Connect APEX Trader Funding To NinjaTrader

Below we will create a guide to connect APEX Trader Funding to NinjaTrader.  You can also reach out to our team using the button in the bottom right corner of the website!

Click Here To Connect Rithmic Accounts To NinjaTrader
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We recommend the $50,000 account for the best ratio between profit target and trailing threshold.

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Which connection does your Apex account use?

Apex issues two kinds of accounts, and each connects to NinjaTrader in a different way. The quickest way to tell them apart is the username Apex gives you for the account: a hyphen (for example Apex-123456) means a Rithmic account, and an underscore means a Tradovate account. Neither one is your apextraderfunding.com website login, so do not use your website email and password in NinjaTrader.

Rithmic accounts connect through the Rithmic for NinjaTrader Brokerage connection, with Apex chosen in the System dropdown. Full steps: How to Connect Apex Trader Funding to NinjaTrader (Rithmic).

Tradovate accounts connect through NinjaTrader’s own NinjaTrader connection type, with Account Type set to Simulation. Sign in once at trader.tradovate.com first and complete the market data agreements. Full steps: How to Connect Apex Trader Funding to NinjaTrader (Tradovate).

The short version

1. Copy the account’s username and password from your Apex member dashboard. Paste them rather than typing; they are case-sensitive.
2. In NinjaTrader Desktop, go to Tools > Settings > General, tick Multi-provider, click OK and restart NinjaTrader.
3. Open Connections > Configure, add the right connection type for your account, paste the credentials and click OK.
4. Pick the new connection from the Connections menu. A green indicator means you are connected, and the account appears on the Accounts tab.

If it will not connect

“Login failed” straight away usually means a Tradovate username in a Rithmic connection, or the other way round, so check for the hyphen or underscore. On Rithmic, a green connection with no account on the Accounts tab usually means “Evaluation (Rithmic)” is missing under Help > About; NinjaTrader Support adds that, not Apex. NinjaTrader also holds one Rithmic connection at a time, so another Rithmic firm that is already connected will block Apex. Guides for other firms are on our Prop Firm Connection Guides page.

Which Apex account should you buy for NinjaTrader?

Both Apex’s Rithmic accounts and its Tradovate accounts work in NinjaTrader Desktop. Apex also sells accounts for its WealthCharts platform, which trade on WealthCharts rather than NinjaTrader, so choose Rithmic or Tradovate at checkout if you plan to use NinjaTrader. The connection is fixed when you buy, so it is worth deciding first:

• Rithmic is the common choice for NinjaTrader traders. Remember NinjaTrader keeps only one Rithmic connection open at a time, which matters if you also trade at another Rithmic firm.
• Tradovate lets you trade the same account from TradingView as well as NinjaTrader, and does not use up your Rithmic connection.

Apex connected yesterday but not today?

1. Confirm the account is still active in your Apex dashboard and that the username in NinjaTrader matches the one shown there, especially after buying a new account or a reset.
2. Disconnect, wait a few seconds and connect again. If that fails, restart NinjaTrader.
3. On a Tradovate account, sign in at trader.tradovate.com and accept any new market data agreements, then reconnect.
4. On a Rithmic account, make sure no other Rithmic connection is open in NinjaTrader.
5. Make sure NinjaTrader is up to date; see how to update NinjaTrader.
6. If several traders report the same problem at the same time, the cause is usually an outage at Rithmic or Tradovate, not your setup. Apex support can confirm it.

Using a trade copier with several Apex accounts

Apex allows you to copy trades between your own Performance Accounts, with conditions. When we checked its help center in October 2026, every copied account had to trade in the same direction, so taking the opposite side on another account (hedging) was prohibited, copying trades to or from another person was not allowed, and active Performance Accounts were capped at 20 per household across Rithmic, Tradovate and WealthCharts combined. Apex changes its rules from time to time, so read its current rules before you copy.

In NinjaTrader, our Apex trade copier copies one Master account to your other Apex accounts, each at its own size. Leave Fade Mode off on Apex accounts: it takes the opposite side of the Master’s trades, which Apex treats as hedging. The Account Risk Manager adds a daily loss limit and trailing drawdown tracking to each account, so one bad day does not take out every account at once.

Trading more than one Rithmic prop firm? You can keep several Rithmic connections open at the same time. Unlimited Prop Firm Connections lets you keep every Rithmic prop firm connected at once. Check your firm →
Affordable Indicators, Inc. is not affiliated with or endorsed by Rithmic, NinjaTrader, or any prop firm or broker named here.