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CrossTrade Pro Features

CrossTrade Pro adds account-level tools on top of the standard webhook trading tier. The centerpiece is the Network Account Manager (NAM), which monitors session P&L and enforces daily loss limits, trailing drawdowns, and minimum-profit drawdowns — flattening and locking the account when rules are triggered.

Do I need CrossTrade Pro for Apex or other prop firm accounts?​

Standard is fine if you are just running auto-trading via webhooks. Pro is only required when you want the Network Account Manager (NAM) and other account-level tools to enforce session rules, drawdowns, and daily loss limits on top of your trading.

What is the difference between Minimum Profit and Trailing Drawdown?​

Minimum Profit is static — Trailing Drawdown moves.

If your session P&L hits the trigger level exactly and then falls below the floor, the two are functionally identical. As soon as P&L moves past the trigger (e.g. $301 instead of $300), they diverge — the trailing high watermark keeps rising while the static minimum profit floor does not.

How does the Trailing Drawdown calculation work?​

Trailing Drawdown trails the high watermark by the percentage you configure — it is the size of the move off the high, not a percentage of the watermark itself.

Profit trigger: $100
Trail the high watermark by: 95%
High watermark reaches: $125

Stop-out level = $125 - (95% of $125) = $125 - $118.75 = $6.25

You can see the live evaluation number in the drawdown box to the right of the chart.

When do drawdown watermarks reset?​

Watermarks only reset once per day at the start of the session (6pm). After reset, all calculations are based on the P&L for the entire day, regardless of when a rule was enabled mid-session.

If you enable Trailing Drawdown after the P&L for the session is already well past your threshold, it will trigger almost immediately — the rule is evaluated against the whole-day P&L, not just the P&L from the moment you turned it on.

Why does my NAM monitor show "paused" right after I toggle it on?​

Monitor pauses when either:

  • Your account is not flat at the beginning of the session, or
  • Session P&L is already past whatever threshold you configured.

In both cases the NAM automatically pauses and waits until the account resets at 6pm.

My drawdown rule didn't trigger — what should I check?​

There must be a P&L value for the NAM to evaluate drawdown against. If NinjaTrader is showing open positions with no P&L, drawdown cannot be computed.

Check whether the positions are Sim or "ghost" positions, and try restarting NT8 to force the P&L to repopulate.

How does Unrealized Mode interact with the Minimum Profit trigger?​

Everything in Unrealized Mode is based on unrealized P&L. The Minimum Profit trigger, when used as part of a drawdown rule, is evaluated on total unrealized P&L in this mode — not on final/realized P&L.

Note: whole-day P&L watermark behavior (above) applies in Standard Mode; Unrealized Mode uses unrealized values instead.

How does Hybrid Mode work with Trailing Drawdown?​

Hybrid Mode looks at the Total P&L of the session, the same way Standard Mode does. Hybrid Mode only adds the ability to close positions early at a profit or loss — similar to a manual exit or an automated strategy — but the drawdown evaluation itself is identical to Standard Mode.

Does CrossTrade block me from trading manually in NT8 when a daily loss limit is hit?​

No — by default, Account Management only blocks trade signals sent via automated webhook (that is what Block Signals does). If you click to trade inside NT8, that is outside of CrossTrade's jurisdiction.

If you want manual NT8 clicks blocked as well, enable Enhanced Closing Only from the Settings (gear icon) inside Account Management. It attempts to block any action inside NT8 that would increase the position size, while still allowing you to close out.

My account keeps stopping immediately when I try to restart it — why?​

Check the Account Management logs. If the drawdown conditions for the day have already been met, the NAM will continue to stop the account immediately on every restart attempt.

To restart cleanly you need to modify the configuration beyond the already-breached levels (or wait for the 6pm session reset).

Does Trailing Drawdown set to 0 stop new orders from being accepted?​

No — Trailing Drawdown has nothing to do with new-order acceptance. It governs when the account is flattened based on session P&L behavior, not order entry permissions.