FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers
General:
1. Open the NinjaTrader 8 platform, then go to Help > “3rd party licensing”.
2. In the “Vendor name” field, write the text: LEPECLY
3. In the “User defined ID” field, write your first and last name together (without spaces). For example: JohnSmith
4. Press the “Submit” button.
5. Copy the newly generated machine ID and paste into the machine ID field on checkout page.
The recommended NinjaTrader version is 8.0.18.0.
In the NinjaTrader platform:
1. Open the tab Tool > Import and click ‘NinjaScript Add-on’.
2. Select the downloaded file and click ‘open’.
3. Click ‘Ok’ and wait until the message that the plugin was successfully installed. Then, click ‘Ok’.
4. Now you can add the plugin.
In the NinjaTrader platform:
1. Remove the plugin from any window you have added (SuperDOM, Market Analyzer or Charts).
2. Open the tab Tool and click ‘Remove NinjaScript Assembly’.
3. Select the plugin name and click ‘Remove’.
4. Click ‘Yes’, and wait until show the message that was successfully removed. Then click ‘Ok’ and ‘Close’.
5. Open the tab Tool > Import and click ‘NinjaScript Add-on’.
6. Select the downloaded file and click ‘open’.
7. Click ‘Ok’ and wait until the message that the plugin was successfully installed. Then, click ‘Ok’.
8. Now you can add the plugin.
Average Price (Weighted):
The Average Price (Weighted) plugin is developed for the NinjaTrader 8. Recommended version is 8.0.18.0.
The Average Price (Weighted) plugin is an indicator and can be used on superDOM, market analyzer and chart windows. It can work as an additional information or substitute the NinjaTrader average price calculus.
On SuperDOM window:
1. Click on the right mouse button and click on “Indicators…”.
2. On section Available, double-click the item Average Price (Weighted).
3. On section Configured, select Average Price (Weighted).
4. If you want to substitute NinjaTrader average price, enable the option “Substitute NT Calculus”. Please note that, this option make the Total PnL do not reflect true value since it depends of unrealized profit/loss, in which is also changed to reflect the profit/loss of the entire position. If you enabled such option on Market Analyzer or Chart for such instrument, please click Cancel because it is not necessary to add the indicator on the superDOM window. If you want as additional average price indicator, please do not consider this step and proceed to next step.
5. Click OK and the weighted average price will be displayed when a position is opened.
1. On Market Analyzer window, press the right mouse button and click on “Columns…”.
2. On section Available, double click on “Indicator”.
3. On section Configured, select the item “ADL on 1 Minute data”.
4. On section Properties, in the Indicator field select: Average Price (Weighted). As suggestion, change the Label field to AvgPrice-W.
5. If you want to substitute NinjaTrader average price for all instruments listed on this Market Analyzer, enable the option “Substitute NT Calculus”. If not leave it disabled. Note that if you enable this option it is NOT necessary to add this indicator on superDOM window.
6. Click OK and a new column with the weighted average price for each instrument will be displayed.
– Account: You can select the desired account where the average price will be calculated. The option 1-Automatic works for SuperDOM and Chart windows, where the account selected on SuperDOM window account selector or on Chart Trader Control account selector is automatically used.
– Substitute NT Calculus: If checked, the NinjaTrader average price will be substituted. Therefore, on SuperDOM instead of showing a flat bar above the price, the average price will be shown on entire cell price personalized in the SuperDOM properties. It is only necessary to check this option for the desired instrument in one window (SuperDOM or Market Analyzer or Chart).
Note that this option changes the unrealized profit/loss value, reflecting the profit/loss of the entire position. Therefore, the Total PnL and other variables that depends of unrealized profit/loss value will not reflect true value.
– Show Output: If checked, information about the account selected, instrument traded, position size and average price using the add-on will be shown in the NinjaScript Output window. To open such window, go to the tab New and click on ‘NinjaScript Output’.
– Show Last Price (Bought/Sold): If checked, the last price that an contract was bought or sold will be shown in the Price column. You can change the color in the ‘Plots’ group at the bottom of add-on properties. Note that it only works for SuperDOM.
Quicker Ticket:
The Quicker Ticket plugin is developed for the NinjaTrader 8. Recommended version is 8.0.18.0.
The Quicker Ticket plugin is an indicator type and currently can be used on superDOM window. It was developed as indicator to improve user experience and flexibility where to be added.
This option allow you to see the market depth of mini (e.g. ES) instruments while you operate micro instrument (e.g. MES).
In order to see the volume of the mini contract (e.g. ES) as well, add the VolumeCrossView plugin in the Columns.
The ask and bid prices colored in the Price column are still from the micro contract. In this way, you can see the spread between the mini and micro contracts.
The symbol ‘X’ will show with green color at the top-left corner of SuperDOM window when the Cross View is working properly.
Example for SP500 (ES):
Select the current micro instrument: MES
Activate the Cross View option in the plugin.
Insert the VolumeCrossView column in the SuperDOM columns menu.
Now, you are able to operate the micro instrument while you see the mini market depth and volume.
On SuperDOM window:
1. Click the right mouse button and click on “Indicators…”.
2. On section Available, open LEPECLY folder and double-click the item Quicker Ticket.
3. On section Configured, select Quicker Ticket.
4. You can change the button quantities and their colors as desired. You also can change the width to fit the Price Ladder enabling the option “Adjust Size to Price Ladder”.
5. Click OK and the buttons will be displayed on the window.
Note that only one Quicker Ticket per window is allowed. If you add more, an alert message will show up and nothing will be added on the window.
Options:
– Button 1,2,3: You can type the desired quantity that each button will have. The quantity chosen will be displayed on each button and once you click it, the quantity will change on Quantity selector.
– Adjust Size to Price Ladder: If checked, all three buttons will have the same width as the Price Ladder. If not, the width will be the window width.
Options – Color:
– Buttons 1,2,3: You can choose the color of each button.
– Last Button Clicked: You can choose the color that will show the last button clicked. It also works for current quantity selected, if you change directly in the Quantity selector. If you select a quantity different of any button, each button will have its default color.
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