E*TRADE vs NinjaTrader on TradersPost

E*TRADE and NinjaTrader differ on 7 of 21 points TradersPost compares: stocks, stock options, index options, futures and 3 more. Both support short selling, market orders, limit orders, stop orders, trailing stops, stop limit orders, day orders, good till canceled orders, immediate or cancel orders, fill or kill orders and modify open orders.

E*TRADE NinjaTrader

  • Stocks

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Stock Options

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Index Options

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Futures

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Bracket orders

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Trailing stop attached to entry

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Paper accounts

    Not supported

    Supported

Same on both 12

  • Short selling
  • Market orders
  • Limit orders
  • Stop orders
  • Trailing stops
  • Stop limit orders
  • Day orders
  • Good till canceled orders
  • Immediate or cancel orders
  • Fill or kill orders
  • Modify open orders
  • Authentication: OAuth

Neither supports 2

  • Crypto
  • Fractional quantity

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Worth knowing about each

E*TRADE

  • Access tokens last 15 days. After that you must reconnect.
  • A 401 during login is an E*TRADE authentication issue; contact E*TRADE technical support.
  • No E*TRADE paper connection.

View E*TRADE connection View E*TRADE docs

NinjaTrader

  • Futures only, via Tradovate.
  • Include a signal price when you need calculated limit or bracket prices.

View NinjaTrader connection View NinjaTrader docs

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