It has been a while since I last posted here. Not because nothing was happening. Quite the opposite: these past weeks, I was deep in it.
From the start, LowFlow has been built to work with different sources. Add-ons were a first answer: a simple, local way to connect your platform to the journal. But I don't want LowFlow limited to that single path.
This kind of integration isn't decided with code alone
Connecting a real data source means going through their processes. Meeting their requirements. Answering their questions. Adapting some parts. Validating that everything is done properly. It's slow, and that's normal.
Meanwhile, the blog took a back seat. I preferred moving the Journal forward and writing to you once I had something concrete to show.
Today, these doors are open
Tradovate and Rithmic can now be connected directly to the Journal. No add-on needed for that: you connect your account, and the Journal fetches your trades.
For those who prefer something else, the other paths are still there: the NinjaTrader add-on, and file import.
Several paths, not a single way of doing things
That has been the philosophy of the project from the start. A trader prefers an add-on? Perfect. Another prefers a direct connection? Perfect too. What matters is that they don't have to change how they work to use their journal.
What comes next
I won't announce things here that aren't validated yet. I'd rather show you what actually works.
But the rhythm is coming back. The next episodes will show what these connections concretely change inside the Journal.