Rithmic Paper Trading with Apex License Key?

[gbourque]

Since Sim and Playback don't behave identically to my Rithmic market data service, sometimes with costly results, I cannot be sure my strategies and add-ons will work correctly with my provider, Rithmic

Up until now, I have been forced to test on Rithmic by testing with my real Apex evaluation accounts. This has been messy. Yesterday I lost $200 on a eval account trying to debug something.

But today I learned about Rithmic Paper Trading (RPT). So I signed up for a free 14-day trial. I set up the NT connection, but can only connect to this service in NT if I revert back to the NT @SIM license key. The problem is, with that license key, NT does not show my RPT accounts, since it forces Global Simulation Mode with that key. If I put the @APEX key back in, NT changes the system combo box in the RPT connection definition to Apex, and disables it. So then I cannot connect to RPT.

I was wondering if you have any workarounds for this? Thanks very much. Still on NT 8.0.

[NinjaTrader_Clayton]

Hello gborque,

Thank you for the message.

If you want to stay on version 8.0.28.0, the only way around that would be to outright purchase the Lifetime Account Plan, send our support team an email so we could generate a license key for you, and then you use that Lifetime License Key within your platform.

• How to Upgrade your NinjaTrader Account Plan

Or, update to the 8.1.3.0 platform and you won't have to worry about the license keys anymore and will be able to set up the connection to your various accounts. (You will still be limited to only One "Rithmic for NinjaTrader Brokerage" connection at a time)

• Login into your NinjaTrader Account Dashboard
• Click "Download" in the bottom left-hand corner of the sidebar
• Select "Download" in the "Most Recent Release" section
• Once the installation is downloaded, ensure any previous version of NinjaTrader is closed before running the installation package.

After completing the installation, you can log into the platform using the same username and password as your NinjaTrader Account Dashboard.

• Note: Updating NinjaTrader Desktop will not affect any custom configurations, workspaces, or add-ons.
• A visual walkthrough of the update process may be found here in our Help Center.

From here, you can sign into the platform and set up your connections and continue using the platform.


Please let us know if we may provide any further assistance.

[gbourque]

Weil, I hoped that at least 8.1 might be a solution. Looks like it's time to make the change for good. Thanks.

[gbourque]

I installed NT 8.1.30 and got it stable. But after setting up the Rithmic Paper Trading connection and trying to connect, I get the error dialog:
"Rithmic Paper: The IB you are trying to connect to is not authorized to use NinjaTrader with Rithmic for NinjaTrader Brokerage (Login failed)."

See images.

[gbourque]

I can connect to the Paper Trading account with Rithmic's RTrader Pro. But not with NinjaTrader.

[NinjaTrader_Clayton]

Hello gborque,

Thank you for the update.

Please restart your Modem, Router, and PC to refresh the local network and then reopen NinjaTrader and try connecting again.

If the behavior continues we need to take this conversation out of the forum as it is a publicly facing location and not a good place to investigate connection issues.


If you are still unable to connect, please use the following steps to send your log and trace files to the support team directly from your NinjaTrader Platform so we may investigate this behavior further:

• Within NinjaTrader, go to the Control Center > Help > Email Support...
• To: Set this to "Platform Technical Support"
• Subject: Copy and paste the Forum URL
• Attach: Attach a file, picture, or compressed file to share multiple files/pictures
• Body: Include any other information you would like to share on the situation
• Make sure 'Log and Trace files' is checked to include the requested files
  • Send the email

If you are still unable to connect, follow the steps above to write into support directly.

Please let us know if we may provide any further assistance.

[gbourque]

Thank you.