Ironbeam
Low-margin CME futures brokerage with free proprietary platform
Score breakdown
What makes up this score
- 1 independent review sources
- 230 third-party reviews counted
- 2 answer engines measured
- cross-model consistency 0.95
- 3 web authority signals
- average citing-domain authority 35
- 100% of the category rubric covered
- No approved user reviews yet
Explanation
Why Ironbeam ranks #7
Ironbeam ranks #7 of 8 futures brokers with a TOP SCORE of 42.
The category leader scores 53, a gap of 11 points.
That is 4 points below the category average of 46.
Its strongest component is External Reputation at 76; its weakest is Web Authority at 14.
No usable evidence was found for TOP10 User Score, so that weight was redistributed across the components that are evidenced.
Generated from the recorded evidence behind this score, not from editorial opinion. How scoring works.
Score history
How the score has moved
52 → 42 ↓10.1
External reputation
What third-party sources publish
| Source | Published | Normalised | Reviews | Last checked | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot ↗ | 4.1/5 | 82 | 230 | 31 Aug 2026 | permitted crawl |
AI visibility
How answer engines treat this platform
| Engine | Mention | Recommendation | Citation | Avg position | Queries | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| claude grounded | 5% | 0% | 0% | 4.0 | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude parametric | 20% | 0% | 0% | 5.5 | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude grounded | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6.0 | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude parametric | 25% | 15% | 0% | 6.0 | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
Web authority
Citations and independent coverage
- Trustpilot31 Aug 2026
- TradingView31 Aug 2026
- TopRatedFirms31 Aug 2026
TOP10 users
What our users report
No published reviews yet. Reviews are moderated before they appear and are never removed at a business's request.
Company information
The facts on file
- Description
- Ironbeam is a Chicago-based futures commission merchant and CME Group clearing firm offering CME futures and futures options through its own free multi-device platform, a trading API and third-party front-ends including TradingView. It targets active intraday micro-contract traders with $0 account minimum and $50 day margins on popular micro equity index contracts, plus volume-tiered plans and exchange seat leasing for high-volume traders and introducing brokers.
- Category
- Futures Brokers
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Products
- Ironbeam proprietary trading platform (Windows, Mac, web, iOS, iPad, Android), CME Group futures trading, Futures options trading, Ironbeam API for automation and custom front-ends, Clearing services for traders and introducing brokers, Exchange seat leasing via membership department, Demo/simulated account (delayed data)
- Markets
- Retail active traders, High-volume/professional traders, Introducing brokers
- Countries
- United States
- Integrations
- TradingView, Sierra Chart, Ironbeam API, Other supported third-party front-ends
- Pricing
- 39¢ per contract per side on CME micro equity index contracts (promotional, referral code IRON) · free tier: Free proprietary platform, free CME Level 1 and Level 2 real-time data for non-professionals (vendor states a $39/month value); demo account with delayed data pricing page ↗
- Regulatory
- Listed on its TradingView broker profile as regulated by the CFTC, NFA and FINRA and described as an FCM and CME Group clearing firm; NFA fees are billed to clients as a separate line item, consistent with NFA membership. Legal disclosures and a risk-of-loss statement are published. Not verified this session: the NFA ID and NFA BASIC record (actions, arbitrations), the FINRA registration claim against BrokerCheck, CFTC FCM financial reports, and any segregated-funds statement. Futures accounts are not SIPC-protected.
- Official website
- https://www.ironbeam.com/ ↗
- Last verified
- 31 Aug 2026
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Category context
- This platform42
- Category leader53
- Category average46
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