Connect TradeZero to Tradetron

Before you start

• A TradeZero account that is funded, or a paper account where TradeZero offers one.
• Options legs need options trading enabled on your TradeZero account.
• One broker account per Tradetron account: you cannot add the same broker twice.

Connect TradeZero

1. Sign in to Tradetron, open My Account → Broker & Exchanges, click Add Broker and choose TradeZero (Connect-Trade).
2. Click Save. Tradetron opens Connect-Trade's hosted authorisation page for the broker.
3. Sign in there with your TradeZero credentials and approve the connection. Tradetron never sees your password.
4. You come back to Tradetron and the broker shows as connected. If the page times out (the link is valid for five minutes), click Connect again.

Paper trading

For paper trading, add "TradeZero PT (Connect-Trade)" instead; it connects the same way to your TradeZero demo 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 TradeZero 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 TradeZero too.

Good to know

• TradeZero connects through Connect-Trade, a hosted authorisation page: you sign in there, never in Tradetron.
• The TradeZero demo account is a separate connection: add "TradeZero PT (Connect-Trade)" for it.
• 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.