CommandTerminalXL - Building a Professional Trading Command Center (Progress)

[Ethan_Trades]

Hey everyone! I wanted to take a moment to share my progress on CommandTerminalXL, a custom NinjaTrader 8 add-on I’ve been building.

But first, I just want to say thank you. Seriously. This community has been incredible. When I first started this journey, I had no idea what I was getting into - and every time I hit a wall or got stuck on something, someone here was willing to help, point me in the right direction, or just share their
knowledge. That means more than you know. I wouldn’t have made it this far without y’all, so from the bottom of my heart - thank you.

What is CommandTerminalXL?

A professional trading command center that consolidates multiple tools into one sleek, dockable panel with flyout modules.

Current Modules:

Trading Module - Quick order entry with ATM strategy integration, account selection, instrument picker, and one-click Buy/Sell buttons with quantity controls.

Alerts Module - Custom price alerts with configurable conditions (crosses above/below), sound notifications, and multi-instrument selection capability.

Charts Module - Real-time market metrics dashboard showing EMA/SMA, ATR, MACD, RSI, Session Delta, Volume, Stochastic, CCI, ADX, and Bollinger Band width.

Analysis Module - Trade journaling and note-taking with session analysis tools for reviewing your trading decisions.

AI Module - Integrated AI assistant for market analysis and trade idea generation.

Nitro Module - Advanced scalping tools with rapid execution features.

System Module - Settings, configuration, and window management options.

Key Features:

• Animated flyout panels with smooth slide-in transitions
• Detachable modules (pop out any module into its own window)
• Chart linking integration
• Dark theme UI matching NinjaTrader’s aesthetic
• Persistent favorites and settings

Still a work in progress, but it’s come a long way. More features coming soon - and I’ll keep sharing updates as I go. Thanks again for being such an awesome community.

[Maverick]

Is there some edge within this tool, os is it only a tool for others to use in developing their edge?

[Ethan_Trades]

Good question. Honestly, it’s more of a tool to help you execute your own edge better rather than giving you one.
Like, if you already have a strategy or way of trading that works for you, CommandTerminalXL just makes it easier to actually do it - better order management, faster execution, alerts set up how you want them, tracking your performance, that kind of stuff.
The way I see it, a lot of times people have decent strategies but they mess up the execution or can’t manage everything efficiently when things are moving fast. That’s where this helps - it’s the infrastructure side of things.
I have been looking into adding some AI stuff for pattern recognition and signal generation, which could be more of a direct edge. But right now the main thing is it won’t tell you what to trade, it just makes you better at trading what you already know.
Hope that makes sense.

[several]

Looks very good, I imagine a lot of work has gone into this. Good luck.

[Nicky_Seay]

This looks good Ethan! Is this yours, this guys or a collaboration? I am building something similar. Ninja Traders -> Technical Indicators | Hey everyone, thanks for letting me join | Facebook

[Ethan_Trades]

Are you building something similar or are you copying what you see this looks almost exactly like what we have​:joy:

[Nicky_Seay]

100% copying what I saw but have different ideas on application. I use a different autotrader so no desire for all the other layers you have. Appreciate the inspiration and just spoke with another friend who is in the indicator business. Claude Code killed that business on day 1. Anything you see, hear or can envision can be built with AI tools in less than a day. BacktotheFuture trading sells software for 10k. Anyone can crawl their website, feed transcripts into AI, Images and recreate that in a few hours if they have technical expertise. Here is the proof.

[Maverick]

@Nicky_Seay

BacktotheFuture trading

The CommandTerminalXL is probably another scam!

Its one of the posts in this facebook group: facebook.com/groups/NinjaTraderindicators/

The screenshots are the exact same thing that another poster as been posting.

The process they’re employing is called ‘Fishing’

Beware!

[several]

The post on FB says it was built in 3 weeks with 15,000 lines of code. I would expect something like this to take way longer and be way bigger.

[Ethan_Trades]

Hey, just want to clear something up. I’m Antonio Harrison—“Ethan” was just an alias because I didn’t want people I know finding me on a random internet forum. That’s it.

I’ve never once said I was selling anything. No website, no price, no payment links—nothing. I joined this group because I needed help building something for myself, and I shared my progress along the way. That’s not a scam, that’s just being part of a community.

The whole reason I built this was so I wouldn’t have to pay for other people’s indicators. Why would I turn around and do the same thing I was trying to avoid? I’ve just been protective of my work because I know how easy it is for someone to take an idea, slap a price tag on it, and pretend they came up with it.

And if you want proof of why I’ve been cautious—just look at the group now. Someone already has the same exact thing. How long before that turns into another paid product? That’s exactly what I was trying to avoid.

Not sure where the assumption came from, but there’s zero evidence to back it up because it’s not true.

[Ethan_Trades]

This is true, but the problem with AI is that it hallucinates—and that hallucination is buried in the code. If you don’t know how to code, there’s no way you can actually check if the work is right. It’ll compile, but that doesn’t mean the logic is sound. I’ve had so many issues, but luckily I have four years of coding experience so it’s easy for me to go back and look through things.

Trust me, Claude is a powerful tool. With what it can do now, you might not even need to know how to code. But it isn’t perfect—I promise you it isn’t. I’m currently at 47,000 lines of code and this thing does a lot.

It’s crazy reading some of these comments. One person says something negative, and then other negative comments fall right behind it like they were already thinking it. Some of that is jealousy. But the add-on I have—I call it a plug-in because I come from the music world—is actually done and it works. I’ve tested it over and over again.

Yes, 3 weeks is very short. That’s why I say AI is powerful. Something like this would have easily taken 6 months to a year to even begin working. But if you’re using it, make sure you double and triple check everything. It’s off at least 60-70% of the time when it comes to actual logic. It may compile in NinjaTrader because it’s structurally sound, but that doesn’t mean the logic is correct—especially when it comes to analyzing and calculating. I’ve been using Claude since it came out, so trust me on this

[Ethan_Trades]

It’s 15,000 lines of code, actually. I’m at much more than that now. I can prove it to you. I don’t know if you know how to code, but a coder could easily see that this could easily be 15,000 lines of code. Just the photo itself, you can just see how comprehensive this was. Yes, it took 3 weeks because I have a friend helping me and we’re actually having AI helpers. It’s not 100% just me creating this, but a group. And yes, 3 weeks is very short for something like this, but that’s the power of AI. As long as you know or have a little knowledge, you can build anything.

[Ethan_Trades]

42,000 and Counting

[Ethan_Trades]

This is slick did you make this custom chart​:fire:

[Ethan_Trades]

Yeah, I just went to their website. Their scripts look very complex. I highly doubt if something was made using AI as of right now, it would be that accurate. They charge a lot of money. I would never pay that for that software, but there are some people out there who do. From what I’m reading, their software uses cloud-based processing, so you’re constantly connected to them, but I have does not do that. I don’t think Claude has killed the industry yet. We still have a few years, if not a decade, before it can catch up with what I just read on their website, but they have is powerful, honestly.

[Maverick]

You’re not dealing with the social media crowd here so expect a thorough review of your approach. And, your approach is already questionable.

Software is an intellectually unique outcome, how is it that the exact same software with the exact same ‘custom’ UI is being built by another person?

I suppose you guys were thinking the same, of the same mind, a telekenetic connection.

You’d have much better luck marketing this on YouTube with titles like 'How I turned $1 into $1million in 2 days"

Good luck.

[Nicky_Seay]

42k lines is a lot of work—huge congrats! To be clear, I’ve never said anything negative about your work; quite the opposite. Process, testing and tooling are essential for anyone attempting this level of development. I fully agree that AI isn’t perfect—my comments were about scope and speed, but you’ll notice I qualified that with “with technical skills.”

You’re well aware that most indicators are under 1,000 lines and nowhere near as sophisticated as what either of us has developed. That commoditized indicator business is what’s dying.

BTTF’s code is somewhat sophisticated, but their methodology is flawed. They generate 30-38 signals per day and claim 60% polarity accuracy within a ±2 minute window (5 minutes total). This is a basic statistics problem: you have to compare their claims against a random baseline to determine actual edge.

The math:

• Timing Z-score: Statistically significant—there is some edge
• Signal-to-noise ratio: ~1:5 (vs. 1:20 for purely random)
• Net result: ~6 useful signals per day, ~29 noise signals

A developer would characterize their 4-part signal generation algorithm as a temporal grid with post-hoc attribution—it doesn’t predict when pivots occur; it just ensures a signal exists near any pivot that does occur, then claims that signal as the “prediction.”

The value isn’t in the algorithm. It’s in marketing the hit rate while obscuring the noise rate.

All the best success with your project and thanks again for the inspiration!

Nicky

[Ethan_Trades]

Let me be straight blunt with you because I thought you got it but clearly you didn’t.

I am Antonio Jamar Harrison. I’m a black dude from Cincinnati, Ohio. The guy who posted in the NinjaTrader forum on Facebook? That’s me. I am in this group as a white person with a white name because it’s easier for people to respond that way. It’s an alias.

The other guy you’re talking about in this group—if you actually go read his messages after I responded, he literally told me he copied what I did. He said “yeah bro I like the inspiration.” He admitted it.

So I have no clue what you’re talking about. That guy isn’t me. He copied me.

[Ethan_Trades]

I’m sorry Nicky, I wasn’t saying you said anything negative. There were a couple guys in the group who responded with negative things. I apologize—I should have been more specific.

There’s a guy in this group named Maverick who said what I have is a scam or that I’m trying to sell it. But I have never once said I was selling this. Even in the forum on Facebook, I’ve always said it was my personal piece of software. I’ve never posted links. I don’t have a website. I don’t have a YouTube. I don’t have anything—just Facebook and this forum.

Maverick simply assumed what I had was for sale. Sometimes jealousy is a dangerous thing. He asked me a while ago if it was for edge or strategy, and I responded. I never offered it to him or anything—I just explained what it does. Not once did I ever say anything about selling it.

So many people have reached out asking if it’s for sale. My DMs on Facebook are full of people asking. I just tell them no. I’m not trying to make a profit. The whole reason I created this was so I didn’t have to buy indicators and stuff from other people.

Not only that—this add-on violates NinjaTrader’s policies. I’m able to pull footprint charts, VWAP, and a whole bunch of other things with it. You can’t sell something like this without a vendor’s license, and even then, someone could just take it and pass it out to other people. You’d need to register it with NinjaTrader. If I submitted this and they went through the code and saw I was giving people access to footprint charts and VWAP indicators, they would deny it. That undermines their marketing for Order Flow+. Why would a company allow me to sell something that pulls this information—even if it’s done with a different algorithm—and then let people install it into their software? That would literally take away profit from them. No company in their right mind would do that.

So even if I wanted to sell this, a whole bunch of changes would have to take place just to get approval as a vendor from NinjaTrader. That’s what he doesn’t know. He said he “thoroughly looked it over”—he didn’t thoroughly do anything. If he had, he would have clearly gone through these messages and seen step by step where you responded saying you received inspiration from my add-on.

[Maverick]

My apologies.

Its just the approach was odd.

I’ve been in marketing and i know all the tricks, from the Russell Brunson types to the the psychological draw of the Prop firm marketing guys. So when I saw the exact same product, it put me on guard.

Trading has become the new frontier where all kinds of shenanigans are up for grabs so…

Again, my apologies.

The trading industry is the wild wild west.