NinjaTrader Automated Trading by Algo Futures Trader
From the pioneer of hybrid algorithmic automated futures trading for prop firm traders, day & swing traders
This video below shows the turnkey day trading workspace for the NYSE session breakout style of trading with the Automated Trading mode and Semi-Autonomous mode on.
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Trend correlation, both vertical and horizontal, is provided by the Alpha Bias Trend System within the market analyzer. Trend momentum trading data stream is aggregated by the AFT TrendOmeter GUI into a proprietary formula known as the AlphaBias, Confluence, and Average Bias. Unlike traditional technical analysis, this system is real-time and reflects the actual market trend, not a projected or lagging view. This is the current state of price and trend, to be used in real-time.
AFT7 TrendOmeter is a premium product available as a standalone or integrated into the AFT Algo Pro Trader. Please see pricing for details.
AFT TrendOmeter is 100% free for sim and demo trading. Simply download and use a turnkey workspace to see it working. AFT7 Plug And Trade – Install, Connect and Trade
View these links for details of the Automated Day Trading Scalper Turnkey Workspace.
The best traders know that a system is merely a system; it only becomes effective when used at a time that is most suited for its success. In other words, you need to know when to trade and when to use a trading system. We can simplify the market into two states: messy/choppy and directional/trending.
Time-wise, as a regular schedule, the NYSE open is a good time to sit down to trade as statistically, the market has a tendency to move and trend. But it can be anytime for whatever reason that the market becomes in a tradable moving directional state, for example, market-moving events or a self-fulfilling price technical break from a price cycle of consolidation, or merely the fact that big players have an obligation to make money and so are required to create a flowing market where all players can, for a time, win and keep the liquidity and profits flowing. The end result is the same, and we don’t care why or who.
As mere mortals and traders, we want to enter the market, if possible, at the start of this wave and ride it, or to recognize the movement of a good, easy market to trade and sit out the frothy, choppy market. Don’t be fooled by people who want to trade with death-defying stunts. Make life easy and sit out the chaos and look for the easy way. The main danger we have is trading is so easy a lot of times people think this is always the case and will hand it all back. So if we can stay out of danger, that is better.
So with this in mind, the Alpha Bias Trend correlation view of the AFT TrendOmeter and market analyzer view allows us to view and get the story of the US indices by color. Is it all red? Okay, that’s a short play. Is it all green? Okay, that’s long. Is it a mixed-up jumble of colors? Okay, that’s the markets not in sync. Consider the ES as the sun, the center of the solar system, and MYM, NQ, and RTY in orbit. They may indeed go different ways at times. EMD and RTY are, in fact, a good pair to track. NQ will go off and do what it does on the strength of the 25% tech giants, but all at some point will align and move with the ES as it is the world’s global leading indices, so orientate around this, at least consider it.
You might see a scenario of trend arbitrage whereby the NQ, ES, and YM are long above the SFG Session open by a fraction and trending uniformly with the RTY lagging back. Well, that is a setup for a long on the RTY as it crosses to join the gravitational pull of the others, especially easy to spot if the EMD mid-cap has already crossed.
The purpose is to provide more scope and context to trading, to make it higher probability by using the old saying, “The trend is your friend until the end.” Nothing new here; we are just building tools on proven timeless methods for trading and evolving them.
AFT TrendOmeter – Integrated with “AFT Algo Pro Trader”
If you open the supplied turnkey workspaces, then you should see it working alongside the AFT Easy Trader – NinjaBuddy GUI. You can toggle off the toolbar menu.
Realtime TrendOmeter Filter – Multi-Time Frame Trend Filter
Seen below is a chart from the Workspace AFT SFG Breakout Trader-0000A-Generic-Micros with the TrendOmeter Filter set to on for real-time signal filtering based on the trend aggregation of seven time frames and rules for long and short signal execution:
Market Analyzer – Alpha Bias Trend View
Here we can see above in the market analyzer, the overall market US indices trend is largely green/bullish, so we would be more interested in a long. When the market analyzer is too messy/mixed in color, it’s usually best to stay out. What we are looking for is a uniform/confluence of color and market direction: green for long, red for short. A mixed state of color is neutral.
AFT TrendOmeter Standalone – Chart Indicator
You can add the AFT indicator “AFT 200- AlphaBias Trend” to a chart by itself to test.
AFT TrendOmeter is powered by the Market Analyzer – Alpha Bias
From the NT7 control center, open the market analyzer and right-click to load the template:
NOTE: RTY Small Caps Trend Correlation with Mid Caps
If you want to track correlations with RTY, add the EMD mid-cap if you are enabled for that.
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Simply Install, Connect. Learn and practice with ready to use turnkey settings and workspaces for Session Open Breakout trading and Trend Trading reversal and pullback continuation trading. Start NinjaTrader, connect to a futures data feed & open an AFT Turnkey workspace, the trading systems will appear on chart and are ready for simulator trading micro equity Index futures.
Changes to performance after extensive white-box analysis of bottlenecks:
Traffic Light Filter System Changes
Ability to toggle on or off any of the rows of filters on primary, secondary, or tertiary multi-time frame filter system.
Multi Frame Filtering Example
An example chart template has been provided – simply right-click a chart and load template: AFT USAR 1001A-MTF.
Bug Fix
Automatic updates – Bug fixed causing a loop on start of NinjaTrader 7.
How to Install AFT7 Update
Please note AFT7 will self-update on the next start of NinjaTrader 7, or you can manually install via the AFT7 Trading Systems download.
Simply Install, Connect. Learn and practice with ready to use turnkey settings and workspaces for Session Open Breakout trading and Trend Trading reversal and pullback continuation trading. Start NinjaTrader, connect to a futures data feed & open an AFT Turnkey workspace, the trading systems will appear on chart and are ready for simulator trading micro equity Index futures.
Get Started Trading – Install, connect, and trade risk-free simulated trading micro futures with the AFT7 pre-installed turnkey workspaces.
Futures Day Trading Styles include:
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Simply Install, Connect. Learn and practice with ready to use turnkey settings and workspaces for Session Open Breakout trading and Trend Trading reversal and pullback continuation trading. Start NinjaTrader, connect to a futures data feed & open an AFT Turnkey workspace, the trading systems will appear on chart and are ready for simulator trading micro equity Index futures.
A quick video to show the AFT7 Session Open Breakout Turnkey Workspace trading US Equity Index Micro Futures in action. Fully automated trade entry and trade management mode. To do this, all you need to do is install, connect, open the workspace installed into NinjaTrader 7 “AFT SFG Breakout Trader-0000A-Generic-Micros” and set automated trading On.
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We work and evolve/tune these in the live market, and so we release updates. Therefore, any changes you make to the workspace and templates in use can be overwritten, so you can use these as a base and save your own version if you want to change the settings provided.
Simply Install, Connect. Learn and practice with ready to use turnkey settings and workspaces for Session Open Breakout trading and Trend Trading reversal and pullback continuation trading. Start NinjaTrader, connect to a futures data feed & open an AFT Turnkey workspace, the trading systems will appear on chart and are ready for simulator trading micro equity Index futures.
This adjustment is another tweak to loosen the second bracket trail stop and remove the breakeven, which can be manually triggered via the AFT Easy Trader – Ninjabuddy GUI.
AFT will update itself on the next restart of NinjaTrader 7 or can be manually installed from the AFT NinjaTrader Downloads page.
Here we can see the Nasdaq micro futures hitting a daily goal with the wide, loose stop-loss. The system will pause for a period, then allow you to continue trading.
Simply Install, Connect. Learn and practice with ready to use turnkey settings and workspaces for Session Open Breakout trading and Trend Trading reversal and pullback continuation trading. Start NinjaTrader, connect to a futures data feed & open an AFT Turnkey workspace, the trading systems will appear on chart and are ready for simulator trading micro equity Index futures.
