Learning NinjaScript Takes Too Long. Until Now.

You want to automate your trading strategy. You need a custom indicator for your edge. You know exactly what you want, but you can't make it yourself.

You look for a developer. You tell them what you need. You wait for prices. The figures come back: thousands of pounds. Weeks of time to work on it. Fees for ongoing maintenance. You don't own the source code; therefore, every change costs extra.

Most traders realise they should use automation to make their best strategies work. They know that specialised tools would save them a lot of time. But it costs a lot of money and takes a long time to hire developers. So they skip it. They keep trading manually. They miss chances when they're not looking at their screen. They don't always follow their own rules.

Rize Capital's NinjaScript training courses solve this problem.

These are professional programming courses that turn complete beginners into skilled NinjaScript developers in just a few months, not years. You don't need to have any programming experience. You don't need a degree in computer science. You only need to know how to use a computer and be eager to learn.

And the most important thing is that you learn how to make exactly what you need, exactly how you want it. You will always have the skills. You can change your code whenever you like. You may make strategies, indicators, and even add-ons that are good enough for business without ever having to pay a developer again.

These courses will help you get rid of the need for expensive developers and give you full control over your trading tools, whether you're a trader who wants to automate a simple approach or someone who wants to program for clients.

That's the difference between spending a lot of money on someone else's job and making your own answers for a lot less.

The Problem with Learning to Code

The truth about learning to code on your own is that you start by watching YouTube videos. You look at posts on forums. You copy and paste code bits without knowing what they mean. Something goes wrong. You don't know why. You look for answers. You get advice that is no longer useful. You become stuck. You quit.

Learning to program on your own is hard. Not because programming is hard by nature, but because the way forward is not clear. You don't know what you don't know. You waste time learning things that you will never use. You pass over basic things that you will really need later. When you're trapped at 2 AM trying to figure out why a strategy won't compile, you can't ask anyone for help.

People usually say, "Just Google it" or "Read the documentation." But the NinjaScript documentation assumes you already know how to program. The Help Guide has a lot of information, but it's not meant to teach you anything; it's a reference book. Before you can locate something, you need to know what to look for.

Then there's the issue of motivation. When you teach yourself, every problem seems like a dead end. Every error notice makes me feel like I've failed. Most people quit within weeks if they don't have structure, feedback, or instruction.

Rize Capital's courses fix all of these obstacles by giving you systematic, step-by-step instruction that takes you from being a complete beginner to a professional-level coder.

Three Levels, One Clear Path

The course structure is straightforward: Beginner, Advanced, and Expert. Each level builds on the previous one. Each level has a specific purpose. Each level gets you closer to complete programming independence.

Beginner Level: Foundation Without Frustration

The Beginner Level assumes you know nothing about programming. You don't need to understand C#. You don't need coding experience. You just need basic computer skills and the motivation to learn.

What you'll learn:

• Setting up your coding environment – NinjaScript Editor and Visual Studio configuration for NinjaTrader 8
• Variables, operators, and data types – The building blocks of every programme you'll write
• Arrays, lists, and dictionaries – How to store and manage multiple pieces of data efficiently
• Loops – Foreach, for, and while loops for repeating operations automatically
• Conditional logic – If statements and switch statements to make your code make decisions
• Classes and properties – Creating your own custom structures to organise your code
• Custom methods – Writing reusable functions that make your programmes cleaner and more efficient
• Access modifiers and constructors – Understanding how different parts of your code interact
• Exception handling – Preventing crashes and managing errors gracefully
• Your first custom indicator – Building a working indicator from scratch that displays on your charts
• Your first custom strategy – Programming an automated strategy that can execute trades

But this is different from regular YouTube videos because you're learning these things just for NinjaScript. The lessons are all about how to construct trading tools. You're not memorising abstract programming theory; you're learning exactly what you need to make NinjaTrader 8 indicators and strategies.

You will have made your first custom indicator and your first custom strategy by the end of this level. Not by duplicating someone else's work. By knowing what you're making and why it works.

Most students finish the Beginner Level in 2 to 3 months, but you have 4 months to finish it so that people with varied learning paces can do so. That's 16 sessions that cover everything from setting up your environment to writing your first working programs. Payment once. No need to sign up. No extra fees.

Advanced Level: Practical Programming Skills

The Advanced Level is where you stop following tutorials and start building real solutions. This level includes free access to all Beginner Level content, so you can start from scratch if needed or review fundamentals whenever you want.

What you'll learn:

• Everything from Beginner Level – Full access to all 16 beginner sessions included free
• Structs vs classes – Understanding when to use each and why it matters
• File operations – Reading from and writing to files to store data between trading sessions
• Inheritance in NinjaScript – How to extend existing functionality without rewriting code
• Adding buttons to charts – Creating custom UI elements directly on your trading charts
• Chart toolbar customisation – Adding buttons to the toolbar for quick access to functions
• Chart Trader integration – Placing custom buttons in specific rows and columns of Chart Trader
• Planning and building indicators from scratch – Part 1: Design and core structure
• Completing your indicator build – Part 2: Full implementation with review and Q&A
• Planning and building strategies from scratch – Part 1: Architecture and foundation
• Completing your strategy build – Part 2: Plots, parameters, additional data series, and classes
• Creating your own indicator independently – Instructor reviews your work and helps debug
• Creating your own strategy independently – Build from concept to completion with guidance

Then it gets real. You'll learn how to add buttons to Chart Trader, charts, and toolbars. Instead of just using the conventional inputs, you'll be able to control your strategies and indicators with bespoke UI elements. At this stage, your instruments will start to look and feel like they belong in a professional setting.

But the best thing about Advanced Level is that you'll learn how to plan and construct full indicators and strategies from the ground up. Not just exercises where you follow along with the code. Real planning sessions where you come up with the rationale, put it into action, fix any bugs, and then improve it. The first part of the indicator built. Part 2 is needed to finish it. Review and ask questions to make sure you understand. Then you do the same thing for a strategy.

After that, you do it again. This time, by yourself. You make your own indicators. You make your own plan. The teacher looks over your work and helps you with any problems you have.

You will be able to program strategies and indicators on your own by the end of Advanced Level. You won't have to pay developers to make your own trading tools. You'll know how to make what you need when you need it.

This takes most trainees 2–3 months, same as the Beginner Level. You can use it for four months. Payment in full. There is no subscription. And you've finished 16 sessions at the Beginner Level and 16 more at the Advanced Level, for a total of 32 organised, hands-on training sessions.

Expert Level: Professional-Grade Programming

The Expert Level is for traders who want to program at a professional standard. Whether you want to sell your tools commercially, offer programming services to other traders, or simply build complex solutions for your own trading, this level gives you everything you need.

You get free access to both Beginner and Advanced Level content—32 sessions covering all fundamentals and practical skills. Then you add 15 more Expert Level sessions that cover professional techniques most NinjaScript programmers never learn.

What you'll learn:

• Everything from Beginner and Advanced Levels – All 32 sessions included free
• Mastering the Help Guide – How to effectively use NinjaTrader's documentation like a professional
• Excel file integration – Reading from, writing to, and using Excel formulas within your strategies
• Additional data series – Working with multiple timeframes and instruments simultaneously
• Custom bar types – Creating and implementing your own bar type calculations
• ATM strategy integration – Using existing ATM strategies within your NinjaScript code
• Custom chart rendering – Using OnRender to draw directly on charts with precision
• OnRenderTargetChanged method – Advanced rendering techniques for professional visuals
• Unmanaged approach – Ultimate control over order execution for sophisticated strategies
• Introduction to Add-Ons – Creating custom NT windows and panels
• Visual Studio Add-On development – Professional development environment and source code protection
• Server-side checks Part 1 – Connecting tools to remote servers for licensing and updates
• Server-side checks Part 2 – Advanced implementation for commercial deployment
• Complete automated strategy project – Building a professional-grade strategy using advanced techniques

You'll learn how to use the Help Guide well instead of getting lost in technical documents. You'll learn how to read from and write to Excel files, as well as how to use Excel formulas in your strategies. For complicated multi-timeframe techniques, you'll have to deal with more data series. You'll be able to add your own bar types. You will add existing ATM techniques to your NinjaScript code.

After that, you go deeper. With the OnRender and OnRenderTargetChanged methods, you'll learn how to create custom shapes directly on charts. You'll learn about the unmanaged approach for strategies that need full control over how orders are carried out.

And you'll learn how to make Add-Ons, which are bespoke windows and panels that work with NinjaTrader's interface. To safeguard your source code, you'll program them in Visual Studio. You'll even learn how to link your tools to external servers so you can verify licenses, get updates, and send messages to users.

The last step of the Expert Level is to write a full automated strategy that uses most of the advanced functions and features that were taught in the course. This isn't an easy example. This is a commercial-grade, professional-level plan that shows off all you've learnt.

By the time you reach Expert Level, you'll be able to write bespoke strategies, indicators, and add-ons that are up to professional standards. You can compete with NinjaScript developers who have been around for a while. You can get paid for your job. You can make anything you can think of in NinjaTrader 8.

It usually takes students 2 to 3 months to finish this level. You can use all three levels of content for four months. Pay once. No need to sign up. That's 47 training sessions that will take you from a complete beginner to an expert-level programmer.

The Investment Question

Let's be clear about the money.

Depending on how complicated the project is, hiring a NinjaScript developer to make a unique strategy usually costs between £2,000 and £5,000. It will take weeks for your order to arrive. You won't have the source code. Every change costs more. Every time you patch a bug, it costs more. It costs more for every improvement. You will always need that developer.

These classes cost a small part of that. You pay once. You will always have the skills. You can make as many strategies, indicators, and tools as you like. You won't have to pay developer fees again.

More significantly, you don't have to follow what someone else thinks about how you trade. You know exactly what you want your plan to do. Instead of emailing back and forth with a developer who's working on five other projects and having to explain things over and over, you can construct it exactly properly the first time.

And what if you want to program for a living? After your first customer project, the training will pay for itself. The teacher is a certified NinjaScript consultant, so you're learning from someone who does this for a living. By the time you reach the Expert Level, you'll be able to do the same.

The Real Value: Independence

The real value of these classes isn't merely the technical skills. It's the freedom.

You'll never have to wait for a developer again. You won't have to pay modification costs again. You will never change your plan because a feature is "too complicated to program." You won't ever have to question if your indicator is doing what you believe it's doing because you can't access the source code.

You'll make just what you need. You can change it whenever you wish. You'll be able to read every line of code in your trading tools. You may also use your programming abilities to make tools for other traders and make money doing it.

Most traders who want unique tools have to choose between paying developers thousands of dollars or giving up on automation altogether. Rize Capital's NinjaScript classes provide you with a third choice: learn how to do it yourself.

In four months, you can still be manually carrying out your plan, waiting for the "perfect setup" to engage a developer, or discussing your needs with the third programmer who offered you £3,000.

Or you might be using your own custom-made, fully automated strategy that trades precisely the way you want it to, and you own it, control it, and make changes to it.

That's not an over-the-top way to get people to do anything. You get that when you finish these courses.

Visit Rize Capital to register for the level that matches your current skills and goals. One-time payment. No subscription. Complete programming independence.