If you want to look at charts from months and years gone by, you will need historical data. Some brokers offer it in their trading platform, some as a separate service, and some not at all. For comprehensive historical data, you may wish to consider one of the data vendors in Chapter 13, “The FOREX Marketplace.” Historical data is available online, for download or on a CD. The vendor www.disktrading.com is a good value.
Both the MetaTrader and NinjaTrader platforms offer excellent tools for integrating historical data—and it is an easy task to import additional data, as needed.
The site www.disktrading.com offers historical data preformatted for all the major platforms—a big time saver!
Historical data is the inexpensive approach for developing and testing trading methods, systems, and theories. See the section Market Environments (ME) in Chapter 18, “Improving Your Trading Skills,” for approaches to effectively testing trading methods and systems.
Both the MetaTrader and NinjaTrader platforms offer excellent tools for integrating historical data—and it is an easy task to import additional data, as needed.
The site www.disktrading.com offers historical data preformatted for all the major platforms—a big time saver!
Historical data is the inexpensive approach for developing and testing trading methods, systems, and theories. See the section Market Environments (ME) in Chapter 18, “Improving Your Trading Skills,” for approaches to effectively testing trading methods and systems.
