When I read your first post, my question was simply, what do you mean by "scalping?" -- as there are many styles and methods of scalping, and even many ideas about what "scalping" is.



Then I read this post, which answers the question well enough.

You can see from the different answers that some traders will say yes and others will say no. As a trader with a similar timeframe (a bit shorter, but similar), I would not hesitate to use NT -- but I don't ( ), I use Sierra Chart instead, mainly because of its speed and its stability. But I think NT is good enough. You should have a fast PC because it is something of a hog for resources and you should have relatively few indicators or charts up for the same reason, but these can be managed easily enough with hardware. I have used it and wouldn't have a problem, keeping in mind the hardware issues. I know many traders who post their trades on futures.io and who scalp just fine with it.

(I know you said not to mention any other platforms, but that basically means you won't get a good range of responses, since there would be no discussions of pros and cons in a comparative sense.)

I have considerable respect for both @Jasonnator and @Trembling Hand for their technical knowledge (I don't know anything about their trading, but am willing to accept their word about it), and you can see that one says "yes" and one says "no," and each has good and relevant-sounding reasons. This is not unusual in the world of trading, no matter what the subject is.

Here is the best advice anyone can give anyone about trading, assuming that the very basic issues have been covered: Open a live account and trade with it. You will soon find what is good and what is not, for you, and then can make a better decision. If it's OK, then you will be happy. And if it's not OK, you will know better what you should look for.

I hope you find the responses in this thread useful and that you have a successful experience with your trading, however you decide.

Bob.

Thank you for your input Bob.

I agree 100% with your response. I've been testing NT8 with their market replay tool, and as I said, I like the platform.

PC should not be a problem, I got my new one yesterday.

I was reading here some different articles about NT8, some were a few years old, some are current.

And I just wanted to hear some of your opinions before spending 2 k for the license and some indicators. And btw I just use a few ones.

So thank you for everyone who is sharing his opinions and experiences.

Eisi

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I'm using NT8 for about 1.5 years now with 6 different charts open (Tick, Minute, 3 different Renko bar types).

Having many different (properly coded!) indicators and strategies loaded as well, I NEVER had any kind of crash or platform freeze so far.

I run NT8 on 2 different DEDICATED trading computers which are appropriately equipped, but not oversized.

So bottom line I can't complain at all, but that's just me....

I would not recommend ninja for scalping, ninja is slow and prone to crashing, something more reliable like sierra charts would be better.

I 100% agree - Ninja charts are prone to be slow especially in Fast markets like the daily open etc. As result I have two back up brokers. Last week the ES futures chart was more than 3 points behind price on a 2 min chart. Real shame it is 2021 NinjaTrader still refuses to fix basic issues so the platform is as fast and stable as Sierra Charts.

Sierra is very solid just not easy to learn - at least for me.
TradeStation is solid. But Like ThinkorSwim they both have pros and cons. TOS is Definitely Not for scalping. If https://tastyworks.com/ ever gets robust charting they will give TOS real run for the money, at least for option traders.

For scalping take a look at https://www.tradovate.com:443/
Inquire about there flat monthly commission if you are a high volume trader.

PS Dang, just looked up and saw I wasn't a wizard anymore. So sad.

I'm gonna push back on this. Ninja 8's current iteration -- I haven't had a crash in two years and it's very fast if you have a decent machine and internet connection. Most of the complaints I see about Ninja refer to either Ninja 7 or the first iterations of 8. Those opinions, in my mind, are outdated. I am an actual scalper; the platform executes flawlessly. I'd say give it a try. Also, I trade stocks on Tradestation, and it's no comparison for ease of use and execution. Ninja, at least for me, is much, much better.