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Trade Futures with the #1 Futures Broker

NinjaTrader provides affordable access to the futures markets for traders. Trade futures with $50 day trading margins and low commissions through our futures brokerage services.

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Futures Trading Done Right

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Free award-winning platforms

Trade with integrated desktop, web and mobile platforms

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Low day trading margins

$50 margins for Micros and $500 for E-Minis

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No deposit minimum* and flexible funding

Multiple ways to fund your account, including ACH

*ACH and debit card transfers are subject to a $5.00 minimum.

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Discount pricing

Save on trades with commissions as low as $.09 per contract

Powerful tools for new and active futures traders

As the leading futures broker, NinjaTrader offers a wide array of additional tools and services to support your futures trading: 

  • Unlimited simulated futures trading
  • Unfiltered professional market data
  • Extensive historical tick, min, and daily data
  • Free 24-hour emergency trade desk
  • Award-winning charting and analysis tools
  • Unlimited support and daily training
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See why more traders are choosing futures

More day traders continue to transition into the highly liquid futures markets.

Trade the same markets as wall street with a lower initial investment.

NinjaTrader has no account minimum* requirement to open an online futures brokerage account, allowing you to choose your own starting balance. As required by the Pattern Day Trader (PDT) Rule, stock traders using margin must maintain a balance of $25,000 to actively day trade.

*ACH and debit card transfers are subject to a $5.00 minimum.
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Control a higher contract value with less capital through leverage*

Futures contracts provide significantly more buying power than stocks, enabling you to control large contract values with a smaller amount of capital.

* Leverage also increases the risk associated with futures trading, and only risk capital should be used to trade.

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Short sell without restriction

When short selling stocks, you pay interest and often must wait for an uptick. But short selling futures is easy: simply sell a contract. Always available. No interest. No uptick rule.
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Expand your trading opportunities with the leading futures brokerage

Gain exposure, manage risk, and expand your trading portfolio to capitalize on the most liquid markets around the world, supported by NinjaTrader’s futures brokerage. 

Track, test, and explore the markets, with more than 100 futures contracts available to trade—indexes, currencies, metals, interest rates, and more. 

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Best brokerage for trading futures

NinjaTrader is recognized for its unique combination of a high-performance trading platform, discount pricing, and real-time support.

Download NinjaTrader's award-winning software for FREE and see why it's consistently voted an industry leader by the trading community. NinjaTrader is always free for advanced charting, backtesting, and trade simulation.

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Why trade futures with NinjaTrader?

There are many reasons why traders of all skill levels choose to diversify their portfolios with futures. Futures offer flexible sizing that allows traders with less capital to enter the market, and they provide nearly 24-hour trading opportunities. With no shorting restrictions or day trading rules, futures traders have greater flexibility to take advantage of market conditions. 

Whether you’re a new trader or seasoned veteran, you want a futures broker that supports you on your journey. With an extensive help center, live chat, and free daily livestreams presented by industry pros to help you analyze and trade the futures markets in real time, NinjaTrader provides multiple resources to help you build your futures trading strategy at your own pace. Get started today to learn more. 

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Access the most popular futures exchanges


CME Group

CME Group is one of the world’s largest exchanges, offering a wide array of futures and options on futures products across different markets.


Eurex

Gain exposure to European markets with Eurex futures. Offering a broad range of international benchmark products, Eurex operates the most liquid fixed income markets in the world.


Coinbase Derivates


Coinbase Derivatives offers highly correlated futures products that are smaller and more affordable contracts than the competition.

Ice


Intercontinental Exchange (ICE); was founded in 2000 to digitize the energy markets and provide greater price transparency.