Institutional Order Flow.
Built for Futures Traders.

No. All indicators and strategies run on NinjaTrader 8's native data feed and work with any NT8-compatible broker (NinjaTrader Brokerage, Interactive Brokers, TD Ameritrade, etc.). There is no external data subscription required.

The Footprint and Volume Profile indicators require tick-level data — most NT8 brokerage connections provide this automatically for futures instruments.

NinjaTrader 8 (NT8) is required. These tools are built natively in NinjaScript (C#) and are not compatible with NinjaTrader 7 or any other platform.

The free version of NT8 is sufficient to run indicators. Automated strategies require NT8's Simulated or live-trading license (check NT8's licensing for current terms).

After signing up, you receive a license key that activates all tools in your selected tier for 7 days. No credit card is required to start. At the end of the trial, you can subscribe or your license simply expires — no automatic charges.

The trial is fully functional: all parameters, all instruments, all features. You're testing the real product.

After purchase, you'll receive an email with your license key and a download link for the NT8 installer package. Installation takes under 5 minutes: import the package into NT8's Tools → Import, enter your license key when prompted, and the indicators/strategies appear in your NT8 panel immediately.

The license is locked to your machine. If you need to transfer to a new machine, contact support.

All tools are tested and optimized for CME futures: ES (S&P 500 E-mini), NQ (Nasdaq E-mini), and CL (Crude Oil). They work on any NT8-supported instrument, but default parameters are calibrated for these three.

Micro contracts (MES, MNQ, MCL) work identically — just adjust contract sizing parameters.

Because a 7-day fully functional free trial is available before any payment, we do not offer refunds on completed purchases. The trial exists specifically to let you evaluate the product on your machine, with your broker, on your instruments before committing.

If you experience a technical issue that prevents the software from running as described, contact support and we will resolve it.

Yes. All subscription tiers include updates for every product in that tier for the duration of your subscription. Lifetime license holders receive all updates permanently, including new products released after their purchase.

No. The Footprint uses SharpDX Direct2D rendering — the same low-level GPU pipeline NT8 itself uses. Unlike indicators that render via WPF or GDI+, there is no per-tick CPU overhead on the render path. On ES tick charts running at several thousand ticks per bar, rendering performance is indistinguishable from a plain candlestick chart.

An imbalance is when the bid volume at one price level is significantly larger than the ask volume at the price directly above it (or vice versa). The threshold is configurable via minImbalanceRatio (default 0.3). Highlighted cells indicate price levels where one side dominated — often where institutional orders were placed.

Imbalances frequently act as magnets — price tends to revisit and fill them.

The tape strip displays a scrolling list of large print trades in real time, overlaid on your chart. You configure a minimum print size filter (tapeStripFilter) so only transactions above a certain size appear. This lets you watch institutional-sized orders hit the tape while monitoring the footprint simultaneously.

It's most useful during key levels or high-volatility periods when large players are known to be active.

The Footprint is a visualization indicator and does not export signal plots to other scripts. For order-flow-based automation, the EVR Strategy and ORB Strategy both incorporate delta logic natively. The Delta Structure and SMC indicators do export data lists for use in custom strategies.

Tick charts (233T, 512T, 1000T) and volume charts (5000V, 10000V) show the most granular bid/ask data. Time-based charts (1-minute, 5-minute) also work well. Range bars and Renko bars are supported but provide less granular footprint data since they aggregate movement rather than time or tick count.

For ES, 512-tick or 2000-volume charts are common starting points.

The quick-start guide (included with Trader and Pro tiers) gives you a baseline configuration for ES, NQ, and CL that is fully functional out of the box. You only need to touch 6–8 parameters to get started: opening range time, breakout confirmation, initial stop, and position sizing.

The 74 parameters exist for traders who want to optimize — not for traders who want to run something immediately. Both use cases are supported.

Yes. The strategy runs identically in NT8's Simulated mode (paper trading) and live mode. We strongly recommend running it on sim for at least 2 weeks before going live — both to build familiarity with its behavior and to validate your parameter set on your specific instrument.

Streak controls automatically halt trading if the strategy hits a consecutive win or loss streak beyond a threshold you set (UI_MaxWinningStreak and UI_MaxLosingStreak). A losing streak halt protects against parameter drift or unusual market conditions. A winning streak halt sounds counterintuitive but prevents overexposure in anomalous high-volatility periods.

Setting both to 0 disables streak controls entirely.

The strategy is designed and tested for CME futures (ES, NQ, CL, MES, MNQ). It will run on any NT8 instrument, but the opening range logic is calibrated to futures session times. Equities have different session structures and the strategy's session filter parameters would need adjustment.

Crypto instruments on NT8 are not officially supported — session timing assumptions may not apply.