See the swing structure that matters, on the chart you actually trade.
When your execution chart is fast, the swing highs and lows that frame the larger move can be easy to lose. Swings MTF is a NinjaTrader 8 swing indicator that calculates swing structure from a selected default data series and displays it on your primary chart.
Use the timeframe or bar type that gives the context you want, then keep those swing levels visible while you work from a different chart. The result is a cleaner way to watch potential support, resistance, and turning-point structure without keeping a second chart open just to track it.
Every control lives in one chart toolbar dropdown: the source data series, the left and right strengths, active and broken swing display, labels, and alerts.
Draw swing highs and lows from any default data series, on any chart.
As a NinjaTrader 8 swing indicator, Swings MTF calculates swing structure from the series you choose, then displays it on your primary chart. Use the timeframe or bar type that gives the context you want and keep those levels in view while you work elsewhere. You can mix series types too: minute swings on a range chart, volume on tick, or tick on volume.
Minute: 60 on 5
Keep the higher-timeframe swing levels in view while you execute on the faster chart.
Volume: 5,000 on 500
Watch the larger volume structure without leaving the chart where you read the detail.
Tick: 610 on 144
Track the bigger tick swings while you trade the smaller tick series you prefer.
Two strengths, set independently
Most swing tools give you a single strength that controls both sides at once. Swings MTF splits it into a left setting and a right setting you tune separately, so you can qualify hard and still confirm at your own pace.
Left strength qualifies
The bar must be the highest high, or the lowest low, of the lookback you set. Widen it to keep only the structure that frames the move.
Right strength confirms
How many bars you wait before the level is called. Keep it tight and the swing lands on your chart while it still matters.
Confirmed, then fixed
A swing never repaints. Once the confirmation bars pass, it draws back at the bar that qualified and does not change.
Why one setting for both sides costs you
Tie both sides together at 20 and a swing has to be the highest high of the last 20 bars, then wait 20 more bars before it appears. By the time the level shows up, price has usually left it far behind. Set the left wide and the right tight and you get the same quality of structure, confirmed while it is still worth trading against.
Keep the useful information, hide the rest
Active swings are the levels price has not taken out yet. Broken swings are the ones price has already traded through. Swings MTF keeps both and lets you show or hide each on its own, so you can watch what is still in play without losing the record of what gave way.
Swings MTF, from the NinjaTrader toolbar
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Structure visibility
Show or hide the indicator, the active swings, and the broken swings with a single click.
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Label choices
Turn price labels, dots, and tick-offset labels on where they help, and off where they clutter the chart.
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Alerts on create and break
Get an alert when a new swing forms or when price takes one out, as a sound or through the NinjaTrader alert window.
Use the swing levels away from the chart
Swings MTF exposes the last swing high and the last swing low as values other NinjaScript can read, so a strategy or add-on can work from the same structure without the chart toolbar running. It calculates from the default NinjaTrader data series. Custom bar types are not supported.
If you would rather work in zones than in single levels, Supply & Demand MTF builds regions from the same qualify-and-confirm engine.
How this NinjaTrader 8 swing indicator improves on the built-in swings
Without Swings MTF
The built-in swing lines stop at the next swing, whether or not price ever broke the level.
One strength governs both sides, so a clean swing appears long after price has left it.
Switch charts to check the bigger picture, or redraw the levels by hand.
With Swings MTF
Swing lines carry forward until price actually takes them out.
Left and right strengths tune separately, so you confirm at your own pace.
Any default data series, shown on the chart you trade.
What does Swings MTF do?
It is a NinjaTrader 8 swing indicator that calculates and draws swing highs and lows from the default data series you choose, including a secondary or mixed series, so you can see that structure on another chart.
Can I show higher-timeframe swings on a lower-timeframe chart?
Yes. For example, 60-minute swings on a 5-minute chart, 5,000-volume swings on a 500-volume chart, or 610-tick swings on a 144-tick chart. You can mix series types too, such as minute swings on a range chart.
Can I adjust swing sensitivity?
Yes, and you set each side on its own. Left strength decides how far back a bar has to dominate before it qualifies. Right strength decides how many bars you wait for confirmation. A larger right setting means a cleaner chart but a later swing.
Do the swings repaint or move after they appear?
No. A swing waits out the right-strength confirmation bars, then draws back at the bar that qualified it. Once it is drawn, its value does not change.
Can I move or delete a swing on the chart?
You can clear a swing you do not want to look at. Treat it as a temporary change to the view: refreshing or reloading the chart recalculates the swings from your settings, and the swing comes back. Swings are not saved to a file.
Can a strategy or add-on read the swing values?
Yes. Swings MTF exposes the last swing high and the last swing low as values other NinjaScript, such as a strategy, can read without the chart toolbar running.
Does it work with custom bar types?
Swings MTF calculates from the default NinjaTrader data series. Custom bar types are not supported.
Can I hide broken swings or labels?
Yes. The toolbar has separate controls for active swings, broken swings, price labels, dots, and tick-offset labels.
Requirements: Windows and NinjaTrader 8.1.2.1 or later.
This video is actually for the Normal Swings NT7 Indicator – Most of the features for NT8 are the Same, EXCEPT the MTF Version Gives You the Ability to Add and Display the Swings of a Secondary Dataseries. Please refer to the Supply Demand (MTF) demonstration video to Better Understand that Feature and it’s Benifit..
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Rated 5 out of 5
Graham (verified owner)–
Great product as you can customize the settings dependent on your needs. It does what it says and more. Plus the customer service from Edge is really good, well worth the money, thank you…
Rated 5 out of 5
John (verified owner)–
I also had this with NT7 and upgraded to the NT8 version. It is a unique indicator that does so much more than the other “swing” indicators elsewhere available. To have the dynamic plot of tick distance from current price to next swing is so valuable. Edge, the owner, has willingly helped me several times when I had computer disasters and he is the epitome of good customer service.. Trader JohnR
Rated 5 out of 5
Michael (verified owner)–
I’m always looking for potential turning points, and this is a great indicator for doing just that. I use it in conjunction with the drawing bar and they make a great combo for me. On the swings indicator, it’s very flexible to determine the strength of a swing by determining the bars before and bars after a swing to define it. No one else does that, and that is what makes it extremely useful. You can see exactly what you want without having to draw horizontal lines. Plus, I need to say that Steve is always ready to help with questions or issues with any of his indicators. His tech support is really good, and I appreciate that.
Graham (verified owner) –
Great product as you can customize the settings dependent on your needs. It does what it says and more. Plus the customer service from Edge is really good, well worth the money, thank you…
John (verified owner) –
I also had this with NT7 and upgraded to the NT8 version. It is a unique indicator that does so much more than the other “swing” indicators elsewhere available. To have the dynamic plot of tick distance from current price to next swing is so valuable. Edge, the owner, has willingly helped me several times when I had computer disasters and he is the epitome of good customer service.. Trader JohnR
Michael (verified owner) –
I’m always looking for potential turning points, and this is a great indicator for doing just that. I use it in conjunction with the drawing bar and they make a great combo for me. On the swings indicator, it’s very flexible to determine the strength of a swing by determining the bars before and bars after a swing to define it. No one else does that, and that is what makes it extremely useful. You can see exactly what you want without having to draw horizontal lines. Plus, I need to say that Steve is always ready to help with questions or issues with any of his indicators. His tech support is really good, and I appreciate that.
Mike D