Interactive Brokers vs NinjaTrader on TradersPost
Interactive Brokers and NinjaTrader differ on 4 of 21 points TradersPost compares: stocks, futures, fill or kill orders and modify open orders. Both support short selling, market orders, limit orders, stop orders, trailing stops, bracket orders, stop limit orders, day orders, good till canceled orders, immediate or cancel orders, trailing stop attached to entry and paper accounts.
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Stocks
Supported
Not supported
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Futures
Not supported
Supported
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Fill or kill orders
Not supported
Supported
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Modify open orders
Not supported
Supported
Same on both 13
- Short selling
- Market orders
- Limit orders
- Stop orders
- Trailing stops
- Bracket orders
- Stop limit orders
- Day orders
- Good till canceled orders
- Immediate or cancel orders
- Trailing stop attached to entry
- Paper accounts
- Authentication: OAuth
Neither supports 4
- Stock Options
- Index Options
- Crypto
- Fractional quantity
Link to this comparison /compare/connections/ibkr-vs-ninjatrader
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Worth knowing about each
Interactive Brokers
- Stocks only. IBKR futures, options, and crypto are not sent through this WebAPI integration, even when those products exist in TWS.
- IBKR allows one active login session per username. Logging into TWS or the IBKR mobile app with the same username can interrupt automated orders.
- The North America API reset window is 23:45–00:45 ET. Signals in that window can fail even with retries.
View Interactive Brokers connection View Interactive Brokers docs
NinjaTrader
- Futures only, via Tradovate.
- Include a signal price when you need calculated limit or bracket prices.