CrossTrade connects TradingView strategy and indicator alerts to your futures accounts. Send a webhook with your order instructions: NinjaTrader 8 executes through the connected NT8 Add-On, or Tradovate receives the order directly from our cloud. Unlimited webhook alerts start at $29 per month.
You bring the indicator or strategy. CrossTrade handles the connection and order routing, rather than choosing trades for you.
For NinjaTrader 8, install the CrossTrade NT8 Add-On and keep the platform connected. For Tradovate cloud automation, link the account in My Account, Brokers. No NT8 installation is needed for that route.
Choose the indicator or strategy condition in TradingView. Paste your CrossTrade webhook URL into Notifications and your order message into the alert. The Command Builder generates the message for your selected account and order.
Start in Sim or Demo. Check TradingView’s alert log, CrossTrade Alert History and the actual broker orders. Then test exits and brackets. Follow the complete NinjaTrader setup or Tradovate setup.
Why CrossTrade over other alert bridges
A TradingView alert becomes an executed order in three hops. CrossTrade sits in the middle, authenticating, validating, and routing every signal to whichever broker you point it at.
Your TradingView strategy or indicator triggers an alert. The alert message contains a CrossTrade-formatted payload with your order details. TradingView sends it to your personal webhook URL.
CrossTrade receives the webhook, authenticates your key, validates the format, applies any advanced options (Strategy Sync, rate limiting, multi-account placement), and reads your destination line to decide where the order goes.
For NinjaTrader, the CrossTrade NT8 Add-On submits through NinjaTrader's Automated Trading Interface, with ATM strategies, brackets and every NT8-native feature available. For Tradovate, CrossTrade sends the order straight to Tradovate's cloud API over HTTPS, with nothing running on your machine. The pipeline averages ~30ms.
CrossTrade uses a simple key=value format — no JSON required. Each line ends with a semicolon. Paste it into TradingView's alert message field, or use the Command Builder on your dashboard to build it visually.
The same alert body works on both brokers. Add one line to route it to Tradovate instead of NinjaTrader. Leave it off and the order goes to NinjaTrader 8, so every alert you already have keeps working exactly as it does today.
Orders run through the CrossTrade NT8 Add-On inside your NinjaTrader install, so ATM strategies, brackets and NT8-native order handling are all on the table. Needs NinjaTrader open and connected, which is what the CrossTrade VPS is for.
DESKTOPCrossTrade sends orders directly to Tradovate's cloud API. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no desktop app to keep open and no VPS to rent. Link the account once in My Account, Brokers tab, and CrossTrade handles token refresh from there.
NO DESKTOP SOFTWARERouting to Tradovate is not a reduced version of the NinjaTrader path. Some order types exist there and nowhere else in CrossTrade, because Tradovate supports them natively.
NinjaTrader has no trailing order type in webhooks; trailing there is done through ATM strategies. On Tradovate, order_type=trailingstop with a trail_offset is a first-class order. trailingstoplimit works the same way with a limit leg.
order_type=mit becomes a market order when price trades at your level, without resting in the book the way a limit does. The touch price goes in limit_price.
max_show limits how much of your size is visible in the book at once, so a large resting order does not advertise itself.
Good-til-date expiry and broker-side order timeouts are handled by Tradovate itself rather than by anything running on your machine, so they survive your computer going to sleep.
TRADOVATE ONLYCrossTrade also layers its own managed ATM on top of Tradovate: named cloud templates, target-fill breakeven, and profit-triggered trail activation with restart-safe trigger memory. Tradovate execution details
Same key=value format, more power. Append any of these to your alert message to unlock advanced execution logic.
Compares expected vs. actual position state before every order. Prevents state drift between TradingView and NinjaTrader — the #1 cause of phantom positions and double entries.
SAFETYBlock duplicate signals within a configurable time window. TradingView fires duplicate alerts more often than you'd think — rate limiting catches them before they become duplicate orders.
SAFETYHit up to 10 NinjaTrader accounts from a single alert. Separate account names with commas — one webhook, one payload, all accounts filled simultaneously.
SCALEAdd take_profit and stop_loss to any order. Supports tick, percentage, point, and dollar offsets. Plotted on TradingView for backtesting when used with the Alert Builder.
CONFIGAssign position ownership with strategy_tag. Run multiple strategies on the same account and instrument without interference — Strategy B can't close Strategy A's position.
CONFIGClose all existing positions on the account before placing the new order. One key=value pair turns a reversal into a clean slate entry. Works with or without Strategy Sync.
AUTOMATIONThe Command Builder on your CrossTrade dashboard walks you through building webhook payloads step by step — select your account, instrument, order type, and advanced options from dropdown menus. It generates the exact alert message you need, ready to paste into TradingView.
Or use the XT Alert Builder on TradingView — a Pine Script strategy that wraps your indicators and generates CrossTrade-compatible alerts with full backtesting. No code required.
Learn about the Alert Builder →Everything NinjaTrader supports, CrossTrade can execute via webhook.
Market orders execute immediately at current price. Limit orders sit on the book at your specified level. Both support all time-in-force options (DAY, GTC, IOC).
Stop orders trigger at your price and execute as market. Stop limit orders trigger at your stop price and place a limit at your limit price. Full bracket support.
Attach any NinjaTrader ATM template to your webhook order. Trailing stops, auto-breakeven, multi-target management — all handled by NT8 after CrossTrade places the entry.
CLOSE, FLATTEN, and CANCEL commands let you manage existing positions without placing new orders. Close a specific instrument, flatten an account, or cancel all pending orders.
Either NinjaTrader 8 with the CrossTrade NT8 Add-On and an active data feed, or a Tradovate account linked directly to CrossTrade. Only the NT8 route requires your desktop to stay online.
Free 7-day trial includes full webhook access. Standard plan starts at $29/mo after trial. No per-order fees.
Any paid TradingView plan with 2FA enabled. Free TradingView plans do not support webhook alerts.
A TradingView alert can send a webhook to CrossTrade, which submits the order to NinjaTrader 8 through the CrossTrade NT8 Add-On or directly to a linked Tradovate account. A strategy running in TradingView does not place those broker orders by itself. You configure the alert, account, order message and exits.
For the NinjaTrader 8 route, NinjaTrader and the CrossTrade NT8 Add-On must stay open and connected on a Windows computer or VPS. The direct Tradovate route runs in CrossTrade’s cloud and does not require NinjaTrader, a local computer or your own VPS.
Yes, if the indicator exposes the alert conditions you need. Configure those alerts with CrossTrade order messages, or use the Command Builder to generate the messages. Entry alerts and exit alerts need their own intended behavior; an alert firing is not proof that an order filled.
Yes. Multi-account placement sends one CrossTrade command to a list of accounts. A trade copier is a different workflow: it follows a leader account and applies each follower’s sizing and copy-mode settings. Choose the workflow that matches your order source and test entries and exits in simulation.
CrossTrade webhook automation starts on Standard at $29 per month, with a free 7-day trial. TradingView webhook access requires a paid TradingView plan and two-factor authentication. Trade copying and Account Manager controls are Pro features; broker, market-data and TradingView fees are separate.
Scaling beyond one account? Compare the NinjaTrader trade copier, the cloud Tradovate trade copier, and multi-account webhook placement. See current plan pricing before choosing your setup.
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