Tradovate
Low-cost US futures platform, now bundled with NinjaTrader
Score breakdown
What makes up this score
- 1 independent review sources
- 1,866 third-party reviews counted
- 2 answer engines measured
- cross-model consistency 0.88
- 5 web authority signals
- average citing-domain authority 35
- 100% of the category rubric covered
- No approved user reviews yet
Explanation
Why Tradovate ranks #6
Tradovate ranks #6 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 Expert Assessment at 58; its weakest is Web Authority at 18.
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
38 → 42 ↑4.8
External reputation
What third-party sources publish
| Source | Published | Normalised | Reviews | Last checked | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot ↗ | 1.8/5 | 36 | 1.9k | 31 Aug 2026 | permitted crawl |
AI visibility
How answer engines treat this platform
| Engine | Mention | Recommendation | Citation | Avg position | Queries | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| claude grounded | 65% | 50% | 20% | 3.2 | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude parametric | 80% | 25% | 0% | 4.9 | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude grounded | 70% | 50% | 15% | 5.1 | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude parametric | 95% | 50% | 0% | 5.9 | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
Web authority
Citations and independent coverage
- Tradovate Support31 Aug 2026
- Tradovate Community31 Aug 2026
- Trustpilot31 Aug 2026
- NinjaTrader31 Aug 2026
- PipBack31 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
- Tradovate is a web, desktop and mobile futures trading platform and brokerage offering operated as a brand of the NinjaTrader Group, with brokerage services provided by NinjaTrader Clearing, LLC (d/b/a Tradovate), a CFTC-registered non-clearing FCM and NFA member (ID 0309379). It targets self-directed retail futures day traders — especially micro-contract scalpers and prop-firm evaluation traders — with commissions from $0.09 per side on micros, no funding minimum and $50 micro day-trading margins. As of 2026 Tradovate plans also include access to NinjaTrader Desktop, Web and Mobile on the same login, so it should be treated as a plan/platform within NinjaTrader rather than a fully independent broker.
- Category
- Futures Brokers
- Headquarters
- 222 North LaSalle Street, Suite 400, Chicago, Illinois 60601, USA
- Products
- Tradovate Trader (web, desktop, mobile), Futures and micro/nano futures brokerage accounts, Event contracts (cleared via Kalshi Klear LLC membership), Market Replay historical tick playback, Order Flow visual tools and Pulse sentiment indicator, Free simulated trading / demo, NinjaTrader Desktop, Web and Mobile access included with plans
- Markets
- Retail self-directed traders, Prop-firm evaluation traders, Individual, joint, retirement and business accounts
- Countries
- United States
- Integrations
- TradingView, Third-party tools, custom indicators and automated strategies, Prop-firm platforms routing through Tradovate infrastructure (e.g. Topstep, Tradeify)
- Pricing
- $0/month (Free plan, pay-per-trade); no funding minimum · free tier: Free plan: $0 monthly fee, pay-per-trade at $0.39/side micros & CME E-nano index futures, $1.29/side standard, $0.20/side nano & event contracts; free simulated trading and demo, usable indefinitely pricing page ↗
- Regulatory
- Brokerage services provided by NinjaTrader Clearing, LLC (d/b/a NinjaTrader, Kraken Derivatives US and Tradovate), registered with the CFTC as a futures commission merchant effective May 29, 2002 and an NFA member (NFA ID 0309379), with the NFA as designated self-regulatory organization. It is a non-clearing FCM, clearing through a third party, focused on US customers; employees are barred from discretionary authority over customer accounts and from personal futures accounts. It may clear event contracts as an FCM member of Kalshi Klear LLC. Mandated risk disclosure appears on the pricing page. No CFTC or NFA enforcement action against NFA ID 0309379 was verified in this session, and absence of a finding is not evidence of a clean record.
- Official website
- https://www.tradovate.com/ ↗
- Last verified
- 31 Aug 2026
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Category context
- This platform42
- Category leader53
- Category average46
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