Configure & Optimize: is there any edge at all?
Choose which dials the optimizer may turn
Each parameter can stay at its default, be forced to a fixed value, or be searched across a range.
Fewer free dials means less room to fool yourself — only free the settings you genuinely aren't
sure about.
Ranges are starting suggestions based on each default — widen or narrow them freely. There's no
step size to set: the search is Bayesian (Optuna), so it samples values intelligently across the
whole range rather than stepping a fixed grid.
Run it
The search runs inside NinjaTrader's own engine — every trial is a full backtest with commission
and slippage modeled, streaming in as each batch finishes.
Read the result the right way
The app says it on the screen: a good score here only means "worth validating." An optimizer
can always find settings that looked great in the past. The next stages exist to try to break
them — click Continue to Walk-forward; your parameters, ranges, instrument and dates carry
straight over.
Risk Disclosure: Futures and forex trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing one's financial security or lifestyle. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.
Hypothetical Performance Disclosure: Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, some of which are described below. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown; in fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program. One of the limitations of hypothetical performance results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight. In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of financial risk of actual trading. For example, the ability to withstand losses or to adhere to a particular trading program in spite of trading losses are material points which can also adversely affect actual trading results. There are numerous other factors related to the markets in general or to the implementation of any specific trading program which cannot be fully accounted for in the preparation of hypothetical performance results and all of which can adversely affect trading results.