Luis
May 2026
Great Tool and Responsive Developer
“The tool is clean, practical, and very useful for fast chart-based execution. Bani has been great to communicate with: responsive, open to feedback, and clearly willing to listen to trader ideas.”
NinjaTrader Chart Trader add-on
A NinjaTrader Chart Trader add-on from Nexus Indicator and an alternative to the native panel and ATM-only workflows. Set your trading rules before the session, then execute from the chart with enforced risk limits, dollar-risk position sizing, and visual risk/reward planning.
From $299 for one year or $599 lifetime · one payment · no subscription · every feature included
Luis
May 2026
“The tool is clean, practical, and very useful for fast chart-based execution. Bani has been great to communicate with: responsive, open to feedback, and clearly willing to listen to trader ideas.”
Joe
Jul 2026
“Honestly I have to say this is the best experience I ever had with regards to the support and the value for money I got from this software! They have managed to include in the Nexus Chart Trader everything I could ask for and more, and will fix every issue you might have at no time. I cannot recommend them enough!”
Kathy
Jan 2026
“Great for personal account in risk management and ideal for a prop firm tool”
Chuck
Jun 2026
“After trying a number of free and paid chart traders, Nexus Chart Trader is by far the best of the best, and this is not hype. The way it shows TP and SL on screen before you execute an order is fantastic. The customer service is the best in the industry.”
Michael
Jan 2026
“Great features and affordable price compared to the competition. Frequent improvements and refinements; the developer truly listens to user recommendations. There are also helpful YouTube videos when new releases launch. Highly recommend.”
Andy
Jan 2026
“Nexus Chart Trader is hands-down one of the most powerful trading tools I've ever used. It replaces the default NinjaTrader interface with a professional-grade cockpit: intuitive, lightning fast, and built for traders who demand precision. Highly recommended.”
Peter
Jul 2026
“The indicators are excellent, but the customer service stands out. The team welcomes feedback and quickly implements valuable improvements. Nexus Chart Trader may already be the best chart trader for NinjaTrader.”
Vipin
Jan 2026
“A Must-Have for Professional Execution. Nexus Chart Trader is a total game-changer for NinjaTrader. It replaces the clunky default interface with a high-performance cockpit that makes execution effortless. The automated account rotation and dollar-based risk management are absolute essentials for anyone managing multiple funded accounts. It's fast, intuitive, and brings a level of discipline to my trading that wasn't possible before. Best investment I've made for myself!”
Rotation, visual execution, and automated risk controls in one panel.
Nexus Chart Trader can send each new NCT entry to the next eligible account in a configured rotation.
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Multi-Timeframe Volatility
Chart · 1M · 5M · 15M · 1H · 4H · Daily
How Indicator Attachment Works
Works with any NinjaTrader indicator that has a visible plot on the chart.
Speed, privacy, and professional workflow tools built for daily execution.
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Nexus Chart Trader is a NinjaTrader 8 add-on for chart-based execution, position sizing and configurable account risk controls. Set your rules before the session, then enforce them through the trading workflow.
Six account safeguards
Separate thresholds for funded and evaluation accounts. When the limit is reached, NCT closes exposure and locks the account for the configured session. The local lock persists across restarts and reconnections.
When daily PnL reaches the configured target, NCT secures the close and locks the account after the target is banked, helping protect the completed session.
Uses the broker-published remaining drawdown when the connection provides it, with a configurable NCT calculation available as a compatibility fallback.
After a profit milestone is reached, a hard floor or trailing percentage can protect part of the session gain and trigger a controlled close if the threshold is breached.
Blocks new entries above the configured maximum and reduces excess quantity if fills or position changes move the account beyond that limit.
Positions can be flattened before the configured session end to reduce accidental overnight exposure. The lead time is configurable from 1 to 60 minutes.
Every feature on both plans. One payment, no automatic renewal.
One payment · no automatic renewal
NT8 Desktop · Windows · one Machine ID
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One payment · no renewal or subscription
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Compatibility or setup questions? Contact support
Get Chart Trader and the Trading Journal together in the $749 Nexus Bundle and save $99.
Native NinjaTrader Chart Trader vs. Nexus
NinjaTrader documents its built-in Chart Trader as a panel for submitting, modifying, and cancelling orders. Nexus Chart Trader is separate third-party add-on software that adds rotation, risk locks, and multi-account controls. Read NinjaTrader’s Chart Trader documentation.
Swipe table →
| Capability | Native panel / account controls | Nexus Chart Trader |
|---|---|---|
| Visual drag-to-set entry / stop / target | Basic | Full, auto-sized |
| Dollar-risk based position sizing | × | ✓ |
| Multi-account rotation & parking | × | ✓ |
| Daily loss & profit locks (survive restarts) | Eligible account settings; scope varies | ✓ |
| Trailing drawdown & Profit Protector | Eligible account settings; scope varies | ✓ |
| Consecutive-loss global cooldown | × | ✓ |
| Auto-breakeven & volatility trailing | ATM only | Integrated |
| TP / SL calculation modes | Ticks | 6 TP · 5 SL |
| Attach SL/TP to an indicator plot | × | ✓ |
| Scale-in entries with bracket recalc | × | ✓ |
| News event & schedule trade lock | × | ✓ |
| Auto-close before session end | × | ✓ |
| Order timeout (auto-cancel limits) | × | ✓ |
| Max position size auto-trim | × | ✓ |
| Execution markers with PnL labels | × | ✓ |
| Streamer / privacy mode | × | ✓ |
| Configurable hotkeys | Limited | 13+ |
| OBS recording trigger on entry | × | ✓ |
| Order throttling for stable connections | × | ✓ |
Nexus Chart Trader is a NinjaTrader add on from Nexus Indicator for chart-based order entry, bracket management, position sizing, and account-risk controls on NinjaTrader 8. It runs alongside NinjaTrader's own Chart Trader and does not modify NinjaTrader. Your saved NinjaTrader ATM templates can be loaded into the Nexus panel, and Copy Trading is built in.
Use the Visual RR tool to set an entry, stop, and target on the chart before sending the order. You can move those prices while planning; Nexus then submits the selected entry type and maintains the bracket using the chosen configuration. Multi-target mode creates separate target and stop pairs for the configured allocation.
Turn on Auto Position Sizing, set the dollar risk per trade, and place a valid entry and stop. Nexus divides the stated dollar risk by the stop distance times the instrument point value, rounds down to whole contracts, and applies the configured maximum-contract cap. Without a usable stop, it cannot calculate a risk-sized quantity.
Yes. Your saved NinjaTrader ATM templates appear in the ATM/TPL dropdown on the Nexus panel, and picking one loads its profit targets (up to 5), stop loss, quantity, breakeven and trailing-stop settings. Nexus still places and manages every order, so daily loss locks, loss-streak locks, Smart Rotation and Copy Trading keep working. Chase, MIT targets, simulated stops and shadow strategies are not used.
Each enabled account can have daily-loss, daily-profit, and trailing-drawdown limits. You can use account-specific settings or allow a funded or evaluation group profile to supply them. When a provider publishes remaining drawdown, Nexus uses that value; otherwise it can use the configured fallback.
When a configured limit is reached, Nexus blocks new entries for the affected account and runs its close and cancel workflow. A daily-profit target has a separate close-confirmation path, so the lock is not treated as complete until that close is resolved. These controls do not guarantee an exact loss in a fast market, during a disconnection, or when broker execution differs from the requested order.
With the Risk Manager active, making a risk limit looser, including increasing or clearing a limit, is deferred by a 60-minute cooldown. Tightening a limit applies immediately. The delay is designed to stop an impulsive change from immediately weakening active protection.
Risk-lock state is saved and reloaded after a Nexus or NinjaTrader restart. Live monitoring, cancellations, and order handling still need NinjaTrader and the account connection to be operating. Confirm the connection and provider behavior before relying on any server-side lock.
Smart Rotation sends each new entry to the next eligible account in your rotation. Copy Trading, built into Nexus Chart Trader, sends every action on your chart account to all accounts in the copy group at once: entries, exits, stop and target moves, breakeven and trailing. Each account has its own size ratio and its own protection. You can use one or the other at a time.
Optional hotkeys can be configured for buy, sell, close, account navigation, Visual RR actions, break-even, trailing, and quantity presets. Hotkeys are disabled until enabled, and each action uses one unmodified key. Streamer privacy can redact digits and mask P&L and balance values in Nexus's own display; it does not change broker data.
The selected break-even or trailing mode determines the trigger, such as ticks, percentage to target, or R, and the offset. Nexus can maintain the configured stop for the full position or a selected portion. Actual order changes are broker orders handled through NinjaTrader.
Nexus Chart Trader is available as a $299 one-year license (one payment, no automatic renewal) or a $599 lifetime license. The license is tied to one NinjaTrader Machine ID, shown in Control Center under Help and About. Checkout requires that ID before payment. For a normal replacement computer, contact support with the purchase email and new Machine ID to request a rebind.
Still have questions? Contact support before you purchase.
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