SharkIndicators
SharkIndicators is a Calgary-based software firm that develops no-code automated trading tools — notably BloodHound and BlackBird — exclusively for the NinjaTrader platform, serving active retail and SMB futures, forex, and equities traders.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2012
- HeadquartersCalgary, Canada
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingSoftware
What SharkIndicators does
SharkIndicators, operating as Tang Investments, Corporation, is a privately held, bootstrapped software firm founded in 2012 and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. The company develops and sells automated trading tools designed exclusively for the NinjaTrader platform, targeting active retail and SMB futures, forex, and equities traders who want to design, backtest, and execute trading systems without writing code. Its product suite centers on two flagship tools: BloodHound, a no-code visual system builder that uses a proprietary fuzzy-logic "confidence solver" architecture and a node-based logic board to generate trade signals, and BlackBird, an intelligent automated trade manager handling risk, money, and order management with dynamic planning and unlimited stop-loss trailing rules. Supporting products include HeatMap Pro, BacktestRenko/BacktestLineBreak bar types, curated strategy and template packs, and a bundled VPS hosting service for 24/7 automated trading.
The business is monetized primarily through one-time perpetual software licenses (with optional annual update subscriptions), complemented by paid 1-on-1 training, a recurring VPS subscription, and seasonal promotional events. Distribution is community-led and product-led: customers self-serve purchase through the company website with a 30-day trial, supported by weekly live workshops, a Discord community, a YouTube channel, and prominent placement in the NinjaTrader vendor ecosystem. Customer concentration is diffuse across thousands of individual traders, with no disclosed enterprise customers or external institutional funding.
Technically, the BloodHound and BlackBird codebase exceeds 250,000 lines of code, representing more than a decade of iterative development including a major UI overhaul (BloodHound v2) in 2022 and the addition of an automated parameter Optimizer to BlackBird in 2025. The product portfolio is interdependent — BloodHound generates signals, BlackBird manages execution, and both integrate with the separate SharkSignals service — creating modest ecosystem lock-in within the NinjaTrader user base.
SharkIndicators firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- SharkIndicators
- Legal name
- Tang Investments, Corporation
- Website
- https://sharkindicators.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2012
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- SharkIndicators is a Calgary-based software firm that develops no-code automated trading tools — notably BloodHound and BlackBird — exclusively for the NinjaTrader platform, serving active retail and SMB futures, forex, and equities traders.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Where SharkIndicators is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Calgary
- HQ country
- Canada
- HQ region
- North America
Offices2 records
Markets served
SharkIndicators business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- Software Licenses (One-Time Purchase): One-time perpetual license purchase with 1 year of updates included. After the updates period expires, users can continue using the version released during the 1-year period indefinitely, or purchase another year of updates.
- Update/Subscription Renewals: Annual update subscription available for purchase after initial 1-year updates period expires. Keeps software current with NinjaTrader compatibility and new features.
- Professional Services (Training): 1-on-1 training sessions available at $149/hour where trainers connect with customers using their trading ideas as basis for training.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | BloodHound Ultimate - No-code system builder for NinjaTrader |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | BlackBird Ultimate - Automated trade management for NinjaTrader |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | BackTestRenko Bars - Custom Renko bar type for backtesting |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | BacktestLineBreak Bars - Custom LineBreak bar type for backtesting |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Playbook Systems Pack - Curated templates for BloodHound & BlackBird |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Private Training - 1 hour personalized training session |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels6 records
SharkIndicators product offering
Product offeringCore offering
SharkIndicators develops and sells NinjaTrader add-on software for active traders, anchored by two flagship products: BloodHound, a no-code visual system builder that lets traders design, backtest, and validate trading systems using drag-and-drop logic nodes; and BlackBird, an intelligent automated trade manager that handles money management, risk management, and order execution. The company also sells specialized bar-type tools, template packs, and VPS hosting targeted at NinjaTrader users who want automated trading system development without writing code.
Product overview
SharkIndicators is a suite of specialized add-on tools exclusively for the NinjaTrader trading platform. The portfolio consists of two core products: BloodHound (a visual no-code system builder for designing and backtesting trade signals) and BlackBird (an intelligent automated trade manager for executing and managing trades). These are complemented by specialized bar type products (BacktestRenko Bars, BacktestLineBreak Bars), HeatMap Pro market visualization, and curated template packs. The products are designed to work together — BloodHound generates trade signals which BlackBird can then execute and manage automatically. The company also offers Virtual Private Server hosting for 24/7 automated trading.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- BloodHound: A no-code system builder for NinjaTrader that helps traders design, backtest, and trade any system with ease. It uses draggable nodes to create trade signals without coding.
- BlackBird
- HeatMap Pro
- SharkSignals
Products and services
- BloodHound BloodHound is a no-code visual trade system builder and indicator for NinjaTrader that lets traders design, backtest, and validate trading systems using a drag-and-drop node-based logic board. It uses confidence solvers and logic templates to translate chart observations into trade signals without requiring C# or NinjaScript coding, and is targeted at active NinjaTrader traders who want to design and automate systems.
- BlackBird BlackBird is an intelligent automated trade management strategy for NinjaTrader that handles money management, risk management, and order management. It provides dynamic planning, entry/profit/stop-loss management, unlimited stop-loss trailing rules, and can automate trade execution from signals generated by BloodHound or other indicators.
- HeatMap Pro HeatMap Pro is a market visualization indicator for NinjaTrader that displays market activity in a heat map format to help traders identify opportunities across multiple instruments.
- BacktestRenko Bars BacktestRenko Bars is a specialized Renko bar type for NinjaTrader that allows traders to backtest Renko-based trading strategies using historical price data.
- BacktestLineBreak Bars BacktestLineBreak Bars is a specialized Line Break bar type for NinjaTrader that enables traders to backtest Line Break trading strategies using historical price data.
- Playbook Systems Pack Playbook Systems Pack is a curated template pack providing pre-built configurations for BloodHound and BlackBird to help traders get started with common trading system patterns.
- BlackBird Trade Management Packs BlackBird Trade Management Packs are pre-configured packs that bundle common risk management, money management, and order management settings for BlackBird users.
- BloodHound Strategy Packs BloodHound Strategy Packs are advanced pre-built strategy templates that extend BloodHound with more complex trading logic configurations.
- Virtual Private Servers (Shark-QuantVPS / SharkVPS) Virtual Private Server hosting optimized for running NinjaTrader with SharkIndicators software continuously (24/7) for automated trading, marketed as Shark-QuantVPS / SharkVPS.
- ProRenko ProRenko is a legacy Renko bar type tool for NinjaTrader that has been superseded by BacktestRenko Bars but remains listed as a distinct product.
- Private Training Sessions Private 1-on-1 training sessions priced at $149/hour, where SharkIndicators trainers work with customers using the customer's own trading ideas as the basis for hands-on training.
Quantifiable outcome
- System design time reduced from days to minutes for iteration cycles
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use SharkIndicators
Customer profileNamed customers12 records
Segments1 record
Ideal customer profiles1 record
SharkIndicators technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration2 records
AI capability2 records
Feature7 records
SharkIndicators partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- NinjaTrader Group LLCcoreNinjaTrader is the company's #1 recommended trading platform. SharkIndicators products are exclusively designed for NinjaTrader and are listed as a top vendor in the NinjaTrader ecosystem. The partnership enables access to NinjaTrader's 40,000+ trader user base.
Scale indicators2 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
SharkIndicators competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- TradingView: Web-native charting and social trading platform with Pine Script-based strategy backtesting and broker integrations. Reaches the broader active retail trader base that includes many NinjaTrader users, and increasingly competes for the same automation mindshare.
- TradeStation: Established multi-asset trading platform with EasyLanguage-based strategy development and automation. While not a direct no-code node competitor, it overlaps heavily on the "design, backtest, and automate strategies" value proposition for active traders.
- Sierra Chart: Trading and charting platform popular with futures traders, known for deep DOM/order flow and ACSIL custom study interface. Targets the same futures-active trader segment and is often considered as a platform alternative to NinjaTrader.
- MultiCharts: Professional trading platform with PowerLanguage scripting and backtesting/automation, primarily serving futures and equities traders. Direct adjacency to SharkIndicators in target customer and use case (system building and automation).
- MetaQuotes (MetaTrader): Global multi-asset trading platform with MQL-based algorithmic trading, the dominant retail forex/CFD platform worldwide. Comparable as a no-prior-programming-needed third-party ecosystem with strategy builders and an indicator marketplace.
Direct peers
- ATAS: Order flow and cluster analysis platform for futures and crypto traders, with NinjaTrader integration. Overlaps with SharkIndicators' trader segment and offers comparable automated trade management and visualization features.
- TrendSpider: AI-powered technical analysis and strategy automation platform aimed at active retail traders. Closely comparable to SharkIndicators' no-code visual approach, but with broader multi-asset, multi-broker coverage and AI-driven workflows rather than node-based logic.
- Bookmap: Order flow heatmap and execution visualization tool used by active futures day traders. Comparable to SharkIndicators' HeatMap Pro product and BlackBird execution emphasis, serving the same discretionary-to-automated futures trader base.
- Capitalise.ai: No-code automated trading platform that lets traders describe strategies in plain English and connect to brokers for execution. Competes head-on with BloodHound's value proposition of "no coding required" and targets the same non-programmer active-trader segment.
- Jigsaw Trading: Day-trading education and order flow software with NinjaTrader compatibility, focused on auction market theory and tape reading. Comparable because it serves the same active futures/NinjaTrader trader audience with specialty tools and a community-led GTM.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
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SharkIndicators leadership team
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SharkIndicators funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
SharkIndicators M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about SharkIndicators
What does SharkIndicators do?
SharkIndicators develops and sells NinjaTrader add-on software for active traders, anchored by two flagship products: BloodHound, a no-code visual system builder that lets traders design, backtest, and validate trading systems using drag-and-drop logic nodes; and BlackBird, an intelligent automated trade manager that handles money management, risk management, and order execution. The company also sells specialized bar-type tools, template packs, and VPS hosting targeted at NinjaTrader users who want automated trading system development without writing code.
Is SharkIndicators a public or private company?
SharkIndicators is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was SharkIndicators founded?
SharkIndicators was founded in 2012. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is SharkIndicators based?
SharkIndicators is headquartered in Calgary, Canada, in the North America region.
How does SharkIndicators make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Software Licenses (One-Time Purchase) is the primary driver. The others are update/Subscription Renewals and professional Services (Training).
Who are SharkIndicators's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are TradingView, TradeStation, Sierra Chart, MultiCharts and MetaQuotes (MetaTrader). Direct peers are ATAS, TrendSpider, Bookmap, Capitalise.ai and Jigsaw Trading.
Does SharkIndicators have an API?
No public API is recorded for SharkIndicators.