# Overview

## Introducing the CrossTrade API

If you're a developer and you want to run your own algo, indicators, or query information from NT8 outside of the C#/.NET 4.8 environment, now you can!

We just released v1 of our brand new API to connect any code, anywhere, to your NinjaTrader desktop client.

Anyone using the new NT8 Add-On now has free access to the CrossTrade API, which allows communication with your own instance of NT8 through the connected CrossTrade Add-On client.

### **How it Works**

* Connect the NT8 Add-On inside NT8
* Use your Secret Key for an "Authorization: Bearer" header
* Place & cancel orders, query balances and positions, quote symbols. Remotely. From anywhere. All through the CrossTrade API.
* The world is your oyster.

If anyone experiences issues using the API or its documentation, please let us know.

(We are still working on adding code examples for each endpoint, bear with us.)
