Documentation & FAQ

A complete guide to every button, setting, and hidden shortcut in Nexus Chart Trader for NinjaTrader.

1. Shortcuts & Mouse Interactions

When you are FLAT (no open position), hovering your mouse over the big BUY or SELL buttons (or POP buttons) triggers a visual preview on the chart. You will see "Phantom" lines for your Entry, Stop Loss, and Take Profit based on your current settings. This lets you visually verify your Risk/Reward before you click.

Yes! To save time, you can scroll your mouse wheel while hovering over these buttons:

  • BUY / SELL / 🖱️BUY / 🖱️SELL / POP / Trigger Buttons: Adjusts Order Quantity.
  • TP Button: Cycles through your Take Profit values.
  • SL Button: Cycles through your Stop Loss values.
  • RISK Button (in Prev. Candle Mode): Adjusts your Dollar Risk amount.
  • BE+X / SL-X Buttons: Adjusts the tick offset for that specific button.
  • Account Selector: Cycles through your available accounts.

2. The PnL Dashboard

Simply click on any account name in the Daily P&L list. The panel will instantly switch that account to be the "Master Trading Account." The active account is always highlighted.

In the collapsible "Tools Panel" (toggled with /), you will find PnL controls:

  • [+] / [-] Button: Toggles between a compact view (Name/PnL) and an expanded view that also shows Balance.
  • + / − Buttons: Increase or decrease the maximum height of the scrollable account list.
  • 👁️ Button: Toggles Streamer Mode, which redacts account numbers for privacy.

3. Main Action Buttons

This single button replaces the old "Close" and "Cancel All" buttons. Its function changes based on your current trading status:

  • If you have a position on the active chart: it shows CLOSE POSITION and flattens only that trade.
  • If you are flat but have working orders on the active chart: it shows CANCEL LOCAL and cancels only those orders.
  • If the active chart is clean but you have orders on other charts/accounts: it shows CANCEL ALL and cancels all working orders globally.
  • If all orders are gone but you have positions on other charts/accounts: it shows CLOSE GLOBAL and flattens all open positions everywhere.
  • PARK ACCOUNT 🚫: Immediately adds the current master account to a temporary "skip list" and rotates to the next available account. Useful for protecting a funded account that has hit its daily goal.
  • BE+X: An incremental breakeven button. Each click moves your stop loss from entry by +X ticks.
  • SL-X: Moves your active stop loss X ticks closer to the current price, allowing you to manually trail your stop.

Nexus is built with institutional-grade background logic that works silently to prevent common retail mistakes:

  • Zero-Mistake Sync: The software heartbeats every 50ms to ensure the account selection matches NinjaTrader perfectly.
  • Emergency Circuit Breaker: Blocks all new order submissions if the engine detects a critical data mismatch.
  • Event Neutralization: Real-time news alerts and optional execution hard-locks before high-impact releases.
  • Privacy Guard: One-click "Streamer Mode" instantly redacts account IDs and balances.

4. Risk & Target Steppers

Clicking the center of the SL Stepper cycles through three modes:

  1. Dollar SL ($): Risk defined by a fixed dollar amount (e.g., $150).
  2. ATR SL (ATR): Multiplier of the current ATR value.
  3. Previous Candle SL (PREV): Automatically calculated based on the previous candle.

5. Specialized Entry Buttons

  1. Click "🖱️BUY" or "🖱️SELL".
  2. Click anywhere on the chart to drop your Entry, Stop, and Target lines.
  3. Drag the lines to adjust your R/R visually.
  4. Click the green checkmark () to place the order.

6. The Tools Panel (▼/▲)

  • REC (●/■): Controls for the automated Trade Recorder.
  • 🤖/👤 Button: Toggles Smart Account Rotation on or off.
  • 🎯 Button: Toggles the on-chart Execution Markers.
  • PRO / EVAL / SIM: Filter buttons for account types.
  • [+], [-], +, −: Controls for the PnL Dashboard view.

7. Trade Recording

This feature works with OBS Studio to automatically record your screen whenever you are in a trade.

  1. Click ● REC to Arm the recorder.
  2. Entering a trade starts the recording automatically.
  3. Going flat globally stops the recording.

For setup instructions, see the Trade Recording Guide.

8. Settings Guide

Common parameters found in the Indicator Properties window:

  • Reset Order Qty to 1: Safety feature resets quantity after every trade.
  • Breakeven Trigger/Plus: Set to -1 for automated recommended values.
  • Enable Trading Schedule: Restricts trading to specific hours for discipline.