Choose a trading VPS around the Windows software your workflow needs. Ninja Mobile Trader VPS specializes in hosting NinjaTrader Desktop, including the indicators, strategies and compatible add-ons you install alongside it. You access that hosted workspace from a supported phone, tablet, Mac or PC instead of depending on an always-on home computer.
Our subscriptions include the Windows Server license and 24/7 support. Use this guide to identify the desktop components you need, then follow the matching setup path.
Start with three workflow questions#
- Do you need a particular Desktop tool? If your task uses NinjaScript, a Windows copier or an installed desktop workspace, put that application and its dependencies on the VPS. Remote access shows you that Windows installation from your chosen device.
- What runs after you close your own computer? Name the actual process: a NinjaTrader strategy, Quantower copy bot, MetaTrader terminal or separate Windows bridge. A browser dashboard may only control a service running elsewhere.
- Is the task already handled entirely by a web or mobile service? Identify any remaining Windows component before choosing hosting. For example, TradingView alerts run on TradingView’s servers; an external Windows bridge or the Desktop workspace is a separate reason to use our VPS.
This turns “I use this platform” into a useful hosting requirement: these applications, on this Windows host, with these connections.
Find your platform’s setup path#
| Your workflow | What belongs on the hosted desktop | Continue with NMT |
|---|---|---|
| NinjaTrader Desktop indicators, strategies or local copier tools | NinjaTrader, the compatible add-ons and their required connections | NinjaTrader setup and sizing |
| Quantower desktop panels or account copying | Quantower and its configured copy bot; copying requires the platform to remain open | Quantower hosted access and copying setup |
| TradeStation Desktop workspace | The Desktop installation, saved workspace and required TradingApps | TradeStation hosted access and workspace guide |
| MT4 or MT5 desktop Expert Advisor (EA) | The intended terminal, EA files, broker connection and required companion tools | MetaTrader hosted access and terminal setup |
| TradingView Desktop with Windows companion software | The Desktop workspace and any Windows bridge or connector your integration requires | TradingView Desktop access and alert/bridge guide |
The operating requirements differ. Quantower documents its platform-running requirement for copying. TradeStation identifies Chart Analysis, Matrix, RadarScreen and custom tools as Desktop TradingApps. In MT5, platform-wide and individual EA permissions both affect automated trading. Use the linked NMT guide for the detailed configuration.
Example: NinjaTrader strategy, broker connection and phone access#
For a NinjaScript strategy you want to inspect from an iPhone, keep the roles clear:
- The VPS runs the work: NinjaTrader Desktop, the strategy and any required Windows add-ons.
- NinjaTrader holds the connection: configure the broker or data-feed connection and intended account in that hosted installation. NinjaTrader’s strategy documentation requires the appropriate connection and an enabled strategy; an open application alone is not the whole setup.
- The phone provides access: connect to the hosted Windows desktop to inspect that installation. The mobile handoff guide walks through checking the running host with the home PC off.
The benefit is one NMT-hosted Desktop workspace reachable from your devices. You keep your Desktop tools together rather than trying to recreate the workspace in each device’s native app.
Match compatibility and capacity to that workspace#
Our standard Windows Server 2022 image falls within NinjaTrader’s published Windows Server 2016-or-later requirement. Check the exact platform release and each add-on’s requirements together; a platform’s Windows support does not establish every plug-in’s compatibility.
Before selecting resources, record:
- Software: platform versions, indicator/EA/copier names and any activation required on a new machine.
- Connections: broker or funded-account environment, data-feed access and supported copier destinations.
- Load: charts, history, indicators, strategy calculations and companion applications that run together.
- Access: the devices and screen layouts you will actually use.
Measure the complete workload in a supported simulation environment. Use the NinjaTrader sizing guide for plan allocations, or the VPS versus dedicated-server guide when demanding calculations compete for resources. Platform or account count alone is not a reliable capacity measurement.
Connect the workspace, then check recovery#
The Windows VPS setup guide covers installation and reconnecting to the same desktop. Use the automation continuity guide to check what happens after an application or connection interruption.
For supported disconnected NinjaTrader feeds, we recommend Ninja Watchdog. It reconnects supported accounts including Rithmic and Tradovate, waits for live data and can restore interrupted strategies. It runs alongside NinjaTrader on Windows; it cannot repair an unavailable provider, so account and strategy state still need checking.
Bring your Windows trading tools together on our servers: choose your Ninja Mobile Trader VPS plan.