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Does anybody have recommendations or suggestions for tutorials on Ninjatrader programming besides the Ninjatrader website? My primary use for this tutorial would be for programming indicators. Thanks in advance!

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Does anybody have recommendations or suggestions for tutorials on Ninjatrader programming besides the Ninjatrader website? My primary use for this tutorial would be for programming indicators. Thanks in advance!

There are multiple webinars on futures.io (formerly BMT) that cover NinjaScript programming. Click webinars top of any page.

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There are multiple webinars on futures.io (formerly BMT) that cover NinjaScript programming. Click webinars top of any page.

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If anybody else has additional resources they can share, please feel free to share that information. I'm sure that there are other people besides myself that may find the information you suggest here useful.

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Ninjascript is a customized version of C#, so get a C# book and learn its fundamentals. I already knew the basics of event driven object oriented programming, so learned Ninjascript by copying bits and pieces from existing indicators on nexusfi.com (formerly BMT) and the Ninjatrader forum. Eventually I got a C# book that answered some of my lingering questions and helped me to progress.

Be careful. There are plenty of bad Ninjascript coders and tons of bad programming advice. Even many of the Ninjatrader "stock" indicators are showcases of coding worst practices. There seems to be almost fanatical devotion to doing a lot of things that do not make any sense, just because others have always done things that way. One of my pet peeves is the useless, commented, "Wizard Created Gibberish". That is just the tip of the iceberg.

Learn from the best. There are a few coders who stand far above the rest. For example, absolutely incredible indicators have been posted by @Fat Tails and @gomi. Study the work of people like that, and emulate it. That will give you a big head start in the right direction.

Look at this thread for some ideas about how to write code that will run efficiently:

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Thanks, Zondor!

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Also, besides a book for C # there are many videos on the microsoftvirtualacademy.com site that has many tutorials of the C # language. From the very basic programming techniques to the very advanced.

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FWIW Udemy.com is offering 75% off for the next few hours on many of their courses.

They have some C#, Programming Language, Visual Studio, and lots of others.
They have VS for $5 after discount and an advanced course in VS (normally $150 or $37.00 with the discount)

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