Meridian

Real-time risk-management software for futures traders, which I founded in April 2026 and run myself. It's listed in the NinjaTrader Ecosystem after NinjaTrader's compliance, QA and executive review, with Tradovate and Ironbeam apps in early access.

Visit meridianpsi.com See the NinjaTrader listing

Meridian's website: real-time risk management for futures traders, on NinjaTrader, Tradovate and Ironbeam.

In April 2026 I founded Meridian, real-time risk-management software for futures traders, and I own every part of it. I taught myself C#/.NET to write its real-time engine and got it through the compliance, QA and executive review at NinjaTrader, the largest futures trading platform; it's listed on its platform, and its Tradovate and Ironbeam apps are in early access. I set the pricing, run the affiliate program and the marketing, and handle the support conversations with traders myself. When the first pricing didn't work, I made the core product free and kept one paid feature. Nobody asked me to build any of it, and I've learned more from it than from anything else. I also built CrazySmartPDF, which turns Excel files into print-ready PDFs in one batch.

Meridian's pricing page: the core product free, Guard $29.99 a month. — Pricing today: the core product is free and Guard is the one paid feature. I made that change when the first pricing didn't work.

Meridian's platforms page: a NinjaTrader 8 add-on available now, and standalone Tradovate and Ironbeam apps in early access. — It started as a NinjaTrader 8 add-on. The same engine now also runs as standalone apps for Tradovate and Ironbeam, in early access.

The NinjaTrader Ecosystem directory, filtered to the vendor Meridian: one listing, Meridian's behavioral risk management and discipline monitor for NinjaTrader 8. — Its listing in the NinjaTrader Ecosystem, NinjaTrader's directory of third-party add-ons.

Next project · Budgeting and forecasting

Budget review dashboard

The live dashboard our monthly budget review runs on, rebuilt here on made-up data. It shows how I turned an Excel workbook pasted in by hand into a live system that leadership and program managers use every day.

See the dashboard

The budget review dashboard's Portfolio view, on demo data: budget, spend to date, projected balance and status for every program.

All work