There are two that I could recommend from personal experience. If you want to stick with NT then I would take a look at MzPack. I believe prices have gone up so don't want to quote any here but you get a lot of functionality, including historical DOM (think Bookmap but not nearly as good) among other things at a reasonable one time price. There is even a version that allows you to write script if of course you have the skill to do so. It's updated on a fairly regular basis and support isn't bad at all considering the guy is in Russia.
If you want to go a different route then I suggest Sierra Charting. You will get the historical DOM (again, not nearly as good as BookMap), footprint charts, Market Profile and tons of other things at what I consider a cheap price. I think it's about $300 a year but don't hold me to that. There is also a useful add-on called Emoji Indicators that can enhance the footprint indicator that is leased every 3 months at $200 for the whole package. However you can also lease specific indicators at a less cost. Downside here quite frankly is the graphics which are dated.
Hope it helps and good luck,
Joe
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I have been in this business for around 26 years and have learned anything is possible. So could there be a NDA in this somewhere, perhaps. However at the end of the day customers were completely ignored for a long period of time and then strung along with sometimes bizarre ("I have been to strange places") promises of a product that has never been delivered. This is not something I care to be associated with any longer no matter how good the product. Which of course is the saddest part of the story because Auction Dashboard is very, very good. One can only imagine what further development would have brought. Individuals of course will have to make up their own minds but from my perspective I have moved on.
Joe
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Man, I don't care if he's in his moms' basement, the guy knows what he's doing when it comes to trading and programming, or at least putting it together into a phenomenal product. The business end, maybe not so much but who really knows what's going on?
I will stay hopeful and look forward to something great. If it never comes I'll use it on 7 until 7 is no longer supported and then I'll suck it up and use something else.
Michael
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Sure. What I like most is how you can dial in activity type via sliders. Where's the most activity, where's the aggressive orders, where's the absorption? Also how you can view first accepted bids/offers vs standing.
I still use AD on an older computer ,single core processor ,8 gigs of ram , NT7 running 3 AD charts ,ES GC CL , and 6 minute charts is flawless . I have a new Quad core 16 gig NT8 rig using other products that does not work nearly as well ,which is why I would love to see what Steven could produce for NT8 .
An interesting change for those who are still following…
Auction dashboard web, which wasn´t working, is working again … and True auction data web, which until recently worked, no longer works. Crucial question is, who cares…?
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I am a big FAN of Auction Dashboard for NT7... but after almost two years of waiting for a new version... I am disappointed that there is no offer for Lifetime Licensing.
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I more or less agree with you but not totally surprised there is no lifetime licence as the industry has been moving in that direction for some time now. Of course if you really go back with this thing existing customers were supposed to get a free upgrade to AD for NT8. It appears that has now been reduced to a 1 week trial. That said @200 bucks a year isn't to bad if it actually delivers and that's what it's all about. From my perspective I'm dealing with two separate questions. First, do I want to do business with this guy again? Reliable he is not and reliability is a must quality in trading. Who's to say he doesn't disappear again somewhere down the line. Only this time around you won't have a functioning program that you own and can still use. When the lease runs out that's it. The second question I have is has he actually built a better mouse trap? Yes, it looks intriguing from the cursory look I gave it, but is it just another way to read depth, or a better way to read depth? Perhaps as more information filters out I'll be better able to make an informed decision but for now I'm going to sit this one out. My two cents of course only.
Joe
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@ForJL
I agreed totally with you... so I am SOH too and don't bother to take 7-Day trial yet.
I have been using RtPOC from "dVALUE" that I downloaded from FIO Indicators section; it works just fine for my trading now, especially on a trending day.
AD for NT7 took me about a year to learn and trade profitably. Not so sure how long it will take me this time???
iTS
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perhaps not a AD specific thing. its ninja...but a vendor need not lock himself/herself to licensing.
i have few decent s.w which stopped working...vendor closed shop & could not get it activated on new Pc. anyone buying software from almost 99.9% of vendors will FACE this. all retail vendors on fio too on ninja needs licensing. lol
u wish to waste $s...where u r tied to vendor fortune...then these r for u.
why subscription...name a price...let it be 1000 or 2000. give it securely...why this licensing ? AgileDotNet ??
u can lock all products today.
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Received this e-mail a little while ago. Up to the user I guess.
Hello Valued User:
Did you notice?
We've released new AddOns for NinjaTrader 8. If you haven't had a look, the details are on the Website:
AuctionDashboard.com
We've understandably had a lot of questions from existing users about getting a license for NT 8.
We clearly don't have an exact upgrade path — our new AddOns are simply not the version one product — but we are very excited about the power in the new Stack Data Points; and they will be here to stay. We do want to keep our promise for a license for existing owners.
So while we don't have an NT-8 version of the Edition One product, what we are offering to existing users is free activation of the Chart Columns Pack.
If you are interested in taking advantage of this offer, you can activate a subscription for the Chart Columns at any time, by filling out the form found here:
AuctionDashboard.com/v1owners
You will then simply need to install the AddOn using our AddOn Manager. Please follow the instructions on the download page to install and run the AddOn Manager; and then install the Chart Columns AddOn there. Please exit NinjaTrader before running the AddOn Manager. The AddOn Manager download is here:
AuctionDashboard.com/download
You may note that the activation is for a 90-Day subscription. All current products are subscription-based. At the end of the subscription, you can re-fill the form, and a new subscription will activate for you.
We have a free trial available on the Website for any other AddOns: if you'd like to see how they are working, please simply use a trial.
Thank you again for being a valued user; and please send us any of your feedback on the new AddOns.
Safe trading,
Auction Dashboard™
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I decided to give it a shot also and like Milo 1 failed to get it installed. I get as far as create a password and continually get a network error message. Not a big deal from my end because I have moved on though glad to read someone got it to work.
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Ad for NT8 is a very interesting tool! It has only one flaw. If something goes wrong, like me, you practically have no chance of solving the problem, as no one responds to my email asking for help…
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Does anyone have the indicator file for the last NT 7 version of AD? I suffered the loss of a hard drive and there does not seem to be a way to download it anymore. I have the licenses manager. We all know there is no customer service. So Thanks.
If this is what you need I'll be glad to upload them but will need to get clearance from Mike first because of the no dll upload policy of the board. I believe they were the latest version but it's been a while since I used them and don't even have NT7 any more.
The files will be obfuscated and of little use. And even if they did work, the NT machine ID would be linked to a Machine ID via the NT licensing module. That is of course if he obfuscated them that way in the first place.
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This makes me wonder if @NinjaTrader has any sort of policy about reissuing licenses when the vendor has gone out of business? It would seem that is one of the primary benefits of a centralized licensing server?
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