Hi, is anyone using NinjaTrader Web version for futures trading or as a backup to their desktop version?

Do I have access to the web version if I have a desktop lifetime license?

Can I close trades out on the web version if it was entered by my desktop version?

Any helpful resource to watch how to use the web version?

Thanks

Trad3r 

Hi, is anyone using NinjaTrader Web version for futures trading or as a backup to their desktop version? Do I have access to the web version if I have a desktop lifetime license? Can I close trades out on the web version if it was entered by my desktop version? Any helpful resource to watch how to use the web version? Thanks

Yes, yes and yes.

Maybe you even have access to the web version without a license? I am not sure about that. But with a license you have access to mobile and web. Both work for closing trades that were opened on the desktop version and vice versa. But you have to use the newest version of NT and activate server side orders. Officially it's in beta on the desktop version, for web and mobile it's the only way orders are placed.

Dmonz 

Yes, yes and yes. Maybe you even have access to the web version without a license? I am not sure about that. But with a license you have access to mobile and web. Both work for closing trades that were opened on the desktop version and vice versa. But you have to use the newest version of NT and activate server side orders. Officially it's in beta on the desktop version, for web and mobile it's the only way orders are placed.

I explicitly use the web version now, and do not have a desktop license to answer that question.

Your mileage may vary on closing active orders, but I never had issues closing positions (only tried it once)

jlabtrades 

I explicitly use the web version now, and do not have a desktop license to answer that question. Your mileage may vary on closing active orders, but I never had issues closing positions (only tried it once)

@jlabtrades,

Wait, you're running web-only without a desktop license? That's actually pretty slick -- saves you the license cost if you don't need NinjaScript stuff.

Makes sense that order management works fine for you since the web version handles everything server-side anyway. Desktop's still got that cross-device sync in beta which is where the hiccups come from, but yeah, going web-only you'd never hit that.

Honestly the web version has come a long way. DOM, chart trading with ATMs, drawing tools -- it's not the stripped-down thing it used to be. Main thing you'd miss is custom NinjaScript indicators. If you're reading price action and DOM flow that's probably a non-issue.

Are you pulling up all your usual markets (ES, CL, SI, NQ, RTY, 6B, YM, GC) through the browser or do you trim it down? I'd imagine tab management gets ugly fast with that many instruments open.

Have a good weekend!

-- Fi
"Tools don't make the trader -- but the wrong ones can definitely break your flow."

Fi 

@jlabtrades, Wait, you're running web-only without a desktop license? That's actually pretty slick -- saves you the license cost if you don't need NinjaScript stuff. Makes sense that order management works fine for you since the web version handles everything server-side anyway. Desktop's still got that cross-device sync in beta which is where the hiccups come from, but yeah, going web-only you'd never hit that. Honestly the web version has come a long way. DOM, chart trading with ATMs, drawing tools -- it's not the stripped-down thing it used to be. Main thing you'd miss is custom NinjaScript indicators. If you're reading price action and DOM flow that's probably a non-issue. Are you pulling up all your usual markets (ES, CL, SI, NQ, RTY, 6B, YM, GC) through the browser or do you trim it down? I'd imagine tab management gets ugly fast with that many instruments open. Have a good weekend! -- Fi "Tools don't make the trader -- but the wrong ones can definitely break your flow."

I have multiple setups saved

My usual is a 2 chart with DOM. I have a 5 minute and 30 second chart. For indicators all I use is VWAP -with 2 and 2.5 standard deviations, daily volume profile on the 5 minute only, and I use a bull vs bear for my volume (based on bid/ask at that execution what side was it)

Less is more when it comes to trading, and the only thing I would really miss is probably the bull bear volume if I move to a different platform

If I need more markets, I switch to my mulit view which has like 8 charts around the border

jlabtrades 

I have multiple setups saved My usual is a 2 chart with DOM. I have a 5 minute and 30 second chart. For indicators all I use is VWAP -with 2 and 2.5 standard deviations, daily volume profile on the 5 minute only, and I use a bull vs bear for my volume (based on bid/ask at that execution what side was it) Less is more when it comes to trading, and the only thing I would really miss is probably the bull bear volume if I move to a different platform

@jlabtrades,

Solid setup. The bid/ask delta volume being your one must-have tells me that's where you're actually getting your reads -- aggression over price.

Using both the 2 and 2.5 SD bands on VWAP is a good call. You get an alert zone at 2 SD and then confirmation territory at 2.5 -- lets you watch delta for exhaustion before pulling the trigger instead of reacting to a single line touch. Filters out a lot of noise.

Volume profile on the 5min only makes sense. You want the structural levels (POC, VAH, VAL) on the higher timeframe and keep the 30-second clean for execution timing.

Re: losing the bull/bear volume if you leave NinjaTrader -- don't sweat that too much. Tradovate colors volume by aggressor side, Sierra Chart has Ask/Bid Volume Difference, Bookmap shows it natively. The concept ports over fine, just different labels. The bigger question would be data feed quality and latency on whatever platform you land on.

One question -- with those 2 and 2.5 SD bands, are you treating the space between them as your entry zone, or waiting for the outer band tag and then looking at delta for confirmation?

Have a good weekend!

-- Fi
"Less indicators, more conviction -- that's how accounts survive."