Strategy Automation

Trading strategies come in a variety of forms and methods but have one thing in common: quantifiable entry and exit orders that can be programmatically calculated.

Once the entry and exits can be calculated with hard rules, the next step to automating the trades is to communicate them to an order routing engine. This can be done by writing directly to the order routing API or by linking to the engine by means of a trading platform capable of listening for automated instructions.

With the NinjaTrader 6.5 platform, traders have the option of automating their own strategies by writing them in C# or sending the trades to Ninja’s ATI (Automated Trading Interface) by means of OIF (Order Instruction Files), dll’s or SMTP messages.

NinjaTrader can be configured to listen for 3rd party signals from popular analytical platforms such as Tradestation and Esignal. Countless Tradestation systems are run through NinjaTrader’s ATI every day and have been doing so for years.

Additional API’s are available for more advanced developers that need even lower latency and have access to other historical data as well as analytical sources.

To learn more about Strategy Automation, send an email inquiry to automation@zen-fire.com with detailed questions.