Automate Boxcar Trading with TradingView
CrossTrade connects your TradingView strategies to your BoxcarPrime, BoxcarScale, BoxcarPayout, and BoxcarFunded accounts through NinjaTrader 8. Boxcar allows automated strategies and trade copiers on your own evaluation and simulated-funded accounts, so one strategy can run across unlimited evaluations and up to 5 funded accounts. Drawdown, daily loss, and close-out controls matched to your plan.
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Three steps from TradingView alert to Boxcar Trading order fill
Boxcar accounts run on Rithmic, so CrossTrade reaches them through NinjaTrader 8 and the CrossTrade NT8 Add-On. Verify that your specific Boxcar account connects in NinjaTrader 8 and check Boxcar's current rules for your plan.
Connect NinjaTrader 8
Sign in to Boxcar's My Portal for your trading login and its NinjaTrader setup guide, then install the CrossTrade NT8 Add-On. Run it on your own PC or on the free Chicago VPS Boxcar includes with an Eval or Straight-to-Funded purchase.
Configure your TradingView alerts
Use the free XT Alert Builder indicator to format your webhook payload visually. No JSON required. Map entries, exits, and ATM brackets to dropdown menus.
Sync strategy state
CrossTrade tracks your TradingView strategy's intended position against your Boxcar account's actual fills. If they desync, auto-flatten reconciles before drawdown becomes a problem.
Every Boxcar Trading rule, mapped to a CrossTrade control
Boxcar's drawdown and session rules decide more accounts than the market does. CrossTrade runs your limits per account, so you set the exit before Boxcar's rules set it for you.
Trailing Max Loss Limit
$1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500 on 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K. BoxcarFunded 100K and 150K: $3,500 / $5,000
On Prime, Scale, and BoxcarFunded, the floor trails your highest end-of-day balance, never moves down, and locks at your starting balance plus $100. End-of-day sets when the floor rises, not when it's enforced: open losses count in real time, and touching the floor breaches the account.
Set a drawdown threshold per account inside Boxcar's floor. CrossTrade flattens and locks the account before the breach.
Intraday Drawdown (BoxcarPayout)
Always intraday on BoxcarPayout funded accounts. The evaluation lets you choose intraday or end-of-day
Intraday drawdown follows your highest real-time balance, open profit included. An open winner that round-trips can raise the floor before you ever close the trade.
Track the floor against live equity per account and flatten before it's reached.
Optional Daily Loss Limit
Chosen at purchase on Prime, Scale, and Payout. Set by size on BoxcarFunded. Not a breach
Hit Boxcar's DLL and your positions close and trading stops until the next session, but the account survives. On funded accounts that have one, the DLL can rise to 60% of your peak end-of-day profit. Buy the version without a DLL and nothing stops a bad day except the Max Loss Limit.
Set your own daily loss limit per account, whichever version you bought. Set it tighter than Boxcar's and you decide when the day ends.
4:45 PM ET Close-Out
Evaluation and simulated-funded accounts. No overnight or weekend holds
Boxcar closes any position still open at 4:45 PM ET. It isn't a breach, but Boxcar chooses your exit instead of you. Re-entry opens at 6:00 PM ET, and an earlier exchange close on holidays comes first.
Set an end-of-day flatten a few minutes earlier on each account.
High-Impact News (BoxcarPayout)
Hard breach on BoxcarPayout funded. Flat from 1 minute before to 1 minute after high-impact USD news
Trading high-impact USD news in a BoxcarPayout funded account breaches it. The Payout evaluation and Boxcar's other plans list no news restriction.
Schedule news-window blocks on your BoxcarPayout funded accounts, set wider than Boxcar's window.
No Opposite Positions Across Accounts
Your own accounts, other traders' accounts, or other firms
Boxcar prohibits opposite positions in the same or correlated products across separate accounts, such as long ES in one and short NQ in another. A first violation can return balances to the prior day's level. Repeats can breach accounts and end your access.
Followers copy the master's direction. Leave inversion off on Boxcar accounts.
Unlimited evaluations, up to 5 funded
Funded slots count across all plans. Copiers allowed on your own accounts
Boxcar allows built-in and third-party copiers across your own evaluation and simulated-funded accounts. Each account keeps its own drawdown, daily loss, and contract limit, from 2 minis on a $25K account to 10 on a $150K.
Mirror one master to your other Boxcar accounts, sizing each follower within its own contract limit.
Copy one strategy across all your Boxcar Trading accounts
Boxcar allows unlimited evaluations and up to 5 funded accounts at once, and it allows trade copiers across your own evaluation and simulated-funded accounts. CrossTrade's Trade Copier mirrors a master account to followers with independent sizing, real-time desync detection, and execution validation on every order, all inside the NinjaTrader 8 instance that holds your Boxcar accounts.
- Mirror one master to your other accounts with per-account sizing
- Auto-sync monitors and reconciles drift every 3 seconds
- Execution validation flags any failed copy in real time
- Keep inversion off: Boxcar bans opposite positions across accounts
- One copier per account, so turn off R|Trader Pro's copier on these accounts
Per-account controls with Boxcar Trading's exact rule values
Set drawdown thresholds, daily loss limits, and end-of-day flatten times independently for each Boxcar account. When a threshold hits, CrossTrade flattens positions and locks the account on your terms, ahead of Boxcar's own limits. On Boxcar, the monitors run while NinjaTrader 8 and the CrossTrade NT8 Add-On are connected, which is why many traders keep both on a VPS.
- Drawdown tracking matched to your account size and plan
- Daily loss limits configured per-account independently
- Auto-flatten at session close, or earlier if you choose
- Scheduled disable on news days, holidays, or custom hours
- Per-account or grouped across multiple accounts
Boxcar Trading evaluation and funded accounts
Values below were read on Boxcar's website and support center on October 10, 2026. Every plan comes in $25K, $50K, $100K, and $150K sizes, and evaluation fees are one-time charges that do not renew. BoxcarFunded skips the evaluation. Verify all current pricing, profit targets, drawdown amounts, and account sizes directly on Boxcar's website before purchasing. Prop firms adjust plans frequently.
Common questions about CrossTrade with Boxcar Trading
Does Boxcar Trading allow automated trading and trade copiers?
Yes, on your own accounts. Boxcar's support center says you may run automated strategies and copy trades across your own Boxcar evaluation and simulated-funded accounts, and that built-in platform copiers and third-party copier software are allowed. Every account's drawdown, daily loss, position-size, session, and news rules still apply, and you are responsible for software errors, duplicate entries, and disconnections. Boxcar prohibits high-frequency trading, prohibited microscalping, and opposite positions across accounts. Live accounts follow separate live terms, so confirm with Boxcar before automating one. Rules can change, so check Boxcar's current rules before going live.
Which platform does CrossTrade use with Boxcar Trading?
NinjaTrader 8. Boxcar says all of its account types use Rithmic, and it lists NinjaTrader among its supported platforms. Connect NinjaTrader 8 with the trading login and setup guide in Boxcar's My Portal, then install the CrossTrade NT8 Add-On. Your alerts come from TradingView, and NinjaTrader 8 places the orders. Boxcar lists no Tradovate connection, so CrossTrade's direct Tradovate cloud route does not apply. Boxcar's other platforms, such as Quantower, Sierra Chart, and R|Trader Pro, are not CrossTrade routes.
How fast does CrossTrade send TradingView alerts to my Boxcar Trading account?
On NinjaTrader routes, average alert-to-execution time is approximately 30 milliseconds end-to-end through the CrossTrade NT8 Add-On. Running NinjaTrader 8 on a Chicago VPS near CME, such as the one Boxcar includes, keeps the route short.
Can CrossTrade enforce Boxcar Trading's drawdown and daily loss limits?
Yes. CrossTrade's Account Manager lets you configure drawdown thresholds, daily loss limits, and end-of-day flatten times for each account independently. Set them tighter than Boxcar's, and when one triggers, CrossTrade flattens open positions and locks the account from new orders for the rest of the session. On Boxcar, these monitors run while NinjaTrader 8 and the CrossTrade NT8 Add-On are connected, so keep both running whenever you have positions open.
Can I copy one trade across all my Boxcar Trading accounts?
Yes. Boxcar allows trade copiers across your own evaluation and simulated-funded accounts, with unlimited evaluations and up to 5 funded accounts active at once across all plans. CrossTrade's Trade Copier mirrors one master account to followers with independent sizing per follower, so size each follower within its account's contract limit (2 minis on a $25K account up to 10 on a $150K). Copy in the same direction only: Boxcar prohibits opposite positions across accounts, including correlated markets such as ES and NQ. Run one copier per account, too. If R|Trader Pro's Trade Copier is on, turn it off for the accounts CrossTrade copies to, so each trade is copied once.
Does CrossTrade automatically flatten my Boxcar Trading positions before the daily close?
Yes. The Account Manager includes a configurable end-of-day flatten time per account. Boxcar's evaluation and simulated-funded accounts must be flat by 4:45 PM ET, Monday through Friday, and Boxcar closes anything still open at that time. Set CrossTrade to flatten 5 to 10 minutes earlier so you choose the exit instead of Boxcar. On exchange holidays and early closes, the earlier exchange close applies.
Will using CrossTrade violate any Boxcar Trading rule?
Boxcar's support center says automated strategies and trade copiers are allowed on your own evaluation and simulated-funded accounts, so routing TradingView signals to those accounts is not the problem. What Boxcar prohibits is in the trading itself: opposite positions across accounts, high-frequency trading, microscalping (an account can be flagged for review when more than half of its profit comes from trades held 5 seconds or less), high-impact news on BoxcarPayout funded accounts, and letting another person trade your account. Check Boxcar's current rules before going live.
Can I run CrossTrade on Boxcar Trading's free Chicago VPS?
Boxcar includes a free Chicago Windows VPS with any Eval or Straight-to-Funded purchase. You select it at checkout, it is one per customer, and it stays free while you have an active Boxcar account. Boxcar describes the workspace as built for trading software, automated strategies, and a trade copier, so you can run NinjaTrader 8 and the CrossTrade NT8 Add-On there and keep both online when your own computer is off. That matters on Boxcar, because without a Tradovate route your automation and Account Manager monitors run wherever NinjaTrader 8 runs.
Is there a Boxcar Trading discount code?
Yes. Use code CROSSTRADE at checkout on boxcartrading.com for 30% off. Boxcar sets the discount and its terms and can change them, so confirm the price at checkout before you pay.
How much does CrossTrade cost on top of my Boxcar Trading evaluation fee?
CrossTrade starts at $29 per month for the Standard plan with unlimited webhook alerts and unlimited NT8 accounts. The Pro plan is $49 per month and adds Trade Copier, Account Manager, and REST API access. Both plans include a free 7-day trial. CrossTrade billing is independent of any prop firm fees.
Does CrossTrade work during Boxcar Trading evaluations or only on funded accounts?
Both, subject to account eligibility. Boxcar's automation and copier policy covers its evaluation and simulated-funded accounts, and CrossTrade supports both stages the same way. Live accounts follow separate live terms. On most plans Boxcar starts a live review after five approved payouts, so confirm the live rules with Boxcar before automating a live account. Many traders use the evaluation to validate their automation before moving to funded.
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