What Makes QuantVue Different

While most vendors hide behind opaque teams and organizational structures, we are proudly based in the US and operated by a doxxed team of consummate professionals.

You can learn more about our lean but mighty staff right here: https://www.quantvue.io/about-us

When it comes to our actual software, QuantVue is a cut above the rest.

While other popular trading vendors cater to beginner traders and rely on flashy marketing, usually coded up on a whim by Upwork quality devs, we are the polar opposite.

QuantVue focuses on servicing only intermediate to advanced traders.

This is reflected in our tools which are all coded by former institutional software developers.

The same exact guys who used to build systems for hedge funds on Wall St. now code, own and operate QuantVue on a daily basis.

We like to say; "The QuantVue team & community are the adults in the room".

That is easily reflected in our robust 14,000+ member Discord and exclusive members only channels.

We are confident that you will not find a more active and helpful group of traders.

You can see all of this for yourself by trying our entire ecosystem risk free for 30 days. If you're not satisfied at any time during those inital 30 days, you can request a full refund.

That's how confident we are that QuantVue will undoubtely provide immense value to traders.

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Easily navigate the QuantVue User Manual via the column on the side of this dashboard, or using the buttons below.

Traders can adjust the sensitivity of the Moneyball via the "Period" function in the settings.

A higher "Period" number will make the Moneyball LESS sensitive to price.

A lower "Period" number will make the Moneyball MORE sensitive to price.

To see the full in-depth guide on the Moneyball indicator with best settings, strategies, and more, the complete tutorial is below:

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✅ Auto-Pivot Points

✅ Price Action Indicators

✅ ...and more!

What do I get?

• Chart 1 - Lower Timeframe Analysis

• Chart 2 - Market Profiles

• Chart 3 - Daily bars

• Chart 4 - Custom Q_Pro settings (our premium TradingView indicator)

• In-Depth PDF manual with all indicators included.

Bonus Chart

• Correlation futures map + Watchlist

How do i install the template?

1. Open the links in the confirmation page.

2. Click "Copy" on the top right.

3. Done!

Get the Ultimate TradingView Suite here:

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Important: You'll need at least Premium package on TradingView in order to run all the indicators we're using with their preferred settings.

To unlock Chart 4 on the Suite (Qpro section), you MUST be on a QuantVue Pro or Elite subscription. You can sign up here: https://www.quantvue.io/

✅ Volume sensitive colored candlesticks

✅Daily VWAP + standard deviations + rolling VWAP

✅Auto pivot daily OHLC / settle

✅Previous month/week high & low

✅Session delta & volume profiles

✅Momentum breakout indicator

Traders will notice the Qelite settings look very similar to Qpro, with some additional functionality.

Qelite gives traders the ability to choose the exact filters they want to use for their alerts.

Traders can also choose the exact time period or trading session to further filter out alerts.

To learn more about the Qelite confluence indicator, here's the in-deoth training guide.

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The layouts are simply meant to be another starting point. Feel free to get creative and tweak them to your liking!

When you've found a strategy and settings to your liking, it's time to automate.

Automating from TradingView involves setting an alert on your strategy, sending that alert via webhook to a third party, and that third party conducting the trade into your brokerage.

This is the only way to automate from TradingView. It has no built in native capability. With the ATS you can automate into a prop firm account completely undetected and with the fastest latency speeds possible. That setup is covered in the ATS specific onboarding.

Without ATS you have more limited options.

For cash accounts you'll want to use our sister company - Alert Dragon.

It has the fastest speed of any third party because it was designed by our dev team specifically for trading speed.

If you want to automate into a prop firm with a third party, and without ATS, then you have only a couple of choices.

They're all very detectable (the firm will know you're using automation) and the latency is quite poor (2 seconds+ between alert and trade in most cases) causing significant slippage.

There are a couple choices on the market, but you'll need to Google search them because we can't endorse their products.

Setup instructions for any third party are dependent on their platform, so you'll need to look through their help documents to learn how to set it up.

You can ping us in the Discord for any questions, or email us [email protected] and we'll be happy to answer any questions you might have.

1. Input "QuantVue" into the “Vendor name” field.

1. In the "User defined ID" section, simply put an identifying suffix to append to your machine ID into the “User defined ID” field. (example: JohnSmithLaptop).

1. Click "Submit" > Copy the newly generated Machine ID

1. Navigate to the QuantVue Member Dashboard and log in.

2. Scroll down to the NinjaTrader platform connection.

3. Pasted your newly generated Machine ID into the box and click Upload Machine ID.

Once you have provided the proper ID, the support team will add your access. Processing for NinjaTrader Please proceed to the installation of the QuantVue NinjaTrader Toolkit!

The "Shelf" is the only setting we recommend altering inside the toolkit.

Lower Shelf Value = more sensitive to price movements.

Higher Shelf Value = less senstitive to price movements.

Traders can customize the colors of the Qdirector as well as toggle on or off the Qdirector alerts.

For the video trianing on the Qdirector, see below.

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What also makes the Qcloud unique is the ability to customize each individual string of the cloud.

This allows traders to make the Qcloud strings more or less responsive to price, resulting in more or less frequent bullish & bearish color changes.

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The Qwave price alerts are completely customizable to suit your trading style.

Want more price alerts? Tighten the "Qwave Bands Deviation" by decreasing the value.

Want less price alerts? Broaden the "Qwave band Deviation" by increasing the value.

The "APB Number Of Bars Back" will smooth out the bands so more or less alerts will show, depending on the value you input.

You'll notice the default settings include the "ADD" alerts being turned on.

These are alerts that print where you can "ADD" to winning trades. This is especially useful in trending markets.

If you want to only display Qwave alerts during specific time periods or trading sessions, you can do so in the "Sessions" section of the Qpro indicator.

This is especially useful to avoid taking alerts during low volume periods of the day.

You can also customize the style of the Qwave price alerts via the "Style" section of the Qpro indicator.

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The Qgrid indicator can be adjusted to suit any chart.

The Qgrid uses dual heiken ashi smoothing in it's code to provide traders with a clear view of trending price action.

Traders can adjust the "smooth period" of each Heiken Ashi setting to make them more, or less sensitive to price action on the chart.

Traders can also adjust the sensitivity of the "Step Moving Average", which will tighten or loosen the advanced step-moving average (light and blue line) to price.

A lower figure = more sensitive (tighter moves), a higher figure = less sensitive (longer moves).

You can find some videos of the Qgrid in action right here:

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The Qgrid indicator can be adjusted to suit any chart.

The Qgrid uses dual heiken ashi smoothing in it's code to provide traders with a clear view of trending price action.

Traders can adjust the "smooth period" of each Heiken Ashi setting to make them more, or less sensitive to price action on the chart.

Traders can also adjust the sensitivity of the "Step Moving Average", which will tighten or loosen the advanced step-moving average (light and blue line) to price.

A lower figure = more sensitive (tighter moves), a higher figure = less sensitive (longer moves).

Time Settings

The top selection will force it to only open during the trading time string. The bottom will force trades to close at the end of the listed times. Refer to the TradingView documentation for the time string construction.

Strategy Settings

The presets are as follows: Conservative does not use martingale or the boosters, intermediate uses martingale and range boost, Aggressive uses all three.

Martingale is a betting strategy, explained simply as doubling down on each loss. In many cases this can be devastating if the strategy is not built properly. However, in the case of Qzeus it is not.

The strategy maintains a ~73% win rate over time. It is perfectly profitable without martingale. When you have a high win rate of 70%+ and a strategy that almost never sees more than 2 losses in a row, martingale serves only to smooth the curve and increase overall profitability.

The Max Contracts Opened setting allows you to control the maximum number of contracts that will be opened using martingale, if Enable Max Contract Limit is turned on.

The Long Boost setting will double down contracts when it detects certain conditions likely to indicate a long trade as being a win. It's risky and can lead to larger losses, however over time is likely to increase overall profit.

The Range Boost is one of the best settings to use and can be enabled almost universally. When it detects a certain condition it will use the Range Boost Take Profit Multiplier instead of the regular Static Take Profit Multiplier. Make sure the Range Boost Take Profit Multiplier is set to a higher number than the Static Take Profit Multiplier. It increases profitability with almost no downside.

The Stop Multiplier simply controls how close to the entry the stop loss is.

And lastly, the Static Take Profit Multiplier controls how close the take profit is to entry.

Profit/Loss/Trade Limits

The Profit Limits and Loss Limits use TradingView's built in counter of profit and loss to stop the trades. This is inaccurate at best. It is far better to use Tradovate's built in Profit Target and Stop Loss limits. The Trade Count Limit however is accurate. It will limit the trading to only x number of trades per day.

Alerts Section

This is a section that changes frequently based on the version of ATS currently in use, however some things will remain the same or similar. For current information and setup walkthrough see the ATS videos. The source can either be ATS alerts as described in the ATS videos, or the Custom Alerts at the bottom. ATS User ID is your xx_1234567890 id from the ATS screen. ATS Spam Key is your spamkey from your ATS screen. ATS Comment can simply be used to send a human readable comment with the alerts. The Custom Alerts section allows you to send, or not send, whatever custom JSON you'd like on each action. They're retrievable, just like the ATS commands, using {{strategy.order.alert_message}} in the alert message box.

The best automated traders are those who test extensively and in an orderly manner. They take notes and record things. They are disciplined in their journey, and don't give in to emotions.

So, you still have work to do. And that's what this guide is for. By the end you'll have a pathway to getting yourself off the ground.

Step 2: Learn the habits of successful, and unsuccessful automated traders

We have now had well over a year of observing our customers, guiding them, and watching them succeed and fail. There are a few things that stand out about those who are successful and those who are not:

Successful customers will:

• Pick a single strategy at a time to focus on.

• Use established and forward tested settings in live accounts and save new sets of settings for demo environments only.

• Run demo accounts for 1 to 2 months to thoroughly learn the way to operate the system, and how the strategy reacts in market environments.

• Come up with rules (on their own or taken from other successful customers), follow those rules, and never break those rules.

• Follow our advice to the letter.

• Take ownership of their own mistakes, correct them, and don't repeat them.

• Learn how the economy works, how reports impact it, and how the markets interpret them.

• Understand they are not special, they are not smarter than the markets, and take all of this to heart and work hard.

Unsuccessful customers will:

• Strategy hop, trying numerous strategies in a short period of time when one "doesn't work."

• Use brand new sets of settings in live accounts that haven't been thoroughly tested.

• Never use demos, and jump straight into paid evals.

• Not follow rules, or follow them loosely.

• Ignore our advice.

• Blame everyone else for mistakes.

• Not take the time to learn how the reports work or how the markets interpret them.

• Believe they are special, will read all of this, and think it's nonsense.

Bar none, these are the differences I have personally observed. The ones posting profits day in and day out are in the successful category and they do those exact things.

If you do not want to be the person in the successful category, then you can get a refund if you're an Elite member in the first 30 days by emailing [email protected].

Step 3: Prepare your workspace

If you're still reading, then hopefully at this point you understand that this is not a quick fix to your bank account, and you're ready to go on a journey. Great! Now we can begin.

The very first thing you need is a demo (fake money/paper money) account. We recommend you get one with Tradovate: https://info.tradovate.com/simulated-trading

It costs $12.95 a month, along with applicable data subscriptions for Tradovate and your charting platform. If you're on TradingView, you will need TradingView premium and the real-time data for the instruments you're going to trade.

Trading isn't cheap. You pay to play. If these minor costs are the deterrent for you, then you can still get a refund in the first 30 days if you are an Elite member. But by incurring the small fee for a paper account you will save yourself hundreds, potentially thousands, in prop eval fees.

Step 4: Watch our webinar for automated traders

It is located here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m9XqfGAWHg

The information in the webinar is extraordinarily vital no matter whether you're just an Elite user or you also have ATS. Some of it is ATS only information, but listen to the whole thing even if you're in Elite. We continually discuss basic concepts of automated trading.

Step 5: Decide how you are going to automate

If you have ATS, then the decision is already made since you have ATS.

If you do not have ATS, then you're either on TradingView or Ninjatrader. They both house different strategies, and no TradingView strategies are being ported to NinjaTrader.

Ninjatrader has built in automation capabilities. If you're on TradingView then you will need a third-party connector if you aren't using ATS. Alert Dragon has, by far, the best execution speeds of any third party connector at sub 300ms typically. However, it automates to Tradovate API only. So that's cash accounts, demo accounts, or live prop funded brokerages.

If you want to try to automate Elite to prop firm accounts without ATS then you're limited to a few third party options like PickMyTrade, CrossTrade, or a few others. Be aware however that the latency is pretty bad and will delay trades by 2-3 seconds leading to significant slippage. We do not support or endorse any of these companies, they're mentioned here only for completeness.

Please note that QuantVue does not provide support on linking our strategies to these third parties. All third parties have a different linking procedure that they provide the documentation on. They are not our products so we do not have any sort of guide on the procedure.

Step 6: Decide what you're going to automate

You now need to decide which strategy you want to automate. The majority of our customers are automating either Qkronos, Qkronos_EVO, or Qzeus. The second two are ATS only.

There are numerous sets of settings for Qkronos and Qkronos_EVO. Visit our Discord, and look in the automated trading forum. The J12 settings are very popular and have resulted in tens of thousands in payouts for our members, but requires significant management. Qzeus on default settings has proven itself in forward testing for over a year, but is slow and may trade only a couple times per week.

Spend some time looking through the forum and learning. When you've decided which strategy you'd like to try go to the #automation-charts-layouts channel at the bottom or check the first post in the applicable thread in the automation forum and you'll be able to copy the chart and layout for the strategy into your own TradingView account.

Remember, whatever you pick you need to make a commitment to testing and learning. Do not strategy hop. Spend a month testing the strategy to truly learn how it works and responds. That commitment and testing procedure separates the successful from the unsuccessful.

Step 7: Educate yourself on your chosen strategy

Besides just reading the discord channel, look here in the manual for the documentation on the strategy (if available), and then watch the appropriate video. You can find the full playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkPsNii7x9fYLBs4ijjppVrQRYrlwsQ7u

Step 8: Set an alert and begin testing the automation

If you're running ATS, the instructions are here: https://quantvue.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/156000015763-how-do-i-set-a-new-alert-for-the-ats-with-a-qv-strategy-

If you're using a third party connector, then consult their documentation.

Remember, this is running into your fake money account. Do not test into paid prop evaluations. Remember the webinar and the habits of successful traders from above?

Step 9: While it's testing over the next several weeks, educate yourself on the markets

You will now have plenty of time on your hands while the strategy tests and you can see how it behaves.

The first thing you should do is learn all you can about the stock markets. I'm partial to my book personally: https://amzn.to/4hfvFrZ It costs $0.99 on Kindle, and will teach you a lot about the fundamentals behind the markets.

Learn about the basic reasons why it moves and how economic reports affect the markets. This information is vital to becoming a successful trader. You will need to know what the markets are expected to do if you are ever to know which tool in the toolbox to use.

Spend a lot of time in the Discord. Ask questions. Watch what other traders are doing.

Step 10: Develop your rules

The best way to do this is to look at consistently profitable automated traders in the discord's #profit-wins channel. Search their usernames and look at how they operate. Ask them questions to fill in the gaps.

You need a consistent and repeatable set of rules regarding how and when you will be running automation.

By now you should have a fairly decent understanding of where to start. If you're struggling with these steps, then drop us a line in the Discord.

And without the necessary tools or framework, it's near impossible to develop these crucial traits.

That's exactly why we created the Ultimate Trader's Hub -- to provide you with the tools needed to develop AND maintain the skills of a profitable trader, all in one place!

You'll Benefit from the Ultimate Trader's Hub if:

• You're a beginner, intermediate, or advanced trader that wants to develop or sharpen your trading skills

• You want a CENTRALIZED HUB to track every trade, backtest strategies & setups, monitor breaking news, journal, and so much more

• You want to take your trading data with you anywhere, across all platforms

• You want to save countless hours of tracking & backtesting trades

• You're still using unorganized janky spreadsheets, physical notepads, or limited trade journaling products & want a STREAMLINED HQ to develop your skills

• You don't want to be distracted by 50+ browser tabs while trying to focus on your trades

• You're struggling to be consistently profitable & need a reliable backtesting journal

• You are profitable but still haven't developed the necessary psychological & emotional traits of a 7, 8, or 9-figure trader

• You want to SIGNIFICANTLY improve the quality of every single trade

• You find yourself having great weeks, followed by weeks with big drawdowns

• You want to improve your physical, emotional, and psychological well-being

Here's What You'll Get:

✅ In-depth trade tracker & journal

✅ Backtesting dashboard

✅ Built-in profit & loss tracker

✅ Streamlined calendar (daily, weekly, monthly)

✅ Trading tools dashboard (screeners, charts, news, and more)

✅ Market news dashboard

✅ Account balance tracker

✅ Daily habit tracker

✅ Virtual daily journal

✅ Virtual notebook

✅ ...and so much more!

FAQ's

How do I receive access?

After purchase, you'll receive a link to duplicate the Ultimate Trader's Hub template into your Notion app.

What is Notion?

Notion is an all-in-one workspace that allows you to take notes, add tasks, manage projects, and get organized. Whether you're writing or planning, Notion has a versatile design for getting things done.

Do I need to pay for Notion to use this?

No. You only need a free Notion account to start using your Ultimate Trader's Hub.

What is a Notion template?

Notion templates are pre-built Notion components that can be imported into your Notion workspace and are a great way to boost your productivity in Notion.

Still have questions?

Please don't hesitate to reach out via email at [email protected] with any questions. We'll be more than happy to help!

Get The Ultimate Trader's Hub here:

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Volatility Multiplier

Many of the settings in Qkronos_EVO are multipliers. This is a volatility calculation based on three separate factors, two are technical and one is based on data analytics and machine learning we've conducted. The formula is proprietary, but it will allow the strategy to adjust it's take profit and stop loss dynamically during the trade. Real-time response to changing market conditions is a far more successful method of controlling trades than a static Risk:Reward ratio offered by many other algos on the market. Static numbers like that tend to overfit.

Because it adjusts during the trade, the initial marked Stop Loss and Take Profits on the chart may not be accurate by the end. Just know it's doing what it should do.

Time Settings

If Only Trade Within Specific Timeframe is checked, the strategy will only open trades during the Trading Time String. Refer to the TradingView documentation for the time string construction.

There are three settings available under Force Trades to Close.

Force Trades to Close at End of Time String does precisely that - at the end of the Trading Time String all trades will close and it will not reopen until the string begins again.

Don't Force Close will allow the trades to run to their natural completion after the time string ends, regardless of how long that is.

Force Close at Closure Time will cause the trades to run past the time string only until the Force Closure Hour and Force Closure Minute. Then it will close them.

Strategy Settings

Candle Type lets you select if you want to use HA smoothing or not. I typically recommend you run this on regular candles with HA smoothing turned on as it provides better trades in general.

Opening Methodology lets you choose Original, Expanded, Original Always-In, and Expanded Always-In.

Original and Expanded are both opening methodologies for your typical entry -> exit trade. Original provides less entries, expanded provides more. Generally original is the better choice here, however at some times expanded can perform better. You'll want to test these if you're developing a new set of settings.

Original Always-In, and Expanded Always-In will keep Qkronos trading as the markets move up and down, always staying in the market with at least 1 contract (based on the dynamic take profits discussed later).

Take Profit Methodology allows you to choose between three options of taking a profit to close the trade: Static Take Profit, Trailing Stop, and Trailing w/Tiered Exits.

Static Take Profit will allow you to select a multiplier in the take profit section which will close the entire trade once it has moved the requisite distance. Trailing Stop and Trailing w/Tiered Exits will both use a trail stop, as specified in the trailing stop settings section. The tiered exit version will take off part of the trade in the middle.

Use Qgrid As Confluence and Exit on Qgrid Switch will enable Qkronos_EVO's Qgrid compatibility. It will use the Qgrid settings in the Qkronos_EVO settings panel to only trade in the direction of Qgrid. Exiting on the switch will cause the trade to exit if Qgrid switches directions, regardless of anything else.

Force Only One Direction will allow you to set a long or short bias, and force the algo to only trade in that direction.

Entry Settings

Enter on Pullback allows the strategy to see where an entry should take place, and then set a limit entry to enter at a more favorable price as set.

The Pullback Type allows you to set either Ticks for measurement, or the same multiplier that is used everywhere else.

Stop Out Settings

Use Hard Stop will enable the algo's ability to close the trade after a particular amount of loss. The multipler can be set below it.

Trailing Stop Settings

The Trailing Stop Engagement Multiplier is how far into profit the trade must move until the trailing stop activates. The Trail Offset Multiplier is how far the trade must reverse in order to close.

Static Take Profit Settings

Static Take Profit Multiplier controls how close the take profit is to entry.

Tiered Exit Settings

If Tiered Exits are selected under the Take Profit Methodology, then this will let you set the Absolute Quantity of contracts, as well as the Engagement Multiplier. The Engagement Multiplier is how far into profit the trade must move until the tiered exit activates. When the strategy detects a potential high during the trade, it will take a partial profit of the absolute quantity listed above.

Boost Settings

The Long Boost setting will double down contracts when it detects certain conditions likely to indicate a long trade as being a win. It's risky and can lead to larger losses, however over time is likely to increase overall profit.

The Range Boost is one of the best settings to use and can be enabled almost universally. When it detects a certain condition it will use the Range Boost Take Profit Multiplier instead of the regular Static Take Profit Multiplier.

Make sure the Range Boost Take Profit Multiplier is set to a higher number than the Static Take Profit Multiplier. It increases profitability with almost no downside. Note that Range Boost only works with Static Take Profit under the Take Profit Methodology. The Range Boost Threshold will determine how often it takes them. Lower numbers make them happen more often, and higher numbers make it more selective.

Martingale Settings

Martingale is a betting strategy, explained simply as doubling down on each loss. In many cases this can be devastating if the strategy is not built properly.

When using Martingale, ensure the backtest maintains a 70%+ win rate so that it is perfectly profitable without martingale. When you have a high win rate of 70%+ and a strategy that almost never sees more than 2 losses in a row, martingale serves only to smooth the curve and increase overall profitability.

The Max Contracts Opened setting allows you to control the maximum number of contracts that will be opened using martingale, if Enable Max Contract Limit is turned on.

Qgrid Settings

Always In Settings

Always In can use an Adaptive Trailing Stop which will take a partial profit during the trade, somewhat like the Tiered Exits. Set the absolute quantity here.

Always In Settings

The exact functions of the Coefficient Offsets is proprietary, but are included for advanced users who would like to try different settings. As of this time I have yet to see anything other than default work for the long term. Each tooltip contains the maximum +/- that you can set it to. The Multiplier Length Offset will allow you to change how quickly the strategy reacts to changes in volatility.

Profit/Loss/Trade Limits

The Profit Limits and Loss Limits use TradingView's built in counter of profit and loss to stop the trades. This is inaccurate at best. It is far better to use Tradovate's built in Profit Target and Stop Loss limits. The Trade Count Limit however is accurate. It will limit the trading to only x number of trades per day.

Alerts Section

This is a section that changes frequently based on the version of ATS currently in use, however some things will remain the same or similar. For current information and setup walkthrough see the ATS videos. The source can either be ATS alerts as described in the ATS videos, or the Custom Alerts at the bottom. ATS User ID is your xx_1234567890 id from the ATS screen. ATS Spam Key is your spamkey from your ATS screen. ATS Comment can simply be used to send a human readable comment with the alerts. The Custom Alerts section allows you to send, or not send, whatever custom JSON you'd like on each action. They're retrievable, just like the ATS commands, using {{strategy.order.alert_message}} in the alert message box.

SETTINGS

Many of these features are fully customizable to fit the style of any trader.

One of the most exciting features of our SMC indicator includes 2 separate settings; a dashboard for automatic Market Structure, and a dashboard for our Manual Market Structure settings.

Automatic Market Structure Settings include:

• Candlestick color grading to show current market structure trend

• Toggle points of liquidity points (our stop-loss sniper)

• Show or hide bullish/bearish market structure (BOS, CHoCH)

• Toggle order blocks

• Adjust text size and line formatting

Manual Market Structure Settings include:

• Adjust text size and line formatting

• Toggle order blocks

• Show or hide bullish/bearish market structure (BOS, CHoCH)

• Custom lookback period for the market structure (default is 20)

General settings that apply to both dashboards:

• Show or hide sessions (New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong)

• Show or hide previous highs/lows (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)

• Show or hide Fair Value Gaps (FVG)

We created this indicator to provide traders with an all-in-one Smart Money Concepts toolkit.

By incorporating the most important aspects of SMC trading, this indicator allows traders to automatically map these aspects right on their TradingView charts

To watch the full in-depth Qsmc guide, watch the complete tutorial below:

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READ BEFORE PROCEEDING:

This guide involves modifying system files, uninstalling software, and changing backup configurations. While these instructions are based on official NinjaTrader support guidance, QuantVue and its representatives are not responsible for any data loss, system issues, or unintended consequences that may result from following these instructions.

Before proceeding:

• Ensure you have a complete backup of all important files and data

• Verify you have administrative access to your computer

• If you are uncomfortable performing these steps, consult with a qualified IT professional

• QuantVue is not affiliated with Microsoft and cannot provide technical support for Windows or PC-related issues

• These instructions are provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind

By following this guide, you acknowledge that you do so at your own risk.

Part 1: Unlinking OneDrive and Preserving Your Data

Step 1: Stop OneDrive Backup

1. Close NinjaTrader completely - Ensure the application is not running

2. Locate the OneDrive icon (cloud symbol) in your Windows system tray (bottom-right corner near the clock)

3. Right-click the OneDrive icon and select Settings

4. Navigate to the Backup tab

5. Under the Documents folder section, click Stop backup

Step 2: Rename Your Existing NinjaTrader Folder

1. Open your Documents folder

2. Locate and click the "Where are my files" icon

3. Right-click this icon and select Open in new window

4. In the OneDrive window that opens, locate the NinjaTrader 8 folder

5. Right-click the NinjaTrader 8 folder and select Rename

6. Rename it to "NinjaTrader 8 OLD"

7. DO NOT DELETE THIS FOLDER - It contains your settings and custom files

8. Leave this folder in the OneDrive location for now

Part 2: Complete Uninstallation of NinjaTrader 8

Step 1: Uninstall NinjaTrader from Windows

1. Click the Windows Start button

2. Type "Control Panel" in the search field

3. Open Control Panel

4. Select Programs > Programs and Features

5. Scroll down and locate NinjaTrader 8 in the list

6. Right-click NinjaTrader 8 and select Uninstall

7. Follow the prompts to complete the uninstallation

Step 2: Delete Program Files

1. Open File Explorer

2. Navigate to C:\Program Files

3. If you see a NinjaTrader 8 folder, delete it

   • If the folder doesn't exist, proceed to the next step

Step 3: Reboot Your Computer

1. Restart your PC to ensure all processes are terminated

2. Wait for the computer to fully restart before proceeding

Part 3: Fresh Installation of NinjaTrader 8

Step 1: Download NinjaTrader

1. Open your web browser

2. Go to https://account.ninjatrader.com

3. Log in with your NinjaTrader credentials

4. Click the Download button in the bottom-left corner of the sidebar

5. On the Desktop Application Download page, click the Download button again

6. Wait for the installation file to download

Step 2: Install NinjaTrader

1. Close all running applications before starting installation

2. Locate the downloaded installation file (usually in your Downloads folder)

3. Double-click the installation file to run it

4. Follow the installation prompts

5. Accept the license agreement and complete the installation

6. The installer will automatically create a new NinjaTrader 8 folder in your local Documents folder (C:\Users\[YourUsername]\Documents\NinjaTrader 8)

Step 3: First Launch

1. Launch NinjaTrader 8 from your desktop or Start menu

2. Log in with your credentials

3. Connect to your data feed

4. Open a chart to verify everything is loading properly

Part 4: Restoring Your Custom Settings (Optional)

If the fresh installation is working correctly and you want to restore your previous workspaces, templates, and custom scripts:

Step 1: Locate Both Folders

1. Close NinjaTrader completely

2. Open File Explorer and navigate to your local Documents folder (C:\Users[YourUsername]\Documents)

3. Open the NinjaTrader 8 folder (the new installation)

4. Open a second File Explorer window (right-click Documents folder and select Open in new window)

5. In the second window, navigate to your OneDrive Documents location

6. Open the NinjaTrader 8 OLD folder

Tip: Position the two windows side-by-side to make copying easier.

Step 2: Copy Old Custom Files

1. From the NinjaTrader 8 OLD folder (in OneDrive location), copy the following folders:

   • workspaces

   • templates

   • bin

2. Paste these folders into the new NinjaTrader 8 folder (in local Documents)

3. When prompted, choose "Replace the files in the destination" to overwrite the default folders

Step 3: Test

1. Launch NinjaTrader

2. Verify your custom workspaces, templates, and indicators are present

3. Test functionality to ensure everything works properly

Important Note: If problems return after restoring your old files, the issue may be caused by corrupt workspaces or custom scripts. In that case, use the fresh installation without importing old files, or selectively import only specific items you need.

Troubleshooting Tips

If NinjaTrader Won't Open:

• Restart your PC to end any active processes using NinjaTrader files

• Ensure OneDrive backup is completely stopped for the Documents folder

Firewall/Antivirus Issues:

• Add NinjaTrader as an exception in Windows Firewall

• Add NinjaTrader as an exception in your antivirus software

• Disable Controlled Folder Access:

  • Press the Windows Key

  • Search for "Controlled Folder Access"

  • Turn it off if enabled

Windows Updates:

Before using NinjaTrader, ensure all Windows updates are installed:

1. Go to Settings > Update & Security

2. Click Check for updates

3. Install all available updates

4. Reboot if required

Summary Checklist

• Stop OneDrive backup for Documents folder

• Rename NinjaTrader 8 folder in OneDrive location to "NinjaTrader 8 OLD"

• Uninstall NinjaTrader from Control Panel

• Delete NinjaTrader 8 folder from Program Files (x86)

• Restart computer

• Download fresh NinjaTrader from account dashboard

• Install NinjaTrader (automatically creates new folder in local Documents)

• Test launch and functionality

• (Optional) Copy workspaces, templates, and bin folders from OLD to NEW location

Understanding the File Locations

After completing this process, you will have:

• C:\Users\[YourUsername]\Documents\NinjaTrader 8 - Your new, clean installation (active)

• OneDrive\Documents\NinjaTrader 8 OLD - Your backup with old settings (inactive, for reference only)

The new installation will use the local Documents folder and will NOT be backed up by OneDrive, preventing future file access conflicts.

Support Resources

• NinjaTrader Account Dashboard: https://account.ninjatrader.com

• Microsoft Controlled Folder Access Info: https://support.microsoft.com/windows-security

1. NinjaTrader will open a data series selection window. Select the desired contract. For this example, we will be selecting NQ 12-25.

1. In the same Data Series window, select the desired time frame type. Then, add the length of the desired time frame in the Value parameter. The example shows the settings for a 5 minute candlestick chart. When finished, click OK to open the new chart.

1. Once the new chart is open, click the Strategies tool to open the Strategy Selection window.

1. When the Strategies Selection window opens, double click the QZeus strategy to add it to the chart. You will notice that the strategy is now listed in the Configured box.

1. Click OK to close the Strategies Selection window, or skip to Part 3 to input your settings.

Part 2 - Adding The Strategy Without A Chart:

Strategies can be added to charts or run chartless depending on the users preference. If you added your strategy to a chart following the instructions from Part 1, please skip this section and move to Part 3.

1. Navigate to your Strategies tab on your NinjaTrader Control Center.

1. Right click in the blank space and select New Strategy

1. When the Strategies Selection window opens, click the QZeus strategy.

1. For a chartless strategy, you must input your bar type and time frame in the strategy settings.

1. Click OK to close the Strategies Selection window, or continue to Part 3 to input your settings.

Part 3 - Understanding the Settings:

The NinjaTrader version of QZeus has strategy parameters that correlate directly to their TradingView counterpart. Meaning, if you have a TradingView version of QZeus that you like, those settings can be put directly into the NinjaTrader version.

Below are a list of parameter descriptions and functions:

1. Time Preferences

• Only Trade Within Specific Timeframe? - Select this if you would like the strategy to only trade between the time listed for Trading Range-Start and Trading Range-End.

• Trading Range-Start - Modify this time to your desired start of trading time.

• Trading Range-End - Modify this time to your desired end of trading time.

• Pause for Lunch/News? - Select this if you would like the strategy to skip trading from the time listed for Lunch/News Pause-Start to Lunch/News Pause-End.

• Lunch/News Pause-Start - Modify this time to the start of the desired period to skip.

• Lunch/News Pause-End - Modify this time to the end of the desired period to skip.

• Force Trade to Close? - Select between three different options.

  • Force Close at Trading Range-End - This selection will force any open trades to close the bar after the time set in Trading Range-End.

  • Don't Force Close - This will allow the open trade to continue until invalidation, TP, or SL.

  • Force Close at Custom Time - This will force any open trades to close the bar after the time set in Custom Force Close Time.

• Custom Force Close Time - Modify this time to the desired time to force any open trades to close.

2. Days to Trade

Please check the boxes beside the days that you would like the strategy to trade.

3. Strategy Settings

• Settings Preset - Select between one of four settings.

  • Conservative - Does not use Martingale or either Boosts

  • Intermediate - Uses Martingale and Range Boost

  • Aggressive - Uses Martingale, Long Boost, and Range Boost

  • Custom - Select which settings you desire.

  Please note: Any selection other than Custom will overwrite the selections you make in the next three selection boxes.

• Enable Martingale - Select this to allow the strategy to double your position size after a loss

• Enable Long Boost - Select this to allow the strategy to double your position size if certain desirable conditions are met.

• Enable Range Boost - Select this to allow the strategy to modify your take profit level if certain desirable conditions are met.

• Default Quantity - Set this number to your desired base contract amount. This number will be dependent on the amount of risk you are comfortable with.

• Enable Max Contract Limit - Select this to force the strategy to limit the amount of contracts to the value in the Max Contracts Open setting.

• Max Contracts Opened - Change this number to the maximum number of contracts that you desire the strategy to open. This number will be dependent on the amount of risk you are comfortable with.

• Stop Multiplier - Change this value to your desired multiplier of the stop loss. Higher number will make your stop loss larger, lower will make it smaller.

• Static Take Profit Multiplier - Change this value to modify your take profit. Higher numbers will make your take profit larger, lower will make it smaller.

• Range Boost Take Profit Multiplier - This multiplier will be used when Range Boost conditions are met.

4. Display Settings

• Enable Trend Coloring? - Select this if you would like the strategy to color the bars depending on the trend direction.

• BullColor - Select the desired color of a bullish trend.

• BearColor - Select the desired color of a bearish trend.

• Enable Info Panel? - Select this to show the profit and loss information panel on the chart.

5. Profit and Loss

• On Tick Exits - Select this if you would like the strategy to exit trades when the Max Daily Profit, Max Daily Loss, or Trailing Daily Stoploss are hit in the middle of a bar. If this is not selected, the strategy will wait to close the trade until after the bar closes.

• Max Daily Profit - Select this if you would like the strategy to exit when the Max Daily Profit is hit.

• Max Daily Profit (Currency) - Input the desired dollar amount for your max daily profit level.

• Max Daily Loss - Select this if you would like the strategy to exit when the Max Daily Loss is hit.

• Max Daily Loss (Currency) - Input the desired dollar amount for your max daily loss level.

• Use Trailing Daily SL? - Select this if you would like the strategy to exit when the Trailing Daily Stoploss is hit.

• Trailing Daily Stoploss (Currency) - Input the desired dollar amount for your daily trailing stoploss. This value will trail your Max Profit Level after it is greater than your Trailing Activation level.

• Trailing Activation (Currency) - Input the desired dollar amount your would like the Trailing Daily Stoploss to start trailing at.

• Limit Number of Trades? - Select this to limit the strategy to only take the amount of trades listed in the Max Number of Trades setting.

• Max Number of Trades - Input the desired maximum number of trades that you would like the strategy to take per day.

6. Setup

• Account - Select the desired account for the strategy to trade in.

• Calculate - It is imperative that you leave this set to On Bar Close.

• Label - Change this to rename the strategy in your strategy list.

• Maximum bars look back - Leave this at 256.

• Bars required to trade - Leave this at 20.

• Start behavior - Wait until flat is the best choice for this strategy.

• Enabled - Select this to enable your strategy.

  • Note: The enable button will not appear in the settings if you added this as a chartless strategy. The enable button will be shown on the Strategies tab of your NinjaTrader Control Center.

1. Choose your plan

2. Get access to the toolkit & members only Discord area

3. Start trading!

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