Finacial advisor w/ IB

[NinjaTrader_VinceB]

We have tested and were able to connect to a Live account and a Demo account at the same time with 2 TWS Standalones installed. Port numbers where changed on one connection option and in 1 TWS.

We are however, not able to submit Live trades so we can't tell you what the result will be.

[Operandi]

OK Thanks Vince.

Might it be a good future enhancement to also allow an IP address and port number for a TWS instance?

For example you could then run two seperate servers on the same LAN - one for the NT instance and the other for various instances of TWS. A competitive product already allows this.

Chris

[NinjaTrader_VinceB]

Thx for the suggestion will pass this on. However, as there's mentioned in one of the earlier posts, development is fully focused on the release of V7 and we can't tell when your request is being looked into.

[tradermike]

Hi Operandi,

A few comments...

1) I just tried your suggestion. I was able to successfully run two instances of TWS, one connected to my advisor account and one connected to a demo account. I went into the TWS for demo and changed the port. I was then successfully able to connect NinjaTrader to both intances of TWS.
Please note that I did not try to execute a trade, but rather, just observed the connections. Also this is possible even w/o a multi broker ninja license because we are going to the same brokerage.

2) I have multiple IB accounts, including an Advisor account with multiple client accounts connected to it. When I connect NinjaTrader to my Advisor account, I am able to "see" all client accounts from the Ninja side. So in this scenario, there is no need to have multiple TWS instances running, as you can already open up a separate chart/DOM for each sub-account.

3) The whole point of the ongoing "feature request" here is to enable the true functionality of IB allocation. This is a really cool feature whereby a single trade in the main Advisor account can be spread accross all the sub-accounts. This means you only have to place one trade, and manage stops on one chart. Right now this is a feature only available on the IB side. So in Ninja, I have to open a chart for each individual account.

Regards,
--tradermike

[tradermike]

Doh!

Sorry, I did not notice that there was a "page 2" of this thread which answered your question, prior to posting my reply.

[tradetree]

I wanted to vote positive for the need of this feature to support IB auto-allocation. I would even purchase a multi-broker license to do it.

[elliot5]

IB allocation algorithm

With all due respect, you guys have literally been saying for YEARS that this (IB allocation) will be "added to your list"!!!!!

In all seriousness, under what circumstances would Ninja actually consider implementing this?

Is there anything that customers can do to influence making this happen? Clearly there is and has been a strong desire from our side.

I agree 100 % with Tradermike on this issue. Instead of messing around with new indicators or other tweaks that experienced traders know simply dont help us make money, solve the issue of the IB allocation algorithm. Serious money managers and large lot traders need this more than anything else your developers could possibly come up with in a new NT version.