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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
Futures Products
Access to Global Markets

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.

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Futures trading tools

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.

IBKR Campus

Smart Investors Never Stop Learning

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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Futures trading at IBKR

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Disclosures


  1. Plus exchange, regulatory and carrying fees.
  2. See tiered futures commissions.

Interactive Brokers Canada Inc. is a member of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) and Member - Canadian Investor Protection Fund. Know Your Advisor: View the CIRO AdvisorReport. Trading of securities and derivatives may involve a high degree of risk and investors should be prepared for the risk of losing their entire investment and losing further amounts. Using borrowed money to finance the purchase of securities involves greater risk than using cash resources only. If you borrow money to purchase securities, your responsibility to repay the loan and pay interest as required by its terms remains the same even if the value of the securities purchased declines. Interactive Brokers Canada Inc. is an order execution-only dealer and does not provide investment advice or recommendations regarding the purchase or sale of any securities or derivatives. Our registered office is located at 1800 McGill College Avenue, Suite 2106, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 3J6, Canada.


Know Your Advisor: View the CIRO AdvisorReport