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Enhancing the Alternating Body Color Pattern: Adding an ATR Filter for Better Performance

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Enhancing the Alternating Body Color Pattern: Adding an ATR Filter for Better Performance

To further refine the strategy, I introduced a new filter: the signal bar (the second bar in the alternating body color pattern) must be bigger than the ATR of the last 60 bars. I chose the last 60 bars because, in the game, I observed that when the signal bar is bigger, the results seem better.

Exploring the Power of Alternating Body Color Pattern: Backtesting and Automation with NinjaTrader 8

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Exploring the Power of Alternating Body Color Pattern: Backtesting and Automation with NinjaTrader 8

The Alternating Body Color pattern is straightforward yet powerful: a green candlestick followed by a red one.

The Ultimate Guide to Backtesting: Elevating Your Futures Trading Strategy

The Ultimate Guide to Backtesting: Elevating Your Futures Trading Strategy

Explore the pivotal role of backtesting in futures trading: the key to validating strategies, managing risks, and securing consistent success.

Mastering Momentum: Strategies for Every Trader

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Mastering Momentum: Strategies for Every Trader

Explore the dynamic world of momentum trading with strategies that leverage market trends, technical analysis, and risk management to capitalize on financial markets.

Unlocking Profit Potential: Building and Testing Trading Ideas with TdjSourceBaseStrategy in NinjaTrader 8

Unlocking Profit Potential: Building and Testing Trading Ideas with TdjSourceBaseStrategy in NinjaTrader 8

TdjSourceBaseStrategy—a powerful tool designed to simplify the testing and development of trading strategies. Developed by traders for traders, this abstract class allows you to extend and implement only the entry logic, facilitating quick testing of ideas.

Getting Started with NinjaScript Editor: Creating Your First Basic Strategy

Getting Started with NinjaScript Editor: Creating Your First Basic Strategy

In this guide, we will walk you through the step-by-step process of building a strategy from scratch. Whether you are new to trading or an experienced trader looking to automate your strategies, this tutorial will help you get started.

Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming [Lesson 7]

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Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming [Lesson 7]

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm that revolves around the idea of organizing code into objects, which are instances of classes. This approach promotes the modular design of software by encapsulating data and behaviour into cohesive units.

Visibility and Scope of Variables [Lesson 6]

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Visibility and Scope of Variables [Lesson 6]

Understanding how variables are scoped and accessed is crucial for writing efficient and organized code. We will delve into the differences between local and global variables, and discuss strategies for managing variable visibility to enhance coding efficiency.

Unlocking the Power of C# Methods in NinjaTrader 8 Trading Strategies: Enhancing Clarity and Reusability [Lesson 5]

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Unlocking the Power of C# Methods in NinjaTrader 8 Trading Strategies: Enhancing Clarity and Reusability [Lesson 5]

Methods provide a powerful tool for encapsulating logic into modular code blocks, allowing for better organization, improved readability, and increased flexibility in our trading strategies.

Conditional Statements and Control Flow in NinjaTrader 8 Trading Strategies [Lesson 4]

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Conditional Statements and Control Flow in NinjaTrader 8 Trading Strategies [Lesson 4]

Conditional statements allow you to make decisions in your code based on certain conditions. In NinjaTrader 8, the most commonly used conditional statement is the if statement. Let's start by exploring some smaller examples before we dive into the comprehensive OnBarUpdate method.

Operators and Expressions in NinjaTrader 8 Trading Strategies [Lesson 3]

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Operators and Expressions in NinjaTrader 8 Trading Strategies [Lesson 3]

Operators are symbols that perform specific operations on variables and values, allowing you to manipulate and compare data within your trading strategies and indicators. Understanding operators is essential for building powerful and dynamic trading logic.

Understanding Variable Types in NinjaTrader 8 Trading Strategies [Lesson 2]

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Understanding Variable Types in NinjaTrader 8 Trading Strategies [Lesson 2]

In this post, we will dive deeper into the topic of variable types, which are essential building blocks for developing robust and dynamic trading strategies and indicators in NinjaTrader 8.

Getting Started with NinjaScript Editor: Creating Your First Basic Indicator

Getting Started with NinjaScript Editor: Creating Your First Basic Indicator

In this tutorial, we will walk through the process of opening the NinjaScript Editor and creating a basic indicator in NinjaTrader. By following these steps, you'll have a handy reference for future indicator creations, saving you time and effort. Let's dive in!

Introduction to C# Programming for NinjaTrader 8 Trading Strategies [Lesson 1]

Introduction to C# Programming for NinjaTrader 8 Trading Strategies [Lesson 1]

Unleash your trading potential with C# programming for NinjaTrader 8. Learn to code and test your trading ideas. Combine simplicity and complexity to create winning strategies. Join us on this journey of empowerment and innovation in trading.

NinjaTrader 8 How to add parameters - Complete Guide

NinjaTrader 8 How to add parameters - Complete Guide

In this article, we are going to create a NinjaTrader 8 indicator to see the different parameters that we can add to it.

Adding Parameters to your NinjaTrader 8 Indicator

Adding Parameters to your NinjaTrader 8 Indicator

In the previous article, we created a NinjaTrader 8 indicator. The goal was to write a simple Inside Bar Indicator preceded by three bars that make consecutive lower lows and lower highs or consecutive higher lows and higher highs. What if we decided to modify it a little bit, by

Tutorial: Writing a NinjaTrader 8 Inside Bar Indicator

Tutorial: Writing a NinjaTrader 8 Inside Bar Indicator

In this tutorial, we are going to create a simple indicator to practically demonstrate the point I was trying to make in the previous article (Is automating your trading easy?). We are going to create a simple inside bar indicator for NinjaTrader 8. The indicator will color orange the inside

Is automating your trading strategies easy?

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Is automating your trading strategies easy?

Not long ago, while I was reading about the fifth principle (Learn How to Make Decisions Effectively) in the book Principles by Ray Dalio, I realized that what he said could also be applied to trading strategies programming. He asked to think about how you choose and maintain a safe

Transferring a NinjaTrader lifetime license

Transferring a NinjaTrader lifetime license

You may find announcements on the internet of people that want to sell their NinjaTrader license, or maybe you want to buy one, and you might want to buy a "used" one. This past week a client of mine asked me to help him find an old NinjaTrader license to

NinjaTrader and the time zone on your computer

NinjaTrader and the time zone on your computer

In this article, you will learn why you should be careful when you switch the time zone on your PC (maybe while traveling), and you use NinjaTrader, especially when you are doing a backtest. You will also learn how to fix this data problem. NinjaTrader charts are based on your