Our flagship algo for NinjaTrader 8 futures. It decides every entry at the bar close, and nothing repaints. Each trade carries one target and one stop. It enforces the prop-firm limits you set.
Entries go in at market when a bar closes. No entry fires mid-bar, and nothing redraws later. The backtest and the live chart read the same closed bars.
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One Target. One Stop.
Every trade carries one target and one protective stop. Both adjust to live volatility, or you can fix their size in ticks. An optional trailing stop follows price once a trade moves your way. The position exits in one piece.
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Your Firm's Limits
Daily loss and profit caps, a multi-day loss guard, a reset hour and trade limits. Set each one to your firm's rule sheet. The algo then enforces them automatically.
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Places Its Own Orders
On NinjaTrader 8, the algo sends its entry, target and stop to the account you pick. No alerts and no webhook service to set up. Start on a Sim account, then switch when you are ready.
Algo Guide · Flagship · v7.5
How To Use Paradox Algo.
This guide covers what Paradox Algo does and how to set it up on NinjaTrader 8. It walks through the prop-firm settings. It ends with how to check it on your own chart.
In 60 Seconds
What it is. Paradox Algo is our flagship algo, the one the company is named for. It runs as a strategy on your own NinjaTrader 8 chart.
What it does. It takes a trade only when its internal checks line up. Each trade gets one target and one stop. It places those orders itself, on the account you pick.
Who it is for. Futures day traders who automate, often on prop-firm accounts. Manual traders use it as a guide for their own entries.
Plans. It comes with Yearly Pro, $270 a year. Yearly Pro also includes Kairos Scalper, Aurum and six indicators, on 2 computers.
Version. v7.5, for NinjaTrader 8 (8.1.8.4 or newer, on Windows).
What it does not do. We do not trade for you or manage your account. You run the software on your own NinjaTrader platform. It does not predict the market or promise results. It only knows your firm's rules once you enter them.
How It Behaves
Market entries. It enters at market when a bar closes. There is no limit price and no entry offset.
One target and one stop. Every trade carries one target and one protective stop. Both adjust to live volatility by default. Prefer fixed sizes? Turn on Use Manual Brackets and set them in ticks. There are no partial exits. The position closes in one piece.
The trailing stop. Once a trade moves far enough your way, a trailing stop follows price. It adjusts as conditions shift. Turn off Enable Trailing Stop for a plain target-and-stop bracket.
Forced exits. Some exits do not wait for the bracket. Max Hold closes a trade that stays open too long. Each trading window closes flat at its end. A prop-firm cap closes the position when it is hit. NinjaTrader's own Exit on session close starts off; turn it on if your firm needs you flat at the close.
Zero repaint. Every entry is decided on a closed bar. No entry fires mid-bar, and nothing redraws later. Live fills can still differ a little from the backtest. Check It Yourself, below, explains why.
Account checks. It won't open a trade while your account already holds a position in that market. It waits until the account is flat. If its stop is cancelled outside the strategy, it places the stop again. The Output window and the Log tab say what happened.
Markets & Timeframes
Where it is tested. Our testing focuses on NQ, MNQ, ES and MES futures. It covers 1-minute to 60-minute charts.
Where the defaults point. The shipped defaults are set for MNQ on a 3-minute chart. For a first session, use MNQ with its current contract month, such as MNQ 12-26, on a 3- or 5-minute chart. A continuous contract (##-##) can't trade.
Other futures. The Exchange settings start on CME index futures hours. On another market, set its exchange time zone and session first. Paper trade any new market on a Sim account before you trust it with real money.
Sessions. Read your trading windows in New York, Chicago, London, Tokyo, Sydney or UTC time. Up to three windows can run. Windows two and three are off by default. All three share one time zone and one weekday filter.
Know Your ContractMNQ moves $0.50 per tick. NQ moves $5 per tick, ten times more. Check which one your chart and account use before you set Contracts.
Your First Day
Install it. Import the zip from your welcome email: Tools, then Import, then NinjaScript Add-On. The install guide has every step.
Add it. Open the Output window first. Then right-click the chart, pick Strategies…, pick ParadoxV75 and click Add.
Pick a Sim account. Start on a Sim account. Leave every setting at its default for now, with Profile on Custom. The presets can wait until later.
Set your prop-firm limits. On a funded or evaluation account, turn on Enable Prop Firm Settings. Set the Daily Loss Cap to your firm's rule, minus a 15–20% safety buffer. Match the Daily Reset Hour (New York time) to your firm's reset.
Enter your license. Scroll to License at the bottom. Enter your checkout email and your PA- license key. Turn the algo on and click OK. The Output window shows ParadoxV75: License active.
Paper trade first. Run it on the Sim account for at least one full week. We suggest 30+ sessions before real money.
Prop-Firm Playbook
The prop-firm tools enforce exactly what you enter. Match every setting to your firm's current rule sheet.
Setting
What it does
Set it to
Enable Prop Firm Settings
Turns the daily caps on.
On, for any funded or evaluation account
Daily Loss Cap ($)
Closes the position and pauses new entries until the daily reset. It counts the open trade too, so it can trip before a trade closes.
Your firm's daily loss rule, minus a 15–20% safety buffer
Daily Profit Cap ($) (optional)
Closes the position and ends the day once your daily target is hit.
Your daily target, or your firm's daily maximum
Daily Reset Hour (NY)
Sets when your daily counters reset, in New York time. 18 is the CME session open.
Your firm's reset time
Multi-Day Loss Guard
Pauses entries when equity falls the cap below its peak within the days you set.
Below your firm's drawdown rule
Trade limits
Caps trades per session and per day, with spacing between entries.
What your firm allows
Exit on session close
NinjaTrader's own setting. It flattens at the session close. It starts off.
On, if your firm needs you flat at the close
Know your drawdown style. Some firms trail the drawdown during the day. Others lock it at the end of the day. The Multi-Day Loss Guard measures the drop from your peak over the window you set. Keep its cap below your firm's number, and keep watching your firm's own figure.
The loss-streak breaker.Loss Circuit Breaker pauses new entries after several target, stop or trail losses in a row. The pause lasts until a win or the daily reset.
One algo per account. Running more than one algo? Give each its own account. Two algos on one account share one position.
Prove it in sim. Paper trade one full week on a Sim account. Hit the daily loss cap once, on purpose. Confirm that new entries stop and the account is flat. Only then go live.
No Promise Of A PassWe can't promise any evaluation will pass. That depends on the market during your evaluation and on your settings. The tools help you stay inside the rules you enter. Firm rules change without notice, so re-check your rule sheet often.
Check It Yourself
You never have to take our word for it. NinjaTrader's Strategy Analyzer shows every trade, on your own data.
Open the Strategy Analyzer. In the Control Center, click New, then Strategy Analyzer. Pick ParadoxV75, your market and your dates, then run it. It lists every trade and every metric.
Read three things first. Check the max drawdown against your account size. Check that the trade count is big enough to mean something. Look at the shape of the equity curve, and watch for erratic spikes.
Adjust before you go live. Result looks wrong for your account? Change the preset or the market first.
Treat it as research. A backtest runs on past prices. It does not predict future results.
Why live can differ. A backtest fills exits from chart bars. Live, the trailing stop follows every price move. The gap is biggest with tight trails. Want a stricter model? Set Backtest fill model to Realistic1Second. Live and sim trading are not affected by it.
Fills and timestamps. Entries are decided when a bar closes, so they fill at the next bar's open. Fills can land a few ticks away, from normal slippage and delay. Your account's fill history is the source of truth.
Paper trade one full week. Use a NinjaTrader Sim account or your firm's sim account.
Check the orders. Did every entry carry its target and stop? Check the Orders and Executions tabs.
Check the fills. Did fills match the chart's entries? Did slippage match what you expected?
Test your limits. Hit the daily loss cap once in sim, and confirm new entries stop.
Then go live small. Start with the smallest size your account allows.
Mastery Path
Day 1. Add the algo to MNQ, on a 3- or 5-minute chart, on a Sim account. Leave the defaults and run the Strategy Analyzer. Set your prop-firm limits.
Week 1. Paper trade the full week. Check every order and fill against the chart. Hit your loss cap once in sim.
Month 1. Change one setting, then re-run the Strategy Analyzer. Try the Conservative, Balanced or Aggressive presets once the defaults make sense. Go live only after a clean month in sim.
Updates
One Zip For Every ToolEach release is one zip with every Paradox Algo tool inside. Your saved templates and your license stay when you update.
Step 1: remove the old copy. In the Control Center, click Tools, then Remove NinjaScript Assembly. Pick ParadoxAlgo and remove it.
Step 2: restart, then import. Restart NinjaTrader. Import the new zip the same way as the first time.
Step 3: check each chart. If the algo is gone from a chart, add it again and load your template.
No. You run the software on your own NinjaTrader platform. We do not manage trades or trade on your behalf. The algo places orders on the account you pick, or you can take entries by hand.
Which plans include Paradox Algo?
Yearly Pro, at $270 a year. It also includes Kairos Scalper, Aurum and six indicators, and it works on 2 computers.
Do I need a webhook service?
No. On NinjaTrader 8 the algo places its own entry, target and stop. There are no alerts to build and no webhook link to paste.
Why doesn't live trading match the backtest exactly?
Some gap is normal. A backtest fills exits from chart bars. Live, the trailing stop follows every price move. Tight trails show the biggest gap. Fills can also land a few ticks away, from slippage and delay. Your account's fill history is the source of truth.
My trades close within seconds. What is wrong?
The trail is too tight for the market. Widen it, or turn off Enable Trailing Stop for a plain target and stop. Setting Manual Trail Distance to 0 does not turn the trail off. It falls back to the adaptive trail instead.
Will it pass my prop-firm evaluation?
We can't promise that. It depends on the market during your evaluation and on your settings. No one can predict the market. The prop-firm tools help you stay inside the rules you set.
How do I get it?
Your welcome email has your license key and the download page. Then follow the install guide. No email? Check spam, then email support@paradoxalgo.com.
Pairs With
Paradox Algo runs on its own. Yearly Pro adds these six indicators. Each one gives you its own read, beside the algo.
SignalWave. Grades trend-regime flips, for higher-timeframe context.
EdgeFlow. A bounded momentum-and-flow gauge for timing your own entries.
DeepWave. Shows how active the market is for the hour, with an expected range.
TrendScore. Scores trend strength and marks choppy, range-bound stretches.
QuantumFlow. Maps SMC and ICT structure on your chart for you.
Nova AI Trader. Scores and grades each setup live, and draws its targets and stop.
For education and research. Paradox Algo is trading software, not advice. Trading involves substantial risk of loss. Past performance does not predict future results.
Get Paradox Algo + The Full Suite
Paradox Algo comes with Yearly Pro, along with Kairos Scalper, Aurum and six indicators, for $270 a year. It works on 2 computers.