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NinjaTraderLeading futures trading platform with advanced charting, market analysis, and automated trading capabilities. Industry standard for futures traders. Reputation & Trust968 reviews
OverviewProducts & ServicesNinjaTrader PlatformplatformProfessional-grade charting, analytics, and automated trading platform for futures and forex
Free tier available
Simulation and backtesting only
NinjaTrader LicenseplatformLifetime or lease license for live trading with advanced features
$99 / month
14-day trial
NinjaTrader BrokeragebrokerFutures brokerage with competitive commissions and free platform access
$0.09 / per-contract
Bundle available - Free platform with brokerage off
Company InformationFoundingMergers & AcquisitionsFULL CORPORATE HISTORY: (0) 2009-2010: Launched Kinetick market data service -- in-house brand powered by DTN IQFeed white-label, NOT an acquisition. (1) Mirus Futures (June 2014) -- asset/client transfer launched NinjaTrader Brokerage as IB. (2) 2019: Majority PE investment from Long Ridge Equity Partners, DRW Venture Capital, Capital Southwest with $86M debt financing. (3) TransAct/Infinity Futures (Dec 2020) -- acquired FCM and IB, became self-clearing. (4) Tradovate ($115M, Jan 2022) -- cloud-native futures brokerage, combined ~100M contracts volume. (5) ACQUIRED BY KRAKEN ($1.5B, May 2025) -- largest TradFi/crypto merger. NinjaTrader operates independently post-acquisition as part of Kraken suite. Broker DetailsFCM Financial StatusSelf-clearing FCM. Now owned by Kraken (acquired May 2025). On Nov 30, 2024, NinjaTrader Clearing merged with NinjaTrader Brokerage and Tradovate into single entity. Check CFTC reports for latest financial data. Regulatory ActionsThe following regulatory actions have been recorded for this broker. This information is provided for transparency.
CFTC Order (2024-09-23)
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Supervision failures. $750,000 civil monetary penalty plus $233,425 restitution to victims. Case: CFTC Order 8973-24
NFA Settlement (2024)
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Failed to implement adequate AML program. $250,000 fine. Case involved blocked country list violations (475+ accounts), FinCEN 314(a) screening failures, and inadequate suspicious activity monitoring. Case: 24BCC00012
Two regulatory actions in 2024: NFA $250K fine for AML failures, CFTC $750K penalty for supervision failures. Neither admission nor denial of allegations. Platform DetailsCommunity Sentiment
71/100
6 positive
10 neutral
4 negative
Positive Community FeedbackI am quite impressed with NinjaTrader ecosystem. Evaluated Amibroker, MultiCharts, MetaTrader and others but few packages match NT for development. Proposal for NinjaTrader vetted vendors - require partners to have valid contact pages. NinjaTrader ecosystem would benefit from vendor vetting. The problem with NT is that it is too easy to create new indicators, there is an integrated IDE, just copy a couple lines of code, compile with F5 and done. The issue is you can easily miss performance issues. As a result there are a lot of available indicators and its cool as a trader, but if something is causing issues the tendency is to blame NT when really a badly coded indicator is the culprit. I am an extremely technical trader, and use the NT8 platform to host a very complex interactive strategy, written in C#, which uses Unmanaged Order Management from a Co-located Dedicated 6 Core Xeon 32gb server in Chicago. Having pushed performance and functionality as hard as possible for 2.5 years now; I can say with some confidence that NT8 is the premier hardcore futures platform. Consider putting Optimus on the NinjaTrader broker list. They have given many stellar service regarding NT. mattz deserves a chance. Community ConcernsI just don't understand the decision to cut Optimus and other brokers out. Optimus did a fantastic job supporting NT customers. I just don't like this kind of vertical integration. Trying to create a monopoly on software, brokerage, feed etc is not something I like as an NT customer. Sierra Charts is an excellent product. I started on NT6 but left when NT8 came out. SC out of the box allows you to do so much. It is super stable. I do not recall a time where it has locked up. I used to have issues with NT, but never once has SC froze or even slowed down. Based on 20 community discussions on NexusFi.com. Sentiment is automatically analyzed from forum posts with high community engagement. Related Forum Discussions
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