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For charting, many of our VPS customers use NinjaTrader and executing trades by connecting it to their IB brokerage account.

You can use NinjaTrader playback connection to access previously downloaded data offline. The market replay should work with a free Sim license key. Email platformsales@ninjatrader.com to request a simulated license key.

Server reservations are filling up quick! There is only enough space left for about 2 more Large VPS and 7 Medium VPS. The highest performance servers are totally sold out until we get the next shipment of parts. A common question is which size server should I get for my style of trading...

6/10/21 +13 ticks Opening breakout setup Last day trading ES 06-21 6/11/21 First day trading new ES 09-21 No trade setups No opening breakout and no 1-2-3 reversal patterns

Brand new Chicago server parts have just arrived by Fedex! We're working on getting them online as soon as possible for you all to enjoy.

You may want to double check your rollover settings in Control Panel --> Tools --> Database Management Double check the new expiry is correct: NT Help Docs: https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/?rolling_over_a_futures_contrac.htm

Today, 6/10/21, was the roll date for 6-21 indices. Not sure why it would say MAR 11 2021, but for example day trading ES would see the rollover message today.

By higher timeframe I mean longer holding period.

If You Sell a House These Days, the Buyer Might Be a Pension Fund Yield-chasing investors are snapping up single-family homes, competing with ordinary Americans and driving up prices https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-sell-a-house-these-days-the-buyer-might-be-a-pension-fund-11617544801

We have a surge of new VPS customers due to the recent wave of high profile ransomware in the news. Ask yourself what you would do if you were locked out of your computer? Trading on our VPS protects you from ransomware by: 1. A dedicated server environment for your trading workspace is...

6/9/21 -5 ticks The entry setup today was waiting for the first bar to close to give direction. It was a failed breakout so placed a sell stop limit order 1 tick below it. Unfortunately stopped out for a 5 tick loss, but was +12 ticks at one point Today is turning out to be a low volatility...

6/8/21 +4 ticks Recorded a quick scalp at open today. Had it not been stopped out, the downtrend continued for +37 ticks!

Wild conspiracy theory: the Darkside hacking group was actually an undercover FBI operation to begin with. The government wanted to bring public scrutiny to ransomware, and kickoff the "War on Crypto" Just today it came out that the encrypted chat app Anom, used by criminals worldwide, was...

If you haven't heard of it, the website is https://dave.com/. "Launched in 2017, Dave is an app used to help Americans avoid billions of dollars in overdraft fees charged by traditional banks. It currently has 10 million customers." Will be very interesting to see how this SPAC trades, given...

6/7/2021 +$625 (+25 ticks, 2 contracts) Skipping the stop loss trail on inside bar has been working out really well! Overall has made a lot more than the times it led to a larger loss. I received many questions amongst my group about today's trade so I wrote out the rules on the chart.

Hey I'm familiar with your type of setup and workload. For laptop (15 inch under $1600) I recommend a Surface Book 2. It is the previous year model, and they often go on sale. The 16GB RAM version is more than enough to handle your complete array of charts, scanners, and trade ideas. For...

For trading live with IB through NinjaTrader, you'll only need to pay for a license key. Kinetick is not required since it is a data feed and you can use your IB data feed instead (unless you prefer Kinetick as live data source). Also using NinjaTrader as the charting software and order entry...

On the institutional level, portfolio returns are analyzed based on risk. Every contributing factor of a return is broken down and attributed to a risk factor. There are hundreds+ risk factors, such as interest rate risk, vol, time, etc. Depending on the strategy of the portfolio, some risk...

As social proof, a very high number of our VPS users use their IB accounts with NinjaTrader on our servers. NinjaTrader actively works on improving connection with IB, and very recently released a new version that improves 24/7 connectivity for running automated strategies on IB accounts.

Classic strong accumulation up today. I miss last month when everyday (first half of the month) had a clean 1-2-3 pattern at open...