Export and import Replikanto followers and nodes

Export saves a Replikanto list to a text file, and Import loads it back. Use it to keep a backup of your followers and nodes, move your setup to another computer or VPS, or give another tab or workspace the same follower settings without clicking through every row again.

Three lists, each on its own: the Follower Accounts grid, the local network node list (Node IP and Port) and the remote node list (Remote Replikanto ID).
Plain text: a .txt file with one line per row and the fields separated by semicolons, easy to read and to edit.
Any Windows language: Import reads a follower list exported on a computer that uses a decimal comma, such as Portuguese or German, including fractional Ratio and Pct. Change values.
Only what is in the file changes: Import updates the accounts or nodes named in the file and leaves the other rows as they are.

How it works

Each list has its own Import… and Export… items in its right-click menu. Export writes the rows the list shows, with their settings. Import reads a file in the same format and applies it to the list of the tab you are in. The file holds only that list: the leader account, the instrument, the Properties and the rest of the tab are saved with the NinjaTrader workspace.

Follower list

Right-click the Follower Accounts grid to export or import the followers. The default file name is Followers.txt.

Replikanto window with the right-click menu of the Follower Accounts grid open, showing Import... and Export... — Import… and Export… in the Follower Accounts grid menu

Each line of the file holds one account’s settings, in this order (the file itself has no header line):

Account;ATM Copy;Cross Order;Ratio;Pre Allocation;Pct. Change;Status;Market Only

Example:

Sim102;True;False;1;0;0;Checked;False
Sim103;True;MES;0.5;0;0;Checked;False
Sim104;False;False;2;0;0;Checked;True
Sim105;False;False;1;0;0;Off;False

ATM Copy and Market Only are True or False.
Cross Order is False when it is off; otherwise it holds the Cross Order target, such as MES.
Ratio and Pct. Change use a decimal point and no thousands separator, whatever the Windows language.
Status is Checked (on) or Off. A file can also hold Disarmed or OutOfSync, which Import reads as Checked.

When you import a follower list:

Every account named in the file gets the settings from the file. Accounts that are not in the file keep their settings.
An account that has no row in the grid yet, usually because its broker connection is still starting, keeps its imported settings, and Replikanto applies them when the account appears.
If one field cannot be read, or is outside what the grid accepts (Ratio and Pct. Change from -100 to 100), that follower keeps its current value for that field, the rest of the line is still applied, and the NinjaTrader Log tab shows a warning naming the field.
If a line turns on both ATM Copy and Market Only, Market Only wins and ATM Copy stays off, as in the grid.
A follower stays Off when turning it on would create a copy loop with another Replikanto tab, or when its Cross Order target has no match for this tab’s instrument.

Local network node list

On a leader tab, right-click the node list with the Node IP and Port columns, under Replikanto Nodes. The default file name is Nodes.txt.

Each line holds, in this order:

Node IP;Port;Status;Description

Example:

10.0.1.10;4547;Off;Second computer
10.0.1.15;4547;Online;Third computer

The file has no header line. Status is Online (sending on), Away (on, but the node did not answer the last trade) or Off. A line with only an IP address is read with port 4547, status Off and no description.

Remote node list

On a leader tab, right-click the node list with the Remote Replikanto ID column, under Replikanto Nodes. The default file name is RemoteNodes.txt.

Each line holds, in this order:

Remote Replikanto ID;Status;Description

Example (the IDs are made up):

@REP-AAAA-0001;Online;Office computer
@REP-AAAA-0002;Online;VPS
@REP-AAAA-0003;Off;Laptop

The file has no header line. Status is Online, Away or Off, as in the local network node list.

For both node lists, Import adds the nodes that are not in the list yet and updates the status and description of the nodes already there. Nodes that are not in the file stay in the list.

How to set it up

To export, open the Replikanto tab, right-click the list you want to save (Follower Accounts, or one of the two node lists under Replikanto Nodes) and click Export….
Choose a folder and a file name (Followers.txt, Nodes.txt or RemoteNodes.txt by default) and click Save.
To import, open the tab you want to configure. For a follower list, select the leader account and the instrument first.
Right-click the same list, click Import…, select the file and click Open.
Check the grid, then save the NinjaTrader workspace, so the imported settings are there the next time you start NinjaTrader.

Good to know

Rows imported as Checked, Online or Away are on as soon as the import ends: followers copy the leader’s next trade and nodes receive it. Check the file before you import it on a tab with a live leader account.
With Lock follower settings while in a trade on (Properties, on by default), the follower list’s Import… is greyed out while a trade is open on the tab: the leader account holds a position, or a follower that is on holds a position or a working order. Flatten it, or wait for the trade to finish. Export… stays available.
The node lists are shown on leader tabs only. A tab in Network Node Mode (Local Network) or Remote Node Mode (Internet) receives trades and has no node list to export.
If you edit a file by hand, keep the semicolons, one row per line, and the account names exactly as NinjaTrader shows them.
Each imported follower is recorded in the NinjaTrader Log tab (Control Center > Log), with the settings it ended up with.

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