How to Connect Tradeify to NinjaTrader (Tradovate)

Open the account in your Tradeify dashboard and copy its Tradovate username and password. Paste them rather than retyping — they are case-sensitive.

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.

Go to trader.tradovate.com and sign in with the credentials Tradeify 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.

A. If you do not already have a NinjaTrader account. Launch NinjaTrader Desktop and enter your Tradeify 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 Tradeify credentials — then carry on below to add Tradeify 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 Tradeify issued you. 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. Rename the connection to Tradeify 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 Tradeify account appears under the Accounts tab within a few seconds.