Iphone or Blackberry connectivity?

[balomas]

has anyone or is anyone working on a mobile app for ninja trader?

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hello balomas,

Thank you for your post.

There is not a version of NinjaTrader for mobile devices. I will, however, forward your request on to our development team for further consideration.

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.

[claros]

Blackberry connectivity of sorts, would definately be a welcome addition.

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hi Carlos,

Thank you for your post.

I will forward this on to development for further consideration.

[edsfreedom]

I second the great idea of iphone app.

Here is my recommendation of versions:

version 1:
allow account information access (balance, any open orders, maybe order history if possible)

version 2:
allow closing an open position (very good day trader backup if someone's internet goes down)

version 3:
real time level 1, charts, buy/sell orders (check out TD Ameritrade's istockmangr and ETrade's Mobile iphone app).

version 4:
all other bells and whistles... level 2, DOM, real-time candlestick charts, etc.

[NinjaTrader_Ben]

Hello,

I will send your suggestions to our development department for consideration. Thank you!

[quantus75]

Sorry for my bad english.

I have a proposal. Look for a service provider and rent a windows server. Install Ninja Trader on the server and let it running. Now you need a remote program for your mobile, blackberry or i-phone. Than you have fully access to all function of Ninja Trader.

Only my two cents. Opinions about that?

Kind Regards

quantus75

[ATI user]

quantus75

Your English is fine. Please explain in greater detail.

For instance, why can I not just set up my computer to act as the windows server you mentioned and access it from a Blackberry, iPhone, etc.?

...or just use software such as...
http://www.bbgeeks.com/software-reviews/rdmplus.html
https://secure.logmein.com/products/pro/features.asp

I do not require remote access to charts, etc. I would however like to check Positions and PnL for the day from the golf course....and shut off the strategy if there is a problem.

My strategy currently will auto trade from the open and shut off if maxrisk or maxdrawdown are exceeded or if my goal is reached...however, I would still like to be able to keep an eye on it remotely.

Thanks for your input.

[quantus75]

Hi ATI,

to set up the home computer to a windows server is very risky. Power failure and connection cuts from the provider are possible and the dead of every trading program. If you use a provider you MUST check the stability. When there will be failures you must include this in your risk reward ratio.

Is it possible to set up a save server at home? Yes but it is expensive. You need the stability from your provider and this connections are expensive.


Personally I do not need a remote. I trade a longterm strategy (one times check in the evening) and a short term strategy at the 15 min chart. For the 15 min strategy I need to sit in front of the screen.

Last Point: Never make the distance longer than needed. You have a connection from the Broker to your computer (Distance 1). And than you will have a connection from your computer to your mobile (Distance 2). I am very very risk avers and here I would double my risk to have a connection problem.

I hope this answer is more detailed. Or I forgot something?

quantus75

quantus75

Your English is fine. Please explain in greater detail.

For instance, why can I not just set up my computer to act as the windows server you mentioned and access it from a Blackberry, iPhone, etc.?

...or just use software such as...
http://www.bbgeeks.com/software-reviews/rdmplus.html
https://secure.logmein.com/products/pro/features.asp

I do not require remote access to charts, etc. I would however like to check Positions and PnL for the day from the golf course....and shut off the strategy if there is a problem.

My strategy currently will auto trade from the open and shut off if maxrisk or maxdrawdown are exceeded or if my goal is reached...however, I would still like to be able to keep an eye on it remotely.

Thanks for your input.

[samuelhogg]

Would be amazing if there was a mobile version like Metatrader have.

[b-rock]

Agreed. In fact I think it is becoming a necessity for Ninjatrader to create a mobile app esp. for the iphone due to it's popularity, and ability.

There is now a good selection of mobile trading apps for the iphone from very reputable companies and I think if Ninja wants to remain competitive and on the forefront of platform development they need to follow these requests up from their customer base or risk losing them.

[claros]

We NEED Blackberry connectivity, thought I'd mention it again. I am spending more time away from the office, networking, etc and need to keep up on the markets. I definately want to see a mobile Ninja Trader app for Blackberry.

Thank you.

[claros]

As a heads up, even Interactive Brokers has introduced a new mobile version of the TWS (Trader's Workstation) for the Blackberrys and one for Iphones. Looks decent so far, we'll see how it works. But it IS CERTAINLY TIME for Ninja Trader for Blackberrys and smart phones.

Thanks,

[zweistein]

I have developped the "ninja tiny mobile trader"

You run your NinjaTrader at home but you can access and manage strategies remotely via your mobile phone, iphone or blackberry.

Please have a look at www.zweisteintrading.eu (http://www.zweisteintrading.eu)


regards
Andreas

[ATI user]

how would that compare to running NT7 on a $300 netbook with 21mps broadband?

[zweistein]

you can run NT on a Netbook for sure! But then a 3G/GSM connection will carry all the realtime marketdata.

My concept is different:

The NT7 is run on a powerful PC with multiple screens and LAN connection. This PC stays always on and NT is launched and exited daily via the task scheduler.


When away from the office I want to be truely mobile, hence without a laptop/netbook. Only a cell phone/iphone/blackberry!

With the cell phone I just control the parameters for the strategies, and these strategies are running on your main NT machine, hence with full LAN bandwidth etc.
Via cell phone I can also launch NinjaTrader, I can also kill NinjaTrader.exe (was needed sometimes in NT6.5) and I can connect/disconnect to the brokers.
This is full remote control of Ninja via a cell phone!

regards
Andreas

www.zweisteintrading.eu (http://www.zweisteintrading.eu)

[ATI user]

biggest remaining risk then is losing ISP connection....how is this handled?

can you reboot the desktop machine from your cell phone?....maybe by accessing the net and Go_To_My_PC.com or other?

[zweistein]

"biggest risk is ISP losing" is quite misleading. You are exaggerating!

In several years of trading I have usually 1 time a month for less than 2 minutes a broker connectivity problem. I would say 3/4 of these incidents are due to the broker, 1/4 due to ISP provider.
The problem usually resolves by itself and the internet turns operative by itself within minutes.
If you have more frequent problems I suggest you to contact your local PC guy to set you up a proper connection.

Ninja Tiny Mobile Trader has a command to reboot the PC. But you must have autologin enabled in order to reload NinjaTrader successfully.

Best regards
andreas

[ATI user]

however infrequent, ISP is still the biggest risk....then computer hardware issue

still need to be considered

[Keivan177]

can we expect NT for iPad?

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hello Keivan177,

Thank you for your post.

There are no plans for an iPad specific version of NinjaTrader at this time. I will, however, forward this suggestion on to my development team for further consideration.

[shazzmoe]

Does anyone have a list of all the mobile NT versions available?

There is the NTMT as described in an earlier post

and I also know of one at http://www.iqtrading.es/eng/automation/automation.html

Both of them have the same price model but are priced in euro. Ideally I would like to find one in USD, but if it's not available it looks like the conversion costs will be more than worth the value of this app.

[zweistein]

iqtrading.es is distributing my app, NTMT.

Conversion costs should not be a problem: Paypal does all the necessary payment related procedures for you included currency conversion.


Best regards
andreas

www.zweisteintrading.eu (http://www.zweisteintrading.eu)

[loadednrg]

I use Teamviewer5 (it's free) on my iPhone to remotely login to my home computer and check my NinjaTrader. You just pinch/stretch the iphone screen to zoom in and out, and I have the processing power of my home computer on my side.

If you wanted you could also remote host NinjaTrader. This combined with teamviewer is a way smart and powerful 'app' type solution for the iPhone.

I backtest NinjaTrader ideas from my iPhone this way all the time.

[zweistein]

For all interested in NinjaTinyMobileTrader, true access to NinjaTrader from your mobile phone (iphone included):

As a new feature I added the display of charts also: You can view NinjaTrader charts on your mobile phone Here an example:

allthough NT7 is still beta NTMT is already rock solid and very stable and is used already in real-trading by mself for more than 6 month.

regards

Andreas

www.zweisteintrading.eu (http://www.zweisteintrading.eu)

[sourcem]

I use Teamviewer5 (it's free) on my iPhone to remotely login to my home computer and check my NinjaTrader. You just pinch/stretch the iphone screen to zoom in and out, and I have the processing power of my home computer on my side.

If you wanted you could also remote host NinjaTrader. This combined with teamviewer is a way smart and powerful 'app' type solution for the iPhone.

I backtest NinjaTrader ideas from my iPhone this way all the time.
loadednrg,

Thank you for the Teamviewer idea. I am in India and Dell is selling an Android XCD 38 smart phone here and I wonder if I can do the same thing with this Dell smart phone as you are doing with the iPhone?

Are you able to see the charts fairly well? I don't need extreme detail but at least the bars in a bar chart should be discernible with the MA indicators. I am using an automated Ninja Script strategy and only need to turn it on at Market open and it takes one trade a day and is fully automated.

This idea will allow me to travel and even be in an airport and use my home laptop with a steady broadband conection to do all the trading, with my remote turn on feature.

Any comments are welcome!

Thanks,
Kailash

[ATI user]

I use Pocket Cloud on my Xperia X10 Droid phone to operate my desktop from anywhere. There is a free version and a full $15 version

It requires that you install PC Companion on your PC, which is free.

It is just like sitting in front of you PC...i.e. you can operate Ninjatrader as if there

[vlc]

I use Pocket Cloud on my Xperia X10 Droid phone to operate my desktop from anywhere. There is a free version and a full $15 version

It requires that you install PC Companion on your PC, which is free.

It is just like sitting in front of you PC...i.e. you can operate Ninjatrader as if there

Yes this works really well. I use the same model phone with 'LogMeIn'.... complete control anytime, anywhere.

By the way, Google have an active and successful project called SL4A which allows any of us to create an Android Applications coded in a language such as Python; simpler than Java, C, etc. Might be practical now for any of us to roll our own Android Applications.