NinjaTrader & NinjaTrader Ecosystem Official Partner & Vendor
The platform our tools run on
Every ICF indicator runs inside NinjaTrader 8. The platform provides the charting, the order execution and the strategy backtesting; our tools add the volume and order flow layer on top of it. Nothing we build runs anywhere else.
NinjaTrader costs nothing to use for charting and simulation, so you can learn the platform — and watch our tools work on live market data — before funding an account.
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Free with the platform
- Real-time futures data
- Advanced charting
- Trade simulator on real market data
- Strategy development and backtesting
Who we work with, and what each one does
Three different things, often confused. One is the platform, one is the data that feeds it, and one is the register that lists us.
The platform
NinjaTrader
The trading platform our indicators run inside. Charting, order execution and strategy backtesting, with a free simulator that uses real market data — you can learn the platform before funding anything.
The market data
Kinetick
A platform draws nothing without a data feed, and volume tools are only as honest as the ticks behind them. Kinetick supplies unfiltered real-time data, and end-of-day historical data free of charge.
Where we are listed
NinjaTrader Ecosystem
NinjaTrader's directory of approved third-party vendors. This link goes to our own entry — it is how you can confirm, from their side rather than ours, that ICF Market is a recognised vendor.
The NinjaTrader link is a referral link. It costs you nothing.
The data feed behind the tools
A platform draws nothing without a data feed, and volume tools are only as honest as the ticks behind them. Kinetick supplies unfiltered real-time quotes for stocks, futures and forex, and end-of-day historical data free of charge.
It connects through NinjaTrader directly, and offers reduced CME Group Globex exchange fees on real-time data.
What you need to run our tools
Nothing here is unusual, but it is worth checking before you buy — the volume and order flow tools are only as good as the data reaching them.
- NinjaTrader 8 or 8.1 — our tools are built for it exclusively, and do not run on NinjaTrader 7 or on any other platform
- Any NinjaTrader license — the Free, Lease and Lifetime editions all work
- A real-time feed carrying both tick and Level II data — the tools read every tick, so a filtered or delayed feed makes them less accurate
- One license per machine — hardware upgrades and replacements are handled, but a second machine running at the same time normally needs its own license