Going Live..Seeking Guidance

[New Guy]

Good day/night to Everyone,

I am new to this board, I also hope that I'm postng this question to the correct Board; if not Please excuse me.

I am a Novice at Live Futures Trading. I am a Senior Computer Engineer by trade. I have been practicing in simulation mode for over 2yrs on NT7; I have also developed 3 automated strategies and confident they can be profitable. I have generated expendable capital and I'm now ready to enter the Live market. I am humbly seeking guidance to accomplish going live.


- How much total $USD will i need to successfully be able to trademy first contract under the CME or CBOT exchanges for example?

- What are/is the best exchange and what instruments to start off trading (i had technology stocks in mind). what would be the best start off contract?

- what accounts should I open?

-what are reasonable priced brokers to approach?

- best pre-market news feeds / blog/ forums..etc to focus on for a best productive and results based trading days

- Best days / times of day to trade futures?


Thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter

Kind Regards,
New Guy

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello New Guy,

Thank you for your post and welcome to the NinjaTrader Support Forum!

It is best to contact your broker to discuss the fees and the required funds for your account(s).

For questions on the best markets you may wish to contact one of our educators or see if one of the support members here have any insight. You can find our educators at the following link: http://www.ninjatrader.com/partners.php#Education

If you have questions on data feed providers and brokers and which one may best fit you best you can send a note to sales[at]ninjatrader[dot]com.

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.