HunterKillShot — Liquidity Sweep Strategy for NinjaTrader 8
Automated session-sweep strategy for NinjaTrader 8. Trades reversals after liquidity sweeps at prior-day, Asia, or London extremes. Works on any liquid futures.
By HunterOverview
HunterKillShot is an automated liquidity-sweep strategy for NinjaTrader 8. It tracks Asia and London session ranges plus prior-day reference levels (PDH, PDL, prior-day midpoint, today's open), then waits for price to sweep one of those levels before entering in the opposite direction. The logic is contract-agnostic — run it on any liquid futures market with a clean session structure.
How It Works
The strategy waits for a four-step sequence before any entry fires: a liquidity sweep beyond a tracked level, an opposite-direction Fair Value Gap forming on the way back, a Market Structure Shift confirming the reversal pivot, and a volatility filter to gate weak setups. When all four conditions align, HunterKillShot enters in the direction of the structural shift.
Stops are placed beyond the swept extreme with an ATR-based buffer. Targets project from the swing range using fib extensions at -0.236, -0.500, and -0.786, with optional three-leg partial take-profit and a runner.
Why Sweeps Then Reversals
Liquid futures repeatedly run obvious levels to trigger stops before reversing. Overnight highs, prior-day extremes, opening-range edges — these are predictable magnets for liquidity across equity indices, metals, energies, and currencies alike. HunterKillShot is built around that recurring pattern: identify the sweep, wait for the structural confirmation, enter on the displacement that follows.
The mechanics of why these sweeps reverse are broken down in ICT Liquidity Sweep Explained.
Risk Management
Every entry uses a structural stop, not a fixed-tick stop. The buffer adapts to current volatility through ATR, so the same parameters scale across instruments with different tick sizes. Static, trailing, ATR, and fib-based exit modes are all available. Daily P&L caps, max-trades-per-day, configurable session windows, blackout periods, and end-of-session force close all keep risk bounded.
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Backtests assume realistic slippage and commissions.
Methodology
HunterKillShot follows the same development and validation framework used across all Hunters Algo strategies. The approach emphasizes realistic testing conditions and avoids over-optimization. Read more on the methodology page.
Access
HunterKillShot is included in the NinjaTrader Suite subscription. See the pricing page for current plans and a free trial.
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