The NinjaTrader AFT has the TrendOmeter and AlphaBias Grid but you can also get this on the web now at the ATS Alpha Web Trader app which provides Economic News, Trade Signals, AlphaBias Trend Correlation system and the TrendOmeter, Morning Gap analysis as well as many pending features – the app is free with freemium and premium content with deals subs waivers for existing AFT Subscribers – right now its all free as its a beta version.
AFT Trader John Weekly Trade Video Episode 11 – Session Gap Trading Filter
In this weeks Algo Futures Trader Weekly Market Roundup, AFT Trader John looks at the entire week of trades in the MYM. You will see why you want to be long if the market is above its opening price and why you want to be short if the market is below its opening price. See how AFT7 and AFT8 are able to take advantage of this premise by utilizing a simple opening range breakout trade.
The AFT onboarding page and AFT Trading Group – discord server, links details below:
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.
Trade for free Forever on sim, demo, test & practice accounts risk free!
- AFT is 100% free forever for sim, demo, replay, back testing, 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:
- Trade part-time or full-time from home or the office, trade for a living trading 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 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.
The fast route to start day trading micro futures
Whether you are a free or premium user, you still need to read the guides, blogs and videos and attend the room in order to be understand and become conversant and make the most of any coaching or self learning- all the topics are covered in the guides, blog and videos – if not send us a question.
Start here to find the relevant information and get oriented
AFT Where to start what to learn?
NYSE Session Breakout
Start out and focus on the session breakout system workspace it is a perfect match for US indices futures trading 1 to 3 hours per day.
Do less achieve more -actually learn how to trade and leverage a technology like a trader and hybrid algo / Pilot and Plane relationship
- Learn good habits
- Understand the price cycles and news cycles
- Apply good risk management
- Make a trade plan
- Do not overtrade.
- Select 1 to 2 instruments to trade
- use other instruments for correlations
- Attend the AFT Trade group daily for trading tips and examples with AFT Trader John
Turnkey workspaces
- Session Breakout rules are explained – take signals above or below the NTZ within the tradezone.
- Trend Trading/Scalping – take Signals wherever they occur long or short at anytime your rules apply.
Session breakout is focused on – all other system workspaces are not supported for free and new comers so we will not be answering or providing guidance for them for traders in the early phases.
These are only for traders who are understand what they are ,are proficient and can self assist and use them – Trend Trader/ Trend Scalper etc.
Once you have mastered the basics of the AFT7 system and 1 methodology you can consider the other methods and use the trading group channels to see how people are using them etc
Step by step
- Learn how to trade and learn how to leverage the different levels of automation
- Learn when to use the system or not and to what degree of automation on which instruments.
- Get a routine and make it a habit – retrospect, plan, execute and evaluate
The 5 step Basic Day Trading Approach for NYSE Session Breakout
1) Get to the desk before the open… 9am EST or so – check news
2) Check the 4 main indices and see what happened prior… look to see what gaps are forming
3) Armed with that if the gaps are all different or all the same for example… GapBias
4)Look at the alphabias… etc understand the strength of the instruments going into the open to make a selection of what to trade
5) Trading 9.30EST to around 11.30EST 1 to 3 signals per day – Signal + filters
Trade Entry
- Multiple algo signals and filters – manual ,semi auto, fully auto
Trade Exits
- Trade Man Settings
- All settings are adaptive – use the guide to alter if desired
Testing
- Test in replay or walk forwards real-time
- 100% free unlimited risk free on the sim or evaluation accounts
AFT8
- work in progress and not supported as yet
AFT7 Online Help Guides 24/7 :
- NinjaTrader 7 AFT7 day trading futures system overview of components
- AFT7 Session Open Breakout Trading Basics
- AFT7 TrendOmeter Basics
- AFT7 Stop Loss and Risk Setup
- AFT7 How to view, change account, settings and save your own templates and workspaces
- AFT7 how to change the position lot size
- AFT7 Trade Management Examples
Videos:
Check the Blog for articles:
- https://algofuturestrader.com/blog/
- https://algofuturestrader.com/how-to-place-stop-loss-and-targets-for-day-trading-futures-with-ninjatrader-8-and-aft8/
- https://algofuturestrader.com/automated-futures-day-trader-trend-scalper-turnkey-workspace-for-aft7/
Use the AFT Trading Group:
Please Note the AFT support model
- As a free user you will need to use the self assisted help guides
- As a premium user you have a different support level
For more details view the AFT Support Model
ATS/ATF Trading Group – for additional resources
- Note All users free and premium are welcome to the Online Trading Community Trading Group where you will also have support and education resources as well as live market trading systems, trade signals, news and fundamentals.
- Simply visit us here at our ATS/AFT Discord Group during NYSE trading hours.
Premium 1 to 1 Assistance
If you are struggling with the self assisted support model that’s fine we offer premium packages
For example If you want live 1 to 1 assistance as a free user NT& Setup then we offer these packages:
https://algofuturestrader.com/product/remote-assistance-support/
https://algofuturestrader.com/product/aft-get-started-trading/
AFT Trader John Weekly Trade Video Episode 10 – Trading Dow Micro Futures
In this weeks Algo Futures Trader Weekly Market Roundup, AFT Trader John looks at the entire week of trades in the MYM. You will see why you want to be long if the market is above its opening price and why you want to be short if the market is below its opening price. See how AFT7 and AFT8 are able to take advantage of this premise by utilizing a simple opening range breakout trade.
The AFT onboarding page and AFT Trading Group – discord server, links details below:
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.
Trade for free Forever on sim, demo, test & practice accounts risk free!
- AFT is 100% free forever for sim, demo, replay, back testing, 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:
- Trade part-time or full-time from home or the office, trade for a living trading 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 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.
AFT Trader John Weekly Trade Video Episode 9 – Trade Manager Scale out or all in all out
In this weeks video, AFT Trader John takes a look at Friday’s open using the Algo Futures Trader live automated breakout strategy and shows how one can use the Alpha Bias in the Discord Server to weed out inferior trades.
The AFT onboarding page and AFT Trading Group – discord server, links details below:
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.
Trade for free Forever on sim, demo, test & practice accounts risk free!
- AFT is 100% free forever for sim, demo, replay, back testing, 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:
- Trade part-time or full-time from home or the office, trade for a living trading 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 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.
Take our Futures Trader Poll to help shape the AFT Trading community
Have your say and help us Shape the Community with this Poll – takes 1 to 2mins.
Please take this quick poll so we can evolve the community to fit you and the other members, we will better focus on the content, products and services you want. https://forms.gle/9CoPJ3nUMmSiau299