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CanOz said:
Well i had my first trade on the mini Dax, a successful 19 points...executed with IB's Dom though. Can't get the symbol into NT yet, there is no difference in the symbol, just the multiplier....anyone got a clue here...?
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here you go -

http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=79693

although i did everything required, I couldnt get it to download any data into nt as yet.

only had one go at it, will look at it again later.

cheers ms

edit - so worked it out i believe - when you are in misc tab and entering in symbol map for IB, you need to put in DAX|||5.

the symbol map for big dax in nt for ib is DAX|||25.

just tried as above with mini dax and i know have data.
 
Market Sniper said:
here you go -

http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=79693

although i did everything required, I couldnt get it to download any data into nt as yet.

only had one go at it, will look at it again later.

cheers ms

edit - so worked it out i believe - when you are in misc tab and entering in symbol map for IB, you need to put in DAX|||5.

the symbol map for big dax in nt for ib is DAX|||25.




just tried as above with mini dax and i know have data.
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Wow, this is great, thanks MS.

My first fill had one tick slippage on a break higher, not bad considering i get at least 2 ticks normally ifs it volatile....
 
Market Sniper said:
here you go -

http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=79693

although i did everything required, I couldnt get it to download any data into nt as yet.

only had one go at it, will look at it again later.

cheers ms

edit - so worked it out i believe - when you are in misc tab and entering in symbol map for IB, you need to put in DAX|||5.

the symbol map for big dax in nt for ib is DAX|||25.

just tried as above with mini dax and i know have data.
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Did you actually change your instrument for the big Dax as well? I changed that and can't get data for it now...
 
Can anyone show me exactly what the instrument looks like on their instrument manager for NT with the IB symbol?

Today my Dom that was set on FDXM got me into more than one full size Dax trade. I can't figure out what went wrong but needless to say i blew out my risk. Totally p***ed .... This instrument must not be setup or ninjatrader is not handling it correctly.
 
CanOz said:
Can anyone show me exactly what the instrument looks like on their instrument manager for NT with the IB symbol?

Today my Dom that was set on FDXM got me into more than one full size Dax trade. I can't figure out what went wrong but needless to say i blew out my risk. Totally p***ed .... This instrument must not be setup or ninjatrader is not handling it correctly.
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Here's how I setup NT8 CanOz:

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CanOz said:
Thats great Chris, thanks. What does the big Dax setup look like now?
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Basically I left everything the same except for the Interactive Brokers symbol; l I changed it too DAX|||25
The rest I'll leave to be updated in the next software update.
 
Nah this is seriously up the sh*tter....
 

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Market Sniper said:
Did you get this thing going??

I have not had another look at it since the other night.
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Nah, not yet, i've got some help from a member here and the ninja crew....they've looked at log and trace and can't figure it out yet. NT has asked for my db...
 
CanOz said:
Nah, not yet, i've got some help from a member here and the ninja crew....they've looked at log and trace and can't figure it out yet. NT has asked for my db...
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There's always ... QTrader.





















(Joking)
 
My NT instrument is clearly not right, these are my trades on the big dax today (sim) and you can clearly see i had the thing on a leash (78 points), yet my P/L has not a single winning trade....

I successfully traded the mini on my IB TWS but not connected to NT. I wish it has been as successful as my sim trades on the big dax....not near so (34 points net).
 

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Ha Ha, great snap, but you know they make hearing aids that are a little easier to get around with these days.
 
Ya gotta be impressed with the boyz. When they wanna move something they just do. Lovely offer stuffing all the way down hey..... :xyxthumbs
 
Trembling Hand said:
Ya gotta be impressed with the boyz. When they wanna move something they just do. Lovely offer stuffing all the way down hey..... :xyxthumbs
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Yeah, really phenomenal....lol....and now for the opposite reaction....
 
Regarding the FDXM - the new Dax mini and Ninjatrader/IB

Basically there is a bug and the team are working on it, however i have been told by their support that the solution will only be implemented in NT8, not 7. This is disappointing as i still use NT7, at least until Rancho and Jigsaw are fully compatible with NT8 anyway....or i get my butt moved and start using TT!

NT forum
 
Thought I'd update here what's been happening, trading the DAX via CFDs through CMC markets, it's actually a pretty neat setup and really cheap to trade pretty much anything so it'll do for now, one massive flaw is that because their "platform" is web-based, you can't have multiple screens with charts everywhere, I have found a way around it at least for 2 screens because you get a demo account with your live account so I'm logged into both in two different windows and having more charts up that way, at least so I can keep an eye on indices that line up with the dax etc.

So I have over quadrupled my account now, which has then enabled me to trade fully relaxed, boy it makes a difference when I'm trading with money that I'm not fussed about losing. So things are going well, some of the profits have gone towards a couple of Dell 24" monitors, which are great(super rewarding getting things with the profits you make from trading!), as well as my two 22" monitors, next will be a 4 monitor stand so I can have them all in front of me, Matrix/Swordfish style :xyxthumbs

I haven't been trading every night at all, I've maybe done a total of a week and a half's worth of trading time in the last couple months, been pretty flat out with my day job and sometimes am a bit knackered after getting home(what is it, Christmas time or something?!), plus I have just been waiting until it's super obvious to me before I get in a trade, which has helped too.

So the plan is coming together, will probably go back to futures at some point, but things are plodding along nicely for now, tell you what it's hard to stay motivated at my day job though when I make a fortnight's wages the night before! But I guess that's a pretty good problem to have :D

Just happy to be having some consistency and much more relaxed about it all now and getting some confidence, thought I'd post this update in case people thought it all fizzled out and I was floating up **** creek or something, things are good! :)

Hope you're all trading well! :xyxthumbs

Over & out!
 
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