A Futures Broker as Sophisticated as You
With advanced trading tools, dedicated support, competitive pricing, and attractive margin rates
TradeStation Securities, Inc.
More buying power when you day-trade popular equity index futures
Our new lower intraday margin rate applies to some of the most-active U.S. index futures during the day-trading session.
- E-mini S&P 500 Futures (ES)
- E-mini Dow Jones Futures (YM)
- E-mini NASDAQ 100 Futures (NQ)
An award-winning* trading platform to level up your futures trading
TradeStation’s feature-rich trading platform lets traders monitor the markets, plan strategies, and implement them in one easy-to-use and convenient place.
Deep historical market price database: Delve into our vault of market data going back many years and spanning across several markets, including all U.S. futures and Eurex futures.
Continuous contract view: Allows you to see long term trends in the futures market.
Backtest your futures trading ideas: Don’t rely solely on intuition – TradeStation gives you the ability to test your ideas before you ever risk a penny.
Advanced charting: Build your own custom indicators or benefit from our expansive suite of built-in indicators.
Integrated futures trading platform: Trade futures alongside equities, options, and ETFs on one integrated platform.
Why trade futures at TradeStation?
TradeStation offers a feature-rich platform and market data to effectively execute your futures-trading strategies, including our advanced trading software, dedicated futures specialists, free educational resources, and competitive pricing plans**.
Educational resources
Powerful futures trading and analysis platform
Competitive pricing
Web and mobile trading
Free market data for non-professional traders
Experienced customer support and trade-desk specialists
Special day-trading margin rates
Access to over 600 futures and futures option products
Futures Trading Demystified: Your Futures Questions Answered
In Futures Trading Demystified, get answers to the most commonly asked futures questions. Get your free guide to learn:
- How futures trading works
- Why traders choose futures
- Answers to frequently asked futures questions
- And much more
More than 600 futures and futures options to trade
TradeStation offers over 600 futures and futures options products to trade, which means expanded trading opportunities in a wide range of markets, including indexes, commodities, metals, and more.
| Indexes | E-mini S&P 500 | Micro E-mini Products | CME Bitcoin Futures |
| Currencies | Euro | British Pound | Japanese Yen |
| Interest Rates | U.S. 5-Year-T Notes | U.S. 10-Year-T- Notes | U.S. 30-T-Bonds |
| Metals | Gold | Silver | Copper |
| Energies | Crude Oil | Natural Gas | Heating Oil |
| Agriculture | Wheat | Corn | Oats |
| Meats | Lean hogs | Live Cattle | Feeder Cattle |
| Softs | Coffee | Cotton | Cocoa |
Trade futures online or on the go
Pick from one of our award-winning trading platforms – desktop, web, or mobile. Download the app today or get started with web trading to level up your futures game.
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What Are the Top Contracts for Futures Traders?
by David Russell on February 22, 2023 at 7:00 am
(This post was updated March 20, 2023.) Futures are derivatives that track products like the S&P 500, crude oil, Treasury bonds and gold. Traders use futures to position for rallies and drops, with the ability to place orders most times of the day. These extended trading hours are a key reason why many customers use The post What Are the Top Contracts for Futures Traders? appeared first on Market Insights.
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Quadruple Witching Dates for 2023: How Can They Impact Stock and Futures Trading?
by David Russell on January 18, 2023 at 7:00 am
Quadruple witching is an event in financial markets when four different sets of futures and options expire on the same day. Futures and options are derivatives, linked to underlying stock prices. When derivatives expire, traders must close or adjust positions. That can trigger significant volume and order flow. The four types of derivatives expiring on quadruple The post Quadruple Witching Dates for 2023: How Can They Impact Stock and Futures Trading? appeared first on Market Insights.
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Futures 101: The Difference Between Trading Stocks and Futures
by David Russell on January 17, 2023 at 6:00 am
Not well-versed in the futures market? Scared about a new kind of advanced product? Here are some basic points to get started. Futures are different from traditional stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) because they track an index. You don’t own anything. You simply have capital in your account and then go “long” or “short.” Profits The post Futures 101: The Difference Between Trading Stocks and Futures appeared first on Market Insights.
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Diagnosing the Coronavirus Selloff: Just How Bad Is It?
by David Russell on December 3, 2022 at 7:00 am
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on February 25, 2020. Stocks continued their selloff on Tuesday as coronavirus spreads around the world. Here are some facts on what it means for your money. First, this pullback is now a “big one.” The S&P 500 went all of last year without falling 3 percent in The post Diagnosing the Coronavirus Selloff: Just How Bad Is It? appeared first on Market Insights.
Get 50% off futures brokerage fees.
$0.25 to $0.75 per contract per side*
- Free market data (CME Globex Value Bundle)
- Special day-trading margin rates
- Access to over 350 futures and futures option products
- Powerful futures trading and analysis platform
* Visit the Awards page to learn more.
** Fees and charges may apply. Visit the Pricing page to learn more about all the fees and charges that may apply.
¹ Promotional rates on futures products: (1) micro futures: $0 commission + $0.25 per contract, per side and (2) futures: $0 commission + $0.75 per contract per side (“Promo Rates”). Promo Rates are not applicable to any futures products bought or sold on the FuturesPlus platform or TradingView. Only Entity (non-Institutional), IRAs, Individual or Joint futures accounts are eligible for Promo Rates. To qualify for Promo Rates, you must be a customer who does not have an existing futures account, opens a futures account with TradeStation Securities, Inc. , and enters promotion code FUTRAFZT on your new account application. Your account will be considered and approved or disapproved based on all relevant factors, including your financial situation and trading experience. Additional restrictions may apply. Prices, fees, and costs are subject to change. This promotion may not be transferred to any other individual and has no monetary value that may be redeemed. The offer cannot be used in combination with another offer unless expressly stated. Service fees, market data fees, premium service fees and other fees and charges may apply. Please visit service fees section for more information. TradeStation reserves the right to terminate this offer or change the terms and conditions at any time. No offer or solicitation to buy or sell securities, securities derivative or futures products or account types of any kind, or any type of trading or investment advice, recommendation or strategy, is made, given or in any manner endorsed by any TradeStation affiliate and the information made available on this Website is not an offer or solicitation of any kind in any jurisdiction where any TradeStation affiliate is not authorized to do business.
Security futures are not suitable for all investors. To obtain a copy of the security futures risk disclosure statement Investment and Trading Disclosures Booklet – Futures.
Margin trading involves risks, and it is important that you fully understand those risks before trading on margin. The Margin Disclosure Statement outlines many of those risks, including that you can lose more funds than you deposit in your margin account; your brokerage firm can force the sale of securities in your account; your brokerage firm can sell your securities without contacting you; and you are not entitled to an extension of time on a margin call. Review the Margin Disclosure Statement.
Diversification and asset allocation do not ensure future performance, success or guarantee against loss.
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