I’m a futures trader who’s been trading for 10+ years. This is my site, MyDailyTake, where I blog, share, and journal my setups.
Have you ever heard about futures trading and wondered how it works or how you might get involved? Perhaps you’ve seen news headlines about commodity…
Introduction Over more than a decade, I’ve dedicated countless hours to coding indicators and strategies for NinjaTrader 6.5, 7, and 8. Throughout this journey, I’ve…
If you’ve been building indicators or strategies in NinjaTrader 8 for more than five minutes, you’ve probably found yourself writing the same utility methods over…
A Beginner’s Guide to Reusable Logic in NinjaTrader. As your NinjaScript indicators or strategies grow more complex, your code can start to get messy —…
When it comes to trading, especially futures scalping, the right books can fundamentally shape your approach and enhance your edge in the markets. Here’s a…
A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Coloring in NinjaTrader. When you build custom indicators or strategies in NinjaTrader, you’ll often want to control the color of…
A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Static Visual Markers. After learning about Plots, which dynamically update on every bar, it’s time to explore a simpler but…
A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Visual Outputs (Plots). Once you understand how NinjaTrader stores values with Series<T>, the next step is learning how NinjaTrader actually…
Trading can seem glamorous. Social media is flooded with screenshots showing unbelievable profits and stories of overnight riches. Self-proclaimed gurus and vendors advertise systems promising…
A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Custom Data Storage in NinjaTrader. In NinjaTrader, almost everything you see — from price plots to moving averages to volume bars…
Where most of your trading logic happens. In our last articles, we explored NinjaScript structure, variables and properties, and how NinjaTrader manages a script’s lifecycle…
Understand when your indicator or strategy does what — and why it matters. In our previous article on Variables and Properties, we covered how to…
