.
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08-03-2009, 10:24 AM
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Won't let me - the new button is greyed out....
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08-03-2009, 10:47 AM
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Right click on the 'on the fly' button, select 'Backtest', set your instrument in the 'Data Series' section then. Just click on type 'Stock' and enter the symbol then.
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08-03-2009, 11:43 AM
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Still won't work - am trying UNG - am connected to Yahoo but now even the chart won't populate
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