Do I need to know how to code to use Agenticks?

No. AlgoAgent accepts prompts and converts them directly into backtestable strategies. AlgoAgent does the same for TradingView indicators. No coding, no Pine Script, no programming background required.

AlgoAgent is the product. You describe a trading idea and it turns that into explicit entry, exit, sizing and risk rules, writes the strategy as sandboxed Python, runs it over the included market history, and hands back every trade so you can judge the idea yourself.

How long can I run a backtest?

As far back as the instrument's own history goes. US stocks and ETFs run from as early as 2000-01-01 through 2026-03-31 and supported futures from 2016, at 1m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 1h and 1d. There is no five-year cap. Results include an equity curve, a full trade log, drawdown analysis, regime breakdown, Monte Carlo resampled from the real trades, and a prop firm pass estimate.

What is the AlgoAgent live automation lane?

On the Agent plan an approved strategy places its own orders through the brokerage you connected with SnapTrade (Interactive Brokers, Alpaca, Wealthsimple, Webull, Moomoo, Coinbase, Kraken, Binance and more). It runs on Agenticks servers, not in your browser, so it keeps running when your computer is off. You approve the strategy, pick the account, set sizing and risk limits, and arm it explicitly. Editing it creates a new version that needs a new approval. Several supported brokers are read-only. Paper-test first.

Order Flow and Market Structure

Order flow, volume profile, footprint charts, delta, and market structure explained as trader context, not magic signals.

Guides in this category

Order Flow Trading Explained for Retail Traders: Order flow explained as market participation context: what it shows, how to read it, and how to combine it with price structure without overfitting the interpretation.
What Is Volume Profile and Why Do Traders Use It?: Volume profile explained: how it maps trading activity across price levels, what high and low volume nodes mean, and how traders use it for context.
Footprint Charts: What They Show That Candles Do Not: How footprint charts display volume and delta at each price within a candle, and what that additional layer of data reveals about market participation.
Delta, Volume, and Imbalance: A Practical Trader's Guide: A plain-language explanation of how delta, total volume, and bid-ask imbalance differ and what each measures in a live market.
Market Structure vs Order Flow: How They Work Together: How price structure analysis and order flow data complement each other, and why combining them provides better context than either alone.
Liquidity Zones Explained Without the Hype: What liquidity zones are, how they form, and why traders should interpret them as areas of potential activity rather than guaranteed reversal points.
How Traders Use Volume Profile to Find High-Interest Price Areas: A practical walkthrough of identifying value area, point of control, and high-volume nodes using volume profile data.
Why Price Moves Through Low Volume Nodes Faster: The mechanics behind why price tends to accelerate through price areas with little historical trading activity.
Order Flow Tools Retail Traders Can Actually Understand: A practical introduction to the most accessible order flow tools and how to interpret their output without advanced training.
How to Combine Candlestick Context With Order Flow Data: A structured approach to reading candlestick price action alongside order flow data for a more complete picture of market participation.
How to Read Volume Profile on NQ Futures: Volume profile maps where trading activity concentrated across price. How NQ traders use the value area, point of control, and volume nodes for context, and how VPPro structures that read on the chart.
Volume Profile Settings for Futures: What to Use: Row size, range and session boundaries decide what your profile actually shows. Settings that work for NQ and ES, and why they work.
Value Area and Point of Control: How Traders Use Them: The point of control marks the most-traded price and the value area covers where most activity occurred. How traders use these as reference context rather than guaranteed reaction levels.
Fixed Range vs Session Volume Profile: When to Use Each: Session profiles reset daily, fixed range profiles span a chosen window. How to pick the right volume profile type for the question you are actually asking on an NQ or ES chart.
Naked Point of Control: Why Untested Levels Matter: A naked point of control is a prior high-activity price that has not been revisited. Why traders track these untested levels as areas of potential interest on futures charts.
Reading Absorption and Exhaustion in Order Flow: Absorption is heavy resting interest soaking up aggressive orders, exhaustion is aggression drying up. How futures traders distinguish the two and why they signal different context, not direction.
Cumulative Delta Divergence Explained for Futures Traders: When price makes a new high but cumulative delta does not, participation may be thinning. How NQ and ES traders read cumulative delta divergence as context alongside structure.
Using Order Flow for Intraday NQ Decisions: Order flow shows how aggressively buyers and sellers are engaging in real time. How intraday NQ traders combine the order flow stream with key levels instead of trading it in isolation.
How to Read Bid-Ask Imbalance on a Footprint Chart: Imbalance compares aggressive buying and selling at each price inside a candle. How to interpret stacked imbalances on a footprint without overfitting a story to one bar.
Standard Deviation Levels: How Traders Use Them for Context: Standard deviation levels measure how far price has stretched from a reference like VWAP or an open. How traders use deviation bands to gauge extension instead of predicting reversals.
VWAP Bands: What the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Deviations Mean: VWAP bands mark how far price has stretched from the day's average. What each band means on NQ and ES, and how to set them up.
Order Flow Tools as a Bookmap Alternative: Bookmap popularized the heatmap view of resting liquidity. How other order flow tools present absorption, delta, and footprint context for NQ and ES traders who want a different read.
Fair Value Gaps, Explained for Futures Traders: A fair value gap marks an imbalance left by a fast move. How NQ and ES traders use these zones as context for where price may react, not as a guaranteed fill.
Liquidity Grabs and Stop Runs, Explained: Price often sweeps an obvious high or low before reversing. How traders read liquidity grabs as context around clustered stops rather than as a standalone setup.
Order Blocks, Explained Without the Hype: An order block is the candle area before a strong displacement move. How traders mark these zones for context on NQ and ES, and where the concept gets overused.
ICT Concepts a NQ Trader Actually Uses: Fair value gaps, liquidity, displacement, and optimal trade entry get used loosely online. A grounded look at which structure concepts map to real NQ context and which are noise.
Optimal Trade Entry (OTE): The Zone and How to Find It: OTE is the retracement zone traders watch for continuation after a move. Where it sits, how to mark it, and what invalidates it.
Best Times to Trade NQ Futures, Session by Session: NQ moves differently at the open, at midday and in the afternoon. The hours that carry real volume, and the ones most traders should skip.
Order Flow Trading for Beginners: Order flow shows how aggressively buyers and sellers are engaging in real time. A beginner-friendly explanation of delta, footprint, and absorption for NQ and ES context.
Footprint Charts, Explained: A footprint chart shows traded volume at each price inside a candle. How to read bid-ask data on a footprint without overfitting a story to a single bar.
Order Flow vs Volume Profile: How They Differ: Volume profile maps where activity happened, order flow shows how it is happening now. How the two views complement each other on a futures chart.
Depth of Market (DOM), Explained: The DOM shows resting bids and offers at each price. How traders read the ladder for context and why resting size can shift the moment it is tested.
Cumulative Delta, Explained for Futures Traders: Cumulative delta tracks net aggressive buying versus selling over time. How NQ and ES traders use it as participation context alongside price and structure.
What to Look For in Order Flow Software for Futures: Order flow tools differ on data quality, footprint detail, and latency. The features that actually matter for NQ and ES traders evaluating an order flow setup.
Combining Order Flow With Key Levels: Order flow is strongest as confirmation at a level you already care about. How traders pair the order flow stream with volume profile and session levels instead of trading it alone.
Spoofing and Iceberg Orders, Explained: Not every large order on the book is real, and not every real order is visible. How traders interpret iceberg and spoofed size as context with caution.
Smart Money Concepts (SMC) Explained Clearly: Smart Money Concepts (SMC) is a way of reading charts that tries to follow where big institutions likely buy and sell, using order blocks, fair value gaps, and liquidity. Here is what each piece means, in plain words.
Break of Structure vs Change of Character: The Difference Beginners Miss: A break of structure means the trend is still going. A change of character is the first sign it might be flipping. Here is how to tell them apart on a chart.
Supply and Demand Zones vs Order Blocks: The Difference: A zone is the whole base price left. An order block is the single candle inside it. What actually separates the two on a chart.
How to Read Order Flow for Beginners: Order flow shows the actual buying and selling happening behind each candle. Here is how to read delta and footprint charts in plain terms, without overthinking it, and where that context actually helps.
How to Use Order Flow Indicators on TradingView: Order flow indicators show the buying and selling pressure behind each candle, not just the closing price. Here is how to add one on TradingView and read it at the price levels you already watch.
What Is the OrderFlow ProxyPro Indicator?: A clear look at what the OrderFlow ProxyPro indicator does: it estimates buying and selling pressure from a regular price chart, so you can read order flow context even without a full tick-by-tick data feed.

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