Algo Futures Trader

Free NinjaTrader Automated futures day trading system

AFT Trader John Video Episode 15 – day trading Nasdaq Futures Market Round Up August week 3

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In this weeks video, Trader John goes through all the trades in the MNQ for the week with the AFT7 Opening Morning Breakout Trader for Ninja Trader 7 (Ninja 8 Beta) AFT7 is free to download and use in sim mode for as long as you want
The AFT onboarding page and AFT Trading Group – discord server, links details below:

You can follow AFT Trader John in the live market each day in our free online day trading group.

AFT Trader John Weekly Trade Roundup Info. Each week AFT Trader John we will be showing a summary of the trades, futures trading systems and methods with Algo Futures Trader automated breakout strategy on the live market using the NinjaTrader Platform. More depth and coverage each week as this new series starts to take shape.

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  • AFT is 100% free forever for sim, demo, replay, back testing, forward testing for all futures
  • AFT is 100% free forever for evaluation trading with Trade2Earn, OneUpTrader, Top Step trader and Lee Loo Trading.
  • AFT License required when NinjaTrader is connected to a real money live account with Global Simulation Mode: Off – Live Trading
    • AFT comes with a free 30 day live trading license AFT Ultimate providing access to all AFT Features for AFT7 and AFT8

Plug and Trade – Turnkey Trading Systems for day trading futures

Simply Install, Connect. Learn and practice with ready to use turnkey settings and workspaces for Session Open Automated Breakout strategy 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.

Automated Futures Day Trader Trend Scalper Turnkey Workspace for AFT7

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Announcing a new Workspace “AFT Trend Trader Scalper-1001A-Generic-Micros” and “AFT Trend Trader Scalper-1001B-Generic-Micros” for Trend Scalping with the TrendOmeter filter system to allow many signal opportunities. This was in response to demand for a turnkey workspace which fits better with multi time frame filter directional bias and TrendOmeter usage. AFT Session Breakout System may have too few trade signals and miss out on too many good trades for some traders. This new day trading futures trend scalper setup will provide many signals per session and allow trading anywhere on the chart up or down without restriction – all filters are off no traffic light filters no trading zone filter – only the optional TrendOmeter filter or user can set long or short bias in realtime- so here is the initial draft and it will be added to the Templates Installer- consider it experimental and aimed at experienced traders who want to use the realtime interactive controls and trade man and machine hybrid automated trading.

FREE Automated future day trading trend scalper trade system
Automated future day trading trend scalper trade system turnkey setting – ready to sim trade out the box

AFT Scalper is setup as a very clean chart to show the USAR On chart Signals below, here in this screenshot we can see the realtime live market traders taken on the sim in a realtime test

AFT Trend Trader longs all winners – no shorts taken – trendometer in action – super clean chart look and feel for trend scalpers
AFT Trend Trader Scalper all long winners no loser demo day trading equity micro emini futures

The latest AFT7 Workspace version is now 2021.6.7.1, the main program AFT7 version is now 2021.5.25.4 and in most cased should automatically update when NinjaTrader 7 is restarted however some antivirus might prevent this occurring. To manually update your AFT7 to the latest version version simply visit the AFT downloads, download & run the AFT7 Universal Installer or you can simply run the AFT7 Templates Installer to select additional options.

WARNING Please note running the universal installer will close all NinjaTrader platforms running on your PC including NinjaTrader 8, if running. Running the AFT7 Settings installer can be done with NinjaTrader running it will not affect it.

AFT7 Futures Automated Trend Trader Scalper Trading System Turnkey Workspace “AFT Trend Trader Scalper-1001A-Generic-Micros”

For Installation help for AFT7 please visit the AFT Quick Start help guide

Plug and Trade – Turnkey Trading Systems for day trading futures

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.
  1. Get NinjaTrader & a datafeed
  2. Download & install AFT
  3. Get started day trading with AFT
 

AFT7 Trend reversal pullback and continuation day trading turnkey workspace update for June 2021

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Due to popular demand amidst working on AFT8 we have found time to revamp the AFT7 Trend Reversal Turnkey workspace “AFT Trend Reversal Trader-1000A-Generic-Micros” this can be installed and accessed from the NinjaTrader 7 control center > File > Workspaces.

Enhancement for entry signals trend reversal or on a pullback price break – at any point on the chart without restriction excepting session time filters. This means you can set a bias long and short or trade with a directional bias filter using the TrendOmeter AlphaBias system. Higher Time Frame Price Analysis workspace is also available in the templates installer.

The latest AFT7 Workspace version is now 2021.6.2.5, the main program AFT7 version is now 2021.5.25.4 and in most cased should automatically update when NinjaTrader 7 is restarted however some antivirus might prevent this occurring. To manually update your AFT7 to the latest version version simply visit the AFT downloads, download & run the AFT7 Universal Installer or you can simply run the AFT7 Templates Installer to select additional options.

WARNING Please note running the universal installer will close all NinjaTrader platforms running on your PC including NinjaTrader 8, if running. Running the AFT7 Settings installer can be done with NinjaTrader running it will not affect it.

AFT7 Turnkey Workspace – AFT Trend Reversal Trader-1000A-Generic-Micros

For Installation help for AFT7 please visit the AFT Quick Start help guide

Plug and Trade – Turnkey Trading Systems for day trading futures

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.

  1. Get NinjaTrader & a datafeed
  2. Download & install AFT
  3. Get started day trading with AFT

 

AFT7 update for market analyzer performance issue fixes

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AFT7 was updates as part of maintenance after reports of a slow down in performance around the NYSE session open – the NinjaTrader 7 would become unresponsive. Optimization development was made to the USAR indicator and USAR OSC which are used within the AlphaBias Market Analyzer which powers the AFT7 Trendometer. Chart loading time and overall smoother performance has been reported since the corrective development.

AFT TrendOmeter Integrated with Easy Trader
AFT TrendOmeter Integrated with Easy Trader – as found in the Turnkey workspaces installed

The latest AFT7 version is now 2021.5.25.4 and in most cased should automatically update when NinjaTrader 7 is restarted however some antivirus might prevent this occurring. To manually update your AFT7 to the latest version version simply visit the AFT downloads, download & run the AFT7 Universal Installer. Please note this will close all NinjaTrader platforms running on your PC.

AFT7 version can be located in the properties of each component or in the AFT7 Easy Trader User Info panel

To see what version of AFT7 you are running please see this screenshot which shows two places to identify the AFT7 version you are running.

For Installation help for AFT7 please visit the AFT Quick Start help guide

Plug and Trade – Turnkey Trading Systems for day trading futures

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.

  1. Get NinjaTrader & a datafeed
  2. Download & install AFT
  3. Get started day trading with AFT

 

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

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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

Plug and Trade – Turnkey Trading Systems for day trading futures

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.

  1. Get NinjaTrader & a datafeed
  2. Download & install AFT
  3. Get started day trading with AFT

 

Guide to get started with AFT7 day trading

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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

Session Breakout Trading info
https://algofuturestrader.s3.amazonaws.com/AFT-Trade-Plan-System-Rules.pdf
https://aftwebprod1.wpengine.com/us-equities-session-open-micro-futures-day-trading-system-basics/
https://aftwebprod1.wpengine.com/session-breakout-micro-futures-templates-settings-update-v20201019/
https://aftwebprod1.wpengine.com/nyse-session-open-breakout-micro-futures-turnkey-workspace-live-market-trading-micro-futures/

TrendOmeter/Market Analyzer
https://aftwebprod1.wpengine.com/aft7-trendometer-alpha-bias-trend/

Change account and save your own workspaces/Settings
https://aftwebprod1.wpengine.com/aft7-how-to-edit-and-save-your-own-templates-and-workspaces/
https://aftwebprod1.wpengine.com/aft-trade-management-settings-adjustment-trail-stops-and-breakeven/

OCO Breakout
https://aftwebprod1.wpengine.com/non-farms-payroll-oco-breakout-trading-micro-futures-with-aft7/

Modes of Trading
https://aftwebprod1.wpengine.com/aft7-hybrid-automated-entry-day-trading-micro-futures/

Performance Tips
https://aftwebprod1.wpengine.com/ninjatrader-performance-tips/

24/7 Help Center Support Quick Links

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

Plug and Trade – Turnkey Trading Systems for day trading futures

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.

  1. Get NinjaTrader & a datafeed
  2. Download & install AFT
  3. Get started day trading with AFT