The platform and data feed we trade on ourselves
QuantLab Journal is a journal, not a broker or a trading platform. NinjaTrader is where we place and manage futures trades, and Kinetick is the market data feed behind it. Both are tools we use and recommend, and both are tools QuantLab Journal integrates with.
Our recommended trading platform
NinjaTrader is the platform we place our own futures trades on. It is free to download, with live simulation and charting included before you fund a live account.
- Real-time futures data and advanced charting
- A free trade simulator, so you can practice before risking capital
- Strategy development and backtesting tools
- Thousands of add-ons for customizing the platform to how you trade
Our recommended market data feed
Kinetick supplies the real-time and historical market data behind NinjaTrader. We use it for the same reason most active futures traders do: it is fast, and it is priced for traders who watch a lot of contracts, not institutions.
- Fast, unfiltered real-time quotes for futures, stocks and forex
- Free end-of-day historical data through the NinjaTrader platform
- Can reduce the CME Group Globex exchange fees you pay on real-time data
How this fits with your journal
QuantLab Journal does not place trades and is not a broker. Once you are trading on NinjaTrader, export your fills as a CSV and import them into QuantLab Journal, alongside Tradovate, Topstep, Apex or any other spreadsheet, and it scores them against your prop firm's rules automatically.
NinjaTrader® is a registered trademark of NinjaTrader Group, LLC. No NinjaTrader company has any affiliation with the owner, developer, or provider of the products or services described herein, or any interest, ownership or otherwise, in any such product or service, or endorses, recommends or approves any such product or service.
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