Getting Started
"Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established." — Proverbs 16:3
This guide walks you through the full setup — from system requirements to your first profitable session. Take your time, follow each step in order, and you'll be ready in 30–45 minutes.
System Requirements
- NinjaTrader 8 — free Connect license is fine for the indicator; for live trading you'll need a funded broker or prop firm account
- NinjaTrader Order Flow add-on — only needed for the Signal Analyzer's Cumulative Delta scoring (coming soon). NOT required for Cornerstone — its Delta Pressure reads the tape directly.
- Windows 10/11 — NT8 is Windows-only
- Data feed: Rithmic, CQG, or Kinetick (anything that provides level-1 + Volume on NQ)
- Browser: Edge, Chrome, or Brave for the Signal Analyzer web app and activation flow
Installation Steps
Step 1 — Download the indicator package
Sign in to your account, then go to your account page and click Download NinjaTrader Indicators. You'll get PBFIndicators.zip.
Step 2 — Import into NinjaTrader 8
Open NT8 → Tools → Import → NinjaScript Add-On… → select the downloaded ZIP. NT8 will install PBFCornerstone and recompile automatically. Wait for the compile to finish (~30 seconds). (The Signal Analyzer ships separately when it launches.)
Step 3 — Add the indicators to your NQ chart
Open a 5-minute NQ chart. Right-click → Indicators… → search for PBFCornerstone → Add → OK. Repeat for PBFSignalAnalyzerV5Beta.
Step 4 — Activate your devices
The first time each indicator loads, it'll open your browser to profitbyfaith.com/activate. Sign in, click Approve this device, return to NT8. The indicator unlocks within 15 seconds. See Account & Licensing for more on the device approval flow.
Step 5 — Open your Signal Analyzer Portal
Go to profitbyfaith.com/SignalAnalyzer/ on any device — phone, tablet, second monitor, anywhere. The indicator pushes its state to the app automatically. No extra software required.
First Session Checklist
Before your first live session with the app open, run through this.
- Pray. Center yourself. Trading without conviction or emotional clarity is gambling.
- Learn the bands first. Watch the app run live for at least one full session before you let anything it shows inform a decision.
- Know your own risk plan before 9:30. The app does not publish an entry, a stop or a target, and it will never size a position for you. Decide how you handle risk before the session, away from the screen.
- Start small. Whatever you do with the information, start at the smallest size you trade until you have reviewed a meaningful sample of your own results.
- Journal it. Compare your own decisions against what the app reported. Your Trade Journal in the member area is built for exactly this.
- The app is not a queue of opportunities. It reports every level encounter that clears the floor — four or five in a typical kill zone. That is a description of the session, not a list of things to do.