Platforms for futures trading

[Coin Flip]

I am sorry, it is not regulated by CFTC as far as I know. Your account is not safe. But I have seen their ads on YouTube feeds.

Their website https://us.plus500.com/ says they are registered with CFTC and NFA.

The trading of futures is available through Plus500US Financial Services LLC d/b/a Plus500, a Futures Commission Merchant registered with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and a member of the National Futures Association (NFA ID number 0001398).

 

[Actuarial_Fun]

I like ninjatrader alot. Has good customer service and I like their charts alot. You can do a free demo trial to check it out.

 

[ceaser]

I do not think Ninjatrader has they're own platform, you have to pay for both the platform and the data feed.

 

[Lou Friedman]

I do not think Ninjatrader has they're own platform, you have to pay for both the platform and the data feed.

Like most thing in life, you get what you pay for. Trading retail futures is enough of a challenge without the extra handicap of sup-par software or inadequacy customer support. I use Ninja Trader because I can't afford the cheaper options

 

[mervyn]

IBKR and TradeStation have free data, software and high intraday margins, reasoable commission. Futures only brokers have good selections of platforms, software developement costs money.

 

[p0box4]

I do not think Ninjatrader has they're own platform, you have to pay for both the platform and the data feed.

If you have an account with Ninjatrader Brokerage you get free access to the Ninjatrader platform, AMP also has a few free platforms such as Quantower.

Data fees are very cheap if you take top of book data.

Both Ninja and AMP are solid and safe choices.

 

[CALLumbus]

Rithmic Rtrader. Simple, fast, stable. Data and platform from one hand.

 

[ceaser]

Does anybody get worried when you open a new account with a broker and you have to put your social security number on the internet, I sure do.

 

[mervyn]

Does anybody get worried when you open a new account with a broker and you have to put your social security number on the internet, I sure do.

Have you ever opened online accounts before?

 

[volpri]

One of the brokers I use is AMP. However for AMP I use Sierra Chart for charting instead of a platform provided by AMP. My trades on Sierra chart and DOM go to AMP and are routed through Teton to exchange. Data feed: is Denali Data Exchange Feed. It all works seamlessly once set up. Of course there are fees but to me the stability is worth it.

Sierra charts package 12 has a very realistic Demo using Denali and you can have multiple instances of demo or trading windows on same computer. That is you can be testing strategies for NQ and trading it on a demo and in another instance of Sierra have a Demo open trading NQ Es or YM…etc.

And of course you can also run multiple instances of Sierra Chart at same time and each instance can be connected to a different broker or trading service and routing.

You can also demo trade and live trade at the same time on different instances. So if you think when you are live trading that the market is somehow screwing you over (as many newbies do) LOL just open a live real account Sierra chart window and place a exact duplicate window beside it but have second instance connected to a live demo. Do your trading on the demo and watch when price when it hits your stoploss or profit target. Did the real account move tick for tick with the demo? Of course it did! Do the reverse place trades in real account and watch demo too. They will move tick for tick together so you can put to rest the concept that the market is out to deprive you of your cash. If you still don’t trust your eyes open another completely different platform with another different data feed from a different broker and compare the tick by tick move in that platform with Sierra live and Sierra Demo platform.

That should settle it for you! The market is not out to get you. New traders often think it is because as soon as they buy promptly the market moves down and zaps their stoploss. So they think it is out to “get em”. Or market is heading up so they go long then suddenly a reversal happens right after they get it. Why oh why?

The real problem is not manipulation or trickery but the real problem is that they are not yet good enough as traders in reading PA and where to place Stop losses.

ROFLMAO