Does everyone "re-start" NT platform each day after broker "server maintenance"??

[Rocket130713]

Hello,

(Q1) If we are using the TradeStation (TS) + NinjaTrader DLL (NT DLL) set-up to do fully automated trading, to help ensure the above set-up is stable, do we have to "manually" disconnect from broker server and then shut-down and close NT platform just before broker "server maintenance", and then, open-up (re-start) NT platform and then "manually" connect to broker server just after broker "server maintenance" has finished, each day?

(Q2) Do we really have to "shut down and then re-start" the NT platform each day due to the broker "re-setting" it's servers each day (a.k.a. broker "server maintenance") as Brett from NT-support team appeared to be suggesting that "re-starting NT" each day might not be necessary at all?

(Q3) I thought that I would only have to "re-start" NT each day if the broker re-set their server while I was still connected to the brokers server? Is this correct? Could someone test this for me on a live account? Or does someone already know the answer to this question in advance?

Thank you in advance for your reply and answers to our 3 questions above (i.e. Q1, Q2 and Q3).

Kind regards,

Rod

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Hi Rod, which brokerage technology will you be using with NT7?

[Rocket130713]

I will be using Patsystems technology at broker firm called RJO Futures (a division of R.J O'Brien broker). Also, using NT 7 (DLL) + TS 9.0

Thanks in advance for your answer Bertrand, really appreciate this.

Regards

Rod

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Rod, when you're using PATS - for the daily server maintenance you would have to restart NT and reconnect after it's completed - you could not stay connected through this time and have NT reconnect automatically, a limiation unfortunately forces us to this approach.

For any reconnect to PATS account you would need to restart NT, only if NT recovers a connection loss this would not be needed.

[Rocket130713]

Hi Bertrand, thank you for your reply.

What would happen if I manually disconnect from my broker's server at say 10 AM central time and then manually re-connect at 10:30 AM central time. Please note that 10 am is well before broker server maintenance time which occurs at 4:30 pm each day. Would doing this also require me to re-start NT? Also, what would happen if I don't re-start NT in the above example, could I still send orders to my broker, what would be the consequences of not re-starting NT?

Thank you Bertrand for you help, really appreciate this.

Regards,

Rod

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

If you manually disconnect >> you have to restart NT to connect again.

If you don't restart you cannnot connect thus you can't send in any orders.

[marcow]

FYI, when running strategies on my live account, I'm connected to IB and leave NinjaTrader running all week without a single restart. Of course you have to "adjust" the very annoying auto-logoff of TWS each day so it keeps running for the next 24 hours.

Marco