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Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors February 12th, 2020, 04:55 AM
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Posted By Fugitive69
I like your approach and will toss in my 2 cents....

I like your approach and will toss in my 2 cents. I've spent a ton of time testing, tweaking and more testing. Most often I'd take a single idea and test it six ways to Sunday just to see if I...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors February 5th, 2020, 04:04 AM
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Views: 79,248
Posted By Fugitive69
Everyone has their own trading style, risk...

Everyone has their own trading style, risk tolerance, etc. The idea behind the indicators is to provide some options for entry and exit.

One trader might enter immediately after a reversal bar...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors February 4th, 2020, 09:33 AM
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Posted By Fugitive69
Also thinking about building a strategy using the...

Also thinking about building a strategy using the above indicator, but felt it might need a bit more data to incorporate into the logic. These two indicators could help towards that end.

The two...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors February 4th, 2020, 09:17 AM
Replies: 241
Views: 79,248
Posted By Fugitive69
Looks like a bunch of good trades for everyone -...

Looks like a bunch of good trades for everyone - keep rocking.

I've been playing around with a few ideas that might be worth consideration. One is to incorporate a Momentum factor into a simple...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors January 24th, 2020, 09:13 AM
Replies: 241
Views: 79,248
Posted By Fugitive69
I've been experimenting with a few ideas. ...

I've been experimenting with a few ideas.

The indicator attached may help. The idea is to set the Bar Height on the indicator to whatever bar setting you decide to use.

If using 20 - 2, then...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors January 23rd, 2020, 06:43 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 79,248
Posted By Fugitive69
Do you use the pink color line for additional...

Do you use the pink color line for additional filter for entry and/or for stop?
It is the halfway point between the upper and lower lines. I'm not really using it at all within the strategy...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors January 23rd, 2020, 06:17 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 79,248
Posted By Fugitive69
Well I gave it a shot but the only SuperTrend I...

Well I gave it a shot but the only SuperTrend I had on in my files was the anaSuperTrendM11. It didn't work out so great for these types of bars and a 20-2 setting (or a 12-2 setting either). ...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors January 22nd, 2020, 05:13 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 79,248
Posted By Fugitive69
I've been following this thread and put together...

I've been following this thread and put together an Indicator and Strat to test out a few ideas.

It's still a little rough yet, especially on the exit portion, but it does get you in the ballpark....
Forum: NinjaTrader May 9th, 2019, 10:20 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 707
Posted By Fugitive69
CountIf Question

Looking for a better code to use than CountIf.

Say I want to see if the last 8 bars are all "Up" bars then CountIf doesn't really work very well. It only checks to see if within the last X bars Y...
Forum: NinjaTrader March 18th, 2019, 05:09 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 18,553
Posted By Fugitive69
When building strategies I know it is possible to...

When building strategies I know it is possible to use the condition: IsFirstTickOfBar.

Sometimes it comes in handy, but in essence it is equivalent to using CalculateOnBarClose. As far as...
Forum: NinjaTrader March 15th, 2019, 04:25 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 18,553
Posted By Fugitive69
I would say the differences are subtle but enough...

I would say the differences are subtle but enough to impact trading results day to day. Some Renko bar types do a pretty good job at the entry but not the exit. With others it's vice versa. These...
Forum: NinjaTrader March 15th, 2019, 09:52 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 18,553
Posted By Fugitive69
Follow up on Renko Spectrum bars: ...

Follow up on Renko Spectrum bars:
innovative-trading-solutions-online.com/new/renkospectrum-charts/

[1] Yes, these bars do get filled.

[2] With the purchase you actually get a package that...
Forum: NinjaTrader March 14th, 2019, 05:34 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 18,553
Posted By Fugitive69
Thanks cory, I'll give it a shot.

Thanks cory, I'll give it a shot.
Forum: NinjaTrader March 13th, 2019, 11:43 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 18,553
Posted By Fugitive69
I have made some progress comparing various Renko...

I have made some progress comparing various Renko bar types: BetterRenko, UniRenko, etc.

But I'm not using the Strategy Builder, simply a split chart with Range Bars on top and a Renko style on...
Forum: NinjaTrader March 12th, 2019, 05:23 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 18,553
Posted By Fugitive69
I set out to try an experiment last week using...

I set out to try an experiment last week using the Strategy Builder to provide the coding framework. My idea was to compare fills on a time-based chart (primary) with various other bar types...
Forum: NinjaTrader February 21st, 2019, 12:13 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,056
Posted By Fugitive69
The Trailing Stop works well in strategies most...

The Trailing Stop works well in strategies most of the time, but not always. Here's why:

When manually trading we will sometimes drag the stop near the current price if we think the market run is...
Forum: NinjaTrader December 17th, 2018, 05:48 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 48,842
Posted By Fugitive69
Historical Data To Excel

Tools --> Historical Data

Ninja allows you to export to Excel an hour's worth of tick data at a time. It makes for an interesting exercise, worth performing at least once. You basically drill...
Forum: NinjaTrader December 15th, 2018, 09:46 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 48,842
Posted By Fugitive69
Incorporating ATM Into Strategy Builder

I've learned a few tips and tricks the hard way and will post some of those on this thread in hopes of saving others from spending hours searching for answers.

Found this on the NinjaTrader site...
Forum: NinjaTrader December 8th, 2018, 04:24 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 48,842
Posted By Fugitive69
Boy ain't that the truth. Although I don't yet...

Boy ain't that the truth. Although I don't yet have a strategy I'm willing to use on a real account there is no doubt strategies choose better entry points than I am able to perform manually.
Forum: NinjaTrader December 8th, 2018, 04:22 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 48,842
Posted By Fugitive69
I dug through my old notes but came up empty. ...

I dug through my old notes but came up empty. The closest thing I found was a paid heatmap indicator which I never tried. Don't think it would work in a strategy anyway. Sorry, gave it a shot.
Forum: NinjaTrader December 7th, 2018, 10:09 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 48,842
Posted By Fugitive69
Strategy Testing

It's very early yet and I'm testing 3 different approaches. Maybe by Monday I'll have something more concrete to share.

Oddly enough I can do quite well on the longs but can't get to first base...
Forum: NinjaTrader December 7th, 2018, 09:54 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 48,842
Posted By Fugitive69
jmont1 - Good points here, thank you. I...

jmont1 - Good points here, thank you.

I think the scale got away from me when I started using 10 Range Bars and only realized after the fact the inherent problems it created. So I made a few...
Forum: NinjaTrader December 6th, 2018, 04:08 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 48,842
Posted By Fugitive69
UniRenko vs Range Bars

Spent a considerable amount of time trying to correlate these two bar types without success. They are just two completely different animals. The short version of the story is that I'm going to...
Forum: NinjaTrader December 6th, 2018, 03:56 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 48,842
Posted By Fugitive69
I feel I've seen something like this within the...

I feel I've seen something like this within the past few months. I'll dig around to see if I can find it again.
Forum: NinjaTrader December 5th, 2018, 12:51 PM
Replies: 132
Views: 48,842
Posted By Fugitive69
I've never looked at the Log Tab before - DUH. ...

I've never looked at the Log Tab before - DUH. Lots of good stuff in there.

Around the time of the crash it posted this in the Log:
Strategy 'kKrunchJMont2': Error on calling 'OnBarUpdate'...
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