How to live trade a MTDS7 Strategy with settings tested in realtime sim trading

1. Download and install NinjaTrader 7 & Import the Free NinjaTrader Renko Custom Bars
2. Download & Install the free NinjaTrader Automated Trading System such as the MTDS7 and MTu7
3. NT7 might pause and lock up for a few minutes when first loading the strategy list
4. Select a strategy to run on a NinjaTrader 7 chart
5. If using  Super Renko or other Hybrid Custom  Renko Bars use the "MTDS On Close" Historical Fill type
6. Configure the Robot  & Run the test on historical data, if the settings  are viable for you save them
7. Save a template of the settings and use this in all your testing - use the NinjaBuddy Menu to save and load settings
8. Save these settings as the "default settings template" -  with the strategy on a chart -  press ctrl + S -  the strategy list pops up - select the running strategy and right click the parameters and click "save the default settings"  - now when you load a chart with a new strategy it will use this strategy templates

1. Conduct a realtime sim test paper trading the market, start with the strategy autotrading off/unchecked and refresh the chart so that no historical trades exist on the chart-  then switch on autotrading, using the ninjabuddy top right  "Auto" = Checked, Long = Checked, Short = Checked 
2. When you are ready you can then create a new chart and add the same robot from #9 to that new chart and then configure the live account, the system will not start until you click Auto=Checked - trade the sim model too and the live and you can compare the results to see the efficiency - against the base line of historical backtest, sim realtime and live trading - results are effected by: slippage, liquidity, latency, broker connection and  internet quality, proximity to the exchange, computer speed etc

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Also see: New MTDS user orientation