Pre-Requisites for NT8 Live Account Trading
- Do you have a live trading account and a licensed NinjaTrader Platform?
- Have you started the NT8 Platform in Live Trading Mode and connected to the live account?
- Is NT8 set to operate in Global Simulation Mode Off-Live Trading Mode?
- Can you see the account in the NT Control Center > Accounts view?
- Can you select the live account anywhere in the system, such as chart trader, DOM, or Basic Order Ticket, and place orders and positions? Try with a limit order away from the price and cancel it to test.
Pre-Requisites for AFT8 Live Account Trading
- A valid License/Sub for your username email here ATS Universal Account Licenses
- ATS.AlgoFuturesDesktop is installed, and you have logged in to it and it is running alongside NinjaTrader8 - licenses will be visible
- No license error or popup messages are visible in NT8/AFT8 message boxes/log. If any, please send them to the support help desk
- AFT8 is installed into NinjaTrader 8, and you have opened a turnkey workspace and can see the market analyzer with the Algo Entry on the left and Algo Trade Manager on the right.
- Right-click the market analyzer and view the account list in the trade manager - is it visible in the list?
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Charts
- Change the account on the NinjaTrader chart trader as desired to see the orders and positions
- How to change account in AFT8 AFT500 Ninja Buddy Easy Trader (Trade UI)
N.B. WARNING! Take care to set the Algo Entry Controller State to control manual/semi-auto and fully auto modes! The system can start with NinjaTrader and trade automatically if the settings are not set to pause, etc.
AFT8 Video Guide - please check if this assists