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In this video tutorial I show how to create a strategy from scratch (not using the wizard, which I never use).
The strategy contains a few optimizable parameters such as SMA length, EMA length, HMA length, three different targets with custom tick settings …
There are also a number of simple sample strategies that come with NinjaTrader. The strategy by @Ducman is an advanced piece of code. Your first strategy should be much simpler.
I would recommend to run the first strategy on minute bars and in mode CalculateOnBarClose = true. In that case the strategy will only make a decision once per N minutes, and you can be sure that this decision has been executed, before the next decision is made. Minute bars have the advantage that
- they can be backtested
- overfills are unlikely, once you go live and trade with real money
