Tradovate

CrossTrade talks to Tradovate's cloud API directly. There is no desktop application to install, nothing to keep running on your machine, and no VPS to rent. Your alerts reach your account whether or not your computer is on.

If you trade through NinjaTrader 8 instead, NinjaTrader 8 is the other half of this site. Both connections live side by side on one CrossTrade account, and the Journal merges them into a single record.

What works on Tradovate

Webhook automation, Account Manager, Strategy Sync, the Trade Copier, the Journal, the REST API and AI trading agents are all generally available. Signal Share, Manual Trading charts and Playbooks are NinjaTrader-only, and the VPS is not needed here. NinjaTrader 8 or Tradovate? is the complete capability list.

Start here

Each one builds on the last, so work through them in order if you are new.

ConnectLinking Your Tradovate AccountSecure OAuth sign-in, Live vs Demo, prop firm and funded accounts, multiple identities, and what to do when a link expires.Send one orderYour First Automated TradeOne instrument, one account, one market order from TradingView. Everything else builds on top of this.IndicatorsAutomating TradingView IndicatorsTurn buy/sell signals into separate alerts with hardcoded actions. The simpler path, with no sync ambiguity.StrategiesAutomating TradingView StrategiesPine Script strategies with dynamic variables, Strategy Sync and out-of-sync protection, evaluated against your live position.ExitsOrder Types and ExitsServer-side OSO brackets, multi-target scale-outs with auto-breakeven, native trailing stops, MIT entries, iceberg and GTD.Scale upManaging Multiple AccountsEvaluations, funded and personal accounts together, through multi-account placement or the cloud copier.

Tradovate specifics

Behavior that is particular to Tradovate. Where a feature works differently than it does on NinjaTrader, the difference is written down here.

WebhooksTradovate WebhooksRouting with destination=tradovate;, partial fills on bracketed entries, broker-side timeouts, and the fields Tradovate does and does not accept.ExitsTradovate ATMThe CrossTrade-managed ATM layer: multi-target scale-outs, target-fill breakeven, and profit-triggered trailing.RiskTradovate Account ManagerRisk monitors, drawdown, trading windows and auto-flatten running against a Tradovate account.CopyingTradovate Trade CopierThe cloud copier: signal, execution and order modes, sizing rules, and prop-firm guardrails.APITradovate REST APIStatus, fills, fill history, cash balances, margin snapshots, contract lookup and exchanges.AI agentsTradovate MCP ToolsThe Tv_* tool surface for AI trading agents, and how it differs from the NinjaTrader tools.

Works on both brokers

These behave the same whichever broker you trade, so they live in the main Docs section.

WebhooksThe command vocabulary, advanced options and troubleshooting.Account ManagerMonitors, thresholds, trading windows and economic event lockout.Trade CopierCopy modes, position sizing and instrument filtering.JournalImporting trades, analytics, insights and the economic calendar.CrossTrade APIAuthentication, rate limiting and the full REST reference.TradingView AlertsDynamic variables, the XT Alert Builder and example scripts.