How to Connect My Funded Futures to NinjaTrader (Tradovate)
Every My Funded Futures account we have connection data for is a Tradovate one, so this is the setup that matters: the NinjaTrader connection type, Account Type Simulation, and no limit on how many firms you keep connected.
What you need before you start
- NinjaTrader Desktop 8, current version. If you have no NinjaTrader account yet you can still download the platform without one.
- Your Tradovate credentials from My Funded Futures — the Tradovate username and password shown on your MFFU dashboard against the account.
- A first sign-in at trader.tradovate.com. You will be prompted to sign the live market-data agreement, and until that is done the credentials do not work anywhere else.
Connecting My Funded Futures to NinjaTrader
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Step 1
Get your Tradovate credentials from My Funded Futures
Log in at myfundedfutures.com, open the account, and copy the Tradovate username and password shown against it. These are per-account credentials, so if you are running several MFFU accounts, take care you have copied the right pair.
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Step 2
Download the NinjaTrader Desktop platform
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.
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Step 3
Activate the account on Tradovate first
Go to trader.tradovate.com and sign in with the credentials My Funded Futures issued you. Complete the market-data agreements and the CME subscriber certification — choose Non-Professional unless you genuinely are a professional subscriber.
This is a one-time step and it is not optional: until it is done the credentials are not live on Tradovate's servers, and NinjaTrader will reject them without explaining why.
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Step 4
Log in to NinjaTrader
A. If you do not already have a NinjaTrader account. Launch NinjaTrader Desktop and enter your My Funded 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 My Funded Futures credentials — then carry on below to add My Funded Futures as a second connection.
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Step 5
Enable Multi-Provider
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.
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Step 6
Add the connection
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.
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Step 7
Enter your credentials and set Account Type to Simulation
Paste your MFFU-issued Tradovate username and password. 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 My Funded Futures, then Apply and OK.
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Step 8
Select your new connection
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 My Funded Futures account appears under the Accounts tab within a few seconds.
If it will not connect
- Login rejected. Either the web sign-in at Tradovate has not been done, or the MFFU website password is being used instead of the Tradovate one.
- Green, but Accounts is empty. Account Type is Live. Set it to Simulation — correct for funded accounts too.
- No market data. The data agreement at Tradovate is unsigned.
- Looking for a Rithmic option. MFFU issues Tradovate credentials by default, and every MFFU account in our connection data is a Tradovate one. Confirm with MFFU before assuming a Rithmic route exists for your account.