Connect TradeStation to Tradetron

Before you start

• A TradeStation account that is funded, or a paper account where TradeStation offers one.
• Options legs need the options approval level TradeStation granted you (levels 0 to 5).
• One broker account per Tradetron account: you cannot add the same broker twice.

Connect TradeStation

1. Sign in to Tradetron, open My Account → Broker & Exchanges, click Add Broker and choose TradeStation.
2. There are no credential fields for TradeStation. Click Save (or Skip for now). Tradetron opens the secure connection page, run by SnapTrade, the connection provider Tradetron uses for US brokers.
3. On that page, pick TradeStation and sign in with your TradeStation username, password and two-factor code. Tradetron never sees them: TradeStation issues a token to the connection.
4. Approve the permissions (read the account, place orders). You come back to Tradetron and the broker shows as connected.
5. If TradeStation offers more than one account under your login, pick the one strategies should trade (verify the account picker with a live account).

Paper trading

For paper trading, add "Trade Station Paper" instead; it connects the same way to your TradeStation simulated account.

After connecting

1. Deploy a strategy in Live Offline first: it reads live prices and places no order.
2. Check the broker log on the deployment after the first signal: it shows what Tradetron sent and what TradeStation answered.
3. Go live when the Live Offline run behaves as you expect. You can exit any deployment with one tap; the connection can be removed from Broker & Exchanges at any time, and revoked at TradeStation too.

Good to know

• TradeStation's simulated account is a separate connection: add "Trade Station Paper" for it.
• Options approval runs 0 to 5 at TradeStation; naked short options sit at the top.
• TradeStation data entitlements are set on their side; Tradetron reads prices through the connection.
• Run the strategy in Live Offline first; it sees live prices and places no order.
• US sessions are 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET; set the strategy's times in your trading hours.

Order types

Tradetron's Market, Limit, Stop-loss and Stop-loss-market orders map to the broker's market, limit, stop-limit and stop orders. Quantities are whole shares or whole contracts (one contract is 100 shares).

Still stuck? Write to [email protected] with the broker name and the time of the attempt; include a screenshot of the Broker & Exchanges row.