Free tool · Map the session
TapeCrest ORB measures the opening range of every session to the minute on an internal one-minute series, then maps the day around it: projections, the Initial Balance or the London window, the overnight range and yesterday's levels. Breakout, retest and failed-break marks appear when you switch them on.
$0Free Lifetime
Free account and licence key · no card, no trial clock
Opening Range Breakout is claimed free in your TapeCrest workspace from launch day. No card, no trial clock.
Opens your TapeCrest workspace, where you claim the tool and copy its key.
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Illustration with simulated data
At a glance
TapeCrest Opening Range Breakout is a free indicator for NinjaTrader 8 that measures the opening range of every session to the minute and maps the day: the range high, low and midpoint, projections, extra windows such as the Initial Balance, the overnight range and the previous session's levels. Breakout, retest and failed-break marks are optional.
The film · 1:39
In English, with subtitles. The caption under each film says what you see: recorded NQ sessions, re-drawn, or a simulation.
What it does
The high, low and midline of the first minutes after the open or a clock time you choose, measured on an internal one-minute series, so the window is exact on time, tick, range, Renko or volume bars.
Note Needs one-minute history and a Trading Hours template that contains the window.
Up to four projection levels beyond the range, as multiples of its width or at the Fibonacci ratios 0.618, 1.0, 1.618 and 2.618.
Two more windows per session for context, such as the 60-minute Initial Balance or the London open, each with its own start, length and colour.
The overnight range up to the open, and the previous session's high, low and close.
Confirmation by a close, a high/low touch or several closes beyond the level, a buffer, failed breaks and retests, with projection and stop levels tracked, and volume and range-size filters.
Note Off by default: a new chart shows levels only.
The state with a live countdown, the range width against the average session range, relative volume, the gap to the previous close and optional statistics; alerts in real time.
Note Statistics count what your loaded sessions did: a description of the past, not a forecast.
Get started
Add the tool to your library in the TapeCrest workspace and copy its installation key. No card, no trial clock.
In NinjaTrader 8 choose Tools → Import → NinjaScript Add-On and pick the ZIP from your library.
Open a 1- or 5-minute ES or NQ chart with five days loaded, add TapeCrest Opening Range Breakout, then click ORB in the chart toolbar, choose TapeCrest access and Paste key & verify.
The dashboard runs from waiting to building to complete. Then load 01 ORB15 Breakouts or one of the session presets for ES and NQ.
Requirements and limits
| Platform | NinjaTrader 8. |
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| Data | Intraday data with one-minute history, and volume for the volume readings. No Order Flow+ and no Tick Replay needed. |
| Session | A Trading Hours template that contains your window, for example CME US Index Futures ETH or RTH for the 09:30 New York open. |
| Time zones | Start times in the exchange, chart or a custom time zone, converted per session so daylight saving never moves the range. |
| Chart types | Time, tick, range, Renko or volume bars. The range is measured on an internal one-minute series. |
| Orders | None. It draws levels, marks and a dashboard, and exposes plots for your own tools. |
| Templates | 13: Start here, ORB15 Breakouts, nine session presets for ES and NQ, TapeCrest Light and TapeCrest Dark. |
| Price | $0 · Free Lifetime See pricing |
| Licence | Free Lifetime: a free account and a licence key. No card, no trial clock. |
| Device | Two computers; release or change one yourself in your workspace. Internet for activation and licence checks. |
Free Lifetime
How Free Lifetime works
NinjaTrader 8 · Internet connection for activation and licence checks
Questions
Still unsure? Write to support@tapecrest.com.
Yes. TapeCrest Opening Range Breakout comes with a Free Lifetime licence: a free TapeCrest account and a licence key, with no card and no trial clock.
Yes. Start times are read in the time zone you choose, by default New York time, and converted for each session, so daylight saving never moves the range.
No. The ORB needs one-minute history and volume data. If another indicator on the chart needs Tick Replay, leave it on: the ORB reads each historical bar once, as a closed bar, so the history matches a chart without Tick Replay.
No. It shows where the opening range is and what price did around it. Breakout, retest and failed-break marks describe what happened under your settings; the decision stays yours.
Any instrument with intraday data and one-minute history. The presets are set up for ES and NQ and suit MES and MNQ too; for another market, start from a preset and set the retest tolerance to its tick size.
No. They are starting configurations, not instrument-optimised strategies. The ES and NQ versions differ only in the retest tolerance.
Launch access
Leave your email and we write to you when the free tools open. Add any paid tools you want to try as well.
The complete kit
All six paid tools. One payment.
$654launch price
Launch price until May 6, 2027, then $899.
Bought separately: $1,194
Included, each with its own lifetime licence
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Checkout opens on launch day. The end date of the launch prices is published that day and never moved.
Opens your TapeCrest workspace, where the Stripe checkout runs.
Questions
About a tool, your data feed, your accounts or the licence: write to us. We answer every message by email.