MAIN FOCUS: (SKIP TO 1:40 IF YOU ALREADY PURCHASED YOUR RITHMIC ACCOUNT) OR (SKIP TO 8:33 IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED YOUR TRADOVATE ACCOUNT)

1. DOWNLOAD RITHMIC rTrader Pro APP FIRST:
https://rithmic.com/rtraderpro-Apex.msi

2. COPY THIS LOGIN SETUP BELOW FOR RITHMIC EXACTLY: (of course put the credentials Apex has given you)

1) Turn on “Remember Me” so you do not have to keep putting in your credentials each time.
2) Turn “Orders” On
3) Turn “Selective Load” Off.
4) When you are putting in your credentials MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO SPACES BEFORE OR AFTER THE USERNAME AND PASSWORD. Example: “APEX-00000” and “ APEX-00000 “
5) Choose “Apex” as your System
6) Choose “Chicago Area” as your Gateway.
7) Turn “Market Data” Off.

If you cannot login, before you send a ticket, please make sure you do not have any firewall blocking Rithmic from connecting to the server and that you do indeed have an active account.











3. When you successfully login for the FIRST TIME ONLY, you will see this message:
You will ALWAYS choose “NON-PROFESSIONAL”.










You are now done with Rithmic, please look at the photo below for instructions to find your account once you are logged in.





























NINJA TRADER SETUP: IF YOU HAVE NINJATRADER DOWNLOADED, UNINSTALL BEFORE PROCEEDING.

1. Setup your NinjaTrader account that you will use with Apex. You will need an email not associated with a NinjaTrader account and you will be creating your own username and password.

2. Follow the instructions below -


1) First you need to go to https://account.ninjatrader.com/register and create your account - follow pictures below -














































Now we move on to downloading NT8 -

You should see this download at the top of your browser. Once it is done click “Open file”.

Next you will go through these steps to fully setup NT8.

Follow the steps below if you do not know what to do next -

Click “Next”

Then click the “I accept the Terms of Service Agreement” checkbox.

Click “Next”.

Click “Next”.

Click “Install”.

If you see a message that pops up on your computer, click “Yes”.

Click “Finish”.

MOVING ON TO NINJATRADER DESKTOP APP:

Now type in your computers search bar “NinjaTrader”

You can choose “Sign in with Google” to log into your account.

Once you are logged in, you will see some windows pop up. Close all the windows besides the one you see below -

You will be inputting your Apex Credentials where it says “User name” and “Password”.

These credentials look like this:
User name: APEX-00000
Password: AQ%euIE

You can find them in your Apex Dashboard on the right side of the page ————->

Just click “Ok” if you see this and then click “OK” on the Connections window ——>

You are now all set!! If you wish to figure out more about NinjaTrader8 (setting up charts and more), please follow this link to the NT8 guide website - NinjaTrader 8

Set up a chart - NinjaTrader 8

Set up Chart Trader - NinjaTrader 8