Connect a Rithmic account

Rithmic is used by a large number of futures prop firms. Each firm runs its accounts on its own Rithmic system, so the one extra thing you need compared with other brokers is to know which system your firm uses.

Before you start

• Your Rithmic username and password from your prop firm.
• The name of your firm's Rithmic system. It's usually in the welcome email, and it's the same one you choose when you log in to R Trader Pro or your trading platform.
• Roughly where you are, so you can pick the nearest gateway.

Rithmic may ask you to accept its agreements the first time a login is used from a new application. If a connection fails straight away, log in to R Trader Pro once and accept anything outstanding, then try again.

Connect

1. In the Cockpit, open Accounts and choose Connect account, then Rithmic.
2. Choose Live or Demo to match the account.
3. Pick your firm from the System list. If you're not sure, use the name from your welcome email.
4. Pick the Gateway nearest to you, for example Chicago Area if you're in the US Midwest or Europe if you're in the UK.
5. Choose Trade or Monitor-only. Monitor-only subscribes to fills but never places orders.
6. Continue and sign in. You'll return to Accounts with each account listed.

Trade or monitor-only?

Followers must be Trade connections, because Edgeable has to place orders on them. A leader can be either. Monitor-only is a good choice for a leader when you want a hard guarantee that Edgeable will never send an order to it.

Rithmic and other software

Rithmic limits how many sessions a login can have open at once, and the limit depends on your firm's setup. If your trading platform disconnects when Edgeable connects (or the other way round), ask your firm how many simultaneous sessions your login allows. Edgeable only needs one.

If the connection fails

• Wrong system. Check the system name against your welcome email.
• Agreements not accepted. Log in to R Trader Pro once and accept them.
• Session expired. Reconnect the account from Accounts. The Cockpit alerts you when this happens.