NT 6.5 10 and Mbtrading and reboot needed

[akwonline]

It seems that NT has to be rebooted when Mbtrading forex is disconnected, and a person want to reconnect to Mbtrading.

I just thought I would bring it to your attention because it cause problems for people who have the Multi Broker account, and have several brokers connected at the same time.

It should not have to reboot the platform to make a second connection to Mbtrading Forex

[dtf139]

Originally Posted by akwonline

It should not have to reboot the platform to make a second connection to Mbtrading Forex

+1 What exactly is the technical reason for having to do this?

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

It is a limitation of the MBT API in the .NET environment. There is nothing that can be done about this limitation.

[nintra]

Originally Posted by NinjaTrader_Ray

It is a limitation of the MBT API in the .NET environment. There is nothing that can be done about this limitation.

That essentially means NO ANY possibility to keep trades unattended (either automatic strategies or even running simple trailing stop!), thus rendering NT + MBT combo as unusable for such purposes! That is because ANY disconnect would require restarting the NT, and I couldn't seen a possibility to restart NT automatically on connection drop. I might be wrong but prior to beta 10 lost MBT connection somehow managed to came back without any NT restarting or an action from the user at all... BTW what exactly the limitation is and did anyone get some info from MBT regarding whether or when the issue will be fixed?

Please correct if I'm wrong in assumptions above, I was just thinking about going MBT+NT live Does IB connection affected as well?

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

>> hat is because ANY disconnect would require restarting the NT
Incorrect. NT recovers internally from temporary loss of connection. Nothing has changed with B10 in that regard.

[nintra]

Originally Posted by NinjaTrader_Dierk

>> hat is because ANY disconnect would require restarting the NT
Incorrect. NT recovers internally from temporary loss of connection. Nothing has changed with B10 in that regard.

Thanks, I stand corrected. So the things are not THAT bad

But... If the connection can recover after say a network disconnect, why there is no chance to make the same when going from NT interactive menu, Say not using the call currently used via MBT TS API but rather simulating the temporary connection break that CAN be recovered without restarting?


Another question. If I have my MBT connection at the primarly, can we still configure and ACTUALLY use another connection as the datafeed one?

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

>> why there is no chance to make the same when going from NT interactive menu
As Ray stated there are some MBT API limitations.

>> If I have my MBT connection at the primarly, can we still configure and ACTUALLY use another connection as the datafeed one?
No, the data feed connection needs to be the first connection.

[nintra]

Originally Posted by NinjaTrader_Dierk

>> why there is no chance to make the same when going from NT interactive menu
As Ray stated there are some MBT API limitations.

>> If I have my MBT connection at the primarly, can we still configure and ACTUALLY use another connection as the datafeed one?
No, the data feed connection needs to be the first connection.

So this setup will NOT work?

Would it work with IB instead of MBT/EFX?

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

Misunderstanding: I was referring to having two separate, independent connections not one being the backup of the other. I suggest giving it a try.