Enhanced Chart Trader
The Enhanced Chart Trader is a suite of products designed to meet a variety of needs when placing trades in a Chart window on the NinjaTrader platform.
Enhanced Chart Trader products
Basic Chart Trader Tools
The affordable way to replace and upgrade the standard NinjaTrader Chart Trader
Essential Chart Trader Tools
Smarter order entry, ATM strategy planning, and position sizing features
Professional Chart Trader Tools
Every Enhanced Chart Trader module, including the new AI Trading System Builder
AI Trading System Builder
Describe a signal in plain English, see it on your chart, then arm it with one click in Enhanced Chart Trader
Close Bar Entry Orders
One-click buttons that submit your entry the moment a bar closes
Advanced Exit Orders Management
Set stop loss & profit targets based on ATR, previous bar high/low, indicators or fixed tick amounts
Bracket Entry Orders
Bracket the market with a buy above and a sell below to catch fast moves
Price Based Entry Orders
One-click entries that trigger at the price levels you set
Order Flow Entry Orders
Semi-automated entries fired by stacked imbalances, blocks, and washouts
Iceberg Entry Orders
Work large size discreetly by splitting it into smaller disclosed orders
Time Sliced Entry Orders
Break a large order into smaller portions released at timed intervals
Limit If Touched Orders
Keeps a limit order hidden until price is touched, then submits it
Impact Order Flow Entry Orders
The complete Impact order-flow trading package
About Enhanced Chart Trader
The Enhanced Chart Trader replaces the standard NinjaTrader Chart Trader with a panel built for faster, more precise order entry from a chart window. It is modular: start with the base tools and add only the order types you need.
Basic Chart Trader Tools is the most affordable way in, and it lets you trade from a chart on the free edition of NinjaTrader. Essential Chart Trader Tools adds smarter order entry, ATM strategy planning and position sizing. Modules then add specific entry and exit methods: Bracket Entry Orders for one click OCO entries in either direction, Close Bar and Signal Entry Orders that act at the close of a bar, Limit If Touched, Price Based, Iceberg and Time Sliced orders, Order Flow Entry Orders that trigger from NinjaTrader Volumetric bars, and Advanced Exit Orders Management for switching trailing stop methods on the fly. Professional Chart Trader Tools includes every module.
Common questions
Can I trade from a chart on the free edition of NinjaTrader?
Yes, with Basic Chart Trader Tools. It enables trading in a chart window on the free edition of NinjaTrader.
Can I add modules later?
Yes. Each module is its own product that expands the same Enhanced Chart Trader, so you can add one when you need it.
What is the difference between Basic and Essential?
Basic adds click entry buttons and lets you trade from a chart on the free edition of NinjaTrader. Essential adds one click entry, ATM strategy quick select, and position sizing with a maximum contract limit.
What is an OCO bracket entry?
OCO means one cancels other: a buy stop above the market and a sell stop below it. Whichever side the market breaks to fills, and the other order is canceled. Bracket Entry Orders places both with one click.
Does it work with ATM strategies?
Yes. Essential Chart Trader Tools includes ATM strategy planning and quick selection from the chart.
How do I install it?
Like any NinjaTrader add-on: download it from NinjaScript Downloads in the Members Area, then in NinjaTrader choose Tools, Import, NinjaScript Add-On and select the file you downloaded.
Does it replace NinjaTrader's own Chart Trader?
Yes. The Enhanced Chart Trader takes the place of the standard Chart Trader panel on the chart you add it to, with the same account, quantity and ATM Strategy controls plus the features of the modules you own.
Does it work with prop firm accounts?
Yes. It places ordinary NinjaTrader orders on whichever account is selected in the panel, so it works with any account NinjaTrader Desktop is connected to, including Rithmic and Tradovate prop firm accounts.
Which module helps on Renko or Range charts?
Price Based Entry Orders. It trails an entry until it fills, which helps avoid slippage on Renko reversal bars and keeps Range bar entries updated as the bar develops.
What is an ATM Strategy?
NinjaTrader's Advanced Trade Management: a saved set of stop and target orders that NinjaTrader attaches to your entry automatically. The Enhanced Chart Trader uses your ATM Strategies, and Essential Chart Trader Tools adds quick selection and planning on the chart.
Can stops and targets follow the market?
Yes, with Advanced Exit Orders Management: stops and targets can be set from the ATR or the previous bar's high or low, and trailed in several ways while you trade.
Does it trade on its own?
No. You decide when to arm each button; modules such as Signal Entry Orders and Close Bar Entry Orders then submit the entry at the moment you chose, and you can cancel by clicking again.