Getting Started Guide

These first few videos are a good way to get started learning SharkIndicators. From installation, building a basic system, and backtesting it.

Put BloodHound on a chart and get a glimpse of the signals.

Learn the basics of navigating the BloodHound interface. Use the Crossover Solver and Comparison Solver to create a basic signal system.

It can be useful to pull in data from other charts into the same BloodHound system. This can be done easily, and here’s a basic example.

Now it’s time to add BlackBird to the chart. It can be used for trade management by itself, or as a powerful partner with BloodHound for semi- or full automation.

Let’s add a 2nd order set and discuss the powerful Trailing Action rules.

Using both tools together, we can start testing our trade system.

Next we’ll tweak our system and run comparable backtests to see if we’re moving in the right direction. Also let’s talk about some best practices and drawbacks of NinjaTrader’s backtesting engine.

BlackBird has some powerful trade management tools available for automated traders. Let’s discuss a few fun tweaks we can add to our system, and also the scheduler.

The order trailing action rules open up a tremendous amount of creativity in how your trades can play out. We can’t cover everything quickly, but let’s see some interesting examples.

These videos have just scratched the surface of what’s possible. There are tons of resources available for further learning: