NinjaTrader

Error Message Meaning & Solution “The connection to the historical data server is lost” This error indicates that NinjaTrader has lost its connection to the historical data server. Check your internet connection and ensure that there are no issues with the historical data server. “Strategy analyzer failed to start” This error suggests that there’s an […]

Advanced Trade Management Strategies, also referred to as ATM Strategies, provide a layer of discretionary automation to manage a position’s exit orders without the need to make continual manual modifications. The Advanced Trade Management Overview video introduces and defines ATM Strategies, while demonstrating a simple ATM setup. The following video is from NinjaTrader’s YouTube channel

The Control Center acts as the primary window in NinjaTrader, providing access to all trading windows, performance reporting, and other features of the platform.  

Auto Trail Parameters Stop Loss Sets the value of the Stop Loss order as an offset behind the Profit Trigger/Frequency Profit Trigger Sets the amount of profit required to trigger the initial Stop Loss adjustment for the step Frequency Sets the value of how frequent the Stop Loss order is adjusted after the Profit Trigger

ATM Stop Strategies provide additional functionality for the stop losses placed by an ATM Strategy, including auto-breakeven, auto-trail, and Simulated Stop orders. The following video is from NinjaTrader’s YouTube channel.

Additional options for ATM Strategies include Auto-Reverse and Auto-Chase features, and the ability to specific the order type used for profit targets and stop losses. ATM Strategy Selection Modes determine the behavior of the ATM Strategy Control List after placing an order. The following video is from NinjaTrader’s YouTube channel.

The Control Center’s tabbed layout provides quick access to Orders, Positions, Accounts, Strategies, and Executions. The Control Center Tabbed Display and Account Data video covers navigating Control Center tabs, as well as managing and editing connected brokerage accounts. The following video is from NinjaTrader’s YouTube channel.

The following section covers how to open a NinjaTrader chart, and is from NinjaTrader’s YouTube channel.

The following video covers navigation and display of NinjaTrader chart, and is from NinjaTrader’s YouTube channel.  

When we refer to “Points”, we mean how many points you have accumulated from your first trade of the day to the last trade of the day. Note that points have nothing to do with how many contracts you trade. If you earn 8 points trading 1 contract, or 8 points trading 5 contracts, in

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To check to see what version of NinjaTrader you are currently running, you can click on the HELP menu item in NinjaTrader, and the click on ABOUT to see the version number you are currently running. To update to the latest version of NinjaTrader, simply follow the step-by-step instructions found on NinjaTrader.com How Do I