Does trade copier need to be open when I'm at work?
Apologies. Its kind of long. Basically, my strategy is meant to be set up before I leave for work, regardless if it executes before or after I leave. It tested pretty well in practice. For context, today was the first day I traded an Apex EA account. Over the weekend, I rewatched a lot of the classroom videos and replay practiced my strategy trying to set up for EA trading this morning. I typically use TradingView (TV) for charts, but from what I read about copy trading, I signed up with Ninja Trader (NT) and the Apex copier on Sunday to try gear up for qualifying multiple EA's Monday morning. I also linked up Tradovate to TV, and Apex to NT desktop. I got up at 3:30am (Hawaii, before work) ready to implement what I practiced. Opened Apex, NT desktop and web, TV, and Tradovate. Couldn't link up Tradovate to TV even though it worked the evening before, Ninja Trader web says I need to fund account before it links to Apex accounts, and I don't know the in's and out's of trading using NT desktop. I ended up opening a single EA bracket trade directly in Tradovate by manually entering numbers from the TV chart. While I'm comfortable with my trading strategy and emotions are controlled, this morning's events/chaos added the unexpected stress that was thought to managed otherwise. Lessons being learned. During lunch, I rewatched Kyle's video on NT copier. That's where the main question came up. It looks like the NT copier desktop app needs to be left open or active. If I set up a copy trade using the NT desktop app, after I learn how to trade using the NT desktop app, does my computer need to remain on while I'm at work for 10 plus hours? If so, do I need to turn off sleep function? I logged into NT web on my phone at work, and it doesn't look like NT web and desktop link up. Kinda makes sense since NT desktop shows Apex accounts and NT web says it needs to be funded. I sincerely appreciate any help people can provide or personal experiences they can share.