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NinjaTrader for Beginners 2026 Unleash the Automated Trading
Rating: 4.5 out of 5(166 ratings)
375 students
Last updated 2/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn to create automated strategies on the Ninjatrader platform with the Strategy Builder
  • Identify patterns on a chart to create an automated strategy
  • Combine different types of indicators to achieve the best results.
  • How to optimize strategies
  • How to create variables in strategies and their advantages
  • How to create a workflow
  • How to manage risk
  • Discover the Ninjatrader ecosystem and learn how to install your own indicators

Course content

9 sections49 lectures4h 22m total length
  • Are you ready to begin automating your trading strategies?0:35
  • Working methodology for this course1:19
  • Select the appropriate quality when playing the videos in this course1:59
  • Introduction to Ninjatrader | Ninjatrader Strategy Builder1:01
  • What is algorithmic trading?3:47

    Discover how algorithmic trading uses coded instructions to automate buy and sell decisions, highlighting graphical analysis, volatility analysis, and price arbitrage analysis, while enabling 24/7 market access and risk management.

  • Key Tools of the Platform | Ninjatrader Strategy Builder3:35
  • Types of Variables for Automated Strategies | NinjaTrader Strategy Builder1:38
  • Obtaining Free Indicators for Ninjatrader | Ninjatrader Strategy Builder4:02
  • What is a trailing stop?2:24

    Learn how to implement a trailing stop in NinjaTrader using the Strategy Builder to dynamically protect profits and manage risk as prices move.

  • Order Flow - Pack of Powerful Technical Indicators for NinjaTrader2:51
  • Understanding the Zero Value Concept in Indicator-Based Strategy Development2:08

Requirements

  • For this course, you will need a PC, the professional trading platform Ninjatrader installed (no need for the paid version to start), patience, and a willingness to learn.

Description

In this introductory course, you will learn from scratch how to create an automated strategy on the professional trading platform Ninjatrader using the Strategy Builder, without needing programming skills. You'll utilize technical indicators and understand the strategy's purpose.

Learn how to install the platform with Ninjatrader 8 and Ninjatrader NT version to start building strategies.

Gain proficiency in correctly interpreting a chart.

Discover how to identify recurring patterns across different market assets.

Utilize the various types of indicators available in Ninjatrader.

Familiarize yourself with the Ninjatrader ecosystem as a working tool.

Establish a workflow that can make a strategy profitable.

Create variables in strategy development.

Understand how Strategy Analyzer can assist in Ninjatrader.

Learn how to activate technical indicators in strategy development.

Build your portfolio of strategies to diversify risk.

Optimize a strategy by combining different variables and entry/exit conditions for each trade.

Understand the past to comprehend the present market conditions.

NinjaTrader is renowned for its unique combination of high-performance trading platform and real-time support.

NinjaTrader will always be FREE for advanced charting, backtesting, and trade simulation purposes.

This course is periodically updated with new strategies, created and improved by the instructor and the community of students who are part of the Ninjatrader official vendors ecosystem.


Who this course is for:

  • To anyone who wants to start trading but doesn't have the time to sit in front of a chart waiting for an opportunity to trade.
  • For traders who don't know how they can automate their own strategies.