Connect Ninjatrader to Metatrader

[bahmaniq]

you dont need to buy Softwares or bridges or whatever
you can just write two codes, one as an EA in MT4 and the other one as a strategy in NT8. both can share information using a simple txt file. that is what i have done.

[futurenow]

you dont need to buy Softwares or bridges or whatever
you can just write two codes, one as an EA in MT4 and the other one as a strategy in NT8. both can share information using a simple txt file. that is what i have done.

Hello @bahmaniq

As I can understand, the idea you say would be about to have 2 strategies, 1 strategy in NT8 and 1 strategy in MT4/MT5, and if you want to send automated orders generated in the NinjaTrader 8 strategy to the MT4/MT5 EA/Strategy, then a way would be to use the feature in NT8 where the script can automatically write data into a .txt file, and then in MT4/MT5 the process would be the oppositive, i.e.to read data from the same .txt file you are working in NT8, reading the orders information and finally placing the orders in MT4/MT5.

Would the process be more or less as I'm describing? and if yes, exactly what information is what you need to write from the NinjaTrader 8 strategy to then be read in MT4/MT5? because both platforms use different code syntax etc.

How can I get started with this? I mean not only talking about to write and to read data in one or the other platform, but only covering the part of what data to write, what data to read, and deeper details about the process.


Could you please share a guide about the process?


Thank you in advance for your help

[bahmaniq]

Hello @bahmaniq

As I can understand, the idea you say would be about to have 2 strategies, 1 strategy in NT8 and 1 strategy in MT4/MT5, and if you want to send automated orders generated in the NinjaTrader 8 strategy to the MT4/MT5 EA/Strategy, then a way would be to use the feature in NT8 where the script can automatically write data into a .txt file, and then in MT4/MT5 the process would be the oppositive, i.e.to read data from the same .txt file you are working in NT8, reading the orders information and finally placing the orders in MT4/MT5.

Would the process be more or less as I'm describing? and if yes, exactly what information is what you need to write from the NinjaTrader 8 strategy to then be read in MT4/MT5? because both platforms use different code syntax etc.

How can I get started with this? I mean not only talking about to write and to read data in one or the other platform, but only covering the part of what data to write, what data to read, and deeper details about the process.


Could you please share a guide about the process?


Thank you in advance for your help

The process is as you described above.
You don't need to share code syntax, I mean you don't put " if (x>=1) then .." in the txt file.
Let me make an example
My strategy is based on NinzaRenko Bars+some indicators. NinjaTrader has provided NinzaRenko but we don't have these bars in MT4. So I can write a code(strategy) in ninjatrader that makes a TXT file when my conditions to open a position is met. for example if INDICATOR1>50 and INDICATOR2>1 and MA50 Crosses MA200 (just an example) then open a BUY position with 5pips stop and 50pips TP and save this number in the TXT file: 10550
Then MT4 reads the number 10550 and interpretates it as below:
first number is 1 so we have a market execution BUY pisition (2 can be sell, 3 can be sell limit ...)
the next two number is 05 so the stop loss is 5 pips
last two digits are 50 so TP is 50 pips

It was just the idea, you may change it due to your own strategy

for example my code only sends 1 or 2 or 3 or 4to MT4. When each of these numbers are saved in TXT file, the EA in MT4 does different actions.

you may find these lines handy in MT4:


input string InpFileName52="ninja52.txt"; // ninza52 File name
input string InpDirectoryName="Data"; // Folder name

int file_handle52_buy=FileOpen(InpDirectoryName+"//"+InpFileName52,FILE_READ|FILE_TXT);
int ninza52_buy=FileReadString(file_handle52_buy,INT_V ALUE);
FileClose(file_handle52_buy); //YOU MUST CLOSE THE FILE AFTER READ/WRITE IN BOTH NINJA AND MT

[futurenow]

The process is as you described above.
You don't need to share code syntax, I mean you don't put " if (x>=1) then .." in the txt file.
Let me make an example
My strategy is based on NinzaRenko Bars+some indicators. NinjaTrader has provided NinzaRenko but we don't have these bars in MT4. So I can write a code(strategy) in ninjatrader that makes a TXT file when my conditions to open a position is met. for example if INDICATOR1>50 and INDICATOR2>1 and MA50 Crosses MA200 (just an example) then open a BUY position with 5pips stop and 50pips TP and save this number in the TXT file: 10550
Then MT4 reads the number 10550 and interpretates it as below:
first number is 1 so we have a market execution BUY pisition (2 can be sell, 3 can be sell limit ...)
the next two number is 05 so the stop loss is 5 pips
last two digits are 50 so TP is 50 pips

It was just the idea, you may change it due to your own strategy

for example my code only sends 1 or 2 or 3 or 4to MT4. When each of these numbers are saved in TXT file, the EA in MT4 does different actions.

you may find these lines handy in MT4:


input string InpFileName52="ninja52.txt"; // ninza52 File name
input string InpDirectoryName="Data"; // Folder name

int file_handle52_buy=FileOpen(InpDirectoryName+"//"+InpFileName52,FILE_READ|FILE_TXT);
int ninza52_buy=FileReadString(file_handle52_buy,INT_V ALUE);
FileClose(file_handle52_buy); //YOU MUST CLOSE THE FILE AFTER READ/WRITE IN BOTH NINJA AND MT

Thank you for your extra explanation, it is an interesting point of view to work in that way.

[Karbowski795]

Hey bahmaniq! It's a late reply but thanks for sharing your approach to connecting NinjaTrader and MetaTrader platforms. It seems like you've found a creative solution using text files to share information between the two platforms. It's great to see traders finding innovative ways to integrate different trading tools. To clarify, in this setup, you would have a strategy in NinjaTrader 8 (NT8) that writes data to a .txt file, and then in MetaTrader 4/5 (MT4/MT5), you would read the data from the same .txt file to place orders based on the information received. Additionally, Quantum AI Trading offers advanced trading solutions and tools that might be of interest to you. You can check out their website for more information on how their technology can assist with your trading strategies.

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