Firm website: halcyontraderfunding.com
Yes, with PropFirmConnector. Halcyon’s Rithmic accounts use its own System, HalcyonTrader, which NinjaTrader’s built-in Rithmic list does not include; the add-on provides it. Use the User ID (HTF- followed by numbers) and password from your Halcyon credentials email and select HalcyonTrader for System.
This guide covers how to connect Halcyon Trader Funding Rithmic accounts to NinjaTrader. PropFirmConnector is an independent third-party add-on and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Halcyon Trader Funding, NinjaTrader, or Rithmic.
Halcyon Trader Funding (halcyontraderfunding.com) offers Rithmic, dxFeed and WealthCharts connections; you choose at checkout and cannot change it later. Accounts move from an Evaluation (Lite, Prime or Dynamic) to a simulated Reward account.
Halcyon’s credentials email names its own Rithmic System, HalcyonTrader. NinjaTrader’s built-in Rithmic list does not include it, so PropFirmConnector provides it and keeps your Halcyon login connected alongside other firms’ Rithmic logins.
NinjaTrader’s built-in Rithmic System list does not include HalcyonTrader.
PropFirmConnector: Required for NinjaTrader 8. Select HalcyonTrader and sign in with your HTF User ID and password.
Halcyon’s dxFeed accounts run Volumetrica and DeepCharts; the connection is fixed at checkout.
PropFirmConnector: Not applicable: PropFirmConnector connects Rithmic logins only.
Halcyon names Ironbeam as its live-account data provider.
PropFirmConnector: If your live account is a Rithmic login, PropFirmConnector connects it with Rithmic 01 (Chicago). Email support and we’ll confirm the settings for your account.
After payment, Halcyon emails your login credentials with a link to Rithmic’s trader agreements. The User ID is your Halcyon username, HTF- followed by numbers (for example HTF-90548), with the same password, not your email. The Server or System is HalcyonTrader.
Open Halcyon dashboard (opens in a new tab)Before connecting any third-party app, open the Rithmic agreement link in Halcyon’s credentials email and sign in with your HTF User ID and password to accept Rithmic’s license agreement; it is done once per user. Halcyon notes that 99% of traders elect Non-Professional status. The direct PropFirmConnector setup below does not require R|Trader Pro to stay open.
From your PropFirmConnector account, download PropFirmConnector.zip and close NinjaTrader completely. Extract the ZIP, then copy NinjaTrader.Custom-pfc.dll to My Documents\NinjaTrader 8\bin\Custom. Start NinjaTrader again and, when your browser opens, click Activate this device.
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Start NinjaTrader 8 and sign in with your NinjaTrader account credentials when prompted. These are your NinjaTrader credentials, not the Rithmic username and password issued by Halcyon Trader Funding.
In the NinjaTrader Control Center, select Connections, then configure. Select Rithmic for NinjaTrader Brokerage from the Available list on the left, enter the Rithmic username and password issued by Halcyon Trader Funding, give the connection a recognizable name, leave Connect on start up and Plug-in mode off, and select HalcyonTrader for System.
HalcyonTraderThe Username and Password are case-sensitive.
Open Connections again and click the connection name you just created. A green status indicator and the account appearing in NinjaTrader confirm the connection.
If Evaluation (Rithmic) is missing:
Yes, with PropFirmConnector. Halcyon’s Rithmic accounts connect to NinjaTrader 8 through the add-on with System HalcyonTrader.
HalcyonTrader, the Server named in Halcyon’s credentials email. NinjaTrader’s built-in Rithmic System list does not include it; PropFirmConnector adds it.
In the credentials email Halcyon sends after payment. The User ID is HTF- followed by numbers; do not use your email.
No. With PropFirmConnector, a free NinjaTrader account works for your Halcyon Rithmic login.
Yes. PropFirmConnector keeps your Halcyon login connected alongside other firms’ Rithmic logins, such as Apex, Lucid Rithmic or Tradeify Rithmic, in one NinjaTrader instance.
No. PropFirmConnector is an independent NinjaTrader add-on and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Halcyon Trader Funding, NinjaTrader, or Rithmic.