Set Up Your Data Connections

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Set Up Your Data Connections

 

Here's a video where you can learn how to setup a data connection. Please note that MetaTrader 5 and NinjaTrader 8 are bridge connections. If you are using any of those platforms, please click on the links to learn how to set up bridge connections (videos included).

 

If you don't have a brokerage account or data feed right now, no problem, you can request a demo data feed, to learn more, click HERE.

 

 

 

Click the connection manager icon connmanagericon on the daytradr menu to open Connection Manager:

 

To define a new connection click the triangle icon next to "New" and select the connection type. For details on how to define each connection type, click on the appropriate link:

 

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BtiFinex - Trade History Only

CQG Continuum

StoneX

Interactive Brokers (TWS)

IQFeed (Data only)

MetaTrader 5 (MT5)

NinjaTrader 8

Tradovate & TSTrader

Rithmic

Rithmic R Trader Pro

TT's REST API - Trade History Only

 

The username and password for connection is optional. You will be prompted for the username/password on connect and they will not be saved (although if you get a disconnect, it will use them to reconnect)

 

After defining your connections, you will see them in connection manager:

 

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When your connections have been set up, you can connect or disconnect to them by double clicking on the connection.

 

If you want to edit, delete or add a connection and/or learn more about connections, please go to the Connection Manager chapter of this manual.