Futures Trading
Platforms offering exchange-listed futures and futures options.
What this category covers
Futures platforms are distinguished by the exchanges and contracts they support, whether micro contracts are available, published commissions, exchange and market-data fees, and intraday versus overnight margin treatment.
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Platforms in this category (43)
| Platform | Commission | Micro futures | Futures options | Exchanges |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Capital Futures Strategy Fund | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| AMG Systematica Managed Futures Strategy Fund | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| AQR Managed Futures Strategy Fund | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Aspect Capital | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Campbell & Company | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Catalyst/Millburn Hedge Strategy Fund | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Charles Schwab | Not documented | Yes | Yes | Not documented |
| Chesapeake Capital | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Coinbase | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Crabel Capital Management | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| DUNN Capital Management | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| E*TRADE | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| First Trust Managed Futures Strategy Fund | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| FOREX.com | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Graham Capital Management | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| IASG | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Interactive Brokers | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Kalshi | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Kraken | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| KraneShares Mount Lucas Managed Futures Index Strategy ETF | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Lightspeed | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| LoCorr Market Trend Fund | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Lynx Asset Management | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| NinjaTrader | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | CME Group, Eurex, ICE, Coinbase Derivatives |
| PIMCO TRENDS Fund | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| QMS Capital Management | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| RCM Alternatives | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Return Stacked U.S. Stocks & Managed Futures ETF | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Revolution Capital Management | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Robinhood | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Simplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Standpoint Multi-Asset Fund | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| tastytrade | Not documented | Yes | Yes | Not documented |
| TradersPost | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| TradeStation | Not documented | Yes | Yes | Not documented |
| Tradier | Not documented | Not documented | Yes | Not documented |
| Transtrend | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Virtus AlphaSimplex Managed Futures Strategy Fund | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Webull | Not documented | Yes | Yes | Not documented |
| Welton Investment Partners | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Winton Managed Futures Trend Fund | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
Abbey Capital Futures Strategy Fund
Investors seeking daily-liquidity mutual-fund access to diversified managed futures plus fixed income and who can meet the applicable share-class minimum.
- Minimum
- $2,500 initial for Class A and Class C; $1,000,000 for Class I. Class T is not currently available; intermediaries may modify or waive minimums.
- Eligibility
- Open
AMG Systematica Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Investors seeking daily-liquidity mutual-fund access to systematic managed futures across equities, fixed income, currencies and commodities and who can meet the applicable share-class minimum.
- Minimum
- Class-specific: Class N $2,000 regular / $1,000 IRA; Class I $100,000 regular / $25,000 IRA; Class Z $5,000,000 regular / $50,000 IRA.
- Eligibility
- Open
AQR Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Investors seeking mutual-fund access to systematic managed futures across global asset classes who can meet the applicable share-class or distribution-channel requirements and tolerate derivatives, short positions and strategy volatility.
- Minimum
- Class I (AQMIX): $5 million for individual investors; AQR currently lists no minimum for institutional investors or accounts offered by financial advisers. Other share classes and intermediary requirements can differ.
- Eligibility
- Open
Aspect Capital
Qualified investors seeking systematic diversified managed-futures exposure across many global markets who can evaluate program/share-class minimums, incentive fees, derivative risk and vehicle-specific liquidity.
- Minimum
- No universal Aspect minimum. The current Aspect Diversified Fund Class A USD reference is $100,000; other programs, share classes, managed accounts or private vehicles may use different thresholds.
- Eligibility
- Open
Campbell & Company
Institutional and sophisticated qualified investors seeking systematic managed-futures or multi-strategy derivatives exposure who can meet strategy-specific thresholds and tolerate leverage, derivatives risk and vehicle-specific liquidity.
- Minimum
- No universal Campbell minimum. Current public program materials use strategy/presentation-specific institutional references, including approximately $25 million for a representative Campbell Managed Futures account and $50 million for the composite; actual fund, SMA and other vehicle requirements can differ.
- Eligibility
- Open
Catalyst/Millburn Hedge Strategy Fund
Investors seeking mutual-fund access to a systematic futures/FX strategy combined with a long-only equity component who value daily fund pricing and can tolerate derivatives risk and relatively high alternative-fund expenses.
- Minimum
- $2,500 minimum initial investment across the currently listed Class I, A, C and C-1 shares; current fund materials also reference a $50 minimum subsequent investment.
- Eligibility
- Open
Charles Schwab
Investors seeking a large full-service brokerage with trading, retirement, banking-linked services, funds, fixed income and planning resources.
- Minimum
- Schwab states that its standard brokerage account has no opening minimum.
- Eligibility
- Open
Chesapeake Capital
Sophisticated trend-following investors, QEP/qualified-client investors, institutions and family offices seeking broad global trend exposure who understand derivatives, notional funding and incentive-fee mechanics.
- Minimum
- No universal firmwide minimum. Current Chesapeake disclosures list preferred minimums of $5 million for Diversified and $10 million for Multi-Asset Trend and Pure Trend; program and negotiated account terms control.
- Eligibility
- Open
Coinbase
Investors who want crypto and traditional securities in one interface and are willing to understand which legal entity holds each balance.
- Minimum
- No account minimum; $1 minimum for eligible fractional stock orders and $1 minimum USDC balance for USDC Rewards
- Eligibility
- Open
Crabel Capital Management
Institutional systematic and QEP investors seeking short- and medium-term futures/FX strategies, including momentum, mean-reversion and trend exposures, who can tolerate program-specific drawdowns and operational complexity.
- Minimum
- No universal Crabel minimum. Current IASG pages show $1 million minimum references for Multi-Product 1x, Gemini 1x and Advanced Trend 1x, while dated March 2026 sources show materially higher $10 million to $50 million-plus references for applicable programs; the program, vehicle and current agreement control.
- Eligibility
- Open
DUNN Capital Management
Sophisticated QEP investors and institutions seeking high-conviction systematic trend following across global futures who can tolerate substantial volatility, drawdowns, leverage, and incentive-fee economics.
- Minimum
- No single current universal DUNN minimum should be published. Current dated WMA references show $10 million for WMA and $25 million for WMA Institutional, both QEP-only, while older or undated databases still show about $100,000; the dated program terms control unless DUNN publishes a newer universal figure.
- Eligibility
- Open
E*TRADE
E*TRADE combines broad investing, Power E*TRADE tools, options, futures, crypto and retirement accounts under Morgan Stanley.
- Minimum
- $0 minimum for a standard E*TRADE self-directed brokerage account. Core Portfolios has a separate $500 initial minimum and should not be presented as the brokerage-account minimum.
- Eligibility
- Open
First Trust Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Investors seeking managed-futures exposure through a liquid ETF rather than a direct CTA account, who are comfortable with active long/short futures, leverage, collateral holdings and a 0.98% current expense ratio.
- Minimum
- No fund-imposed retail investment minimum is published. FMF is an exchange-traded fund, so investors generally buy shares through a brokerage subject to share price, broker and order-size requirements.
- Eligibility
- Open
FOREX.com
Active U.S. forex traders who want a choice between spread-only and commission pricing with TradingView, MetaTrader or API access.
- Minimum
- No formal account minimum is stated. Current funding guidance sets a $100 minimum deposit per bank or debit transaction and recommends a $2,500 starting amount for greater trading flexibility and risk management.
- Eligibility
- Open
Graham Capital Management
Institutional and qualified investors seeking systematic trend, quantitative macro or discretionary global-macro exposure who can evaluate route-specific minimums, derivatives risk and liquidity.
- Minimum
- No public universal Graham minimum. Current public materials cover multiple private-fund, managed-account and UCITS access routes with different eligibility and economics, so one program's minimum must not be generalized firmwide.
- Eligibility
- Open
IASG
Investors comparing multiple CTA programs or building managed-futures allocations who want specialist research and monitoring and understand that minimums, fees, leverage and liquidity belong to the selected program and FCM account.
- Minimum
- No universal IASG platform minimum. IASG lists hundreds of CTA and alternative programs with program-specific minimums, fees, eligibility, markets and leverage; the selected manager/program controls.
- Eligibility
- Open
iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF
Investors seeking managed-futures exposure in an exchange-traded ETF wrapper who want easier brokerage access than a private CTA program and can accept model-replication, derivatives and tracking risk.
- Minimum
- No fund-imposed investment minimum is published for DBMF. As an exchange-traded ETF, investors generally buy shares through a brokerage, subject to the share price and any broker-specific fractional-share or order-size rules.
- Eligibility
- Open
Interactive Brokers
Investors and traders who use global market access, active derivatives trading, margin, APIs or overnight markets.
- Minimum
- $0 brokerage account minimum; $0 maintenance and inactivity fees on individual accounts.
- Eligibility
- Open
Kalshi
Traders who want CFTC-regulated event contracts on an order book, and eligible U.S. traders interested in regulated crypto perpetual futures.
- Minimum
- No stated account minimum. Contracts typically trade between 1¢ and 99¢; perpetual futures require an approved margin account.
- Eligibility
- Open
Kraken
Active crypto traders who also want conventional equities and regulated U.S. futures in one ecosystem.
- Minimum
- Not established in the current canonical source set.
- Eligibility
- Open
KraneShares Mount Lucas Managed Futures Index Strategy ETF
Investors seeking rules-based managed-futures exposure through an ETF, especially those wanting commodity, currency and global-bond trend signals without equity-index futures, and who can tolerate model and derivatives risk.
- Minimum
- No fund-imposed investment minimum is published for KMLM. As an exchange-traded ETF, access is generally through a brokerage and depends on the share price plus any broker-specific fractional-share or order-size rules.
- Eligibility
- Open
Lightspeed
high-volume stock traders; high-volume options traders; futures traders; direct-access traders; users who need hotkeys and advanced order routing; traders willing to pay platform/data costs for specialized tools.
- Minimum
- Product-specific. Lightspeed's U.S. Trader Pro account reference is $2,500, while futures accounts use a $10,000 opening minimum; the futures threshold must not be applied to every securities account.
- Eligibility
- Open
LoCorr Market Trend Fund
Investors seeking a dedicated liquid managed-futures allocation through a mutual fund who can access the appropriate A/C/I share class and are comfortable with long/short futures, leverage and relatively high alternative-fund expenses.
- Minimum
- Class A (LOTAX) and Class C (LOTCX): $2,500 initial minimum; Class I (LOTIX): $100,000. The subsequent minimum is $500 across classes and minimums can be waived; $100,000 is not a fundwide minimum.
- Eligibility
- Open
Lynx Asset Management
Sophisticated investors seeking systematic managed-futures exposure with a long live track record who can accept monthly or program-specific liquidity, derivatives risk and route-specific minimum and performance-fee terms.
- Minimum
- No universal Lynx minimum. The Swedish Lynx Fund publishes a SEK 500,000 initial minimum, while IASG publishes a $250,000 program reference for another route; both must remain attached to their respective access channels.
- Eligibility
- Open
NinjaTrader
Active futures and micro-futures traders who want low intraday margins, several commission models and C# strategy automation.
- Minimum
- $0 advertised minimum deposit. ACH or debit funding can require a minimum transfer amount, and sufficient margin is still required to trade.
- Eligibility
- Open
PIMCO TRENDS Fund
Investors seeking a broad systematic-trend mutual fund, including institutions able to meet applicable institutional-class minimums and retail investors accessing A/C shares, who are comfortable with derivatives, turnover and PIMCO's implementation discretion.
- Minimum
- Share-class specific. Institutional, I-2 and I-3 shares generally use a $1 million initial minimum; Class A and Class C generally use a $1,000 initial minimum with a $50 subsequent minimum. Intermediary or eligibility rules can modify access, so $1 million is not a fundwide minimum.
- Eligibility
- Open
QMS Capital Management
QEP, institutional and sophisticated private-fund investors seeking systematic global macro and managed-futures exposure who can tolerate futures, FX, leverage, performance-fee economics and vehicle-specific liquidity.
- Minimum
- No universal QMS minimum. The direct IASG Diversified Global Macro Strategy reference is $5 million, while current private-fund records can show different figures, including a $0 Form D field for a U.S. fund and lower offshore references; those values are vehicle- or channel-specific.
- Eligibility
- Open
RCM Alternatives
High-net-worth investors, RIAs, family offices and institutions comparing managed-futures or macro managers who want due-diligence and portfolio-construction support and can choose among SMA, liquid-alternative and managed-portfolio access.
- Minimum
- Access-route specific: the SMA Platform is generally $1 million-$5 million, Liquid Alternatives is about $25,000, and the All Weather Portfolio is about $100,000. None of those figures is a universal RCM minimum.
- Eligibility
- Open
Return Stacked U.S. Stocks & Managed Futures ETF
Investors seeking to stack U.S. equity and managed-futures exposure in one ETF wrapper who are comfortable with derivatives, leverage, model risk and the possibility that both sleeves can experience drawdowns.
- Minimum
- No fund-imposed subscription minimum is published for RSST. As an exchange-traded ETF, investors generally access it through a brokerage by purchasing shares, subject to the share price and any broker-specific fractional-share or order-size rules.
- Eligibility
- Open
Revolution Capital Management
Qualified and institutional investors seeking short- to medium-term systematic managed-futures strategies who can support multi-million-dollar program minimums and evaluate program-specific fees, leverage and liquidity.
- Minimum
- Program-specific. The Alpha program is currently referenced at about $5 million, while Mosaic Institutional is about $25 million. Those figures must remain attached to the named programs and not be converted into one managerwide minimum.
- Eligibility
- Open
Robinhood
Self-directed investors and active traders who want commission-free stocks and options, Legend, futures, direct crypto, prediction markets, IRAs with a contribution match, and managed investing in one app.
- Minimum
- $0 brokerage account minimum; $1 minimum fractional order; $50 minimum for Robinhood Strategies.
- Eligibility
- Open
Simplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF
Investors seeking managed-futures exposure through an ETF, particularly systematic long/short commodity and interest-rate futures, who want a 1099 wrapper and can tolerate model, derivatives and notional-exposure risk.
- Minimum
- No fund-imposed subscription minimum is published for CTA. As an exchange-traded ETF, investors generally buy shares through a brokerage subject to the share price and any broker-specific fractional-share or order-size rules.
- Eligibility
- Open
Standpoint Multi-Asset Fund
Investors seeking one mutual fund that combines long equity exposure with systematic long/short managed futures, who can access the appropriate BLNDX or REMIX share class and tolerate leverage, derivatives and model risk.
- Minimum
- Share-class specific. Institutional shares (BLNDX) require $25,000 initially, while Investor shares (REMIX) require $2,500; both currently show $0 additional-investment minimums. Do not present either initial threshold as fundwide.
- Eligibility
- Open
tastytrade
tastytrade is built for active options and futures traders, with capped equity-options commissions, advanced tools, crypto, and IRAs.
- Minimum
- $0 minimum to open a standard cash or margin brokerage account. Product and strategy requirements remain separate; for example, margin borrowing privileges require applicable equity and certain futures or IRA strategies can have their own requirements.
- Eligibility
- Open
TradersPost
Systematic traders already using TradingView, TrendSpider or other signal sources who want webhook-based stock, options, futures or crypto order routing across supported broker connections without maintaining their own execution server.
- Minimum
- No TradersPost trading-capital minimum. TradersPost is a signal-routing and automation layer; subscription pricing is separate from the capital, margin, order-size and eligibility requirements imposed by the connected broker, exchange or prop-firm account.
- Eligibility
- Open
TradeStation
Active and technically oriented traders
- Minimum
- No stated brokerage account minimum; margin privileges require $2,000 minimum equity where applicable
- Eligibility
- Open
Tradier
Active options traders and developers who want subscription-based commissions, a full brokerage API and a wide choice of third-party front ends.
- Minimum
- $0 brokerage account minimum. The current dedicated Tradier Futures page states a $2,000 futures account minimum and a Pro or Pro Plus plan requirement.
- Eligibility
- Open
Transtrend
Institutional and sophisticated investors seeking medium-term systematic trend exposure through futures, forwards and swaps who can evaluate multiple risk profiles, multi-million-dollar program minimums and route-specific liquidity.
- Minimum
- No universal Transtrend minimum. Current access references vary by route: about $25 million for DTP Standard Risk USD, $10 million for DTP Enhanced Risk USD and $1 million for an Enhanced Risk UCITS route; each remains program- or vehicle-specific.
- Eligibility
- Open
Virtus AlphaSimplex Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Investors seeking established managed-futures exposure through a mutual fund, including retirement plans and investors able to access the appropriate A, C, I or R6 share class, who are comfortable with trend-following drawdowns, derivatives and class-specific expenses.
- Minimum
- Share-class and channel specific. Class A and C generally require $2,500 initially, with $100 IRA/systematic references; Class I generally requires $100,000; eligible R6 plan or omnibus channels can have no stated minimum, while certain other institutional R6 channels can require $2.5 million. No one figure is fundwide.
- Eligibility
- Open
Webull
Self-directed traders who value technical charts, extended-hours access, active-trading tools and commission-free U.S. stock and ETF trading.
- Minimum
- Webull states that its standard brokerage platform has no account minimum.
- Eligibility
- Open
Welton Investment Partners
Institutional and professional investors, Qualified Purchasers and QEPs seeking systematic trend or multi-strategy global-macro exposure who can support multi-million-dollar minimums, performance fees and derivatives risk.
- Minimum
- No universal Welton minimum. Current program references include approximately $10 million for Welton Global and $25 million for Welton Trend; those figures remain tied to the named programs and must not be collapsed into one managerwide threshold.
- Eligibility
- Open
Winton Managed Futures Trend Fund
Investors seeking retail-accessible managed futures; investors who prefer mutual-fund daily liquidity; clients who do not qualify for institutional CTA SMAs; portfolios seeking systematic trend exposure; investors comfortable with derivatives and leverage; tax-advantaged accounts where the fund is available.
- Minimum
- Share-class specific and waivable: Class A (EVOAX) currently has a $2,500 initial minimum and $250 subsequent minimum, while Class I (EVOIX) has a $100,000 initial minimum and $250 subsequent minimum. The $100,000 Class I threshold is not the fundwide minimum.
- Eligibility
- Open
WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Investors seeking relatively low-cost, rules-based managed-futures exposure through an ETF across commodities, currencies, equities and rates, with limited bitcoin-related exposure, who prefer exchange-traded liquidity and can tolerate derivatives and model risk.
- Minimum
- No fund-imposed subscription minimum is published for WTMF. As an exchange-traded ETF, investors generally buy shares through a brokerage subject to the share price and any broker-specific fractional-share or order-size rules.
- Eligibility
- Open