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Most Successful Strategies for Ninjatrader

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Most Successful Strategies for Ninjatrader Our Most Useful and Flexible Setups are : EMA ( trending setup ) SRS ( trend and counter trend setup ) Reversal ( counter trend setup )  ...currently available only on semi automatic mode The SRS Setup is covered on these links : On this link you will learn How it Works :  The   Indicator   Store : Small Range Setup ( on this early version it was used as a trending system ) Later I explained how to use it on counter trend mode :  SRS for Trend and Counter Trend Setups This video is about  the  Semi Automatic  Indicator  ( PMS_SRS )  ...that allows to trade  the  Setup from Chart Trader using ATM Orders : PMS_SRS_v6 - YouTube And this is my last Ninja Webinar were I explains  the  basics of  the  Setup : NinjaTrader Partner Presentations - 3/20/2013 - ...

Automated Strategies for Ninjatrader

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Hello Traders ! On this article we are going to review all our trade setups that have a Strategy for Ninjatrader fully automated and can be back tested, optimized and traded live. This is a list of all those ordered in function of its low complexity ; EMA ( it trades an Exponential Moving Average ;  Read More  ) Bouncer ( it is an anti EMA ; as it trades against it ) Vwap (  it trades the Volume Weighted Average Price ) SRS ( Custom Setup ; Read More ) ATR_BarColor Impulse High Low Crossover 1) PM_EMA_TraderV52 On this setup we only need to optimize a pair of parameters ; The period of a Moving Average The size of an envelope The size of the envelope is slightly lower than the stop we are planning to use, so we can focus on finding the Period This is an example using the Optimizer to scan Moving Averages on ES, looking for a 1.5 points of target against 2 points of Stop : Depending on the level of the commisions, then we ...

Supertrend Setup for Ninjatrader

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Hello everyone ! Most of you may already know the Supertrend Indicator, it has been available for most platforms including Ninjatrader. There are several versions, some of them free and including different calculation modes. It is basically a trend detection systems very useful also for trailing stop management purposes. On the following chart we can see the trend changes indicated by arrows when the line is calculated with the default settings ; an HMA(14) and a multiplier of 2.618 and on the following chart, the HMA is changed by the Median ; Using an SMA : Same SMA, but changing the multiplier from 2.618 to 1 As we can see, this is a very flexible and powerful indicator to define trend and reversals. If we are in the Market, the indicator can be used to keep the trailing stop slightly below its line. If we are looking for an Entry, once a trend change is detected ( red and blue arrows are painted ) we have several options : Enter at Marke...

Polynomial Regression Channel Analysis for Ninjatrader

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Hello Traders, The topic for today is the PRC ( Polynomial Regression Channel ). What is, and how can be used the PRC ? There are hundreds of sites, mostly mathematical sites where we can get a lot of info about it. This is a brief summary : When we have a series of data points ( price bars ) and we want to find a formula that best fits all points of the analyzed data set, we can use a linear regression : Where Y = a.X + b ( picture from wikipedia ) and it represent all the data points by a straight line. This is the more elemental and easy to calculate... but with more error. If we increase the degree of the polynomial to 2, then we get a parabola ; Where Y = a.X 2  + b.X + c ( charts generated with arachnoid page ) This kind of polynomial is always predicting a turning point ( polynomials with odd degree ( 1, 3, 5, etc ) will have the starting point and ending point with same trend ) So, for trading analysis, most people us...