CTTRenkoTrade – Automated Renko Strategy for NinjaTrader 8

CTTRenkoTrade trades Renko charts for you. It finds the setup, sends the order, places the stop and target, and manages the trade until it is closed. It is built for traders who want a clear, rule-based method without watching the chart all day, and it includes the protections prop firm traders need.

Built and tested on our CTT True Renko bar type, which draws every brick from real traded prices, so backtests are much closer to live trading.

Live performance – see every trade

We run CTTRenkoTrade on a live account and publish every trade, winning and losing, on our trading dashboard. It shows the equity curve, daily P&L, trade list and drawdown, and you can switch the period to see how it has done over time.

View the live performance dashboard →

Live results reflect one account, one instrument set and the settings in use at the time. They are not a guarantee of future results.

How it trades

The method is simple: strong momentum tends to carry price further in the same direction. The strategy waits for a clear sign a move is starting, checks that nothing stands in its way, and joins it with a fixed stop and target.

• Price Envelope Reverse – the trend band flips and momentum confirms. The main trend entry.
• Midline Reject – price pulls back to the centre line and resumes. Used to add to a winning trade.
• Price Extreme Reverse – an exhausted run into a momentum extreme, traded the other way.
• Triangle / Wedge Breakout and Price Failure Break – optional pattern setups.

Filters that keep you out of bad trades

• Room to move – no buying straight into resistance, no selling into support, and no entries on a brick sitting on a level. Levels come from volume accumulation, StepMA, recent swings and market profile volume nodes.
• Consolidation filter – stays out of sideways markets.
• Momentum and divergence filters – no buying at a momentum high, no selling at a low.
• Brick colour – never buys a red brick, never sells a green one.
• Optional – trading windows, news blackout windows, market speed, Bollinger/Keltner squeeze, session direction, volume divergence and StepMA regime gates.

Trade management

• Fixed stop and target measured in bricks or ticks (default 4 and 4 bricks).
• Open several trades per setup with stepped targets – for example exits at 4, 8 and 12 bricks.
• Independent addon trades with their own size, stop and target.
• Runner exit on a full brick close through the midline after the first target.
• Optional breakeven, close-and-reverse on an opposite signal, and flatten at session end.

Built for prop firm accounts

• Micro-contract ready – size each trade precisely on MES, MNQ, MYM or M2K to fit your drawdown rules.
• Account desync guard – if the broker or prop firm closes your position on its own, the strategy detects it, stops trading and alerts you, so it never trades a position that no longer exists.
• Daily profit target, daily loss limit and max trades per day.

See everything on the chart

• On-chart P&L panel: current, previous and all sessions, live-only results, open profit, drawdown and daily limits.
• Live filter status: what is allowing or blocking trades right now, and which filter refused each setup.
• Setup labels and entry markers on every trade.
• Tick-accurate backtest fills, so Strategy Analyzer results match real-time behaviour more closely.

What's included

• CTTRenkoTrade strategy for NinjaTrader 8 (version 1.15)
• Ready-to-use templates for each supported instrument (bar type and brick size preset)
• Trader's Manual (Word / PDF)
• License for 2 computers

Requirements

• NinjaTrader 8 (latest version recommended)
• CTT True Renko bar type – install it first
• Futures data feed and a broker connection supported by NinjaTrader
• Internet connection when the strategy starts (license check)

Getting started

1. Install CTT True Renko, then CTTRenkoTrade (Tools → Import → NinjaScript Add-On).
2. Copy the templates and load the one for your instrument.
3. Send your NinjaTrader Machine ID to info@ctrading.tools to activate your license.
4. Run it on a simulated account first, then go live.

Risk disclosure: Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. Past performance, whether live, backtested or simulated, is not indicative of future results. Results from our live account depend on its size, instruments, settings, commissions and execution, and your results will differ. Hypothetical results have inherent limitations and do not reflect the impact of actual trading. CTTRenkoTrade is a trading tool; you are responsible for every trade it places on your account.