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Anouncing QuantVPS to Deliver Unmatched NinjaTrader Automated Trading Performance

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AlgoTradingSystems.net and QuantVPS Partnership

AlgoTradingSystems.net Partners with QuantVPS

AlgoTradingSystems.net (ATS), a leading provider of automated trading systems for NinjaTrader, today announced a strategic partnership with QuantVPS, the premier provider of high-performance trading servers. This collaboration brings together ATS’s cutting-edge trading strategies with QuantVPS’s ultra-low latency infrastructure, offering traders an unparalleled solution for automated trading success.

“We are thrilled to partner with QuantVPS to provide our clients with the ultimate trading advantage,” said Tom Leeson, CEO at ATS. “Our rigorous testing has proven that QuantVPS delivers unmatched performance, reliability, and stability, making them the ideal choice for our demanding automated trading systems.”

ATS chose QuantVPS after an extensive evaluation of numerous server providers. Key factors in their decision include:

  • Ultra-low latency: QuantVPS’s strategic server locations and optimized network ensure minimal latency, crucial for high-frequency and automated trading strategies.
  • Unmatched reliability: QuantVPS’s robust infrastructure and 24/7 expert support guarantee uninterrupted operation, even under heavy load.
  • Superior network quality: QuantVPS’s network consistently outperforms competitors in hop count analysis and avoids oversubscription issues that plague other providers.

This partnership enables ATS to offer its automated trading systems pre-installed on QuantVPS servers, providing traders with a turnkey solution for deploying sophisticated trading strategies. The combined offering delivers:

  • Simplified deployment: Traders can quickly launch ATS systems on a high-performance QuantVPS server with minimal setup.
  • Maximized performance: QuantVPS’s infrastructure ensures that ATS systems operate at peak efficiency, maximizing profitability potential.
  • Enhanced reliability: Traders can confidently execute strategies, knowing their infrastructure is robust and dependable.

About AlgoTradingSystems

AlgoTradingSystems.net provides innovative automated trading systems for NinjaTrader, designed to help traders of all levels achieve consistent profitability. Their systems combine sophisticated algorithms with user-friendly interfaces, making automated trading accessible and effective.

About QuantVPS

QuantVPS is the leading provider of high-performance trading servers, offering ultra-low latency, exceptional reliability, and 24/7 expert support. Their servers are specifically optimized for demanding trading applications, empowering traders with the infrastructure they need to succeed.


Approach and Time to Market

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Realistic Timeframe for Success

The journey to success and live trading varies for each trader:

  • Veterans: Some adapt quickly and succeed within 1 day to 1 week.
  • New Traders: Others may require 1 month to 1 year to develop proficiency.

A realistic goal for most traders is to aim for 1 to 3 months.

The Secret to Success

  • Slow Down, Do Less: Focus on the process. Success comes from discipline—following the steps without rushing or overanalyzing.
  • Learn by Action: Repetition and practice work best, much like a boot camp drill:
    • Action > Theory: Don’t overthink; simply follow the signals and controls.
    • Habit & Repetition: The controls and signals become second nature with consistent practice.
  • “Don’t Think, Just Do”: Over time, your gut feeling will guide your trades based on subconscious competence built through repetition.

The Mindset for Success

  • Avoid the “academic trap” of wanting to know every equation or dissect every detail:
    • Simplicity Wins:
      • Green = Long.
      • Red = Short.
    • Playstation Mentality: Think of trading as intuitive execution; the less you complicate it, the better. The less you know, the better!

“Less is more” – Success comes from doing, not overanalyzing.

Structured Progression

Most traders will need 1 month to settle in and follow the program:

  1. Baseline Execution: Start with factory settings and follow the signals for consistent drills:
    • Treat it like driving a race car for 100 laps per day.
    • Focus on execution and getting a feel for the system.
  2. Support and Facilitation:
    • You are the Driver: Make trading decisions and stay on track.
    • We are the Pit Crew: Assist with tweaks, settings, and optimizations tailored to your style.
  3. Hone and Tune:
    • After gaining familiarity, refine the settings and create an optimal trading plan:
      • For prop firm evaluation to get funded.
      • For live swing trading to suit your goals.

Why This Approach Works

This method ensures you:

  • Understand the Signals: Recognize how the system wins and loses.
  • Build Confidence: Master the baseline settings before tweaking.
  • Develop Optimal Trading: Dial in settings later for tailored performance aligned with your risk tolerance and trading style.

Key Insight: By following a structured, disciplined process, you’ll achieve subconscious competence and trade with confidence. Success comes through habit, repetition, and simplicity—not complexity.

New Workspace Installer no5 for NinjaTrader Fully Automated Futures Trading Turnkey baseline algos

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Hybrid Pure Fully Automated Trading – 100% Automatic Futures Trading

In response to high demand, announcing AFT Algo Trading System baselines designed specifically for pure algorithmic trading with no charts, plus hybrid integrated charts & algorithmic multiple workspaces.


AFT fully automated turnkey workspace AFT8-Algos-BaseLine-004 Pure algo Mix of Algos micro and emini futures

100% fully automated turnkey workspace AFT8-Algos-BaseLine-004, a mix of Algos micro and emini futures – ready to trade risk-free on sim/demo accounts!

Workspaces 5 Installer for VIP and Free Trialists


Turnkey workspace fully automated futures trading algo baselines

Download Workspace 5 for VIP traders and free trialists:
https://account.algotradingsystems.net/Secure/Downloads

Purpose of BaseLine Algo Systems

Educational: This is for sim/demo trading and allows a trader to tweak a copy of the baseline algos to their trading style and compare back to the running baseline algos stats, etc. It runs fully automated on a server in sim/demo mode, providing baseline statistics and trading data. Traders should save a copy of algorithm settings, make adjustments, and compare results against these baselines. Once configured, the system operates 24/7 on a server with NinjaTrader connected; no license is required in NT8 sim/demo modes.

Installation and setup take just one minute. Workspace 5 can be installed immediately, but accounts will need to be added within the NinjaTrader control center.

Assessment: Weekly and monthly assessments ensure optimal performance—avoid live trading prematurely to mitigate recency bias!

Time to Market: A minimum evaluation period of 3 months to 1 year is advisable for fully automated trading with the settings and variants a trader has created to suit their trading plan and are tested.

AFT8 Workspaces #5

Fully Automated Algo Trading Baselines for NT8

  • AFT8-Algos-BaseLine-001 – Pure Algo DSFG/WSFG
  • AFT8-Algos-BaseLine-002 – AWT Hybrid Algo + Charts
  • AFT8-Algos-BaseLine-003 – MTF Hybrid Algo + Charts
  • AFT8-Algos-BaseLine-004 – Pure Algo Mix of Algos Micro + Emini

Accounts List for Algo Trading Baseline Workspace No. 5

  • SimAlgoSignalTraderDSFG
  • SimAlgoSignalTraderCryptos
  • SimAlgoSignalTraderWSFG
  • SimAlgoSignalTraderEnergy
  • SimAlgoSignalTraderDSFG-Gap
  • SimAFT-TrendTraderAWT-001

These accounts should be added to NinjaTrader in Multi Provider Mode. For example, NT8 will prefix the account with “Sim” for SimAlgoSignalTraderDSFG; add AlgoSignalTraderDSFG.

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21 Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Futures Traders

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  1. I want a trading system that performs well in all market cycles. (Holy Grail unicorn hunter – learn when to trade with a system and when not to, or implement diversified asset streams.)
  2. A fully automated robot can trade my prop firm account to get funded and stay funded. (BS alert! Prop firms mostly do not allow robots, and their rules are so tight this is 99% likely to fail.)
  3. The system stats look great; I will buy it as I have found the best system and will be a winner. (Victim of your financial aspirations – only believe the facts and evidence firsthand of what it does with you as the driver.)
  4. I want money, and trading is the best way to get it. If I buy a robot to do it for me, I can be rich. (Get a job; you are a loser already – do not trade for money, trade with a passion for the love of trading!)
  5. I need to trade all day; more is more. (We are taught at school and work to do more – in trading, less is more – FOMO, Fear, and Greed.)
  6. I will watch the market all day and all night if I have to learn an edge. (Just watch and learn the hours you are going to trade – focus on your trade session and trade plan rules.)
  7. If I trade more instruments, I will do better and make more money. (Better to focus on one or at most a few, two to three to start.)
  8. I am a bad discretionary trader, so a robot will cure my problem. (No, cure your problem first as it will still manifest in auto trading. 99% fail at auto trading who rush it.)
  9. I have a dream; I want this more than anything, so that means I will be successful. (Then it means too much – stop caring about money and honey – focus on getting good and enjoying the game; the rest will follow.)
  10. I will trade the market economic news announcement; results in a good means buy and bad means sell. (No, it doesn’t – market catalysts can be a boost to trading; your systematic rules will enter long or short.)
  11. The market sees me and knows where my stops are; it makes me lose; this is a war; I am cannon fodder. (This is trader vanity – focus on the system and take care not to leave stops around obvious levels.)
  12. I don’t need to understand the system in automated trading. (If you learn the game of golf and then use a golf robot, you will do far better.)
  13. I don’t need to take stats or keep a diary in automated trading. (You need to know when it is winning and why and when it’s losing and why – you can adjust your trade plan settings based on this info.)
  14. I should attend a large group in Discord to learn from people. (In the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king! 99% is the blind leading the blind over the cliff or to a peak with each market phase.)
  15. I can leave a system on forever and not monitor, attend, or pause it. (Market price news shocks, internet & PC faults occur! Monitor it!)
  16. The system started to lose; the vendor is a fraud, or the system is broken. (Systems all will have a drawdown period; you should know this inside out before trying on live.)
  17. Fully automated means no work and no interaction, just set-and-forget trading and go play golf. (Around about 90% fully auto with 10% manual interaction due to news, rollovers, and price exposure, etc., is about the right level for pro mode auto for full automation – there is a lot of ongoing work for auto trading – performance monitoring, optimization, preparation, or R&D.)
  18. These system stats are great; I can be confident of winning in the future as it has proven in the past. (Luck, curve fitting, data sample, market shifts, slippage, errors, human interaction – there is NO guarantee.)
  19. I am a prop firm trader; I mirror 20 accounts; I made 100K on NQ in the last month; now I am ready for live cash trading. (Slippage, broker limits, real cash margin, and real pressure, real risk are very different; you will probably blow up in a day.)
  20. I trade manually and win, so I know if I automate my trading, it will be a winner. (No, in most cases, this is not the result at all; you would need to trade like a robot, then automate it.)
  21. The best trading software, settings, and trade plan are the ones I see others doing well with. (No, the best system and best stats are what you do with a system over time via direct hands-on experience.)

There are many others, but you get the gist…!

Trading is an art and skill, not an exact science. Anyone who sells you the easy dream or this BS above is either delusional, chasing a pipe dream, or a malign Machiavellian. Sadly, most vendors, brokers, coaches, and influencers are the latter, knowingly taking advantage of your financial aspirations and desperations! Statistically, the facts are no secret; day trading is, for 80% of people, the worst way to make money compared to getting a proper job and career. You never know if the market will be in a winning phase and what you will win or lose from week to month. It takes a whole lot of money and time to reach this pinnacle of trading for a living. Yes, you can be a winner, but you have to be in the correct winning mindset and environment to do it, alongside an income, something that provides stability and risk capital, or get funded to trade via a prop firm, or you are guaranteed to lose and burn! No matter how good the system is, due to psychology!

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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

how did the fib grid technology and trade systems get invented?

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Daily Fib Grid Session

The proprietary Fib Grid and Range Grid technology first came to mind in 2007 when working for TCA Futures (RIP) in a trading arcade in the City of London – UK’s Wall St. It was conceived in response to a reprimand from the S&P500 desk head trader. He was fuming and publicly criticized me in front of some 120 other traders after hours in the daily retrospective. He’d seen my appalling trade via his CQG trade desk admin module, questioning why I was trading long at the top of the market, one hour out, quite near the end of the session. It was obvious, but I thought, how do you know where the top of the market is? Later that night, I envisioned the Fib Grid and Range Grid to show me. Back then, it was Excel and CQG, and here we are with NinjaTrader from 2009 to 2024. It’s still my core methodology, battle-tested in institutional, hedge fund, and retail trading.

Fib Grid Multi Time Frames
  • YSFG – Yearly Session Fib Grid
  • MSFG – Monthly Session Fib Grid
  • WSFG – Weekly Session Fib Grid
  • DSFG – Daily Session Fib Grid
Now combine this with structured price action, time, and a catalyst to provide the conditional trade setup for a high-probability move. Then use the signals/rules as the trade entry method and let the system do the rest.

Fib Grid Session Breakout Basics

Around 2008/2009, I then worked on the concept of the Fib Grid session breakout, using it to prevent my ludicrous out-of-control scalping. Up to 1200 trade operations in one day was my record, plus burnout after TCA Futures as a privateer with MFGlobal. It made my broker rich and me a 35% account loss – Emini ES trading, not small change, it hurt badly. So I stopped and later was reborn as a day/swing trader, making 1 to 3 trades per day on the DSFG. This method is used in the ATS Discord groups as a core method to teach good habits and run the trades. Fib Grid made me and saved me, thank you to the head trader.

Note: From 2015, when I traded for managed futures/futures hedge funds, I used WSFG breakouts and MSG breakouts and let that go for several weeks/months. You could get up to 100K per lot sometimes on NQ or ES FDAX, etc. So some quite serious trades have gone down, and a good lot of time too. https://algotradingsystems.net/About I guess I could follow tradition and call it the Leeson lines after my surname, as some did and still do, but to me, FibGrid has more meaning. AlgoFuturesTrader contains all the latest evolution of the FibGridTrading systems and is 100% free for sim/NT demo and prop firm evaluation trading. Enjoy & happy trading. Tom Leeson

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ninjatrader automated trading fully automatic trade entry mode with Algo Futures Trader

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Session Breakout Workspace 2 NinjaTrader automated trading fully automatic mode

NinjaTrader automated trading fully automatic mode or semi-automatic and manual trade entry via the algo entry controller.

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Get Started with ATS

Start free with self-assisted AI onboarding for experienced traders and advanced NinjaTrader users, or fast-track with 1-to-1 Assisted Trade Mastery to get set up, oriented, and ready to trade in seven days.

🚀 Get Started FREE!

Talk to a real deal ATS futures trader—obligation free. Book a Discovery Call to discuss your trading goals, see ATS products in action, review pricing, explore prop-firm trading, and choose the best route for self-assisted onboarding or fast-track 1-to-1 Trade Mastery assistance.

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