Broker connections
Connect a broker.
Bring your trade plans into Interactive Brokers or NinjaTrader 8. Choose the guide for your broker below, or use the built-in Local account to practice.
Want to see a plan first? Build a sample plan in your browser with no email or install.
First installation? Start with Set up access for first-launch instructions.
Check your installed version. Mac and Windows setup screens may differ. Follow the connection checks shown in your app.
Your first connection
- 1. Learn
Use Local without a broker. - 2. Connect
When ready, follow one IBKR paper guide. - 3. Verify
Confirm account identity and mode after every restart.
Start with Local
Local is the built-in simulated account. Learn to read a plan and find its outcome without a broker connection or real money.
No broker connection · no real money
Interactive Brokers with IB Gateway
Connect an Interactive Brokers paper account through IB Gateway. Keep Gateway open while using BrokerBridge and begin with read-only access.
paper port 4002 · start read-only
Interactive Brokers with TWS
Connect an Interactive Brokers paper account through Trader Workstation (TWS). Keep TWS open while using BrokerBridge and begin with read-only access.
paper port 7497 · start read-only
Already use NinjaTrader 8?
NinjaTrader 8 runs on Windows. Install it on the same PC as BrokerBridge, install the add-on, point it at your Sim account and the same plan, approval and position workflow runs without real money. If a step does not match your build, ask support with your NinjaTrader version and the error and it gets checked against that build.
Installation and configuration reference
Find configuration paths, activation settings and connection details in the advanced setup reference.
Confirm your account
These beginner walkthroughs use paper or Sim accounts. If your screen shows a live or unknown account, check the connection with thetroubleshooting cards.