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when to consider buying a live license for AFT

December 24, 2020 by AFT

We care about all our traders and we care to make AFT viable and fulfill our goals to change the way trading is done in the NY Ecosystem:

Live License and when to buy
1)AFT is free forever for sim,demo,replay,backtest
2)AFT Trendometer 30day free trial
3)AFT Indicators used for live trading mode manually in NT
4)Buy if you want to live trading the algo are happy with the system and have spent a good month or so to learn it or are very experienced prior and it all resonates and you know why its a good system for you etc.

To keep the quality and pricing our conditions are these:
1)We do not want new traders gambling and rushing to trade spend money with no need or risk trading funds without it being statistically proven and tenable for them
2)We allow 100% free forever on sim/demo and want traders to really that their time to understand it all and get see a consistent way to use it for their trading
3)We do not want large support overheads either as we want to keep the pricing lean and mean.

So on that basis we want traders to take their time and not rush and then utilize the systems and only when they are 100% sure then consider a purchase and live trading etc. Therefore we only recommend purchasing and really accept an order once Traders are familiar and have a trade plan and are making a profit each month on Sim.

Self Assisted or Assisted Model
Self Assisted: The trader is to engage in self assisted learning with no penalty – that requires no funds or risk, just time.
Assisted: Training and mentoring with Carlos etc. That is not a cheap quick deal that is a quality training investment and might not be within budget,

Our rules we like to follow for granting and accepting an order for go live
A) Month plus – All traders need to spend at least 1 month to gauge the system properly 1 month minimum and are happy with the base trade Turnkey settings or have adapted their own from those provided.
B) Experience count – we can accept an early go live subscription or order etc.
if a trader is Experienced and is making progress enough to be viable for trading.
1) very experienced with NinjaTrader
2) very experienced Trader who understands the system premise and gels with it.
3) PLUS the AFT system all makes sense and is easy and working for them – is viable as a system/technology.

So we need to understand why you have decided to go live, if its to get in depth support and ask for a 1 to 1 zoom to talk or coaching that is not how we work, all traders must spend enough time with it or get coaching to join or are experienced prior.

Support Materials
If there is something missing in the support resources or videos -then we certainly will add them so its a benefit to all traders
So any areas not clear or lacking simply ask and we will provide help center articles and videos etc.

Core Areas you need to know:
https://algofuturestrader.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050383212-AFT7-Session-Open-Breakout-Trading-Basics
https://algofuturestrader.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051476871-AFT7-TrendOmeter-Basics
https://algofuturestrader.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052121312-AFT7-How-to-view-change-account-settings-and-save-your-own-templates-and-workspaces

AFT7 NYSE Session Breakout Trading Micro Futures Workspace Update for March 2021 contract

December 11, 2020 by AFT

The workspaces for Micro Futures have been rolled to the new contract for 03-21. Restarting NinjaTrader with AFT7 installed will automatically download and install into NinjaTrader.
Manual installation is also available from the AFT downloads page

You will need to roll your contracts to the latest and download the data –

For Assistance with NinjaTrader rolling please see here: https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/rolling_over_a_futures_contrac.htm

You may also need to download 8 days of historical tick data: https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/download.htm

Then open the new workspace – close the workspace if you are getting any errors about “unable to find instrument” – roll over the contract and get the data then open the workspace

Visit the AFT Help Desk for more info or submit a support ticket:
https://algofuturestrader.zendesk.com/knowledge/articles/360053590212/en-us?brand_id=360001147331

Guide to get started with AFT7 day trading

November 25, 2020 by AFT

Recommended path for getting started with AFT7

To get started trading with AFT after installation. Focus only on the session breakout workspace, use 1 workspace at a time is the best practice.
Follow the live market and trade from 9.30 NYSE EST for 3 hours or so.
Less is more only trade 1 to 3 signals per instrument per session

Starting out with MES is likely easier than MNQ.
Save your own workspace and edit your preferred stops and targets, settings etc. Start small understand the controls and system features

Trading Tips:
Note the look and feel of days that are successful and losing days
Avoid fear and greed and impatience

When to trade and when to sit out?

Understand when to trade – market directional momentum, price analysis on higher time frames and schedule of market moving events
Accept market price cycles are not your fault or the systems -trending days and choppy range bound consolidation slow days
There might only be 12 to 15 good market days per month and 5 horrendous – so why trade them if you can learn to see them prior or as they trade.
Better to learn to sit out and watch and understand the cycles instead of try to over trade. Record keep a log and note the high probability days and the losing days what was the context and pretext.?
Note the calendar cycle of each new year, quarter, month, week and day – can you use that for higher accuracy.
Use the trendometer and market analyzer to assist and look to trade with correlation for indices of trending confluence rather than a messy market -directionless.

AFT How it works

There are 4 basic ways to trade futures with the AFT system:
manual/semi/fully automated entry mode + automatic position trade exit management:

NYSE Session Open Breakout
Trend Reversal Trading
Manual trade momentum trading
Manual OCO Breakout

Workspace Turnkey settings are provided for that purpose simply install and open the system which appeals most.

24/7 Help Center Support Quick Links
Get installed and setup

Trading with AFT7

AFT Blog Articles and videos

Please take a good look through all and let us know any questions so we can post more support/resources/videos

AFT7 free for Lee Loo Trading Evaluation account day trading micro futures

November 19, 2020 by AFT

AFT7 is 100% free for Lee Loo Trading Evaluation account day trading micro futures. When you pass your evaluation and get funded then AFT7 will required a live trading license.

Live trading licenses can be leased or bought outright – please download the latest version AFT7 2020.11.19.1 to get started trading for free today.

AFT is free for sim forever. To get started trading micro futures for free, risk free trading on the simulator with NinjaTrader Free Trade Platform- with our ready to use turnkey workspaces and settings, simply download your free trading system

NYSE Session Open Breakout Micro Futures Turnkey Workspace live market trading micro futures Video

November 18, 2020 by AFT

AFT7 – How to use the pre-installed Turnkey AFT7 Session Open Breakout Trading system in real-time live market data – 100% risk free on the NinjaTrader simulator.

This demonstration is simply using 3 lots trading Micro Futures #MNQ, #MYM, #MES, #M2K More lots can be added -this is demonstrating really a minimal amount to day trade on small accounts Less is more aiming for about 1 to 3 trade signal operations long or short per session trading from 9.30EST to about 12.30EST Trading this approach 1 to 3 hours is all you need. 3 days per week, some days you might sit out to evaluate the price cycles or higher time frame price analysis or sit on the side then go in when the market correlation and direction is clean and clear.

Please note this all 100% free for sim, demo, replay and practice accounts….!!! Simply download and install AFT7 for free from the website, install connect and trade – open the turnkey ready to trade on sim session breakout system for micro futures indices. When the charts are loaded simply enable for automated trading…

Note there are 2 modes of automated trading. Semi Auto – Limited trading and fully unlimited For more details on this trading methodology and approach please view this article for Session Breakout trading details:

AFT7 FREE for Top Step Trader Practice account trading micro futures

November 16, 2020 by AFT

AFT7 100% FREE for Top Step Trader Practice, evaluation account trading micro futures in the latest release version 2020.11.16.2

To get started simply download your free day trading system from the AFT downloads page.

Top Step Trader

How It Works

#1 Prove you can profit

Demonstrate that you have a winning strategy for the futures market.

#2 Show you can manage risk

Establish consistency with your trading style to prove our capital is safe in your hands.

# 3 Earn a funded futures trading account

You keep the first $5,000 in profits and then 80% after that.

For more details visit https://www.topsteptrader.com/