As NinjaTrader is my primary platform (and also appears to be for many of my readers) I thought I'd add a page to my website with any tips and techniques that I've come across. The intent is to not cover anything that should be obvious from use of the primary toolbar or menu items (such as how to open a chart or create and save workspaces) but rather to share (a) anything that caused me troubles and required a search to find the answer, plus (b) anything cool that I come across but wasn't aware of.
Good Places to Search
If you don't find your answers below, try the following locations:
- Ninja Forum – http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/index.php
- Ninja Support – http://www.ninjatrader.com/Support
- Ninja Training (including basic intro webinars) – http://www.ninjatrader.com/Support#Get-Trained
- Ninja Help Guides & Connection Guides – http://www.ninjatrader.com/Support#Help-Guides
- Ninja YouTube Page – http://www.youtube.com/user/NinjaTraderLLC
Contents
- Restoring an Accidentally Deleted Instrument to the Instrument Manager
- Deleting Replay Data
- Adding Indicators to a Chart based upon Different Timeframes
- Backing up Settings to a Second PC
- Plotting an Indicator Based on Another Indicator
- Using Global Drawing Objects (to display a drawn object across all charts for a particular instrument)
- Using Market Replay
- Futures Contract Rollover
- Adjusting and Customising Rollover Dates
- NinjaTrader Workspace Changer
Restoring an Accidentally Deleted Instrument to the Instrument Manager
When you accidentally delete an instrument from the instrument manager, you can restore it as follows:
- Disconnect from your data provider
- On the Control Center select Tools -> Options
- Select the Data tab
- Press the Reset Instruments button
- Restart NinjaTrader
Note: Any changes you may have made to the instruments settings will be reset to the original defaults.
Deleting Replay Data
- Go to My Documents / Ninja Trader 7 / db / data
- Delete the folders for the dates you wish to remove.
Adding Indicators to a Chart based upon Different Timeframes
Backing up Settings to a Second PC
Plotting an Indicator Based on Another Indicator
Using Global Drawing Objects (to display a drawn object across all charts for a particular instrument)
Using Market Replay
Futures Contract Rollover
Adjusting and Customising Rollover Dates
NinjaTrader Workspace Changer
As much as I love NinjaTrader, there is still much scope for improvement. One of these areas is the awkward way they require us to change workspaces.
Well, here's a fix courtesy of a kind contributor to the Ninja Forums (someone who goes by the username Snaphook I believe!):
Go to the Ninja Forums: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/index.php
Scroll down and enter this page:
Indicators are stored alphabetically, so you'll find it under "W" (currently the last page).
