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What are futures, and which ones can I trade?

Futures are exchange-traded contracts on things like stock indexes, gold, and crude oil. TradeSport supports the CME Group futures complex — indices, FX, metals, energies, agriculturals, and micro Bitcoin/Ether — including micro versions. No options, stocks, spot forex, or spot crypto.

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A futures contract is a standardized, exchange-traded agreement to buy or sell something — a stock index, gold, crude oil — at a set price on a future date. Traders use them to speculate on price moves in either direction, long or short. On TradeSport, all of this happens in a simulated environment with real-time market data, so you get realistic futures trading without real capital at risk.

What you can trade — the supported product list spans the CME Group exchanges (CME, CBOT, COMEX, NYMEX):

  • Equity index futures — the major indices and their micros (ES/MES for the S&P 500, NQ/MNQ for the Nasdaq-100, YM/MYM for the Dow, and more)
  • FX futures — major currency futures
  • Metals — gold (GC/MGC), silver (SI/SIL), platinum (PL), copper (HG)
  • Energies — crude oil (CL), natural gas (NG), heating oil (HO), RBOB gasoline (RB)
  • Agriculturals — the CBOT grain complex
  • Crypto futures — micro Bitcoin (MBT) and micro Ether (MET)

The "M" symbols are micro contracts — one-tenth the size of the full contract, ideal for smaller position sizing.

Not available: options, stocks, spot forex, or spot cryptocurrency.

Commissions run $0.46–$2.90 per side depending on the product, deducted from your simulated balance at fill time. Futures trade nearly 24/6 on the CME calendar, and all TradeSport positions auto-flatten at 3:59:59 PM ET daily. The complete product and commission schedule is on the How It Works page.

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