NinjaTrader
Updated Oct 22, 2026
FreemiumBacktesting & strategyIntermediate
⚠ What to watch out for
Futures use leverage; small margins mean losses can exceed what you planned. Backtest results exclude real fills and fees unless you set them.
How we checked this
- Official site
- ninjatrader.com (opened Oct 22, 2026)
- Pricing
- Free plan with no monthly fee; commissions $0.39 per side (Micro) and $1.29 (Standard) on that plan; exchange and NFA fees apply · source, checked Oct 22, 2026
- Markets
- futures (Not verified yet on the official site)
- How it touches your money
- Holds your funds (broker or exchange). NinjaTrader is also a futures brokerage: trading through it means your funds sit in a NinjaTrader account. · source
- Known incidents
- Sep 2024: CFTC order against NinjaTrader Clearing over supervision failures relating to a court-ordered account freeze ($750,000 penalty plus restitution). NFA also took action over AML program and supervision. Sources: CFTC press release, NFA (searched Oct 22, 2026: breaches, outages affecting funds, regulator actions, lawsuits, data leaks)
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