Setup: connect AlgoCrucible to NinjaTrader and pick a strategy
AlgoCrucible runs entirely on your computer and drives NinjaTrader 8's own backtest engine through
a small bridge add-on the installer deploys. Setup is two green checks.
The setup check
Open AlgoCrucible's Home tab. When the banner is green, the bridge is loaded and a Strategy
Analyzer window is open — that's all the setup there is.
If it isn't green: start NinjaTrader 8, open a Strategy Analyzer window (any configuration), and
if it still won't connect, open the NinjaScript Editor and press F5 to compile, then refresh.
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Pick a strategy
Every strategy compiled in your NinjaTrader appears in the Strategies tab automatically —
parameters detected by reflection, nothing to import.
The list updates whenever NinjaTrader recompiles (adding or removing a script in the NinjaScript
Editor triggers that automatically).
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