ATS Discord Trading Group ATSBot gatekeeper

August 20, 2023 by AFT

ATSBot Discord Robot — ATS Trading Group Discord Robot ATSBot online 24/7 gatekeeper and guardian for quality of services

Meet ATSBot, the Gatekeeper of the Group.
ATSBot, the Discord robot, will assign the Discord group user role “ATS Group,” providing access to the Free Main Group Areas and VIP access for qualifying traders! To progress, we need to focus on the essentials, so we don’t waste time and resources on low-value tasks such as group admin. Therefore, ATSBot has a job to do this, and the caveat is that traders who don’t complete the entry process will be excluded.

Since going live, ATSBot has pruned hundreds of trader accounts who are scammers, spies, shills, plagiarists from other vendors, inactive accounts, time-wasters, and possibly a few bona fide members who have not been keeping up with the news and have been kicked out or downgraded as they have not linked their Discord accounts or gone through the onboarding process. Get Started Meeting. Bona fide members can rejoin and get linked up here from their account: https://algotradingsystems.net/TradingGroup

ATSBot Member Acceptance Criteria
Checks the history of each member prior to acceptance for access levels
1) ATS universal account is linked to the Discord username.
2) Trader attended a Get Started Meeting or has a qualifying usage record.

KYT/KYS – Know Your Trader/Know Your Supplier – Get Started Meeting calendly.com/algotradingsystems-sales/discovery
We want to know all our traders and meet you one-on-one to ensure it’s a win-win situation. If you do not want to do this, then this group and trading systems software are not for you. To maintain high standards, quality, and compliance, and to keep out time-wasters, reduce support overheads, scammers, and beginners “white belts” who slipped through the net.

Member Qualifying Usage Record:
ATSBot primarily checks for a “get-started meeting” or additionally checks for the following records:
1) Any license software purchase records
2) ATS Universal Account – 3 months+
3) ATS Group join date – 3 months+
4) Multiple login records first and last
5) Multiple user sessions first and last

Help! The ATSBot kicked me out or downgraded my access
A) Then you were inactive or not linked up
B) No get-started meeting and no qualifying usage record

Solution: Attend the 100% FREE Get Started meeting
calendly.com/algotradingsystems-sales/discovery
1) Group access to all areas to collaborate and get interactive support
2) Tech setup, product tour, ready-to-trade, free coaching session!
3) PLUS you get a free 7-day ATS Ultimate live license!
4) PLUS free trader review after 14 to 7 days.
5) Reduce the learning curve and support overhead, get a head start, and make sure you are on the right track.

Awwwww, can’t you just let me in?
No overrides, no exceptions
Note: There are no overrides in place, so the robot has ultimate control over entry. For example, if you were provided entry and did not book your get-started meeting or have a qualifying usage record, ATSBot will remove access. This means some members might have downgraded access or have been pruned/kicked but can rejoin.

Robot Error or User Credential Issues
If there is an error in the robot and it wrongly excluded a member, this will be fixed. Please report to support: https://algotradingsystems.net/Help

Bear Market Projected lows for S&P500 Super Bubble

September 3, 2022 by AFT

Bear market lows S&P500 2022 — S&P500 projected lows for the bear market 2022 to 2023

BOA, Ray Dalio, Charlie Munger, Grantham, Dent, Gundlach, and Wesbury are all bearish, and it seems that no one is listening – price will tell us in time.

S&P500 lows for the bear market 2022/2023
This is not trading or investment advice – this is educational information using the Algo Futures Trader 8 swing pivots indicator for NinjaTrader 8 on a weekly chart to derive levels from the AFT Swing Pivots Indicator and the built-in NinjaTrader 8 Fib Retracement drawing tool. To get your copy for free, visit Downloads.

Price action will tell us what the market does – that is the only single source of truth – market price. However, we can project levels of historical price points for a view of where the market might go to and bounce or break, and this provides additional analysis and clarity of the bigger picture.

S1) 3639 current support from initial leg down.
S2) 3450 retrace and then down to the 50% level from the COVID era low to high.
S3) 3200/3100/3000 pre-COVID high as a significant bubble deflation level.
For a bubble burst, we will know within 6 months.
S4) 2700/2680 76.8% retrace.
S5) 2600/2500 figure
- 2600 is a 50% retrace from the low of 2009 to the high of 2020.
For a super bubble meltdown – COVID Low
S6) 2200
S7) 2100/2000 – 2100 is a 61.8% retrace from the low of 2009 to the high of 2020 and COVID low.
For the all-time super bubble super meltdown
- S8) 1700/1600 – 2016 Zone pre-Trump rally.

Looking at the Monthly Chart S&P500 Levels of Support

2600 – the 50% retracement from the low of 2009 to the high of 2020 is the 2600 zone.
2100 and a 61.8% retracement and COVID low – what a combo!
Below this, the Pre-Trump Rally Levels 1600 zone.

Summary of Levels

Retest bounce or break current swing low support level of 3639.
Retest of the 50% retrace of COVID low to all-time high – 3450.
Below this, a 61% retrace and pullback COVID rally bull flag base – 3200.
It is conceivable a flash down and bounce at 2000/2500 levels could occur.
Time will tell via price action – that is the one single truth of all opinions.

A Day Trader’s Perspective

Our interest is only volatility up or down; we don’t care about the direction, ideally tradeable volatility, not the frothy volatility that can be seen in the typical bear market. Trading the NYSE Session breakout E-Mini micro equity indices futures has never been so easy due to the large ranges and high prices. However, at the same time, the market enters periods where nothing seems to work…
The important thing is to not overtrade – bank money, leave some powder dry, and always remember the trend is your friend until the end – let winners run. Time-honored methods include trend correlations, higher time frame analysis, news catalysts, and more. Join us for free and see how good you are as a trader risk-free learning on the sim in the real market with free coaching every weekday 9:15 EST to 11:30 EST. For more info, visit automated trading systems.

For more technicals, economic news, and insights on the market, you can join us and read it from the inside track in the Free Day Trading Group for Futures Traders from our resident financial systems economist.

VIP Trading Group Live Market Trade Along

October 22, 2021 by AFT

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.

⚡ Access Trading Groups 🏆 Get Universal Access

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.
Approved trialists: View-only access to the Trading Zone and other eligible VIP areas during their active access period.
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.

📈 Get into the ATS Trading Zone

No noise—just focused, high-value live market information designed to support disciplined decision-making.

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

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.
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.
Establish market context: Determine whether the indices, gaps, trends, and sentiment are aligned, mixed, or diverging.
Confirm with ATS tools: Use AWT technicals, correlations, market bias, algorithmic signals, and the ATS AI Trade Copilot to evaluate the opportunity.
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.

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.

Secret to Day trading futures success

October 19, 2021 by AFT

The Secret to Day Trading Futures Success

Successful futures trading is not based on a secret indicator, guaranteed strategy, or fully automated profit machine. It comes from combining a proven trading process, disciplined risk management, high-quality market information, hybrid automation, deliberate practice, and continuous improvement.

A Complete Approach to Futures Trading

Algo Futures Trader helps traders develop a complete 360-degree approach using the AFT desktop trading platform, AlphaWebTrader market intelligence, turnkey trading workspaces, AI-assisted commentary, structured education, trader support, and optional one-to-one Trade Mastery.

The ATS hybrid trading method combines human market awareness with automated execution and trade management. Traders assess the market, establish a long or short bias, select acceptable signals, and use automation to assist with entry, stop-loss placement, profit targets, trailing, scaling, and exits.

This approach keeps the trader responsible for every trading decision while using technology to improve consistency, execution speed, risk control, and emotional discipline.

Signals Alone Are Not the Trading Plan

A trading signal should be considered together with external market filters and predefined risk rules. These filters help traders decide whether market conditions support a long trade, a short trade, or no trade at all.

Common ATS market filters may include:

Economic news announcements and scheduled market events
Overnight price action and session opening gaps
Higher-time-frame trend direction and important price levels
Relative strength and correlation across the major equity indices
Market volatility, momentum, volume, and trading range
Daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal market cycles
AlphaBias, GapBias, TrendOmeter, market signals, and AI-assisted commentary

The objective is not to predict every market move. The objective is to wait for suitable conditions, take qualified trades, control the risk, and execute the same process consistently.

The Five-Step NYSE Session Breakout Process

Prepare before the market opens. Be at your trading desk before the 8:30 AM CT equity-index futures session open. Check the economic calendar, major news events, overnight market activity, and your platform connections.
Review the four primary US equity indices. Compare the E-mini or Micro E-mini S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Dow, and Russell markets. Identify overnight direction, opening gaps, relative strength, and whether the indices are correlated or mixed.
Establish a preliminary market bias. Use tools such as GapBias, higher-time-frame analysis, key levels, news risk, and session structure to determine whether conditions favor long trades, short trades, or patience.
Allow the market to confirm direction. Review AlphaBias, correlation, price action, and ATS trading signals after the open. Use the AFT controls for manual, semi-automatic, or hybrid automated execution only when the signal and filters agree with your trading plan.
Trade selectively and finish on schedule. Focus on the primary session from approximately 8:30 AM to 11:00 or 11:30 AM CT. One to three qualified trades may be sufficient. Stop trading when your daily loss limit, profit objective, maximum number of trades, or session end time is reached.

What Successful ATS Traders Do Differently

They learn in simulation first. They practise until they can follow the process consistently before considering prop-firm evaluations or personal live capital.
They manage the drawdown allowance. They understand that the usable account is the permitted drawdown, not the advertised account size.
They use small position sizes. They begin with Micro futures and avoid increasing size until their statistics and discipline justify it.
They combine signals with filters. They do not automatically trade every signal or chase a move because of fear of missing out.
They accept normal losing cycles. They judge performance over a meaningful series of trades rather than one trade, one day, or one week.
They journal and review. They record entries, exits, screenshots, risk, market conditions, mistakes, and lessons for continuous improvement.
They remain responsible for every trade. Automation assists execution and management, but it does not replace supervision, judgment, or risk control.

The ATS Hybrid Trading Toolkit

Algo Futures Trader for NinjaTrader 8: Hybrid trade entry, automated trade management, advanced indicators, bars, signals, risk controls, and turnkey futures trading workspaces.
AlphaWebTrader: Web, mobile, and desktop market intelligence for futures, indices, ETFs, and leading US stocks.
Economic News Alerts: Monitor scheduled announcements that can increase volatility and trading risk.
AlphaBias Trend Correlation: Compare trend direction and relative strength across related markets.
TrendOmeter: Evaluate market trend alignment and correlation.
Session GapBias: Analyze overnight and session-opening gaps as part of the directional bias process.
Futures Trading Signals: Review selected energy and equity-index futures signals together with your external filters.
ATS Trading Groups: Access trader support, market commentary, AI Group Copilot assistance, educational discussions, and the ATS community according to your package.

AlphaWebTrader market intelligence and day trading tools — AlphaWebTrader provides market intelligence, directional filters, news awareness, correlation tools, and trading signals.

Algo futures trading US equity index signals with session gap filters — ATS signals should be evaluated together with market filters, risk limits, and a documented trading plan.

A Structured Path to Trading Consistency

ATS no longer relies on an unassisted free-trial model. New traders begin with a free Discovery Meeting to discuss their experience, goals, trading schedule, technology preferences, account plans, and suitability for the ATS hybrid trading method.

Approved traders can choose the Fast Track Zero-to-Hero program with assisted setup, onboarding, structured Stages 1–5 training, and 30-day access to the ATS trading ecosystem. Traders seeking extended guidance can select a complete Trade Mastery package with three months of VIP one-to-one assistance, trade reviews, statistics, journaling, risk planning, and a structured path toward prop-firm payouts or live-account results.

The objective is to help serious traders develop a repeatable process and work toward recovering the cost of their trading tools through legitimate trading performance. Results depend on the trader, market conditions, risk management, practice, discipline, and continued execution of the process.

📅 Book a Free ATS Discovery Meeting ⚡ Explore Fast Track and Trade Mastery

The Real Secret to Day Trading Futures Success

The real secret is doing the ordinary things exceptionally well: prepare before the session, understand the market context, wait for qualified signals, use the smallest practical risk, supervise the automation, follow the trading plan, stop when the session is finished, and review every result without emotion.

Signals plus filters plus risk control plus disciplined repetition create the foundation for long-term trading development.

Futures Trading Risk Warning

Futures and leveraged trading involve substantial risk and are not suitable for every trader. Simulation, hypothetical, and past results do not guarantee future performance. Prop-firm rules, platform restrictions, commissions, slippage, trailing drawdown, and market volatility can materially affect results. Never trade funds you cannot afford to lose, and never assume that software, automation, education, or coaching guarantees profits or funding payouts.

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

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 over several market cycles before deciding whether to trade a live or funded account.
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, and payout conditions still create real financial risk.
Start with Micro Futures: Begin with the smallest practical position size, commonly one Micro futures contract. Increase size only when your results, discipline, account limits, and trade plan justify it.
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 survive normal losing streaks without emotional decision-making.
Trade a Written Plan: Do not chase the market, revenge trade, or overtrade. Follow a systematic setup, record every trade, review your statistics, and judge performance over a meaningful series of trades rather than one result.

Learn and Practise Before Risking Capital

Use NinjaTrader simulation, replay, backtesting, and demo environments to practise execution and become familiar with the ATS trading tools. The ATS Fast Track and Trade Mastery pathways provide assisted installation, onboarding, structured Stage 1–5 training, turnkey workspaces, trade-plan guidance, AI Copilot resources, and access to the ATS trading groups.

Training and software cannot guarantee profits. The objective is to help you develop a repeatable process, manage risk, reduce avoidable mistakes, and make an informed decision about simulator, prop-firm, or live-account trading.

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 trading will always feel easy.

A losing cycle can include consecutive losing trades, difficult sessions, drawdowns, and occasionally losing weeks. Stopping after the losses and returning only after conditions improve can create the trading double whammy: taking the losing trades while missing the recovery and subsequent winning cycle.

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 month-to-month results demonstrate that you are ready.

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

Get Started Day Trading Futures with AFT & NinjaTrader

Start with the free NinjaTrader desktop platform and a free ATS Discovery Meeting, then enter the assisted Fast Track Zero to Hero pathway with 30-day access to the ATS Hybrid Algo Trading ecosystem. Learn and practise using simulation, demo, replay, and test accounts before progressing toward prop-firm evaluations, funded accounts, or live futures trading.

Fast Track combines assisted installation, setup, onboarding, orientation, turnkey workspaces, AFT hybrid trading systems, AWT, AI Copilot, trading groups, and the structured Zero-to-Hero Stages 1–5 pathway.

Plug and Trade Turnkey Futures Trading Systems

Install, connect, and begin practising with ready-to-use ATS settings and workspaces for Session Open Breakout, trend reversal, pullback continuation, momentum, and hybrid automated futures trading. Start NinjaTrader, connect to a supported futures data feed, open an ATS workspace, and practise trading Micro and E-mini futures using trader-controlled automated entry, trade management, risk management, and exit tools.

Download the NinjaTrader desktop trading platform and data demo

1. Download the NinjaTrader Desktop Trading Platform

NinjaTrader provides advanced charting, market analysis, strategy development, backtesting, replay, and simulated trading. Download the platform and connect to a supported demo or live futures data service.

Download NinjaTrader & Explore Demo Data

AFT hybrid automated futures trading systems for NinjaTrader

2. Book Your Free ATS Discovery Meeting

Meet with a real ATS futures trader to discuss your experience, trading goals, preferred instruments, account plans, technology requirements, and the most suitable route into ATS. The meeting includes an introduction to AFT, AWT, the ATS Hybrid Trading Methodology, AI Copilot, trading groups, Fast Track, and complete Trade Mastery packages.

Book Your Free ATS Discovery Meeting

3. Start Fast Track Zero to Hero with 30-Day ATS Access

Fast Track is the assisted route into ATS. Receive installation and setup assistance, platform orientation, turnkey workspaces, structured Zero-to-Hero Stages 1–5 training, and 30-day access to the ATS Hybrid Algo Trading ecosystem. Learn the complete process on simulation before working toward consistent execution, prop-firm payouts, funded trading, or live-account results.

Traders seeking extended one-to-one guidance can continue with a complete Trade Mastery package, including VIP Mastery sessions, trade reviews, planning, statistics, journaling, risk control, and ongoing guidance focused on achieving payouts and earning a return on their trading-system investment.

View Fast Track & Get Started with ATS

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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 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:
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.

The fast route to start day trading micro futures

July 24, 2021 by AFT

Whether you are a free or premium user, you still need to read the guides, blogs, and videos and attend the room to understand, 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

https://algofuturestrader.com/support/aft-quick-start-guidance/

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 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 trade zone.
Trend Trading/Scalping—take signals wherever they occur, long or short, at any time your rules apply.
Session breakout is focused on—all other system workspaces are not supported for free and newcomers, so we will not be answering or providing guidance for them for traders in the early phases. These are only for traders who 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 one 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… 9 am 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 9:30 EST to around 11:30 EST, 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:

Videos:

https://algofuturestrader.com/algo-futures-trader-videos/

Check the Blog for Articles:

Use the AFT Trading Group:

AFT Intro:

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/AFT 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/

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