How to set up the IQscan in the NinjaTrader Market Analyzer

1). From the NinjaTrader Control Center click File > New > Market Analyzer (make sure data is connected).

2). Right click on the Market Analyzer when it appears and select “Columns”.

3). Select “Indicator” from the left-hand pane double click it.

4). In the right-hand pane click the down arrow next to the indicator and scroll down until you see IQstrat Scan and select it.

5). From within the right hand pane scroll down and select “Alert Conditions”, then click on the box to the far right that has “…” on it. This brings up a new box entitled “Alert Conditions”.

6). Click “New”. This action will populate the right hand pane. Then click the background color and select “green”. Next in the “Message” field type “buy signal”.

7). Also from within the right-hand pane, next to “re-arm after secs” type the number that is appropriate for how long the scan should wait to re-arm for a given instrument and time interval before emitting another alert (ex: for 5 min bars it may be advisable to use a 200 sec. re-arm so that the alert will go off twice for a signal on the previous candle during the next candle).

8). Next, click on the “sound file” box and then click the “…” box next to it. This will bring up a box with a variety of sound files. Select a sound file that would function well as a “Buy” alert sound for you.

9). Next to the “Condition” space in the right hand pane just below “Trigger” select “equals” and set the “Value” to 1.

10). Click new again and repeat steps 6 through 9 except this time make the background color “Red”, make the message box say “Sell Signal”, change the sound file to something appropriate for a sell alert, and change the “Value” to -1.

11). Click “Ok” and you should be back at the “Columns” window. From within the right- hand pane of this window click “Color conditions” and then click the “…” box next to it. This brings up the “Color Conditions” window. Click “New”.

12). Within the right-hand pane of the “Color Conditions” window change the background color to green, the “Condition” to “equals”, and the “Value” to 1. Then hit “New” again and change the background color for this selection to red, the “Condition” to “equals”, and the “Value” to -1. Then hit “ok” and “apply”.

13). Now right click on the Market Analyzer and select “Templates” then “save as” and type “IQscan”.

Now you have set up a Market Analyzer template for use with the IQscan. From now own, in order to set up an IQscan, all you have to do is open the Market Scanner, right click it, select Templates > Load > then “IQscan”.

Changing time interval:

Changing time interval for the IQscan is simple. Simply right click on the Market Analyzer and select columns. Then click on the IQstrat Scan indicator that, if you have loaded the template, will be in the left hand pane of the Columns window. Then in the right hand pane scroll up and change the type (from min. to whatever you like) and/or the value (to 1 min, 5 min, 2 hours, etc….whatever you like). You can even save IQscan templates in different timeframes for later use and run multiple IQscan templates for multiple time intervals at the same time.

Adding Instruments:

To add instruments to the Market Analyzer window simply right click and either add a single instrument by clicking on “add instrument” (this brings up a box where you can select stock, future, etc) or add a previously imported instrument list by clicking on “add instrument list” > select instrument list name.

Importing Instrument Lists:

To import an instrument list for use within the Market Analyzer go to the NinjaTrader control center and select File > Utilities > Import Stock Symbol List. Here you can paste a properly (vertical column) formatted list of stocks from a spread sheet or webpage or you can type in virtually any number of stock/instrument symbols.