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Rithmic on a prop-firm eval

Data & routing · reviewed 2026-07-15 · TradersGuild

Rithmic is market-data and order-routing infrastructure, not a charting platform. Many futures prop firms deliver evals as Rithmic credentials: the firm's own docs then point you at a front end that logs into Rithmic — Rithmic's own R|Trader / R|Trader Pro, or platforms like NinjaTrader and Quantower (each firm's supported list is cited below). If your welcome email contains a Rithmic user ID, a password, and a system/server name, this is the layer it belongs to.

Setting it up for an evaluation

  1. 1

    Your firm issues Rithmic credentials with the eval: a user ID, a password, and a system/server name. All three matter.

  2. 2

    Pick a front end from your firm's supported list (see the cited firm pages below) — R|Trader / R|Trader Pro are Rithmic's own, or connect NinjaTrader, Quantower, or another supported platform.

  3. 3

    Enter the credentials in the front end's Rithmic connection dialog and select the exact server the firm names — Quantower's docs note demo-type accounts typically sit on "Rithmic Paper Chicago" while live sits on "Rithmic Aurora Chicago".

  4. 4

    Connect and confirm the eval account and live data before trading.

  5. 5

    If you want two front ends on one Rithmic login at the same time (say, charts in one and a DOM in another), you'll need R|Trader Pro's Plugin Mode — see the gotcha below.

What it costs

We could not verify any published end-user pricing on Rithmic's own site (checked 2026-07-15 — the site renders no readable pricing content). Prop firms bundle Rithmic access with the eval; any market-data fees are the firm's to disclose at checkout.

Worth knowing before you connect

  • One Rithmic login runs ONE platform at a time in direct mode. Quantower's docs describe the workaround: run R|Trader Pro in Plugin Mode with the same credentials and server, which "allows you to connect multiple different platforms simultaneously using the same Rithmic credentials".

    Source · checked 2026-07-15

  • If you also log into R|Trader Pro separately, Quantower's connection settings have a "Use RTrader" option its docs say avoids paying duplicate CME market-data subscription fees.

    Source · checked 2026-07-15

Firms that support Rithmic

Only firms whose own site names Rithmic are listed. A firm missing here means we haven't verified it — not that it's unsupported. See the full compatibility matrix.

Sources

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