Can You Still Connect Topstep to Tradovate?
Topstep trades on TopstepX now, so a new account has no Tradovate login to connect. What replaced it for trading, automation, copying and charting, and what to check before you port a Tradovate bot to the ProjectX API.
Can you still connect a Topstep account to Tradovate? For a new account, no. Topstep trades on its own platform now. Here's what that means for charting, automation and the tools you already use.
Short answer: no. Topstep runs its accounts on TopstepX, its own platform, which is built and owned by ProjectX Trading LLC. A new Topstep account doesn't come with Tradovate, NinjaTrader or Rithmic credentials, so there's nothing to log into Tradovate with. If you want to automate a Topstep account, the route is the ProjectX API, not the Tradovate API.
What changed
Topstep used to be the prop firm people associated with NinjaTrader and Tradovate. That's no longer how it works. Topstep's help center describes one trading platform:
"TopstepX™ is Topstep's trading platform built for execution, risk management, and performance tracking."
And Topstep's site says who builds it: TopstepX "is developed and owned by ProjectX Trading LLC." Tradovate doesn't appear anywhere in Topstep's current platform or API documentation.
If you have an older Topstep account that was opened on a different platform, check with Topstep directly. This post won't guess about legacy accounts.
So what do you connect instead?
It depends on what you wanted Tradovate for.
| You wanted Tradovate for… | On Topstep today |
|---|---|
| Placing trades | TopstepX (web, desktop, mobile) |
| Automation / a bot | The ProjectX API, with a TopstepX API key. $14.50/month with the code topstep. Combine and Express Funded only. |
| TradingView order entry | Not available. TopstepX "cannot connect to external platforms like TradingView." See connecting Topstep to TradingView. |
| Copying trades across accounts | TopstepX's built-in Trade Copier. See Topstep copy trading. |
| Charting in another platform | Possible with a bridge you run yourself. The free Sierra Chart mirror copies orders you click in Sierra Chart to TopstepX. |
If you'd built against the Tradovate API
Tradovate bots don't carry over. The ProjectX API is a different API with its own login, endpoints and order format. The shape of a good bot doesn't change, though: a signal on one end, a broker API on the other, and a layer in the middle that holds your kill switch and position caps.
Two Topstep rules to plan around before you port anything:
- Personal device only. "All trading activity must originate from your personal device. The use of VPS, VPNs, and remote servers is prohibited." If your Tradovate setup ran on a cloud server, it can't run that way on Topstep.
- Not on Live. The API "isn't available on Live." Automation stops at the Live Funded Account. The full picture is in does Topstep allow automated trading.
If Tradovate is non-negotiable
Then Topstep is the wrong firm for that setup, and that's fine. Plenty of futures prop firms still issue Tradovate or Rithmic logins. Check the firm's own platform page before you buy, not a review site. Review sites are frequently wrong on prop rules.
Next
- What is ProjectX? →: the platform that replaced the third-party logins.
- How to get your TopstepX API key →
- Does Topstep allow automated trading? →
Topstep quotes retrieved 2026-11-05. Prop platforms change; check the linked pages before you act on them.
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