Rolling thresholds
The two yellow lines sit 23.6 % and 78.6 % of the range below the high of the last 44 bars. There is nothing to draw and no swing to pick.
NinjaTrader 8 indicator, NinjaScriptFibonacci thresholds nobody has to draw, and one tracked trade
A Fibonacci retracement starts with a swing you pick by hand. Flux Gate Precision measures the last 44 bars instead, on every bar, and draws three lines from that window: an upper threshold, a 50 % mid line and a lower threshold. A close beyond the mid line and a threshold, while the trend is not already in that direction, is a signal. Each signal opens one tracked trade with a stop, up to four targets and a break-even ladder, and the dashboard says what happened to it.
- Three lines from a rolling window: 23.6 %, 50 % and 78.6 % of its range by default
- BUY and SELL on closed bars, only when the trend is not already in that direction
- A stop and up to four targets in ATR multiples or percentages, fixed at the signal
- A break-even ladder, and a dashboard Status row that says how the last signal ended
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- BUYThis bar closed at or above both the mid line and the upper threshold, and the trend was not already long.
- SELLThe mirror image: a close at or below both the mid line and the lower threshold. The mid line runs red from here until the BUY.
- Upper threshold23.6 % of the range below the high of the last 44 bars. The lower yellow line sits 78.6 % below that high, the mid line at 50 %.
- Live tradeEntry 2830.6 and stop 2822.8 with their prices. TP1 and TP2 have been reached, so their labels keep the name and drop the price.
- DashboardThe last signal and what has happened to it since: both targets ticked, the stop on its hourglass, Status Active.
Why a drawn Fibonacci leaves the hard part to you
A Fibonacci retracement needs two points, and you choose them. Choose a different swing and every level moves. The tool does not say what a close through a level means or what to do next, and the levels stay where you left them until you redraw them.
Flux Gate Precision takes the choice away. It uses a rolling window of highs and lows, 44 bars by default, and measures its thresholds down from the window's high. The rule is the same on every bar. A close at or above both the mid line and the upper threshold, with the trend not already long, is a long signal. A close at or below both the mid line and the lower threshold, with the trend not already short, is a short.
That rule is patient. Because a new signal needs the trend not to be in that direction already, a long run can carry a single signal: the ES 5-minute capture further down shows one BUY in the whole stretch in view. In a quiet range the next one can take a long while. Fib382 and Fib618 sit closer to the mid line and allow more signals, if that is what you want.
PlatformNinjaTrader 8.1 Desktop, tested on 8.1.9.0
TypeChart indicator, compiled NinjaScript Add-On
SignalsFrom closed bars only
BarsTime-based bars fully; tick, volume, range and Renko run
AlertsEight events: Alerts Log and NinjaScript Output, sound and email optional
SeriesFib High, Trend Line (bullish), Trend Line (bearish), Fib Low, Signal
InstrumentsFutures, forex, stocks, indices: any NinjaTrader instrument
LicenceLifetime, one NinjaTrader login, all your PCs
Price77 USD, one payment
The user guide is public: every parameter and the verification are in it. Read it before you pay.
What you get
Nine things it does that a drawn Fibonacci cannot
One indicator in the price panel: the thresholds, the signals, the levels and the dashboard together.
A mid line for the trend
The 50 % line is green while the trend is long and red otherwise. A new signal needs the trend not to be in that direction already.
Sensitivity settings
Fib382 and Fib618 sit closer to the mid line and allow more signals. A longer Analysis Window gives wider thresholds and fewer signals.
Stop and targets
ATR multiples by default: stop 1.5, TP1 1, TP2 2. Or fixed percentages of the entry. TP3 and TP4 are off until you give them a multiplier above 0.
A break-even ladder
Reaching TP1 moves the exit to the entry, TP2 moves it to TP1 and TP3 moves it to TP2. Switch it off and only the stop, TP4 or a trend change closes the trade.
A record on the chart
One trade at a time, and its stop and targets do not move once it has opened. When it closes the lines and light bands stay, stopped-out trades included.
A dashboard with a Status row
7 to 10 rows: the signal, the entry, the stop and targets with a glyph for reached or not, and Status: Active, All TPs Hit, Stopped Out, Break Even Hit or Trend Change.
Eight alert events
BUY, SELL, TP1 to TP4, Stop Loss and Break Even, each with its own switch. Alerts Log and NinjaScript Output, with sound and email optional. No webhook.
Five series
Both threshold lines, the mid line in its two colours and a hidden Signal series at +1 or -1 can be read by a NinjaScript strategy and shown as Market Analyzer columns.
See it working
A closer look, on real NinjaTrader charts
Every picture below is a NinjaTrader 8 capture with numbered notes added. Nothing on the charts is drawn by hand. Click any image to enlarge it.
- BUY, entry 3967.6The newest signal. A close at or above both the mid line and the upper threshold, with the trend not already long.
- SELLAn earlier signal whose stop was reached. The light red band runs between entry and stop, and its lines stay on the chart as a record of where it ran.
- Upper thresholdIt rises as the window's high rises, and it runs flat while the window's high and range stay the same.
- Mid line50 % of the window's range, green while the trend is long and red otherwise.
- Break Even HitTP1 at 3978 and TP2 at 3988.4 were reached, the exit moved up the ladder, and price came back to it. Price then ran on without this trade.
Signals
A close through two lines, and a trend that has to change
A long needs a close at or above both the mid line and the upper threshold. A short needs a close at or below both the mid line and the lower threshold. In both cases the trend must not already be in that direction, which is why BUY and SELL arrive in turn on a chart like this one, and why a strong run can go a long way with no new marker.
The markers and levels come from closed bars. With Calculate set to each tick or on price change the three lines follow the forming bar, and signals and levels still wait for the close. A signal needs the window to have filled first, and an early one needs the ATR too, or every level sits on its entry price.
- BUY under the low of the signal bar, SELL over its high, as a label, an arrow or both
- Analysis Window 44 bars by default; the lines start once it has filled
- On the default Alternating marker rule, a long, a short and a long on three bars in a row open a third trade with no marker and no signal alert; EveryEntry announces every trade
- The chart's Trading Hours template decides which bars count, and a window across a session break measures across the gap
Dashboard
The last signal, and what has happened to it since
The panel is not a live evaluation of the market. It shows the last signal and how it went: the direction, the entry at the close of the signal bar, the stop and each target with a glyph, and one Status row. On this CL chart a short reached TP1, which moved the exit to the entry, and price then came back to it. TP2 never had its turn, and the row says Break Even Hit.
A check mark means price touched a drawn level on a bar. It is not a filled order, and there is no spread, commission or slippage in it. The dashboard is one fixed size, scaled with the Windows display setting, and it can sit in any of the four chart corners.
- Signal: LONG or SHORT, or a dash before the first signal
- Glyphs: hourglass not reached, check mark reached, cross stop reached
- Status: Awaiting Signal, Active, All TPs Hit, Stopped Out, Break Even Hit or Trend Change
- Stop reachedA BUY whose stop was reached. The red band runs between entry and stop, from the signal bar to the bar that reached it.
- Stop reachedA SELL, the same in reverse. The lines stay after the trade closes, so past trades stay readable on the chart.
- A touch countsThis stop was reached by a wick. A reached level means price touched a drawn level on a bar. It is not a filled order.
- TP1 reachedThe newest BUY. A green band between entry and TP1. Reaching TP1 moved the exit to the entry.
- Break Even HitPrice came back to the entry at 2.905 and closed the trade. TP2 at 2.929 still shows its hourglass: it was not reached.
Stops and targets
The chart keeps the trades that were stopped out
Every trade leaves its mark. A light green band fills the space between the levels when a target is reached, and a light red band fills the space between the stop and the entry when the stop is reached. This NG chart has three of those red bands in view. One of the stops was reached only by a wick, which is enough: the record is of price touching a drawn level on a bar, not of an order being filled.
With the ATR setting on, the default, the stop and targets are multiples of the ATR when the signal printed, here 0.018 for the stop and 0.012 for TP1 on the newest trade. Switch it off and they are percentages of the entry instead. Keep the multipliers ascending: a TP3 nearer than TP2 moves the exit to a level price has already passed, and the trade closes on that bar.
- Solid grey entry at the signal bar's close, dotted red stop, dotted green targets
- A trade closes at the stop, at TP4, on a return to the break-even level or on a trend flip
- Labels at the right edge exist only while a trade is live; the lines stay when it closes
Any market
The same rules on everything NinjaTrader charts
The calculations are not tied to an instrument. The captures below were taken in NinjaTrader 8 on the free simulation feed: index, energy, metal, currency and rate futures, from 1-minute to 30-minute bars, with the indicator at its default settings on every one.
Volume is not used. The thresholds, the ATR, the signals and the levels come from the bars' prices only, so the volume pane on these captures plays no part and a feed without volume draws the same chart. Levels round to the contract's tick size, and prices on the labels and the dashboard print as decimals, also on a contract quoted in fractions such as ZB.
Under the hood
How a closed bar becomes a signal
The same steps on every closed bar, in this order. Nothing hidden and nothing exotic.
The window is measured
The top of the highs and the bottom of the lows over the last 44 bars. No line and no signal appear until the window has filled.
The three lines are set
The upper threshold 23.6 % of the range below the window's high, the mid line at 50 %, the lower threshold at 78.6 %. The two thresholds have a setting each.
The close decides
At or above both the mid line and the upper threshold is a long. At or below both the mid line and the lower threshold is a short. The trend must not already be in that direction.
The trade opens
Entry at the signal bar's close, the stop and targets in ATR multiples or percentages of the entry, rounded to the tick. They do not move after this.
The trade is followed
A reached target gets a check mark and moves the exit up the ladder. The trade closes at the stop, at TP4, on a return to the break-even level or on a trend flip, and the Status row says which.
What it does
- Measures its thresholds the same way on every bar
- Marks signals on closed bars, and leaves them where they were
- Keeps the lines and bands of past trades on the chart, stopped-out ones included
- Says how the last signal ended, in one Status row
What it does not do
- It does not place orders. It is an indicator, and it never touches your account
- It does not predict price. A check mark means price touched a drawn level, not that an order filled
- It does not signal often in a quiet range, and a new one can take a long while
- It does not use volume, and it does not replace position sizing and a risk limit of your own
Side by side
A drawn Fibonacci compared with Flux Gate Precision
| Drawn Fibonacci | Flux Gate Precision | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the levels come from | A swing you pick by hand | A rolling window, 44 bars by default |
| When they update | When you redraw them | On every bar |
| Signals | None | BUY and SELL on closed bars |
| Trend state | None | Mid line green while long, red otherwise |
| Stop and targets | You work them out | ATR multiples or percentages, up to four targets |
| After the entry | Nothing | A break-even ladder and a Status row |
| For your strategies | A drawing, no series | Five series including Signal |
How this edition was verified
The engine that computes everything also runs outside NinjaTrader. With its diagnostic dump switched on, the NinjaTrader edition writes every committed bar with the values it drew; those bars are replayed through the engine outside the platform, and the two files are compared value by value.
On 4,923 MNQ 1-minute bars every one of the 58 series compared was equal on every bar. A second run, with Calculate set to each tick and the chart left live across the switch from history to live bars, gave the same result on 4,169 bars.
What that proves: the indicator receives exactly one closed bar per chart bar with the right open, high, low, close and volume, never double-feeds or skips a bar, and shows the values the engine produced. What it does not claim: it is a test of correct calculation, not of trading results, and it says nothing about future performance.
NinjaTrader bars compared4,923, then 4,169 across the live switch
Series compared58
Cells compared285,534 and 241,802
Mismatches0 and 0
ConditionsMNQ 1-minute, NinjaTrader 8.1.9.0, November 2026
The full method is in the user guide: User Guide (PDF) and Installation and Quick Start (PDF).
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Flux Gate PrecisionNinjaTrader 8 indicator
$77one payment, lifetime licence
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- The compiled NinjaScript Add-On package and all future updates, at no extra cost
- No machine ID and nothing to activate: log in to NinjaTrader and it runs
- The two PDFs: installation and quick start, and the full user guide with every parameter
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Questions
Before you buy
Does Flux Gate Precision repaint?
Signals, levels, trades and alerts come from closed bars only and do not repaint. The stop and the targets of a trade do not move once it has opened; its lines and labels extend to the right as the chart advances. With Calculate set to each tick or on price change the threshold lines and the mid line follow the forming bar as a preview, and the bar is committed once, at the first tick of the next bar. On a closed market that happens at the first tick of the next session, so a signal on the session's last bar appears then.
What does Break Even Hit mean?
The exit had been moved up the ladder and price came back to it, which closes the trade. After TP1 that exit is the entry. After TP2 it is TP1, so a trade can read Break Even Hit with both targets ticked, as on the GC chart above. It describes price touching a drawn level on a bar, with no spread, commission or slippage in it.
Why do TP3 and TP4 not appear?
They are off by default: a multiplier of 0 means the target does not exist. Set a multiplier above 0 and the target, its line, its label, its dashboard row and its alert appear together. Keep the multipliers ascending. Reaching TP3 moves the exit to TP2, so a TP3 nearer than TP2 closes the trade on that bar.
How much history does it need?
More bars than the Analysis Window, 44 by default, before anything appears. The ATR needs its own period, 14 by default: a signal before that has the stop and every target on its entry price, and it clears itself after that many bars. Raise Days to load in the Data Series dialog if a chart looks short.
Can my strategy use its signals?
Yes. A strategy can read the Signal series, +1 on the closed bar of a BUY marker and -1 on a SELL, and the three lines. They can also be shown as Market Analyzer columns. The indicator holds no order logic, so the orders are your strategy's own.
Which NinjaTrader version do I need?
NinjaTrader 8.1 Desktop for Windows; the build is tested on 8.1.9.0. Any data connection that delivers bars works, including the free simulation connection.
Do I need a funded broker account?
No. NinjaTrader 8 is free to download and use for charting and simulation, with free real-time futures data for the simulator. A live account with a broker of your choice is a separate step that this indicator does not need. NinjaTrader is the platform it runs inside, not a broker.
Is there a machine ID or an activation step?
No. The licence is tied to your NinjaTrader account login through NinjaTrader's Vendor Licensing, not to a PC. Log in on any installation and the indicator runs; a new PC needs no transfer.
How fast do I get the licence?
I issue it by hand in the NinjaTrader Vendor Dashboard. It is normally done within a few hours and always within 24 hours of your form arriving, including weekends.
Is this a subscription?
No. It is one payment of 77 USD for a lifetime licence on one NinjaTrader account, with future updates included.
Can I get a refund?
Once the licence has been issued the sale is final, because a licence on your account cannot be handed back. That is why the user guide is public: read it first. If you paid and the licence has not been issued yet, email me and I will refund you in full.
Can I move the licence to another NinjaTrader account?
Yes. Email me from the address you bought with and I will move the licence to your new account login.
Will it make me money?
No indicator can promise that, and this one does not. It gives you thresholds drawn by a fixed rule, signals on closed bars, and a stop and targets to plan around. What you do with that, and how you size positions, decides the outcome.
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