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  • NinjaTrader data has the wrong dates

    Sometimes the data loaded from NinjaTrader will have the wrong dates: trading from a Tuesday to a Saturday for example. This is because of the way Ninja Trader handles Timestamps and what time zone yo...

  • How to receive live data from NT

    To receive the data feed from NinjaTrader, first of all you need to set up NinjaTrader. Follow the instructions you will find here. Bear in mind while following those instructions that you want to set...

  • Removing gaps in MT4 historical data

    Occasionally there are gaps in MT4 historical data. This happens because the chart is not uploading correctly.  If these gaps occur within the past few months, it is possible to retrieve the missing d...

  • ST doesn't receive live data from NT with EOD indicator

    When importing live data from Ninja Trader (using the eSignal data feed for example) the most recent data may not load in Sentient Trader. This happens because the indicator in Ninja Trader doesn't re...

  • Problems with MT4 data (Windows 7 & Vista)

    In Windows Vista or Windows 7, MT4 saves historical prices only when you run MT4 as an administrator. This is because of the default permissions that Windows now gives to program folders. There are tw...

  • Error reading data: "0 value closing prices"

    If the software refuses to read an ASCII data file because of 0 value closing prices this is because the data format has been incorrectly defined. It is therefore reading a different field that isn't ...