Eight guides to the machinery of futures trading.
Two indicators, one platform, the orders it sends, the contracts it trades, and the way to test and control all of it. Each guide stands alone and ends with where the idea usually goes wrong.
VWAP
The session's volume-weighted average price: how it is built, why it resets and how rules use it.
NinjaTrader 8
What the platform is, how NinjaScript and add-ons work, and the questions new users ask first.
Backtesting method
Write the rule first, test on data you have not seen, and read every report with suspicion.
Order types and stops
What each order does when price arrives, and what can happen when it moves too fast.
Micro index futures
Multipliers, tick sizes, tick values and hours for the index contracts most retail traders use.
Automated trading
A system turns rules into orders. It still needs a person watching it.
Volatility and risk controls
Measure how far the market moves, size to it, and decide your limits before the session.
MACD
Two moving averages, their gap, and a smoothed line of that gap. Here is how it is built.