Custom Tools

First, you will need to download ninja here, www.ninjatrader.com/trading-platform/

This works with the free version, like all platforms you will have to pay for data.

Having a brokerage, even if you don't use it with Ninjatrader is the cheapest option This will get you level 2 cqg data for $16 a month for non-professionals. Your other option will be Kinetick. Make sure you look at non-professional rates, as sometimes the site advertises the more expensive ones until you sign the forms. Both of these can be added after you have downloaded ninja from their site, directly in the member portal. You can always try the platform with Kinetick, and drop down to the cheaper cqg data at any time.

Note, when you're using MarketDepth tools, you must connect to continuum. Another option for getting data if you have no interest in adding a brokerage account, or using kinetick are sim…

Research tips

These indicators can take a lot of time to load when you are looking at a lot of days of data at one time.

Inside of your data panel it allows you to choose an end date. For certain indicators when reviewing past history, loading just a week at a time will be a huge timesaver.

When researching longer timeframe delta zones, you will need to add some additional days. An example here is looking at a 30-day delta chart. The best way to do this is to load 35 days worth of data, but skip ahead in time one week at a time. This way you're getting a full view of when those levels were created. This will take a bit longer to load, but worth your time researching how the market responds to these zones. Using 60-minute charts will reduce the load time.