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June 1st, 2015, 12:26 AM
Austin TX
Experience: Advanced
Platform: Ninjatrader, Python, & R
Broker: RJO
Trading: Futures, Spreads
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xandman
I am not shy about criticizing NT7. And for discretionary futures tradng, I would have to say that it is a heaping pile of garbage. There is just to much competition from many deep pocketed software vendors. Thus, you can get a better software practically for free.
However, based on the NT8 functionality upgrades I've seen. Wey are on a more competitive footing and quite possibly be better off than with those thousand dollar a month systems when all the potential enhancements are considered. I am not saying you have to buy them all. I am saying you will be able to have NT8 according to your personal workflow for less money than institutional software. There is no better time to have own the NT platform. Not even during the previous major upgrade.
As for spreading, let's not go there.
Additionally, the last poster is not only a programmer but a person who works in a professional trading environment with access to much more sophisticated systems.
I can find no better endorsement.
Ugh Spread trading , that is a big miss around most trading software, NT included.
"The great Traders have always been humbled by the market early on in their careers creating a deep respect for the market. Until one has this respect indelibly engraved in their makeup, the concept of money management and discipline will never be treated seriously."
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
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June 2nd, 2015, 02:53 PM
Ojai CA/USA
Experience: Advanced
Platform: NinjaTrader, TradeStation
Broker: Stage 5 and NinjaTrader Brokerage Continum
Trading: CL
Posts: 18 since Dec 2013
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SodyTexas
Ugh
Spread trading , that is a big miss around most trading software, NT included.
Hello Programmers
For us non programers can you give few example of what the new .NET tools in NT8 will allow you to do that couldn't be done before.
Maybe some SWAGs on what kind of things we can expect to see people created for NT8.
And also How does this compare to other platform capabilities TradeStation Sierra Chart MT4, whatever?
thanks just curious
June 2nd, 2015, 03:19 PM
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: IB TWS, TOS, Lightspeed
Broker: Interactive Brokers, Lightspeed, TD Ameritrade, Fidelity
Trading: MES, Spy Options, Penny Stocks
Posts: 105 since Sep 2013
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magicknow
Hello Programmers
For us non programers can you give few example of what the new .NET tools in NT8 will allow you to do that couldn't be done before.
Maybe some SWAGs on what kind of things we can expect to see people created for NT8.
And also How does this compare to other platform capabilities TradeStation
Sierra Chart MT4, whatever?
thanks just curious
I don't know all the details, but my understanding is that with the new NT you can pretty much program anything. I think there's better access to the underlying database, Dom , charts, etc. Being .NET allows interaction with external programs and operating system, as before. You could collect data in NT and send it to csv file, excel, or a machine learning algo written in python, for example. This is not new to NT8, but I don't think TS supports this. Don't know about the others.
June 2nd, 2015, 04:38 PM
Chicago IL
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NT CQG TWS
Trading: Futures and FOPs
Posts: 59 since Mar 2014
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Vendors are going to be racing against the clock to be first to market with all kinds of goodies.
So expect that some of them will be really hush about potential projects.
Don't expect options ( Though I heard from Ray that "hooks" might be in place.), Don't expect spreads. Everything is fair game.
July 17th, 2015, 12:36 AM
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader with Jigsaw DOM
Trading: CL, 6E, ES, Piano
Posts: 264 since Nov 2014
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Would be cool if NT supported iceberg orders .
Understanding yourself is just as important as understanding markets.
August 28th, 2015, 12:13 PM
Naperville IL
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: ninjatrader
Broker: NT broker
Trading: NQ ES 6E GC CL
Posts: 963 since Feb 2010
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do you have instructions for converting NT7 indicator to NT8?
thanks
August 31st, 2015, 07:02 AM
Bangalore+India
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Do they have the option to change the wick colors to the same as the corresponding candle... Green to Green candle and Red wick for Red candle...??
September 14th, 2015, 02:54 AM
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Platform: NinjaTrader
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SodyTexas
Ugh
Spread trading , that is a big miss around most trading software, NT included.
Does anyone knows if NT8 has the ability to chart spread between instruments out of the box?
September 21st, 2015, 12:09 PM
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