Capabilities

Workspaces

• Which are open, and which is on top
  Which workspaces are open right now, and which one am I looking at?
• Every saved workspace
  List every workspace in my Workspaces menu.
• What each workspace's windows hold
  What windows and charts does each of my open workspaces hold?
• Open a workspace by name
  Open my HTAIDarkData workspace.
• Switch to an open one
  Switch to the Testing workspace.
• Close a workspace asks save or not first
  Close the Testing workspace.
• Make a new empty workspace
  Make a new empty workspace called HTAITest.
• Save under its own name
  Save the HTAITest workspace.
• Save As a new name old file stays
  Save the HTAITest workspace as Testing, keep the HTAITest file too.
• Delete a workspace never the active one
  Delete the Testing workspace.
• Points to NinjaTrader's recovery copies
  I deleted Testing by mistake, where can I get it back?
• Clear the flashing taskbar button
  The NinjaTrader taskbar button is flashing, clear it.
• Answers only the Save Workspace box
  Which NinjaTrader popups will you answer on your own?
• Reads charts in background workspaces
  Read the ES chart in HTAIDarkData for me, the workspace in the background.
• Names as NinjaTrader lists them, any case
  Switch me to htaitest.

Charts

• List every open chart tab
  List every chart tab I have open.
• What is in view right now
  What bars are in view on the NQ window right now?
• Bars for any chart up to 5000
  Give me the last 500 bars from my NQ 1-minute chart.
• Bars with no chart open any instrument
  How did ES do overnight? I don't have a chart of it open.
• Bars to a file every loaded bar, for your own SQL, Excel or Python
  Pull the last 90 days of NQ 1-minute bars into a CSV file, then load it into a SQLite database for me.
• Open a new chart Charts switch
  Open a new NQ 5-minute chart.
• Instrument, bar type, days or bars back
  Open an ES chart, 5 HTMinute bars, 30 days back.
• Trading hours template on open
  Open an ES 5-minute chart on the CME US Index Futures RTH trading hours.
• Open from a chart template
  Open an NQ 5-minute chart from my MyDark template.
• Place the window on any screen
  Open an ES 1-minute chart on the top half of my second monitor.
• Place by Snap Grid cells
  Put the new chart in columns 1 to 12, rows 1 to 6.
• Change the instrument
  Change the ES chart to NQ.
• Change the period HT and built-in bar types
  Switch my NQ 1-minute chart to 5 HTMinute bars.
• Load more days or bars
  Load 20 days on the ES chart.
• Change trading hours
  Change the ES chart's trading hours to CME US Index Futures RTH.
• Tick replay on or off
  Turn tick replay on for the NQ window.
• Days and hours of a second series not adding one
  On the second data series of the ES chart, load 10 days and use CME US Index Futures RTH hours.
• Read every chart setting
  Read me every setting on the ES chart.
• Change a chart setting redraws, no reload
  Turn off the chart scrollbar on the NQ window.
• Right margin, bar spacing, bar width
  Push the bars back from the right edge on the ES chart, tighter spacing, thinner bars.
• Background, grid lines, crosshair
  Give the NQ window a black background, grid lines off, and crosshair on.
• Show your trades on the chart
  Show my trades on the ES chart.
• Candle colors and outlines
  On my NQ 1-minute chart make the up candles green, the down candles red, and the outlines black.
• Price scale margins and interval
  Give the price some room at the top of the ES chart and set the price grid every 10 points.
• Wider fixed price range
  Show 20% more price range on the ES chart.
• Click the F auto scale
  Click the F on the ES chart, put it back on auto scale.
• Show the whole session
  Show me the whole session on the NQ window.
• Last N bars
  Show the last 300 bars on my NQ 1-minute chart.
• Scroll back to the newest bar
  Scroll the ES chart back to the newest bar.
• Reload NinjaScript on a chart
  Reload NinjaScript on the ES chart.
• Save as a chart template
  Save the ES chart as a chart template called MyDark.
• Load a template onto a chart says what it replaces
  Load my HTAIDarkBlank template onto the NQ window.
• Close a chart only when asked
  Close the ES chart.
• Take a picture and say what it shows NinjaTrader's own render
  Take a picture of my NQ 1-minute chart and tell me what you see.
• List your templates of every kind
  List every template I have saved, of every kind.
• Line chart, or back to candles chart style type, yours too
  Make my NQ chart a line chart. Now back to candles.
• Never picks a contract month
  If I just say ES, which contract month do you open?

• Hide the toolbar icons
• Add a second data series

Tabs and windows

• Copy a chart as a new tab
  Copy the ES chart as a new tab in the same window.
• Copy a chart into a new window
  Copy my NQ 1-minute chart into its own new window.
• New tab with another instrument
  Add an NQ tab next to the ES.
• Pull a tab out into its own window
  Pull the NQ tab out into its own window.
• Go to a tab
  Go to the ES tab.
• Rename a tab
  Rename the second tab of the ES chart window to NQ.
• Place the new window
  Put that new window on my second monitor.
• List every window NinjaTrader can open
  What windows can NinjaTrader open?
• List every open window
  List every NinjaTrader window I have open.
• Open any window by name Charts switch
  Open a Dynamic SuperDOM.
• Place any window, on open or after
  Put the Market Analyzer on my second monitor, top right.
• Close a window by name, confirmation unless Unattended Destructive tick
  Close the SuperDOM window.
• Asks which when several match
  Close the Market Analyzer, I think I have two open.
• Close all of one kind
  Close all the SuperDOMs.

Indicators

• List every indicator loaded HT ones flagged
  List every indicator NinjaTrader has loaded, and mark the HT ones.
• Every indicator on a chart, with panel
  Which indicators are on the ES chart, and in which panel?
• Read plot values any indicator
  Read the VwapPlus plot values on the ES chart, last 20 bars.
• Read every setting, grouped as the dialog
  Read me every setting on the VPSessions on the ES chart.
• Filter settings by group or name
  Show me just the Show/Hide settings on VwapPlus on the NQ window.
• Find a hidden toolbar switch
  My VWAP line is missing on the ES chart, where is the switch?
• Spot a saved default template
  Every new VwapPlus I add comes up with the wrong settings, why?
• Credentials masked never sent
  What is the API key set in the third-party indicator on the ES chart?
• Add an indicator by name
  Add VwapPlus to the ES chart.
• Add with settings applied first
  Add VwapPlus to the NQ window set to weekly from the start.
• Add from an indicator template
  Add VPSessions to the ES chart from my Scalp template.
• Own panel made by itself
  Put an RSI on the NQ window, in its own panel.
• Put it in an existing panel
  Put the RSI in the same panel as the MACD on the ES chart.
• Remove an indicator only what was named
  Take SupplyDemandMTF off the ES chart.
• Change any setting HT or not
  Make the VwapPlus on the ES chart weekly.
• Enums, colors, strokes, fonts
  On the ES chart make VwapPlus weekly, its line orange, 2 wide, dashed, and its labels Arial 12.
• Several settings on one indicator, one reload
  On the ES chart make VwapPlus weekly and turn its previous-period VWAPs off, one reload.
• Put a template on an indicator
  Put my Scalp template on the VPSessions on the ES chart.
• Save an indicator as a template overwrite only when told
  Save the VwapPlus on the NQ window as a template called Scalp.
• Explains a setting from its reference
  What does Right Strength do on SupplyDemandMTF?

Drawing tools

• List every drawing on a chart
  List every drawing on the ES chart.
• List the drawing tools loaded
  Which drawing tools does NinjaTrader have loaded?
• Place a mark with any tool HT or NinjaTrader's
  Put an up arrow under the 9:30 bar on my NQ 1-minute chart.
• Fib retracement, low to high
  Draw a fib retracement from today's low to today's high on the ES chart.
• Set the tool's properties
  Extend that line to the right and put the label Support on it.
• Draw from a drawing-tool template
  Draw a line at yesterday's close on the NQ window from my Blue Dashed template.
• Global marks every chart of that instrument
  Draw a line at yesterday's close on every NQ chart I have.
• Marks are normal drawings drag, delete, saved
  Can I drag or delete the lines you drew, and do they save with the workspace?
• Clear its own marks
  Clear all your marks off the ES chart.
• Clear one family of marks
  Clear just your swing marks on the ES chart, leave the rest.
• Remove your drawing by name
  Remove that circle I drew on the NQ window.
• Skips indicator-drawn objects
  Remove that demand zone box on the ES chart.
• Put a template on a drawing
  Put my Blue Dashed template on that trend line on the ES chart.
• Swings, labelled HH LH HL LL
  Draw the last swings on my NQ 1-minute chart and label them.
• Wick boxes
  Box the wicks on those swings on the NQ window.
• Trend line, touches counted
  Draw the trend line under this move on the ES chart and tell me the touches.
• Trend channel
  Make that a trend channel on the ES chart.

Chart Trader

• Read every window's panel
  What is Chart Trader set to on each of my chart windows?
• Account, ATM, TIF, quantity
  What account, ATM, TIF and quantity is the NQ window set to?
• List your ATM strategies
  List my ATM strategies by name.
• Which windows have it off
  Which chart windows have Chart Trader turned off?
• Set the account
  Point the NQ window's Chart Trader at Sim101.
• Set the ATM strategy or None
  Set the ATM strategy on the NQ window to None.
• Set the TIF
  Set the TIF on the ES chart window to Day.
• Set the quantity
  Make it two contracts on the NQ window.
• One window, or every match
  Set the quantity to 1 on every NQ chart window.
• Filter by instrument or contract
  Set Sim101 on all my ES chart windows, any contract month.
• Filter by AutoTab color
  Set quantity 2 on every chart window with a red AutoTab.
• Dry run before a set
  Before you change anything, which windows would 'set all my NQ charts' touch?
• Reports what the ATM also moved
  Did picking that ATM strategy change my quantity or TIF too?
• Skips a window with it off, says so
  Set the quantity to 2 on all my chart windows.
• Never places, sizes or cancels
  Buy two NQ at market from Chart Trader.

Orders

• List accounts, which are connected
  List my accounts and tell me which are connected.
• Cash, P&L, buying power
  What is the cash, P&L and buying power on Sim101?
• Open positions
  What positions do I have open on Sim101?
• Working orders
  What orders are working on Sim101 right now?
• Fills, today or any date range
  Show me my fills on Sim101 for the first week of August.
• Fills by instrument, connected accounts only
  Show my NQ fills today, connected accounts only.
• Attach an order to a plot
  Attach my buy limit to the lower VWAP band on the NQ window.
• With a tick offset
  Have my buy follow the daily VWAP minus two ticks.
• Toward last price only
  Attach my buy to VWAP, but only let it move toward the last price.
• Detach an order
  Stop my buy following the VWAP, leave it where it is.
• Move an order to a price
  Move my NQ buy to 23550.
• Move to a zone edge
  Put my buy at the top of the demand zone on the ES chart.
• Cancel one order
  Cancel my buy at 23550.
• ATM stops and targets too
  Attach my target to the upper VWAP band.
• Get flat position and every order
  Get me flat on NQ.
• Says the change back first
  Cancel that buy, but tell me exactly what you are cancelling first.
• Refuses a stop on the wrong side
  Move my sell stop to 23650, that is above where NQ is trading.
• Never places entry orders or resizes orders
  Buy two NQ at market for me.

• Place an order, on your say-so
• Sell at market
• Size an order
• Bracket an entry

Market Analyzer

• Open a Market Analyzer
  Open a Market Analyzer.
• Close it
  Close the Market Analyzer.
• Write a column for it
  Write me a Market Analyzer column that shows the last 10-bar range in ticks.
• List your Market Analyzer templates
  What Market Analyzer templates do I have?

• Add instruments to the grid
• Add columns
• Sort the grid
• Read the rows
• Set a column's settings
• Save the grid as a template

Analyze (reads)

• What is open right now a page
  What do I have open in NinjaTrader right now? Make me a page.
• Status of every account
  Give me the status of all my accounts.
• Analyze my trading today
  Analyze my trading today on Sim101.
• Any past month or range
  Analyze my trading on Sim101 for August.
• Multi-timeframe lean
  Which way is NQ leaning right now?
• Price against your levels
  Where is price sitting on ES compared to my levels?
• Compare instruments against their VWAPs
  Compare ES and NQ against their daily VWAPs.
• Builds 5, 15, 30-minute bars from 1-minute
  Build 5, 15 and 30-minute bars from my NQ 1-minute chart.
• Uses your plots, never substitutes
  Use the VwapPlus on my chart, don't compute your own VWAP.
• Last closed bar for "now"
  Which bar do you use for 'now', the forming one or the last closed?
• Round trips paired from fills
  Pair up my Sim101 fills today into round trips.
• Biggest winner and loser
  What were my biggest winner and biggest loser today on Sim101?
• Blown accounts left out on request
  Analyze my trading this month, current accounts only, leave out the blown ones.
• Why a line is missing
  Why is there no VPOC line on the levels page you made?
• Page copied from a sample report
  Build the accounts page exactly like the sample report, accounts_status.html.
• Saved with its script for reruns
  Run the lean board again.

Scripts

• Write an indicator
  Write me an indicator called MyRange that plots the 10-bar range.
• Write a strategy
  Write me a strategy called MyCross, buy when the fast average crosses the slow one.
• Write a Market Analyzer column
  Write me a Market Analyzer column called RangeTicks showing the last bar's range.
• Checks it compiles before placing
  Does MyRange compile before you put it into NinjaTrader?
• Places it in the right folder
  Where did you put MyRange?
• Keeps the copy it replaced
  Where is the old copy of MyRange you replaced?
• Compiles by itself editor closed
  Compile it, I don't have the NinjaScript editor open.
• Waits for the editor's compile
  Post the new MyRange, my editor is open, wait for its build.
• Compile the whole folder F5 from the chat
  Compile my whole NinjaScript folder.
• Errors with file and line
  What did the compile fail on, which file and line?
• Refuses a duplicate class
  Make another indicator, also called MyRange, in a second file.
• Open the NinjaScript editor
  Open the NinjaScript editor.
• Close the editor
  Close the NinjaScript editor.
• Open a script in the editor any script
  Open the RSI in the editor so I can see the code.
• Close one editor tab
  Close the SMA tab in the editor, keep the RSI.
• Remove a script, confirmation unless Unattended Destructive tick
  Remove MyRange from NinjaTrader.
• Removes your own script too, copy kept DEV\backup
  Remove my own indicator from NinjaTrader, the one I wrote myself.
• Never removes one in use
  Remove MyRange, it is still on the ES chart.
• Reload a chart to take the build
  Reload the ES chart so it picks up the new MyRange.
• Put the new script on a chart
  Put MyRange on the NQ window.
• Ledger of what it placed
  Which scripts have you placed in my NinjaTrader?

Backtests

• List every strategy
  List every strategy I have.
• Backtest any strategy
  Backtest SampleMACrossOver on ES.
• Instrument, period, days or dates
  Backtest SampleMACrossOver on NQ 5-minute, the last 30 days.
• The strategy's own parameters
  Run it with Fast 10 and Slow 25.
• Trading hours
  Run it on the CME US Index Futures RTH trading hours.
• Commission and slippage
  Run it with commission on and one tick of slippage.
• Fill resolution, fill limit on touch
  Use high fill resolution and fill limits on touch.
• Entries per direction, entry handling
  Allow two entries per direction, unique entries only.
• Exit on session close
  Turn on exit on session close, 30 seconds before.
• Opens the analyzer itself
  Run the backtest, I don't have the Strategy Analyzer open.
• Summary: all, long, short
  Give me the summary, all trades, longs and shorts separately.
• Every trade
  List every trade from that backtest.
• Optimize over parameter ranges
  Optimize SampleMACrossOver, Fast 5 to 15 by 5, Slow 20 to 30 by 5.
• Choose the fitness
  Optimize for profit factor instead of net profit.
• Best run and every kept run
  Show me the best run and every run the analyzer kept.
• Long run keeps going read it later
  Is that optimization done yet? Read me the numbers.
• Says the settings back first
  Backtest MyCross on ES 5-minute, say the settings back before you run it.
• Open the analyzer Charts switch
  Open the Strategy Analyzer.
• Close the analyzer, confirmation unless Unattended Destructive tick
  Close the Strategy Analyzer.
• Sim fills, no account touched
  Does a backtest touch my Sim101 account?

Journal

• Journal capture on or off
  How do I turn journal capture on?
• Entry and exit monitor pictures when capture succeeds
  What pictures does journal capture take for each trade?
• A note file per trade
  Does journal capture write a note file for each trade?
• Screenshots folder setting
  Where do the journal screenshots go, and how do I change the folder?
• Open the journal for today
  How do I open today's journal?
• Read closed trades P&L, MFE, MAE
  Read my closed trades today on Sim101 with P&L, MFE and MAE.
• Read your notes, grades, psychology
  Read me my journal notes, grades and psychology entries for today's trades.
• Your own field codes
  What are my journal field codes?
• Write a trade's entry from your words
  The Sim101 trade at 11:36 today: entered on VWAP, calm going in, grade 3, exit was the target.
• Mapping shown before writing
  Show me how you mapped my words to the journal fields before you write.
• Checked against your codes
  Set the entry reason on that trade to 'gut feel'.
• Only the fields you named
  Just change the grade on the 11:36 trade to 4, leave the rest alone.
• Never writes the picture fields
  Put my own screenshot path into the 11:36 trade's picture field.
• Is the journal behind
  Is my journal behind on today's fills?
• Fills alone, without the journal
  I don't have the trade journal, just show me my fills on Sim101 today.

Everywhere

• Read the current bridge port
  What port are we using?
• Explain the available port range
  What range can I choose from for the bridge port?
• Check a port without changing it
  Is port 54321 available? Just check it.
• Change to the port you choose
  Change the bridge to port 54321, then reconnect and verify it.
• Your PC only 127.0.0.1
  Can I reach the bridge from my laptop on the same network?
• On and off from the Help menu
  How do I turn the bridge on and off?
• Every switch one click, no restart
  Do I have to restart NinjaTrader after I tick Charts?
• Charts, Workspaces, Orders, Chart Trader, Scripts, Destructive, Unattended
  Which switches are on the AI Bridge menu, and what does each one let you do?
• Reading needs only the bridge switch
  Do I need to turn anything on for you to read my charts?
• Per-chart consent indicator
  What do I add to the ES chart so you can change it?
• Glowing-head button shows consent
  What is the glowing head button on my chart toolbar?
• Marks stay when consent is removed
  If I take __HTAIBridge off the chart, do your marks go away?
• Writes only in the workspace you see reads any
  Make the VwapPlus weekly on the ES chart in HTAIDarkData, the workspace in the background.
• Setting names and values checked before applying
  If one of the settings I gave you is wrong, does the rest still get written?
• From, to and read back on every change
  Set the right side margin to 120 on the ES chart and tell me what it was before.
• A say line, repeated in full
  No prompt: this is a rule it follows on its own.
• Busy rows and unreadable-window counts reported
  A chart was still loading when you listed them, is it missing from the list?
• Unconfirmed is not "not changed"
  That Chart Trader set timed out, did it change or not?
• Confirmation when Unattended is off names what goes
  Delete Testing and take SupplyDemandMTF off the ES chart.
• Only what you asked
  When I ask for one setting, do you change anything else while you're at it?
• Says the change back before sending
  Will you tell me what you're about to change before you send it?
• Bar times use NinjaTrader local time
  What time zone are the bar times you give me in?
• Clears the taskbar glow
  Will the taskbar keep flashing after you open a workspace while I'm typing?
• Never the NinjaTrader database
  Do you ever write to NinjaTrader's database?
• Never connections or Playback
  Connect me to Playback and set the date to last Tuesday.
• Never starts a strategy
  Start MyCross on Sim101.
• Never waits or watches no alerts
  Alert me when NQ crosses the daily VWAP.
• Bridge connection stays local
  Does the bridge need a browser or external server to talk to NinjaTrader?
• No conversation history; files in your folders
  Do you keep a log somewhere, and where do the files you make go?
• Menus put back if they vanish
  The AI Bridge submenu is gone from my Help menu, what now?
• Never explains how an HT indicator works inside
  How does SupplyDemandMTF decide which zones to draw?
• One read per question, no hammering
  Do you hit NinjaTrader with hundreds of calls for one question?
• Can't do it: says so, gives the hand steps
  Add a second data series, ES, on the NQ chart.