Find the futures market with the right breakout structure, build a strategy without code, and paste it into NinjaTrader 8 as NinjaScript. Every strategy's tested in BreakoutOS before it reaches your chart.
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The research happens in BreakoutOS. The finished strategy lands in NinjaTrader as code you can compile, backtest and run.
Breakout Radar scores each session of a market for breakout direction and how long breakouts typically last, so you start where the structure's there.
Hypothetical backtestBreakout Trading PRO builds and tests breakout strategies for that market, point-and-click, using the Mr Breakouts Formula. Pick the one you want to take further.
The export writes the strategy as NinjaTrader 8 NinjaScript (C#). The header tells you which chart timezone and session settings to match.
Paste it into a new strategy in the NinjaScript Editor and compile. It's ready for the Strategy Analyzer or a chart, like any strategy you'd written yourself.
One strategy, backtested in BreakoutOS, then exported and backtested again in NinjaTrader's Strategy Analyzer. The NinjaScript export reproduces the BreakoutOS results closely, so the strategy you researched is the one that ends up on your chart.
Hypothetical backtest
Hypothetical backtest| Measure | BreakoutOS | NinjaTrader |
|---|---|---|
| Trades | 409 | 410 |
| Win rate | 57.5% | 57.3% |
| Max drawdown | -$14,850 | -$14,775 |
| Net profit | +$117,585 | +$125,385 |
NinjaTrader's net profit is about 6% higher, from small exit differences around holidays and shortened sessions. Hypothetical backtest results on both sides, not live trading. See the Hypothetical Performance Disclosure at the foot of this page.
The entry, the exit and the filters you tested in BreakoutOS, written out as NinjaScript.
Session and timezone settings are spelled out in the code header, so the trades land on the same bars.
Small gaps can still come from your data feed or session template. There's a guide inside BreakoutOS for tracking them down.
Maybe you wrote them yourself, or NinjaTrader's AI Strategy Builder wrote them for you. A nice-looking backtest doesn't prove much, so import them into BreakoutOS Scale and put them through four tools.
Scores your strategy against a thousand strategies with the same DNA, across nine checks.
Finds out which indicators work best for your strategy.
Combines several strategies into one portfolio, so you see how they work together.
Gives each strategy a traffic light, so you know when to keep going and when to pause.
BreakoutOS does the research and the testing. NinjaTrader runs the strategy. Here's how the two fit together, from picking a market to monitoring a portfolio.
Score each market and session for breakout potential.
BuildGenerate tested strategy candidates, without code.
BuildPaste the NinjaScript into NinjaTrader, compile it and run it.
NinjaTraderNine checks against a thousand look-alike strategies.
ScaleFind the indicators that work best for it.
ScaleSeveral strategies, one portfolio.
ScaleA traffic light for every strategy.
ScaleWorks across most major markets
BreakoutOS builds and tests breakout strategies on all of them. Which ones you trade in NinjaTrader depends on your account and data connection.
BreakoutOS Build has the four tools you need to go from a market to a strategy, with NinjaScript export on every strategy you build.
BreakoutOS Scale has the tools to audit, improve, combine and monitor the strategies you've already got, plus every Build tool.
NinjaTrader Desktop is free to download for charting, strategy backtesting and simulated trading. You'll need it to compile and run the NinjaScript BreakoutOS exports.
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