NinjaTrader at TradeDay
TradeDay includes NinjaTrader in its offer at no extra cost: the trader pays for the challenge, not for the platform. Phase covered: Evaluation + funded. Access through the CQG feed. Verified on 21 September 2026.
Last verified: 21 September 2026What NinjaTrader really costs at TradeDay
The price a prop firm advertises is the price of the challenge. A platform's price is published elsewhere, when it is published at all. Here are the two added up, term by term.
- TradeDay's cheapest account is a 25K, at $100.
- Add $0 in activation fees when the account goes funded.
- NinjaTrader is included: nothing is added to the price of the challenge.
- Bought directly, NinjaTrader costs $99/month: that is what the trader does not pay separately.
- Entry cost on a 25K account, with the cost of NinjaTrader counted in: $100.
What NinjaTrader can do at TradeDay
NinjaTrader is a “Charting + execution” platform, available on Windows, Web browser, iOS, Android. Recorded features: Footprint / order flow, Volume profile, Order book (DOM), Market replay, Backtesting, API, Alerts, Multi-monitor.
10 tracked prop firms give access to NinjaTrader: 8 include it at no extra cost, 1 charge for it, 1 do not say what it costs. What follows places TradeDay within that set.
TradeDay's cheapest account is a 25K at $100: intraday trailing drawdown, 90% profit split, first payout announced within 1 day. That is what is bought alongside access to NinjaTrader.
Access to NinjaTrader covers both the evaluation and the funded account. There is no change of software along the way, which avoids relearning an order book at the exact moment the money becomes real.
The CQG feed is the one TradeDay uses for NinjaTrader: it decides which market data the platform shows, and two firms on the same software do not necessarily serve the same feed.
TradeDay's rules that govern how NinjaTrader can be used
A platform is only as useful as the contract allows. These five rules are recorded across TradeDay's 5 active programmes; where the programmes differ, it says so.
- Robots and algorithms: allowed with conditionsdepends on NinjaTrader
- Copy trading: allowed with conditions
- Trading through news releases: allowed with conditions
- Holding overnight: allowed with conditions
- Holding over the weekend: not allowed
The other prop firms that give access to NinjaTrader
5 other tracked prop firms give access to NinjaTrader. 2 come in cheaper than TradeDay.
Goat Funded Futures
Goat Funded Futures: platform included, entry cost $69 on a 50K account.
Bulenox
Bulenox: platform included, entry cost $94 on a 25K account.
Tradeify
Tradeify: platform included, entry cost $111 on a 50K account.
FTMO Futures
FTMO Futures: platform included, entry cost $119 on a 50K account.
My Funded Futures
My Funded Futures: cost not published, entry cost $125 on a 50K account.
NinjaTrader at TradeDay: common questions
Is NinjaTrader included in TradeDay's offer?
Yes. TradeDay includes NinjaTrader in the price of the challenge: there is no separate subscription to pay.
How much does it cost to start at TradeDay with NinjaTrader?
$100 for a 25K account, activation fees and the cost of NinjaTrader included.
Can robots or copy trading be run on NinjaTrader at TradeDay?
At TradeDay, robots and algorithms are covered by one rule and copy trading by another. Robots and algorithms: allowed with conditions. Copy trading: allowed with conditions. The platform changes nothing here; the firm's contract decides.
Does another prop firm offer NinjaTrader for less?
Yes: Goat Funded Futures starts at $69 on a 50K account with NinjaTrader, among 2 cheaper ones.
The other platforms available at TradeDay
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