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Trade Futures Worldwide with Professional Tools and Platforms
The IBKR Advantage
- Low commissions from USD 0.25 to 0.85 per contract1
- Trade commodity futures globally on 30+ market centers
- Professional trading platforms, order types and advanced futures tools
- Futures trading courses and educational resources on IBKR Campus
Low Futures Commissions
Futures commissions range from
USD 0.25 to USD 0.85 per contract
Plus exchange, regulatory and carrying fees
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Futures Asset Classes
- Agriculture
- Cryptocurrency
- Currencies
- Energy
- Equity Indices
- Fixed Income
- Interest Rates
- Metals
- Softs
- Volatility Indices
Trade futures globally on
30+ market centers.
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Professional Trading Platforms
Trading Platforms
Powerful, award-winning trading platforms* and tools available on desktop, mobile apps, and web. View market data, positions and trade multiple asset classes and products side-by-side on a single screen.
* For more info see our awards page.
Order Types and Algos
90+ order types – from limit orders to complex algorithmic trading – help you execute any trading strategy.
Powerful Futures Trading Tools
ComboTrader
Create proprietary combination order strategies or choose from multiple templates with pre-defined programs to execute futures trades.
SpreadTrader
Seamlessly integrated into Trader Workstation (TWS), SpreadTrader is the single-screen command center for managing futures positions.
Index Arbitrage Meter
Analyze index arbitrage strategies with the Index Arbitrage Meter, our measurement tool that illustrates the spread between futures contracts and their respective spot prices.
Futures Trading Education
Introduction to Futures
Learn about securities futures and commodities futures through Interactive Brokers’ and CME Group’s vast selection of educational courses, including defining what these financial products are, as well as how to trade and invest in them. These courses explore introductory concepts such as ‘contango’ and ‘backwardation’, futures margin, mechanics of the futures market, as well as futures pricing.
Futures Fundamental Analysis
Also available are courses that focus on futures fundamental analyses for a variety of futures-related products such as micro futures/micro e-mini futures, interest rate futures, energy futures, agricultural futures, and metal futures.
IBKR Campus Futures Content
Access free futures trading education, including expert-led video courses, webinars, podcasts and the latest trends in financial news. We also offer more specialized courses on CME Micro WTI Crude Oil Futures and South American soybean futures, as well as an introduction to grains and oilseeds.
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Level up your market knowledge and learn about investing with over 65 free online courses on Trading, Stocks, Options, Futures, Technical Analysis and much more.
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Open an AccountDisclosures
- Security Futures are highly leveraged investments and are not suitable for all investors. Before trading these products it is important to carefully review the Standardized Risk Disclosure for Security Futures.
- Plus exchange, regulatory and carrying fees.
- See tiered futures commissions.