Copy NinjaTrader trades through your broker login
NinjaTrader 8 is where you place your trades. Behind it sits a broker login: Tradovate or Rithmic. MirrorFill works with NinjaTrader through that login, no add-on needed: it connects to the login directly, so a trade you place from NinjaTrader 8 on that account is copied like any other trade on it. MirrorFill does not connect to the NinjaTrader software itself, and there is nothing to install in NinjaTrader.
Steps
- Open Accounts, click + Add connection and pick the NinjaTrader tile. It takes you to the Details step, which asks one question first.
- Answer "Which account is behind your NinjaTrader?" Pick Tradovate if the account signs in with a Tradovate login, or Rithmic if it signs in with a Rithmic login. Not sure? See below.
- Fill in that broker's normal Details form. A line above it reads "Through your Tradovate login" or "Through your Rithmic login", and Change takes you back to the question. On Rithmic you enter a Connection name, your System, Username and Password. On Tradovate you enter a Connection name and pick Demo or Live for Connect with Tradovate, or press Use a password instead for a username and password.
- Finish the way that broker does. With Connect with Tradovate, approve the connection on Tradovate's website, then press Test on it once you are back on the Accounts page. Otherwise press Continue, then Test, then Save connection on the Connect step. The details are in connect a Tradovate account and connect a Rithmic account.
Tradovate or Rithmic: which is behind yours?
- Prop firm accounts use whichever login the firm issued you: a Rithmic username with a system name, or a Tradovate login. Your firm's welcome e-mail or dashboard says which.
- NinjaTrader on other data feeds (for example CQG) is not covered. MirrorFill connects only to the Tradovate or Rithmic login behind NinjaTrader.
What the saved connection looks like
The NinjaTrader tile is a shortcut to the right form, not a connection type of its own. The saved connection is an ordinary Tradovate or Rithmic connection: the Accounts page shows it under that broker, not under NinjaTrader, and Edit opens that broker's form. Everything in connect a Tradovate account and connect a Rithmic account applies to it.
One session per login
Each Rithmic or Tradovate login allows one session, so NinjaTrader and the copier should not share a login. Signing in to NinjaTrader with the login the copier is using can force the copier's session out: on Rithmic the copier then stops and tells you why. Use separate logins where your firm offers them. See Rithmic session conflicts and Tradovate session conflicts.
Quick answers
Do I need a NinjaTrader add-on?
No. There is no MirrorFill add-on for NinjaTrader and nothing to install. MirrorFill connects to the Tradovate or Rithmic login behind NinjaTrader.
Does NinjaTrader on CQG or another data feed work?
No. Only the Tradovate and Rithmic logins behind NinjaTrader are covered.
Why does the Accounts page say Tradovate or Rithmic, not NinjaTrader?
Because that is what MirrorFill connects to. The NinjaTrader tile only leads you to the right form; the saved connection belongs to the broker behind NinjaTrader.
Can NinjaTrader and the copier use the same login?
Plan for no. Each Rithmic or Tradovate login allows one session, so signing in to NinjaTrader with the copier's login can force the copier out. Use separate logins where your firm offers them.