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Ninja Trader Charting

  1. Ninja Trader Setup
  2. Adding a Instrument into Ninja Trader
  3. Configuring ManshiRT for Ninja Trader
  4. Opening a chart into Ninja Trader
  5. Backfill for Ninja Trader

Ninja Trader Setup

The following configuration is needed in Ninja Trader - only once
  • Click on Tools->Options
  • Clcik on Data tab 
  • Check "Save Data as Historical" and "Record for Market Replay"

nt setup

ninja trade setup


Setup the Ninja Trader to receive data from the external feed as below:

nt connect

Add Instrument                                                                                                                    TOP

Click on Tools->Instrument Manager to open the instrument manager

Open Instrument Manager

Click on New button to add the instruemnt

Add Instrument

Enter instrument details:
  • Master Instrument e.g INTC
  • The exchange e.g. Nasdaq
  • Yahoo symbol eg INTC
Clcik on OK to complete the add instrument process
add instrument

To add the instruemnt to the instrument list, do the following:
  • Enter instruement name in the name textbox
  • Click on Search button - it will display the instruments meeting the search criteria
  • Select the instrument and click on <- button to add the instrument to the instrument list
  • Click on to close the instrument manager
add instruemnt

ManshiRT Configuration for Ninja Trader                                                                     TOP

  • Check "Enalbe NT RT Data" 
  • Specify NT Import folder to get the backfill data in NT format which can be imported into Ninja Trader
  • Click on Start button to start the RT data
manshirt configuration

Open Chart in Ninja Trader                                                                                               TOP

Click on  File->New->Chart
open chart

Double click on the instrument name eg INTC
Click on OK to open the chart in Ninja Trader
open chart

Ninja Trader Backfill                                                                                                            TOP

Make sure Ninja Trader has been configured and "NT Import Folder" has been specified. Refer to ManshiRT Configuration section.

Backfill symbols in Manshirt
  • Select symbols in ManshiRT and click on backfill button
  • Select number of days for backfill and click ok
Import Data into Ninja Trader
  • Clicik on tools-> Historical Data Manager
  • Click on "Start Import" button
  • Browse to the NT import folder (eg C:\ManshiRT\NTImportDir as specified in ManshiRT Ninja Trader Seetup)
  • Select symbols for backfill and click on Open to import data to Ninja Trader
  • Reopen chart

NT Backfill

NT Backfill