October 2019 - TrueData

How to use NinjaTrader With Windows XP & Server 2003 ?

Introduction

Using NinjaTrader with Windows XP & Server 2003 can now be a challenge as NinjaTrader has followed Microsoft in dropping support for these operating systems. Windows XP users have recently, therefore, been unable to connect to the NinjaTrader license server. The primary cause being :-

· Microsoft is no longer updating security certifications via Windows Update.

· Microsoft announced end-of-support for Windows XP on April 8th, 2014 and Windows Server 2003 July 14, 2015.

· NinjaTrader, therefore, dropped support for these operating system and it is recommended to upgrade to a supported operating system.

· Read more about this on the Ninja Trader Forum >> Link

Is there any way to Use NinjaTrader with Windows XP ?

Yes, there is a temporary manual install of security certifications available for those of you who will not have immediate access to an updated operating system.

The steps to do this are :-

1. You will need to download the zip file from the link given below and extract the files to your Desktop. http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/files/WinXP_GoDaddy-Certs.zip

2. First, install the three .crt files. (To install these files, left click and choose “install certificate”, follow the prompts to continue)

· gd_bundle-g2.crt

· gdig2.crt

· gdroot-g2.crt

3. Next, install the three .crl files. (To install these files, right click on the file and select “Install CRL”. Some of these may take up to a minute to install)

· gdroot2-g2.crl

· mastergodaddy2issuing.crl

· mastergodaddyextendedissuing.crl

4. After having done these steps, run NinjaTrader7 or NinjaTrader8 and the license should verify.

Note:-

· Though useful, this is only a temporary manual install of security certifications.

· There is no guarantee that this will work on different PCs having different updates of Windows XP.

· It is recommended to upgrade your operating system as soon as possible.

· Please contact Ninja Trader Platform support (platformsupport@ninjatrader.com) for more details.

· If you have Windows 7 or Windows 10, please visit these links on how to setup NinjaTrader 7 and NinjaTrader 8

Please post your experiences and share your knowledge below to help fellow traders. Thank you !

How to Keep an Eye on Intra Day

Market eye filters is made creatively to help you take advantage of market opportunities without using any strategy. Market eye is an event tracker, a type of Market Scanner. There are pre-defined Bullish as well as Bearish events such as high of the day, low of the day, gap up, gap down, etc. Most of the software’s in the market provide this kind of feature but what makes this feature unique in TrueData Cheetah is the option of ‘Filters‘.

Market Eye filters will help you to filter out the choppy market, as a good scanner should not have same stocks repeating itself.

As I mentioned above, taking advantage of market opportunities such as:

1) Gap up/Gap down:–

Breakout occurs when a stock forms a Gap up, trader can take a long position or cover short position or a Gap down, trader can go short or sell long positions.

2) Turn over:–

Volume breakout can lead to market reversal or conviction that breakout is real. Momentum traders are thus benefitted from volume breakout. High volume with gap up or gap down could be identified with this filter.

3) Identifying Support and Resistance:–

When a stock reaches a new high in an uptrend it forms support and similarly, resistance is formed when a stock reaches a new low in down market. Thus Selling in new low and buying in new high can be a profitable trade. Reversals build slowly. Also in case of the first sharp dip always finds buyers and the first sharp rise always finds sellers.

4) % Chg:–

Long candle (bullish or bearish) accompanied with high volume filter is significant.

Removes noise from the market. Only significant movement between tick is identified thus stocks with significant movement can be concentrated upon.

Thus using our market eye one can trade in any kind of market in the right direction irrespective of noise.