Multiple Connections
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NinjaTrader supports multiple simultaneous connections to different connectivity providers and in some cases, to the same connectivity provider. Simply create multiple connections and connect to them.


Primary and Secondary Data Feeds

You may or may not want to use your brokers data feed as your primary data feed. For example, you may want to use eSignal as your primary data feed and your broker as back up. If this is the case, connect to eSignal first and then establish your broker connection. Whenever you request data for a particular market, NinjaTrader will request data from the eSignal connection first and then your broker connection second if a market data request fails from eSignal. During the connection creating process you also have the ability to assign a back up data feed connection. By doing so, you tell NinjaTrader to fail over to the back up data feed if the primary feed is disconnected. This will only work if the back up data feed connection is live.