The featured post image showcases a fully automated algo trading system for the Russell 2000, utilizing the Alpha Bias intraday near and medium-term trend correlation module. This is just one component of the comprehensive system of futures indices I employ for my hedge fund trading. Some features are being integrated into the AT8 system to include a subset of the hedge fund futures portfolio trading system. Traders, we truly trade professionally with this technology. I don’t intend to entice by displaying a real trade with real cash—it’s just another trade picture. However, it illustrates a NYSE daily session breakout fib grid SFG daily short signal taken and traded, using the grid for targets and stops, and the full version of the Alpha Bias Trendometer from which AFT8 is derived. This is a matured trading technology, now being released after years of use and battle-tested in live hedge fund trading with millions of USD in risk capital, utilizing advanced servers and technologies costing around $100K USD annually. Now, it’s being offered in a small form factor for desktop retail trading, allowing you to get started day trading futures with real trading tools for NinjaTrader 8. Trade like a pro with an edge from real trading systems and methodologies—AFT8 will lead the way as the best trading system for NinjaTrader from the MicroTrends hall of fame of trading systems.
Yes, AFT8 will have a similar shape, form, and function, but with more lightweight interactive features, allowing it to be fully or semi-automated. The hedge fund system is 100% algo, which is not suitable for 99% of retail account sizes and preferences. Don’t worry, AFT8 is a smaller, more controllable piece, offered at a small price and free unless you live trade with it. As the original architect and pioneer of hybrid algo trading systems, we will provide features to facilitate easy trading and management of day trading size/small accounts. However, we need time to code and release step by step. The next step is to add the trend correlations as outlined below.
The latest AFT8 Workspace update includes the start of the TrendOmeter Market Analyzer with Daily Fib Grid Values. Net % is meaningless unless you know the typical market net %, which is too much homework and not relevant now—it’s yesterday’s news. We want to see today and the current real-time situation in the live market. With AFT8, we simplify trading and normalize every market as a grid of % with the fib grid. F0% is the open, -F100% is the market bottom, and +F100% is the market top.
By viewing the price as a %, we eliminate the need for the actual price, which is meaningless without knowledge of price levels. The current Fib grid % is key to understanding the market view from a particular session start at 0%. We can apply this to sessions to comprehend the market structure without a chart, understanding the market story from the prior session to now or further back at a glance. Critically, we can grasp the trend correlation and market short-term view—is it a mixed-up, jumbled market, or a moving, trending, directional market with a decisive trend up or down? Identifying these conditions and knowing how to trade them, or when to sit on the sidelines, is crucial to trading a trend from beginning to end. The trend is your friend until the end; let winners run. These clichés are timeless and truly effective.
To get the latest code, it should automatically update after you restart NinjaTrader 8 within one day. However, if you want to manually get the update, you can simply run your installer from your PC again, and it will grab the latest code and installer workspaces. Please visit the Algo Futures Trader downloads page for details.
Traders, all the best with your trading. Drop us a line at support for any feedback or to let us know how it’s going.
Many thanks, Tom.
