Onboarding trading with AFT

Get Started and Onboard Trading with AFT

• Summary of how to get started and oriented with AFT for new and veteran traders.
• Simply plug and trade – download, connect, and trade with ready-to-use turnkey workspaces.
• Real deal trading tools for day trading futures, 100% free for simulation, demo, replay, and back-testing.
• Use it, master it for free, and then when ready, go live or use a prop firm and pay for a live trading license.

Install NinjaTrader 100% Free

• FREE trading platform, free demo account, free real-time data, no risk, no funds required!
• Get NinjaTrader & a data feed

Install AFT 100% Free

• Download & install AFT

View and Watch the Video Guidance to Get Setup

• Getting started trading with AFT

AFT Support FAQ

• 24/7 Help Center Articles
• Support Request
• AFT Support Model
• Algo Futures Trader FAQ

Help Guides

• All users should read the help guides for an overview of the system.
• NinjaTrader and AFT Quick Start Guidance

Connect to AFT

• Follow the blog, social media, and video channels for tips, tricks, weekly videos, and futures webinars.
• Get connected to AFT and get the latest updates & info

AFT Free Futures Day Trading Group

• 9 AM EST, Monday to Friday, live market trading of US Equity Index Futures.
• FREE trading group access: Live market trading commentary, calls, and mentoring.

FREE Alpha Web Trader (AWT)

• FREE Alpha Web Trader Access: Real-time day trading tools for futures, ETFs, and FAANG.

Accelerate with 1 to 1 Assistance

For traders who want assistance, we offer coaching packages.

• AFT Get Started Trading
• AFT Remote Assistance

Trading and Practice

• Use the system for simulation/replay. The NinjaTrader demo is free forever.
• The system can be used on unlimited accounts for simulation, demo, replay, and back-testing.

Licensing Info

• 100% Free forever for simulation, replay, back-testing, and NinjaTrader demo trading.
• Only requires a live real money trading license for live and prop firm use.
• AFT Licensing

Trading & Risk 101

Trading is simple but not easy, please do it safely and don't rush, it takes a lot of practice & stoicism, wining and losing cycles are expected!  5 quick tips to consider! 

1. 1. Impatience: FOMO - Fear of missing out, never rush to live money trade! Get consistent success sim trading 1 to 3 months then decide.
   2. Trade Capital: Get funded to day trade futures with a trading capital provider, no need to use your funds learning to trade.
   3. Micro Futures: Start with the smallest futures instruments such as Micro lots 1 to 3 lots to scale out
   4. Risk: Always use the smallest risk position sizing possible for example 1% or less of trade capital per trade
   5. Trade a plan: Don't chase the market or over-trade, focus on a systematic approach get consistent, trade the plan &  keep stats.

• Learn & Trade risk free on the sim, demo account in NinjaTrader for free forever - AFT has no time limit, when you are ready and have proven to yourself that you are able to be successful at your own pace, you can consider live trading futures with AFT and NinjaTrader at your own discretion. Accelerate learning with a 1 to 1 day trading futures coaching but even then don't rush to live trade, put the learning into practice attend our  Free Futures Day Trading Group  for live market coaching voice and streaming at 9AM EST to 11.30 EST Mon to Fri.
• Winning & Losing Cycles. You need to experience at least 1 to  3 months to see the typical cycles of the market and news cycles weeks of the months. You might start on a winning cycle on sim and suffer from recency bias, thinking its always easy to trade and rush to go live only to get hit by a losing cycle in live money trading and then pull the plug and freak out then you will miss the next winning cycle taking all the losers and missing all the winners the double whammy of trading! 
• There is No short cut,  it takes time,  get a routine, practice and wait  until you are consistent month to month on the sim at your discretion and then consider live money,  or if you are certain sure you got the ability at the start, at the very least get funded to trade with a 3rd party trading capital so they take the risk...!  You may well catch a longer term easy phase of trading from the get go, and make good but eventually it will happen you will get a drawdown and a string of loses...losing days and even weeks may occur but if you the trader are consistent over the long term month to month you can succeed.

AFT IMPORTANT NOTICE!  SAVE TIME READ THIS!!!

1. AFT is 100% Free for sim, replay, and NinjaTrader demo account trading - paid for live or prop firm trading
2. Warning!!! – Running the AFT7 & AFT8 installers will close your running NinjaTrader 7 & NinjaTrader 8:
3. AFT Quick START  For all installation, usage, and common troubleshooting tips and solutions see this page.
4. Rules for support Always use the Support and Help Guides before a support request starts a new ticket for each request.
5. AFT8 TIPS! 
   1. AFT8 Support And Information Guide
   2. AFT8 pre-requisites and recommended settings
   3. AFT8 Installation issues and troubleshooting
   4. For all questions and discussions use the AFT8 forum

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Training & Help Resources

Learn to trade successfully at your own pace with no time limits, use self-assisted support tools, visit the trading group, for group chat & support forum, or contact the support help desk.

Connect to AlgoFuturesTrader

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