News

How to Automate CME Single Stock Futures with TradingView and NinjaTrader 8

CME Group just announced Single Stock Futures launching this summer — financially settled contracts on 50+ top U.S. companies from the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, and Russell 1000. For discretionary traders, that's interesting. For automated traders, that's a new frontier.

How To Guides

How to Connect to Your CrossTrade VPS from Your Android Phone or Tablet

Access your CrossTrade VPS from anywhere using Microsoft's free Windows App. This guide walks you through the full setup on Android in just a few minutes.

TradingView

TradingView Alert Presets: Save Your CrossTrade Commands for Instant Reuse

TradingView's alert presets let you save configurations as reusable templates. Useful for automation, but webhook URLs aren't saved. What CrossTrade users need to know about this new feature.

How To Guides

Understanding Tradovate API Rate Limits: What They Are & How to Avoid Them

Let's cover Tradovate's Rate Limits and unpack what they are, how they're implemented, and how you can take steps to avoid being rate limited.

News

CrossTrade Q4 2025 Recap: A Quarter of Major Releases

Our biggest quarter yet: CrossTrade VPS, Trade Copier launch, Hybrid Mode, Account Visibility Manager, and a stack of features driven by your feedback. Here's everything we shipped.

Updates

New in Account Management: Hybrid Mode and Account Visibility Manager

Hybrid Mode & Account Visibility Manager Cut losers and lock in runners without ending your session. Plus, hide old accounts cluttering your dropdowns. Two updates that give you more control.

Updates

Introducing Copier Groups: Manage Multiple Followers with One Click

Manage multiple followers as one unit. Create a group, configure settings once, and enable or disable all copiers with a single click. No more updating each one manually.

Updates

CrossTrade Launches Chicago-Based Virtual Private Servers

CrossTrade launches its own line of Chicago-based VPS servers with lifetime discount. Same enterprise performance, better value.

Education

CME Trading Hours 2026: Complete Holiday Schedule for Futures Traders

Complete CME 2026 holiday schedule with all market closures and early closes. Essential planning guide for futures traders.

Education

CrossTrade vs Affordable Indicators: Architecture vs Risk Management

CrossTrade's trade copier goes beyond Apex's basic functionality with Auto-Sync recovery, multi-directional copying, TradingView integration, and Stealth Mode that survives connection failures.

Updates

Monitor Lock: Stop Giving Back Your Gains

If you've ever hit your daily profit target only to give it all back in the next hour, you're not alone. Monitor Lock enforces discipline when you need it most by preventing trading restarts.

Education

CME Rule 588: When the Exchange Can Cancel Your Trades

CME Rule 588 allows the exchange to cancel or adjust trades that harm market integrity. Learn when your trades can get busted and how to protect yourself as an automated trader.

Education

CrossTrade vs Apex Trade Copier: Why Multi-Directional Architecture Changes Everything

CrossTrade's trade copier goes beyond Apex's basic functionality with Auto-Sync recovery, multi-directional copying, TradingView integration, and Stealth Mode that survives connection failures.

News

QuantVPS Performance Line: Upgrade Your NinjaTrader Server with AMD Ryzen and DDR5

QuantVPS' new performance line uses AMD Ryzen CPUs and DDR5 memory for superior single-core performance. If you're scaling strategies or hitting resource limits, the hardware differences translate to measurable speed gains.

Education

CME Rule 575: Why Your Automated Trading Strategy Could Get You Banned

CME Rule 575 prohibits spoofing, quote stuffing, and disruptive trading. Learn how automated traders can avoid violations that result in bans, fines, and criminal prosecution.

How To Guides

Schwab Integration with NinjaTrader 8

Unlock NinjaTrader 8's full power with your Charles Schwab account. This quick guide walks you through the complete setup.

Education

CrossTrade vs Replikanto: Architecture, Synchronization, and the Future of Trade Copying

Let's compare our NT8 trade copier against one of the most popular alternatives, Replikanto by FlowBots.

Trading

CME Rule 534: Understanding Wash Trades and Why They're Prohibited

CME Rule 534 prohibits wash trades—transactions that avoid genuine market risk. Learn what constitutes a violation, why automated traders are at risk, and how to protect yourself.

TradingView

TradingView's Multi-Condition Alerts: A Game-Changer for CrossTrade Users

TradingView's new multi-condition alerts let you combine up to five conditions into one signal—perfect for CrossTrade users who need precise, confirmed entries before triggering automated trades in NinjaTrader.

Trading

CrossTrade vs The Competition: Why Our Trade Copier Redefines Multi-Account Trading

A full breakdown of our NT8 Trade Copier's functionality and comparison against the other options on the market.

Updates Featured

CrossTrade Trade Copier: Official Release v1.11.2

The NT8 Trade Copier is officially live with the release of XT add-on v1.11.2

News

NinjaTrader Prop Rebrand Aims to Standardize Platform Experience Across Major Prop Firms

NinjaTrader just announced the launch of two new platforms under its NT Technologies entity: NinjaTrader Prop and Tradovate Prop. But if you're wondering what's actually new here, you're not alone.

TradingView

Manual Trading from TradingView to NinjaTrader 8: Only at CrossTrade

Using our NT8 trade copier its now possible to manually trade from TradingView to NinjaTrader 8!

Updates

CrossTrade v1.10.20: Trade Copier Goes Public Beta

CrossTrade v1.10.20 launches our Trade Copier into public beta with Tandem Mode and Multi-Leader / Multi-Follower relationships.

Trading

BluSky Trading Company: A Fresh Approach to Futures Prop Trading

BluSky Trading Company offers a fresh approach to futures prop trading with 8-day evaluations, NinjaTrader 8 platform, and day-one withdrawals. Experience trader-focused prop trading.