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AFT8 Update release v20230522

May 22, 2023 by AFT

Automated trading system controllers

AFT8 Update Released: AFT8 Version 2023.5.22.1.
This is the last planned release before the official release. We need to assess feedback from users prior to rolling out the official RC1 version. Download AFT8 here

AFT8 Update Screenshot

Notes:
1) Workspaces were pruned down to make it easier, and templates are “lite” by default via removal of high-intensity CPU memory market grid for trendometer. The two tested working turnkey workspaces are: Turnkey Workspaces – semi/fully modes can be implemented.
Baseline versions for manual, semi-auto hybrid trading, and fully automated testing/tweaking to your tailor-fitted versions.
a) AFT8-SFG Breakout Trader-0000A – multi-time frame view, one instrument.
b) AFT8-SFG Breakout Trader-0000B – most popular four instrument view.
c) AFT8-Trend-Scalper-1000A – Proof of Concept version requires manual semi/auto hybrid use only, multi-time frame – this would probably benefit from the AWT API link in time.

AFT8 Workspace Screenshot

2) Algo entry and Algo trade manager were split into two parts – this allows one or many algos on the same account and instrument, and one or many trade managers on one account instrument, allowing quick switching of modes of use or blending combinations and rules.

Algo Entry and Trade Manager

3) The Keltner FibGrid – we evolved a classic by combining our proprietary “Fib Grid” into a Keltner band so the grid is moving and anchored to the mid band. This can be seen in workspace “AFT8-Trend-Scalper-1000A”. For those traders experienced with divergence, you can see some setups at the extremes as well as other patterns and trend bias filtering.

Keltner FibGrid Screenshot

4) Trade Manager – the trailing stops have been reworked so that lastTrailstop has the same parameters available as the initial trailing stop. Also, the layout and grouping have been reworked, plus additional functions for exits and filter control from the algo controller GUI in real-time.

Filed Under: AFT8, Algo Futures Trader, NinjaTrader 8 Tagged With: AFT8 Release, AFT8 update, aft8release, AFT8Update, Release, Updates

Session Fib Grid Trend Power bias and Signal Age explained

October 21, 2022 by AFT

USAR Trend Bias and Signal Age

So, what are these numbers and where do they come from?

AFT8 TrendOmeter Grid
AFT8 TrendOmeter Grid for the NinjaTrader desktop trading platform – multi-session, multi-timeframe technicals, and trend correlations.
  • Fib Grid is a map/contextual view of the market, with price normalized as a percentage. This is an adaptive formula computed at the session start. Price moves within the grid, which is static all session. 0% is the open, F100% is the projected high, and -F100% is the projected low.
  • Trend Bias Power is a non-lagging real-time expression of the current trend/force. It is a volatility dynamic calculation on each market data change. Price moves within the grid of bands during the bar – 0% is the band, 100% is the outer volatility bands.
  • Signal Age marks when the trend began and if it’s valid or invalid, also known as a “black hole.”

TrendOmeter runs in the NT8 market analyzer and is aimed at high-spec, low-latency gaming desktop PCs and laptops, as it will lag up NinjaTrader 8 and slow down data processing on the system. AFT comes with lite workspaces to avoid this issue, and users can also use the AWT TrendOmeter system, which is lag-free and is a far more sophisticated system for web, desktop, and mobile. AFT8 will link via an API to AWT to allow filtering and signals off AWT.

Alpha Web Trader - TrendOmeter
Alpha Web Trader – TrendOmeter provides a lag-free aggregated instrument and multi-timeframe vertical and horizontal view of the market.
AlphaBias
https://alphawebtrader.com/alphabias shows the trend bias power and the Signal Age view in one screen.

AWT Advanced TrendOmeter is lag-free and will not slow down the PC or NinjaTrader. https://alphawebtrader.com/trendometer TrendOmeter here is showing 13 timeframes using Trend Bias Power. These timeframes are actually aggregations of related instruments and other timeframes combined from around 25 time series and different measurement studies. It is a pivot of the AlphaBias view: https://alphawebtrader.com/alphabias. AWT aggregates instruments such as SPY, VOO, IVV into one stream and aggregates the technicals for TrendOmeter and AlphaBias, so it would use the parent instrument, e.g., SPY, as the display. ES, SP, MES, for example. AWT also uses its own data stream and analytics engine, so it’s roughly equivalent to what you can see in AFT but never exact. AWT shows us breadth and depth based on correlations.

Trend Bias Power and Signal Age
Trend Bias Power and Signal Age provide a 2D view of the trend. The signal age shows trend start and when the trend is invalid as a black hole.

Trend Bias Power % In the chart of the 720min with the USAR indicator, we can see the mid-band is 0%, the upper band 1 is +100%, and the lower band 1 is -100%. Price moves from the mid-band out, so we can normalize price as a percentage. The bands are volatility intervals from the band, so it moves and adapts with the market price cycles of range. TSI/TA comes from this. Trend Bias Power is similar to the Fib Grid in some parts based on volatility and the relation of price within, but it is calculated and moves with the market on each bar. The Trend Bias Power % band could be any number of technical studies. Some examples typically for Moving Averages we use 20, 21, 34, 55 SMA, EMA, WMA with a 1 ATR band to define the 100% above and below -100%. For USAR, we use 1ATR, 1.25, 1.5, and 2.0 with a 1ATR volatility band to define the 100% zone. AFT8 focuses on USAR, Keltner wave, and MA Bands in the AFT8 indicators. Our measurements TA% and TSI come from Trend Bias Power.
Signal Age measures when the trend started and how old it is. SA% comes from this, etc. A black hole is where the signal, for example, is short when the trend first began, but if the trend is contra trend signal direction and it is losing, then it is an invalid trend and marked as a black hole. It could mean the system is transitioning and reversing or in a pullback. So we can focus on the confluence of winning valid trends and ignore or wait for the black holes to go green or red. A mixed view would be green, black, and red. A significant trend direction would be all one color.

Session Fib Grid
Session Fib Grid is a map of the monthly, weekly, or daily sessions with price normalized as a percentage, calculated at the start of each session and fixed.

Fib Grid is a map of the market with price normalized as a percentage, computed at the session start. Price moves within the grid. Fib Grid’s 0% stays static, whereas the Trend Bias’s 0% moves as the anchor point, typically some kind of band average moves with price. SFG uses the daily, weekly, monthly typical ranges usually above and below, but it can use different. So 0 is the open, +100 is the projected high, and -100 is the projected low. Other fib numbers are put in as intervals and no trade zone, and the rest is just statistical.

Trend Bias Power, Signal Age, and Session Fib Grid combined give a good view of the session price position and the trend flow, etc. So now we can move away from the old, stuck-in-the-mud classical lagging systems and start to build a 3D view, especially with other related instruments and order/speed, and so on. Get started 100% free until you decide with AFT Trading System.

Filed Under: AFT8, Algo Futures Trader, NinjaTrader 8 Tagged With: Session Fib Grid, Signal Age, Trend Bias Power

VIP Trading Group Live Market Trade Along

October 22, 2021 by AFT

Futures day trading algo trade signals server live market trading and streaming

ATS VIP Trading Group Live Market Trade-Along

Enter the ATS Trading Zone for focused, high-value live market information, AI-powered analysis, professional trading context, and practical education based on the ATS hybrid trading methodology.

The ATS VIP Group is designed for active VIP traders and approved trialists. It focuses exclusively on trading, technical analysis, market intelligence, trade planning, and performance improvement without the distraction of technical-support or general forum discussions.

Group content combines the experience of the ATS system inventor and trader with the ATS AI Trade Copilot, live market data, AWT technical tools, algorithmic chart streams, and merit-based trader statistics.

The path to success is Stoic Trading Focus: follow the process step by step without chaos, rushing, fear, greed, or emotional decision-making.

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ATS VIP Group Access

  • VIP Elite members: View access throughout the VIP server with posting access in designated areas, including 💬 general and 🏆 trades-n-stats.
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  • Expired access: Members without an active subscription, renewal, trial, or qualifying license may be removed automatically by the ATS Bot.

The ATS group ecosystem includes the Algo Trading Systems Support Group, ATS VIP Trading Group, Algo Signal Trader VIP channels, and Alpha Trader News resources. The VIP Trading Group is the focused live-market environment.

Focused Daily Group Content

Trading Zone content is refreshed daily and may be automatically deleted after approximately 24 hours. This keeps the group focused, current, and easy to review during active trading hours.

  • 💬 general: ATS trading methods, educational discussion, trader observations, and relevant market conversation.
  • 🏆 trades-n-stats: Trading statistics, trade reviews, performance examples, educational posts, and merit-based trader contributions.
  • Technical support: Licensing, installation, billing, and troubleshooting questions must be submitted through the ATS Help Center rather than posted in the VIP trading channels.

Support posts placed in trading-only channels may be removed, and repeated misuse may result in temporary posting restrictions.

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Monday to Friday from 7:15 AM CT

  • 📅 Economic News: Scheduled economic events, high-impact releases, and important market timing.
  • 📰 Market News: Relevant headlines, earnings, geopolitical developments, and catalysts affecting the session.
  • 🌡️ Sentiment: Broader risk sentiment, institutional context, volatility, and market positioning.
  • 📈 Higher-Time-Frame Technicals: Important levels, gaps, trends, support, resistance, correlations, and directional context.

Trading Zone from 8:15 AM to 11:00–11:30 AM CT

  • AI Trade Copilot daily welcome and trading-focus reminder.
  • Market Radar covering the instruments and conditions most relevant to the session.
  • Economic news, market news, earnings, sentiment, and higher-time-frame analysis summaries.
  • Pre-session commentary before the New York equity-index futures open.
  • Intraday commentary as market structure, momentum, volatility, and correlations develop.
  • AWT technical information, market context, and educational explanations.
  • Enriched algorithmic signals with supporting filters and market context.
  • Session Breakout methodology observations and the recurring 10:00 AM CT Jiggle pattern when applicable.
  • ATS Trade Coach educational posts during the live market session.

VIP Elite members and approved trialists receive view access to the Trading Zone. The principal live commentary is delivered by the ATS system inventor and supported by the ATS AI Trade Copilot.

🎓 Trade Mastery During the Live Session

Additional educational information may be posted throughout the session to demonstrate the principles and practical application of the ATS Session Breakout hybrid trading methodology.

The objective is not to copy trades blindly. Traders learn how to combine algorithmic signals, automated trade management, market context, higher-time-frame analysis, AWT confirmation tools, disciplined risk management, and human decision-making.

Trade Goal: Maximize profit potential while minimizing drawdown, risk, and emotion.

New York Session Open Market Focus

The primary focus is the New York session open for U.S. equity-index futures and Micro futures, including the Nasdaq, S&P 500, Dow, Mid-Cap, and Russell 2000 markets. Oil, gold, Bitcoin, and other correlated markets may also be referenced when they provide useful context.

The flagship trade plan focuses on Session Breakout trading, with particular attention given to ES, NQ, EMD, and RTY market structure, gaps, correlations, momentum, volatility, and algorithmic trade opportunities.

The ATS Five-Step Session Breakout Approach

  1. Prepare before the open: Be at the trading desk before 8:15 AM CT and review economic news, earnings, market headlines, and scheduled volatility events.
  2. Review the major indices: Examine overnight price action, higher-time-frame structure, previous-session levels, and pre-market gaps across the principal U.S. equity indices.
  3. Establish market context: Determine whether the indices, gaps, trends, and sentiment are aligned, mixed, or diverging.
  4. Confirm with ATS tools: Use AWT technicals, correlations, market bias, algorithmic signals, and the ATS AI Trade Copilot to evaluate the opportunity.
  5. Trade the planned session: Focus on qualified opportunities from the 8:30 AM CT cash-session open through approximately 11:00–11:30 AM CT while following the trade plan and defined risk limits.

Live Market Algorithmic Trading Stream

The ATS live stream displays real-time algorithmic server charts, market signals, and baseline trade-management examples in simulation accounts. The stream provides a transparent market reference that traders can observe alongside their own ATS workspaces and trading plans.

Typical streaming availability runs from approximately Monday at 7:00 AM CT through the Friday market close, subject to holidays, maintenance, connectivity, and market conditions.

  • Real-time algorithmic server charts for key futures markets.
  • Session Breakout entries, exits, filters, and automated trade-management references.
  • Live market context delivered through Discord, Twitch, and YouTube when available.
  • Convenient viewing from a mobile device, laptop, tablet, or secondary screen alongside the primary trading computer.
ATS VIP Group real-time futures market streaming and Trading Zone
ATS VIP Group real-time futures market streaming and Trading Zone.

Join the ATS VIP Trading Environment

Develop your trading edge with structured preparation, live market context, algorithmic tools, AI-assisted analysis, professional education, and a disciplined community focused on measurable trading improvement.

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⚠️ Terms and Risk Disclaimer

All group content, commentary, signals, statistics, streams, charts, examples, and educational materials are provided solely for educational and informational purposes. ATS does not provide financial, investment, or personalized trading advice.

Futures trading involves substantial risk and is not suitable for every trader. Past, simulated, hypothetical, or streamed performance does not guarantee future results. Every trader remains solely responsible for evaluating market conditions, selecting trades, controlling risk, and making all trading decisions.

By accessing or using ATS groups, software, services, and educational content, you acknowledge and accept the applicable ATS terms, policies, and risk disclosures.

Trading & Risk 101

Trading is simple to understand but difficult to master. Do not rush. Consistent trading requires practice, discipline, emotional control, risk management and the ability to remain stoic through both winning and losing cycles.

Five Essential Trading Tips

  1. Avoid Impatience and FOMO: Never rush into live-money trading because you fear missing an opportunity. Build a repeatable routine and demonstrate consistent simulator results across different market conditions before deciding whether to attempt a prop-firm evaluation or trade a funded or personal live account.
  2. Protect Your Trading Capital: Learn and practise in simulation first. A prop-firm evaluation may provide an alternative route to funded trading, but evaluation fees, drawdown limits, consistency rules, prohibited practices and payout conditions still create genuine financial risk.
  3. Start with Nano Futures/Micro Futures: Begin with the smallest practical position size, commonly one Micro futures contract. Increase size only when your measured results, discipline, account limits and written trade plan justify it.
  4. Control Risk on Every Trade: Define the maximum acceptable loss before entering. Use protective stops, conservative position sizing, daily loss limits and a risk level that allows you to withstand normal losing streaks without creating unacceptable financial or emotional pressure.
  5. Trade a Written Plan: Do not chase the market, revenge trade or overtrade. Follow a defined setup, record every trade, review your statistics and judge performance over a meaningful series of trades rather than one winning or losing result.

Learn and Practise Before Risking Trading Capital

Use NinjaTrader simulation, market replay, backtesting and supported demo environments to practise execution and become familiar with the ATS trading tools.

Create your free ATS Universal Account and follow the self-assisted Trader Launchpad. Use eligible AFT Freemium applications, turnkey workspaces, structured Zero-to-Hero education, AI-assisted guidance, the ATS Help Bot, knowledge-base resources, Market IQ and trading groups to develop your trading process at your own pace.

Eligible traders can also request an available full-feature ATS trial through their personal Trader Launchpad. Training, software, automation and AI-assisted tools cannot guarantee profits, evaluation success, funding or payouts. Their purpose is to help you develop a repeatable process, manage risk, reduce avoidable mistakes and make better-informed trading decisions.

Expect Winning and Losing Cycles

Market conditions continually change. Trending, ranging, volatile, quiet, news-driven and seasonal conditions can each produce different results. A trader who begins during a favourable period may develop recency bias and incorrectly assume that trading will always feel easy.

A difficult cycle can include consecutive losing trades, losing sessions, drawdowns and occasionally losing weeks. Equally, one strong session or short winning sequence does not prove that a method will continue performing under different conditions.

Follow your predefined risk limits during both favourable and unfavourable periods. Stop trading when a daily loss limit, account rule or safety threshold is reached. Never continue trading simply to recover a loss or because you believe a winning cycle must be due.

There Are No Shortcuts

Build a routine, practise consistently, maintain accurate statistics, review your mistakes and allow enough time to experience different market conditions. Consider progressing beyond simulation only when your execution, risk control, discipline and results across a meaningful period demonstrate that you are ready.

Whether you use a simulator, prop-firm evaluation, funded account or personal live account, every decision and trade remains your responsibility. Use only risk capital you can afford to lose, understand all applicable account rules and never assume that past, hypothetical or simulated performance guarantees future results.

Training & Help Resources

Learn and progress at your own pace using the self-assisted Trader Launchpad, structured Zero-to-Hero education, AI-assisted help, knowledge-base articles, video guides, technical support and ATS trading groups.

Open the self-assisted ATS Trader Launchpad

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Ask the ATS AI Help Bot

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Technical Support

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Filed Under: AFT8, Algo Futures Trader, Alpha Web Trader, AlphaBias, ATS Trading Community, TrendOmeter Tagged With: AFT, AST, ATS, AWT, day trading futures, live market commentary, NYSE, NYSE Session Open Analysis, pre-market analysis

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

August 23, 2021 by AFT

https://youtu.be/Xb5NubE8EKo

In this week’s video, Trader John goes through all the trades in the MNQ for the week with the AFT7 Opening Morning Breakout Trader for NinjaTrader 7 (Ninja 8 Beta). AFT7 is free to download and use in simulation mode for as long as you want. The AFT onboarding page and AFT Trading Group Discord server links are detailed below:

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

  • AFT Onboarding Page
  • AFT Trading Group
  • Algo Futures Trader Discord Server

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

Trade for Free Forever on Sim, Demo, Test & Practice Accounts Risk-Free!

  • AFT is 100% free forever for sim, demo, replay, backtesting, and forward testing for all futures.
  • AFT is 100% free forever for evaluation trading.
  • Prop Firms Trading Capital Providers.
  • Practice on the sim/demo until you are making a weekly/monthly profit.
  • Use risk capital to trade or get funded by a prop firm such as:
    • Trade2Earn
    • OneUpTrader
    • Top Step Trader
    • Lee Loo Trading
    • Apex Trader Funding
  • Trade part-time or full-time from home or the office, trade for a living, or supplement your salary.
  • 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 7-day live trading license. AFT Ultimate provides access to all AFT Features for AFT7 and AFT8.

Plug and Trade – Turnkey Trading Systems for Day Trading Futures

Simply install and 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, and open an AFT Turnkey workspace. The trading systems will appear on the chart and are ready for simulator trading micro equity index futures.

Filed Under: AFT Trading Videos, AFT7 Turnkey Workspaces, AFT8, ATS Trading Community, Micro EMini Equity Futures, NinjaTrader 7 Tagged With: AFT7, Algo Trading Futures, Automated Trading NinjaTrader, day trading futures, day trading micro futures, Emini Futures, Micro E-Mini Equity Index Futures, NinjaTrader 7

Free Day Trading Group for Futures Traders

June 19, 2021 by AFT

Multiple Trading Groups on Discord

ATS Support Group, ATS VIP Trading Group, AST Trading Signals & Market News AlertsATS Futures Trading Groups

ATS futures trading groups provide systems and tools for independent-minded traders: real-deal tools for real-deal traders, education, training, technicals, methods, and traders sharing and collaborating on how they use the systems and what their stats are. This includes live market trading commentary for pre-session technicals, trade analysis, economic news updates, and market structure. There is no trading or financial advice; all traders make their own trading decisions while leveraging the trading technology to sharpen their edge.

VIP Trading Group Cutting-Edge AI Technology

  • VIP Group AI trading co-pilots mentor and provide:
    • Market Radar
      • Fundamentals
      • Economic news
      • Earnings reports
    • Market Commentary & Analysis
    • Educational context of AWT
    • Higher Time Frame Price Analysis
      • AWT Pre-Session Analysis
      • AWT Session Open
      • AWT 10 AM Jiggle Analysis
      • AWT 10:30 AM Analysis

Discord Group Links

Note: You will need to register and link your ATS universal account to your Discord account to get access.

  • Algo Trading Systems – Free + VIP
  • Algo Trading Systems – VIP Only
  • Algo Signal Trader – Free + VIP
  • Trading Group Access via ATS Universal Account

Group Basic Rules

  1. Only trade technicals, fundamentals, and trading-related feedback questions and answers based on the products and services here.
  2. Futures trading only – no religion, politics, profanity, toxicity, trolls, or rude comments. No 3rd-party systems, videos, screenshots, or chats.
  3. Do not send support questions directly to the admin. Use the support channels, help desk, or group chat for assistance.
  4. Read the “Get Started” guide, read the product information, search for answers in the group and forum, and then ask questions in the relevant section.
  5. No rushing to go live on fully automated systems! Take it step by step. Attend the “Zero to Hero” course and discover the level of automation and systems/instruments that suit you.

Link your Discord username to your ATS Universal Account to get access

  • Get Started: https://algotradingsystems.net/GetStarted
  • Get Started Video: https://algotradingsystems.net/videos?videoid=1
  • Get Access Linkup: https://account.algotradingsystems.net/GetStarted?step=2

Quality Over Quantity
Level up your game and trading skills with Hybrid Trading Systems. Attend the trading group and join a community of traders who are working up to trading live or are already trading live, or have been funded using turnkey hybrid automated trading methods. Learn from guidance and education resources, live trading chats, and trading streams. Accelerate learning, collaborate with other traders, absorb the knowledge of the community, and become a skilled and independent trader.

Group interactive support and education, real-time trading signals, technical analysis, market news alerts, and Futures VIP trade group.

  1. Group access controlled by ATS Bot & ATS Bot VIP
  2. Free access by linking your Discord username to your ATS Account
  3. Vendors, spam bots, scammers, and fake accounts will be barred
  4. VIP trade group for your live trading edge!
  5. 7-day free access to Algo Signal Trader

Filed Under: AFT8, Algo Futures Trader, AlphaBias, automated trade entry, automated trade management Tagged With: AFT Algo Signal Trader, AFT Cloud Trade Signals, AFT Trading Group, Day Trading Futures Group, Discord

What’s next with the AFT8 update?

April 23, 2021 by AFT

USAR WSFG swing trade fully automated no manual trading interaction ES

With regret, as the sole creator and developer of AFT8, I have to inform you that I was out for the count for two weeks with a fever and a throaty cough. I’m not sure if it was COVID or the flu, so I made no progress at all on the AFT8 update since the last version in mid-March. However, I am glad to say I am pretty much recovered, except for lingering lethargy, and have been coding again.

AFT8 is still in beta and has a long way to go before all the planned features are released. It will be worth the wait; it needs to be as it’s going to be my main retail account trader. There will be updates to the AFT8 system starting next week, including fixing a bug to save settings on the main signals indicator, an ease-of-use feature for configuration, and some inclusions of swing trading/weekly fib grid trading features in the turnkey workspaces. Here’s why.

The AFT retail day trading version of the software came from a much larger swing trading multi-server, client/server n-tier, SOA, cloud-based system with NT8 at its core, providing the awesome technicals, execution, and trade management. AFT contains a small subset of the functionality but exactly enough for the algo premise and capability for day trading and some swing trading, with user interactivity for many of the tasks. The hedge fund system will cost you 50K USD plus fees and data server overheads per annum to use. AFT retail starts at free. The following will give you some idea about the two versions.

During my absence, the CPC/AFT Hedge fund systems continued to work even though the developer algo trader was not in attendance. The servers restarted each weekend via Windows Task Scheduler and updated themselves. NT8 is then started, and historical data is downloaded each week and replicated out from a main server to other servers to negate the need to download again.

With the full hedge fund version, there is no need for a user at all, except for rollovers and in emergencies or system selection. It is 100% fully automated trading in the real sense, and I am not allowed, even if I want to, to intervene. Not allowed to enter or close a trade, move a target, or trail a stop, so we get a pure dataset of stats. Sometimes it means there were trades I would not have done, but sometimes it does incredible trades that were far better than me. Over time, it works, and that is the goal.

A hedge fund’s performance has to be measurable to something tangible and risk control also, so removing all humans is the ideal way to do it, as a human is hard to backtest and benchmark. They get sick too or move jobs. So when I’m talking fully automated, it’s big trade accounts and no fiddling or making it up as you go. All the systems that make it to live from the thousands that don’t go through system selection, board approval, and compliance for annual auditing—no pressure 🙂

AFT retail traders benefit from a hybrid feature set to allow fully as well as manual/semi-automated trading, which is really very important for retail day trading as it is less forgiving than swing trading. AFT benefits from many years and many hundreds of thousands of USD of research and development and real trading of the systems professionally in automated swing trading. They end up as much as possible as turnkey for day trading with minimal tweaking required.

CPC/AFT algos for the hedge fund start on a Sunday. The week begins, the Windows Task Scheduler process will start NT8 in time to trade the CME open for indices, connecting to various data feeds in turn for each exchange and feed. Then it loads the workspaces and loads the algos and starts them, a mix of sim and live. For each system, each algo will inspect orders and remove any anomalies within NinjaTrader, then process the positions and orders, risk, and technical context, and continue trading where it left off, adapting to any changes and implementing fault tolerance and safety.

Technically, the CPC/AFT algos are part of a greater system—a signals framework, execution management system (EMS), order management system (OMS), position and trade management, rollover liquidation, data acquisition, automated web stats collation and reporting system, and automatic trade safety system and more besides—evolved in NinjaTrader and .NET, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, MSSQL, and Azure Service Bus, created over a four-year period.

It is quite incredible what we have achieved with the technology directly due to the amazing work of the NinjaTrader development team to allow us access to all areas to create what we want, limited by imagination and skill only. So in short, even though the developer was away and useless, the system continued onwards fully automated regardless, so no trades were missed and no one goofed things up with under-par irrational decision-making.

In my absence, here is a pretty good trade example of the CPC/AFT Weekly Swing trading algo, which took up to the high last week, 2021-April-16. Now reversed and closed into a small short this week—10K per lot was the MFE trading Emini S&P—just with a 4 lot trade of about 5K to $7500 risk on that volatility. It could have been a lot more based on the past and recent times, but it’s still a respect-worthy demonstration of what we can achieve with the toolset.

USAR WSFG swing trade fully automated no manual trading interaction ES

We will provide this WSFG weekly setup as part of AFT8 turnkey settings for micro indices and Emini so that traders can use it as a guide for intraday or indeed take the weekly SFG Signals.

As you can see, yes, this is a live trade. Note that the chart trader is black and the account does not begin with Sim. We really do trade, and we really do use these tools. The AFT day trading system is a version built for small account trading based on the professional hedge fund trading for which it was originally created. So the day trading version is basically a daily session breakout instead of weekly for swing trading. You can also see the power of the risk-reward in action on this type of system and the staying in trend-following method.

AFT8 is available in the shop as a free product AFT8 Free Trading System or available from the AFT download page. Articles and videos will follow on installation but should be very simple if you can use a mouse and PC and get around any AV warnings, etc. Please visit the support and help desk.

Filed Under: AFT8, Algo Futures Trader, NinjaTrader 8 Tagged With: AFT8, AFT8 update, NinjaTrader 8

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Disclaimer: Trading & investment carry a high level of risk. AlgoFuturesTrader does not make recommendations for buying or selling any financial instruments, nor do we offer trading or investment advice. We are a software company, and we only provide educational information on ways to use our sophisticated Algo Futures trading tools. It is up to our customers & readers to make their own trading & investment decisions, or consult with a registered investment advisor.

Risk Disclosure: Futures, CFDs, & forex trading carry substantial risk and are not suitable for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing one's financial security or lifestyle. Only risk capital should be used for trading, and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Please read the full risk disclosure here.

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