Advanced charting & order flow
Pro-grade charting, market depth, and order-flow tools to plan and execute futures trades.
Platform partner
NinjaTrader
Advanced charting, order flow, and strategy backtesting with low commissions on futures and options on futures — used by hundreds of thousands of traders.
Why traders use it
Built for serious futures trading
Strategy backtesting
Build, backtest, and automate strategies before you put real capital behind them.
Kinetick market data
Reliable real-time and end-of-day data so your charts and analysis reflect the true market.
How it connects
A Tradovate integration
Katalyst's NinjaTrader sync is a Tradovate integration: Tradovate is part of the NinjaTrader family, and Katalyst connects to the Tradovate API — you authorize it once and your futures fills flow in automatically.
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Authorize Tradovate
Link your Tradovate account to Katalyst over OAuth — Katalyst never sees your password, and you can revoke access whenever you want.
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Fills sync automatically
Katalyst pulls your executions from the Tradovate API and rebuilds them into round-trip trades — no CSV exports, no spreadsheets.
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Journal & analyze
Every NinjaTrader trade lands in Katalyst ready to tag, journal, and break down with analytics and AI insights.
The Tradovate connection is in active development. We'll announce it here the moment it's live.
Market data
Powered by Kinetick
A market-data service delivering reliable, unfiltered real-time and end-of-day data so your NinjaTrader charts, backtests, and analysis reflect the true market.
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Risk disclosure
Futures, foreign currency, and options trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.
Katalyst references third-party products and may earn affiliate commissions at no additional cost to you. Read the full Futures Risk & CFTC Hypothetical Performance disclosures.
FAQ
Common questions
Does Katalyst work with NinjaTrader?
Yes. Katalyst is a trade journal and analytics platform that works alongside NinjaTrader — trade on NinjaTrader, then bring your fills into Katalyst to journal, analyze, and improve every trade. The automatic connection is a Tradovate integration.
How do my NinjaTrader trades get into Katalyst?
Katalyst's NinjaTrader sync is a Tradovate integration: Tradovate is part of the NinjaTrader family, and Katalyst connects to the Tradovate API — you authorize it once and your futures fills flow in automatically. The Tradovate connection is in active development. We'll announce it here the moment it's live.
Is the NinjaTrader connection a Tradovate integration?
Yes — specifically. Katalyst does not plug into the NinjaTrader desktop platform; the automatic sync runs through the Tradovate API. You connect once with Tradovate over OAuth, so Katalyst never sees or stores your password, and you can revoke access at any time.
What is Kinetick?
Kinetick is a market-data service for NinjaTrader that delivers reliable real-time and end-of-day data, so your charts, backtests, and analysis reflect the true market.
Is NinjaTrader good for futures trading?
NinjaTrader offers advanced charting, order-flow tools, and strategy backtesting with low commissions on futures and options on futures, and is used by hundreds of thousands of traders worldwide.
How much does it cost to use NinjaTrader with Katalyst?
NinjaTrader and Kinetick are billed by their own providers; Katalyst has separate free and paid plans. You can start journaling your NinjaTrader trades in Katalyst for free.
Trade on NinjaTrader, review in Katalyst
Bring your NinjaTrader fills into Katalyst to journal, analyze, and improve every trade.