EdgeRunner: Your Complete Market Intelligence System
EdgeRunner is far more than a simple indicator—it’s a complete visual intelligence platform that transforms your charts into a real-time decision-making dashboard. Combining proprietary signal generation, advanced market structure analysis, and comprehensive visual feedback, EdgeRunner gives you instant clarity on market direction, momentum, and opportunity.
Intelligent Signal Generation
EdgeRunner’s proprietary signal engine identifies high-probability trading opportunities by analyzing multiple confluence factors including trend structure, momentum characteristics, and volatility conditions. The integrated chop filter automatically suppresses signals during low-conviction periods, ensuring you only see setups with genuine directional bias. Customizable audio alerts notify you the moment conditions align.
EdgeBands: Visual Market Structure
The EdgeBands system provides instant visual clarity on market momentum with color-coded regions that adapt to bullish and bearish conditions. Unlike static support and resistance, EdgeBands dynamically adjust to current price action, showing you exactly where the market’s center of gravity lies and when price is extended from equilibrium.
Integrated Dashboard Panel
Add EdgeRunner to a separate panel to unlock the powerful Money Flow dashboard featuring a histogram or line display with shading that reveals institutional pressure. Buy and sell signals mirror your main chart with fixed anchor points, providing a clean, uncluttered view of market sentiment alongside your price action.
Torque Momentum System
The integrated Torque display colors candles when multiple momentum factors align, showing you when the market is truly “in gear” versus merely drifting. Configurable alerts notify you at two critical stages: initial wick-into-EMA setups (early warning) and next-bar confirmation (high-probability entry).
Professional Features Suite
Beyond signals and structure, EdgeRunner includes dynamic support/resistance line generation, real-time price channel display, customizable candle coloring, real price overlay (perfect for Heiken Ashi traders), current ATR display, and an intraday candle countdown timer. Every visual element is fully customizable to match your trading style and chart aesthetic.
Works With Any Timeframe, Any Instrument
From 1-minute scalping to daily swing trades, from ES futures to forex pairs, EdgeRunner adapts seamlessly to your trading approach. The indicator automatically detects Heiken Ashi charts and displays real price data alongside smoothed bars, giving you the best of both worlds.
Transform your charts from basic price displays into sophisticated intelligence platforms with EdgeRunner.
Core Signal System
- Proprietary multi-factor signal generation algorithm
- Bullish and bearish signal identification
- Integrated chop filter suppresses low-conviction setups
- Customizable signal colors and arrow styles
- Optional price boxes showing exact entry levels
- Separate enable/disable for buy and sell signals
- Real-time audio alerts for signal generation
- Configurable alert sound files
Profit Target Lines (Dual System)
- Fixed Tick Targets: Traditional tick-based profit lines
- ATR-Based Targets: Dynamic volatility-adjusted profit levels
- Configurable ATR period and percentage
- Automatic tick rounding for clean execution
- Real-time intrabar updates on signal candles
- Maximum line count control
- Customizable target line colors and thickness
- Price labels displayed on target lines
- Automatic line cleanup and management
EdgeBands (Visual Market Structure)
- Color-coded regions showing market momentum zones
- Dynamic bullish/bearish color switching based on price position
- Fully customizable band colors (4 separate zones)
- Adjustable transparency for visual clarity
- Real-time adaptation to changing market conditions
Background Trend Coloring
- Automatic chart background color switching
- Bullish and bearish background colors
- Configurable opacity (0-100%)
- Audio alerts on background color changes
- Visual confirmation of trend state changes
- Separate enable/disable control
Candle Coloring System
- Match candle colors to trend direction or EdgeBands
- Bullish and bearish candle color customization
- Optional wick coloring (match body colors)
- Two coloring modes:
- Trend Mode: Colors based on directional bias
- EdgeBands Mode: Colors based on position relative to EMA(21)
- Separate enable/disable for body and wick coloring
Support & Resistance Lines
- Automatic pivot-based S/R line generation
- Separate resistance and support line colors
- Configurable line style (solid, dash, dot, etc.)
- Adjustable line width (1-10 pixels)
- Maximum line count management
- Two extension modes:
- Close: Lines stop when price closes through
- Touch: Lines stop on first touch
- Automatic line cleanup when touched
- Historical lookback control
Real Price Display
- Horizontal line at current real price (perfect for Heiken Ashi)
- Real close price marks (dots/hash marks on chart)
- Configurable line color, width, and style
- Multiple mark styles (dots, hash, square, etc.)
- Adjustable mark size
- Separate enable/disable for line and marks
Price Channel System
- Dynamic regression-based price channels
- 9-level gradient channel display
- Configurable lookback period (1-100 bars)
- Customizable top, middle, and bottom colors
- Automatic opacity gradient for depth perception
- Optional left and right line extension
- Statistical calculation (correlation, variance, standard deviation)
Dashboard Panel (Separate Panel Mode)
- Proprietary Index line or histogram display
- Color shading (4-color system)
- Bullish base color and shaded color
- Bearish base color and shaded color
- Configurable histogram bar thickness and opacity
- Buy and sell signal triangles anchored to centerline
- Signal dots at 50-line for entry confirmation
- Customizable upper and lower level line colors
- Background coloring mirrors main panel trend
- Automatic scale forcing (0-100 range)
- Center guide line with trend-based coloring
Torque Momentum Display
- Candle coloring when momentum factors align
- Bullish and bearish Torque colors
- Multi-factor confirmation system
- Separate enable/disable control
- Integrates seamlessly with other candle coloring
Torque Alert System (Two-Stage)
- Wick Alert: Immediate notification when painted bar wicks into edgebands
- Configurable wick threshold (ticks)
- Fires once per bar per direction
- Custom sound file support
- Confirmation Alert: Notification when next bar also paints
- Two-bar confirmation sequence
- Separate sound file from wick alert
- Intelligent arming/disarming logic
- Separate enable/disable for each alert type
- Bar-level tracking prevents duplicate alerts
- Automatic reset on stack changes
Current ATR Display (Overlay Label)
- Real-time ATR value displayed on chart
- Configurable ATR period (1-999)
- Display modes: Price points or ticks
- Four anchor positions
- Adjustable horizontal and vertical offsets
- Customizable text font, size, and color
- Optional background with adjustable opacity
- Updates every tick for real-time monitoring
- Separate enable/disable control
Candle Timer (Countdown Display)
- Real-time countdown to bar close
- Configurable display format
- Optional pre-text customization
- Four anchor positions (same as ATR display)
- Adjustable horizontal and vertical offsets
- Customizable font, size, and color
- Optional background with adjustable opacity
- Automatic connection status monitoring
- Session-aware (doesn’t run outside market hours)
- Market Replay compatible
Visual Customization
- Every color fully customizable
- Opacity controls for backgrounds and histograms
- Line thickness adjustments (1-10 pixels)
- Multiple line style options (solid, dash, dot, etc.)
- Font customization for overlays
- Four anchor positions for overlay labels
- Pixel-perfect offset controls
- Box opacity controls (main panel and dashboard)
- Separate color controls for each visual element
Professional Features
- Calculate on each tick for real-time updates
- Works in overlay mode on price panel
- Works in separate panel as dashboard
- Multiple data series support
- Optimized rendering performance
- Minimal CPU usage
- No repainting (signals fixed on bar close)
Alert System
- Audio alerts for buy signals
- Audio alerts for sell signals
- Audio alerts for background changes
- Audio alerts for Torque wick-ins
- Audio alerts for Torque confirmations
- Custom sound file support (.wav)
- File picker for easy sound selection
Filtering & Confirmation
- Integrated chop filter
- Multi-bar confirmation logic
- Automatic signal suppression in choppy conditions
Compatibility
- Works with all bar types (time, tick, volume, etc.)
- Compatible with Heiken Ashi
- Compatible with Renko
- Compatible with any NinjaTrader data feed
- Strategy Analyzer compatible
- Market Replay compatible
- Optimization framework support
- All instrument types (futures, forex, stocks, etc.)
Performance Optimizations
- Conditional rendering (only draws when visible)
- Smart object cleanup and disposal
- Efficient brush caching
- Optimized OnBarUpdate logic
- FirstTickOfBar guards for bar-close logic
- Minimal indicator update calls
- DirectX rendering for smooth visuals
Scalability
- Works on any timeframe (1 second to monthly)
- Handles thousands of bars efficiently
- Multiple chart instances supported
- Concurrent indicator instances
- No performance degradation over time
Software Requirements
- NinjaTrader 8 (latest version recommended)
- Windows 10 or Windows 11
Hardware Requirements
- RAM: 8GB minimum, 16GB recommended
- Hard Drive: 50GB available space
Data Feed Requirements
- Real-time or historical data feed subscription
- Compatible data providers: Kinetick, CQG, Rithmic, Interactive Brokers, or any NinjaTrader-supported feed
- Continuous connection to data feed during trading hours
- Historical data for backtesting and strategy analysis
Brokerage & Account Requirements
- Active NinjaTrader brokerage account OR supported third-party broker
- Funded account with sufficient capital for your trading plan
- Appropriate market data subscriptions for instruments you intend to trade
- Real-time or simulated trading account (Sim101 for testing)
Knowledge Requirements
- Basic understanding of NinjaTrader 8 platform operation
- Familiarity with strategy properties and configuration
- Understanding of order types (market, limit, stop)
- Knowledge of risk management principles
