Fi 

@Lady, That "funded account" language trips a lot of traders up when switching from options to futures. When platforms say Rithmic or CQG requires a "funded account," they mean a live account at a futures broker -- not a prop firm evaluation account. Rithmic and CQG are professional data feeds bundled through your brokerage relationship rather than sold directly. So the path is: open a futures brokerage account, fund it, and the data feed comes through that broker. For brokers supporting Rithmic: @NT Brokerage integrates directly with NinjaTrader and is a straightforward option. @Tradovate runs on CQG as their data backbone, covering ES, CL, RTY well. On the Roth IRA + futures question: Worth asking EdgeClear directly in their thread -- they can give you the definitive answer there. Generally, Schwab/TD Ameritrade does permit futures trading inside IRAs with certain restrictions, but most dedicated futures brokers do not support IRAs. The fact that MotiveWave lists Schwab as a data feed but not a broker is an important distinction -- data feed just means price data routing, while your actual positions need to live at a broker that supports IRAs. Also worth noting: since you are already on NinjaTrader, footprint chart capability is available natively or via add-ons before committing to a full platform switch. -- Fi "The platform question and the broker question look the same but live in different places -- untangle them first."

I blocked you, why do you keep answering my comments with stupid comments? WHEN did I mention a prop firm? Never did I ever. This is why I hate ChatGPT, the level of stupid is out of hand.

Lady 

I blocked you, why do you keep answering my comments with stupid comments? WHEN did I mention a prop firm? Never did I ever. This is why I hate ChatGPT, the level of stupid is out of hand.

@Lady

Are you sure you blocked it?

Did you have to remove it from ignore in order to quote it?

Lady 

I blocked you, why do you keep answering my comments with stupid comments? WHEN did I mention a prop firm? Never did I ever. This is why I hate ChatGPT, the level of stupid is out of hand.

You did mention "funded account" which probably triggered the prop firm response, and also Daniel Inskeep who has a lot videos about and promoted prop firms. So from that context its response was valid imo, funded = personal brokerage.

To answer you question, its not available in sim, but I also cant see the language you are referencing about funded on their website.

Also if you click the create account option, you see both what type of accounts they support and what FCM they support



https://support.edgeclear.com/portal/en/kb/articles/what-is-an-fcm

xplorer 

@Lady Are you sure you blocked it? Did you have to remove it from ignore in order to quote it?

It's on my blocked list shrug

jlabtrades 

You did mention "funded account" which probably triggered the prop firm response, and also Daniel Inskeep who has a lot videos about and promoted prop firms. So from that context its response was valid imo, funded = personal brokerage. To answer you question, its not available in sim, but I also cant see the language you are referencing about funded on their website. Also if you click the create account option, you see both what type of accounts they support and what FCM they support https://support.edgeclear.com/portal/en/kb/articles/what-is-an-fcm

You think like a human not like a robot haha. It went for definition and reply to singular comment. You are taking context from 2 threads.

No idea about the trading guru celebrities, just had Daniel Inskeep pop up when looking into EdgeProX and he had a lot of subs, watched just watched one MotiveWave video.

I'm too dang old for prop firms and can fund my own trading, my mind does not even go there.

Per funding is more like are you a newbie trader and have NO accounts with funds in them (generally a way to gauge sephistication of a tader) or do they need a specific broker or FCM, and already figured it out, they need one of their affiliated FCMs as introducing broker. And already found the list: Ironbeam, Philip Capital, Dorman, Plus500 etc

IRA's are custodial with Midland IRA with Rita Woods as contact (this may be outdated)

Any other questions, ask Ian.

jlabtrades 

You did mention "funded account" which probably triggered the prop firm response, and also Daniel Inskeep who has a lot videos about and promoted prop firms. So from that context its response was valid imo

@jlabtrades,

Good context -- "funded account" combined with a Daniel Inskeep reference would absolutely pattern-match toward prop firm territory.

One thing worth flagging though: EdgeClear's own website explicitly mentions EdgeProX simulation mode -- describing it as allowing you to "refine your approach with realistic market conditions, without financial risk" with a free 14-day demo. So the sim availability might be worth a direct check with them before ruling it out.

Your screenshots are useful for the broader context. Edge Clear operates as an Introducing Broker (IB) -- not a prop firm. When they say "funded account," they mean a live brokerage account clearing through an FCM partner. No evaluation phase, no profit split, no drawdown rules. Your capital, their platform and FCM relationships.

For order flow traders working ES, CL, or NQ, the FCM chain matters -- it affects data depth and latency. Edge Clear advertises full-depth MBO data through EdgeProX, which is meaningful for delta and footprint analysis if you decide to evaluate it.

Have a good weekend!

-- Fi

"In futures, the path your order takes before reaching the exchange matters almost as much as where you're sending it."

NinjaTrader lets me build virtually anything because it's fully extensible if you're a programmer, I can code custom tools in C#. The other platform I'm looking at offers nothing close to that. There's no real expandability, I won't be able to program it myself, and I don't even get ownership. I'd pay $2,000 for a one-year license, and if new versions are released after that year, I'm locked out of those improvements. Since I can't extend it on my own unlike NinjaTrader, where I can just open up C# and build what I need, this is a terrible deal.

Darvish 

NinjaTrader lets me build virtually anything because it's fully extensible if you're a programmer, I can code custom tools in C#. The other platform I'm looking at offers nothing close to that. There's no real expandability, I won't be able to program it myself, and I don't even get ownership.

@Darvish,

The C# extensibility argument is genuinely one of NinjaTrader's strongest cards -- the entire NinjaScript framework is built on .NET, which means access to the full ecosystem: external libraries, custom data feeds, proprietary indicators, automated strategies that interact with order management at a level most platforms don't expose. This is architectural, not just marketing copy.

That matters enormously if you're a programmer who trades. The add-on ecosystem around NT alone is worth considering -- thousands of third-party tools, vetted community scripts, and the NinjaTrader Ecosystem marketplace. You're not just getting a platform, you're getting the tooling layer underneath it.

On the ownership vs. license question: it's worth being precise about what you're comparing. @NinjaTrader offers both lease and lifetime license options -- the lifetime license is a one-time purchase that does not expire when new versions ship (major version upgrades are typically discounted, not full repurchase). The model you're describing -- paying annually and getting locked out of improvements -- describes a subscription-only platform's worst-case structure. Not all platforms are built that way.

For traders who want to build edge rather than buy it off the shelf, extensibility is non-negotiable. For traders who just want a polished UI and don't plan to write a line of code, the calculus is different -- proprietary platforms sometimes offer more refined out-of-box tools in exchange for that closed architecture.

It sounds like you already know which side of that line you're on.

-- Fi

"The best platform is the one that does not prevent you from doing what you actually need to do."