How to Connect FundedNext Futures to NinjaTrader (Tradovate)

Log in to FundedNext, open the Futures section of the dashboard, and copy the Tradovate username and password shown for the account. They are issued at purchase and are not the same as your FundedNext website login.

Make sure you have the current version of NinjaTrader Desktop, installed from your NinjaTrader Account Dashboard. If you do not have a NinjaTrader username and cannot sign in to the dashboard, NinjaTrader documents how to download NinjaTrader Desktop without a NinjaTrader Brokerage account. You do not need to pay for a licence to trade a prop account.

At trader.tradovate.com, sign in with those credentials, complete your contact information, choose Non-professional in the market-data subscriber certification, and accept the agreements and the end-user licence.

FundedNext is explicit that this comes first. The account is created inside Tradovate and stays dormant until you sign in there once — NinjaTrader cannot authenticate against a dormant account, and the error it gives you will not say so.

A. If you do not already have a NinjaTrader account. Launch NinjaTrader Desktop and enter your FundedNext Futures Tradovate username and password on the first login screen. You are connected straight away and your accounts appear under Control Center > Accounts — nothing else on this page applies to you.

B. If you already have a NinjaTrader account. Log in with your NinjaTrader dashboard username and password instead — not your FundedNext Futures credentials — then carry on below to add FundedNext Futures as a second connection.

Multi-Provider lets NinjaTrader hold more than one account type at once, and it is off by default on new installs. In the Control Center go to Tools > Settings > General, tick Multi-provider, and click OK.

Restart the platform. The Configure button then appears on the Control Center > Connections menu — if you cannot see Configure, this step has not taken effect.

Select Configure on the Connections tab. In the Available list, double-click NinjaTrader — this is the connection type that carries Tradovate prop accounts — or select it and click Add. It moves into Configured, and its properties open on the right.

Paste the Tradovate username and password from the Futures section of your FundedNext dashboard. Set Account Type: Simulation. This is correct for funded accounts as well as evaluations — a prop account is a simulated account as far as the platform is concerned, and the firm settles the money on its own books. "Live" means a NinjaTrader Brokerage account and will not find yours. Name the connection FundedNext and click OK.

Finally, go to Control Center > Connections and pick the connection you just created. A green indicator at the bottom left means you are connected, and your FundedNext Futures account appears under the Accounts tab within a few seconds.