The Blog

Plain-English writing on the things I actually do all day — automating strategies in NinjaTrader 8, staying inside prop firm rules, and reading backtests honestly. No hype, no income promises: education first, same as everything else on this site.

JULY 2026

Fading the Overnight Gap: How Gap Fill Trading Works on Micro Futures

What an overnight gap actually is, why gaps tend to fill, when fading them goes wrong, and the filters that keep the bad days survivable.

JULY 2026 · UPDATED QUARTERLY

Which Futures Prop Firms Allow Automated Trading? (2026 Rules, Explained)

The automation rules at Apex, Topstep, and MyFundedFutures in plain English — what's allowed, what gets accounts flagged, and how I stay inside the lines.

JULY 2026

Opening Range Breakout, Explained: How I Automate ORB on Micro Futures

What the opening range is, why most breakouts fail, and the design decisions that matter when you hand the setup to an automated strategy.

JULY 2026

How to Install and Enable an Automated Strategy in NinjaTrader 8 (Step by Step)

Import the .zip, compile, add to a chart, enable — plus the four errors that trip almost everyone the first time, and the fixes.

New articles land roughly every two weeks. The Discord hears about each one first.