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Do any online trading platforms offer index futures trading?
Question : Do any online trading platforms offer index futures trading?
I’ve been looking around and haven’t found any. I wanted to trade S&P 500 futures. Ideally also they have fairly low fees and so forth, but I can compare that myself.
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Best answer:
Answer by b2fnow
Download NinjaTrader for free and check it out.
http://www.ampfutures.com/index.php
Futures data and currency data feeds are free. Also lowest margin rates I’ve found at $ 500 per contract.
Also, ThinkorSwim is a good one; also a free download.
https://www.thinkorswim.com/tos/displayPage.tos?webpage=main&layout=homeLayout
The Realtick platform through TerraNova is an excellent platform I’ve used for years, but a little pricey: over $ 300/mo. Margin rate for the emini is $ 6,000.
TradeStation is the Cadillac, but very pricey.
Check out the Futures magazine and Active Trader magazine for platform comparison.
You can sign up for a free look at the Firetip Platform (just recently updated) for free. Very state of the art platform the provides all US Futures and Options markets, as wells as index futures.
The guys that run this site I believe are brokers, but provide the free platform with the free subscription sign-up…you just sign up to the right of the page.
Here’s the site: http://thefutureoptionstrading.com/
Hope this helps..