Expand your trading opportunities with an award-winning futures broker - no deposit minimum, low margin and commission rates, free platforms, 
unlimited SIM trading, and much more! 

Access to the most popular and liquid futures contracts

Highly leveraged investments*

Reduced financial commitment

Increased flexibility for better position management

*Leverage also increases the risk associated with futures trading & only risk capital should be used for trading

• S&P 500 Index: Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures (MES)

• Nasdaq-100 Index: Micro E-mini Nasdaq futures (MNQ)

• Dow Jones Industrial Average: Micro E-mini Dow futures (MYM)

• Russell 2000 Index: Micro E-mini Russell futures (M2K)

With lower margins, more trading hours, and lower commissions than the competition, we're the broker futures traders choose to upgrade their trading.

Margins

E-Mini S&P 500 used as an example

$500

Day Trading Margin

$1,731.80

$15,245

22+ Intraday

Margin Hours

Regular Contract

Commissions

<= 1,000 monthly contracts (per side)

as low as $0.59

$1.50

$2.25

Micro Future

Commissions

<= 1,000 monthly contracts (per side)

as low as $0.09

$0.50

$2.25

NinjaTrader commissions based off Lifetime pricing plan. Data as of 6/11/25.

NinjaTrader is proud to provide world-class trading services as the industry's largest self-directed micro e-mini futures broker supporting over 1 million users. Our powerful, award-winning, user-friendly trading platforms are free to use for advanced charting, strategy backtesting and simulation with world-class support resources available to help you navigate the futures markets.

Get started with an account size of your choice.

High-performance platform. 100+ futures tools. Pro-level charts. Unlimited SIM trading. 

No account minimum. Margins as low as $50 and commissions as low as $.09 per contract.

Our cloud-based infrastructure empowers you to trade futures across all your devices.

Free 24-hour emergency trade desk. Daily webinars. 100s of training videos.

Start Trading Micro E-Mini Futures Today!

No minimum funding requirement to open your account

FREE platform included - 100+ trading tools and professional futures market data

High-performance backtesting engine to fine-tune automated trading strategies

The ability to test new trading ideas in a risk-free trading simulator before putting money at risk

• Unlimited simulated futures trading

• Unfiltered professional market data

• Extensive historical tick, min and daily data

• Free 24-hour emergency trade desk

• Award-winning charting and analysis tools

• 1,000s of third-party trading apps 

• Unlimited support and daily training

NinjaTrader has been recognized for Excellence in Futures Education by Benzinga Global Fintech Awards, empowering traders of all levels with expert insights, real-time analysis, and award-winning resources.

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