Dumb question....how to get started to autotrade

[aehartle]

I have been using nt7 for awhile and never used strategy. Switched to nt8 and thought I'd try the sample ma crossover. How can I get this to auto trade? Is it possible. What is the is of it. I have it on the chart I want to trade but when the parameters happen nothing happens. Am I missing something?

Any help is appreciated.

Adam

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello aehartle,

Thank you for the post.

To have the sample trade, you will need to apply and enable it on a realtime data connection. Once one of its conditions to trade becomes true, it would place a trade. If the strategy is currently Yellow/Orange in the control center that would indicate the strategy placed a historical trade and is currently in a historical position. Once the historical position is exited, it would begin working in realtime.

We have further information on running strategies here: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...tegies_tab.htm

If you have not used a strategy before, I would likely suggest to first start with our video that covers strategy development and running strategies: https://youtu.be/HCyt90GAs9k

The NinjaScript editor video will also be needed because the SampleMACrossOver is not a Strategy Builder strategy, you would need to use the NinjaScript editor to view its code or duplicate/modify it: https://youtu.be/BA0W4ECyVdc

I look forward to being of further assistance.