Tradovate
A cloud-based futures trading platform and brokerage under the NinjaTrader Group — browser-and-mobile friendly, and a common front-end for prop firm accounts.
Tradovate is a futures trading platform and brokerage service operating under NinjaTrader Group, LLC. Its defining feature is that it’s cloud-native: your charts, order tickets, workspaces, and positions live in the cloud, so you can pick up on a laptop where you left off on a phone. It’s a common platform choice at futures prop firms, which is why traders meet the name early.
What you get in the platform:
- Cross-device trading — Mac, PC, iPad, Android, iPhone, and the browser, sharing one workspace.
- Exchange access across major futures venues including CME.
- Integrated charting plus support for third-party charting tools.
- Market replay, which lets you re-run historical sessions to test and rehearse a strategy — genuinely underrated for evaluation prep.
- Tiered pricing, including a free tier and paid plans that change the per-contract commission structure.
For a prop trader, the cloud model has a specific benefit worth naming: your platform state doesn’t live on one machine. If a laptop fails mid-session, you can log in elsewhere and see your open positions immediately rather than trading blind. That’s a real risk control, not a convenience feature.
Two things to check with your firm rather than assume. First, which platforms it actually supports — some firms offer a choice of front-ends over the same Rithmic-style infrastructure, others standardize on one. Second, what platform or data fees you’ll be charged, since commission and subscription structures vary and they come out of your profit before your split does.
Use the free replay tools before you pay for an evaluation. Rehearsing your setup on historical sessions costs nothing and is one of the best-value hours a prospective funded trader can spend.
See activation and data fees for the cost side, then compare platform support across firms in our directory.