Futures trading is not expensive
Example the mini-DAX future. The all-in fee (before any commission discount and including the exchange fee) to trade one mini-DAX is only € 2,95. If you trade this future, you trade € 60.000 (if the DAX is at 12.000). A € 2,95 fee on € 60.000 is only 0,005% all inclusive.
The all-in fee is quickly recovered. When the DAX goes up only one point, your profit is € 5.
Example the mini-DOW future. The all-in fee (before any commission discount and including the exchange fee) to trader one mini-DOW is $ 3,94. If you trade this future, you trade $ 125.000 (if the DOW is at 25.000). A $ 3,94 fee on $ 125.000 is only 0,003% all inclusive.
The all-in fee is quickly recovered. When the DOW goes up only one point, your profit is $ 5.
Do not trade futures...
What to budget for futures trading
Make your choice
- Select a pack or choose your own combination of trading platform, historical data and real-time quotes.
- The packs offer heavy discounts if you trade 40 lots per month (on average one trade per day).
- In addition to NanoTrader we also connect ATAS, Volfix, NinjaTrader, MultiCharts, Trade Navigator and Sierra Chart.
- You can change combination every month. Simply send an e-mail.
Choose between four packs and four classic combinations of trading platforms and historical charts. You can add to these combinations the real-time quotes of your choice.
| Limited history |
Free quotes Pack | Intra-day Pack | Classic 1 | Classic 2 |
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Free quotes No monthly cost Discount |
Cheaper quotes Discount Today's charts Extra leverage Daytrading only |
Choose quotes Low commissions No minimum |
Choose quotes Low commissions Today's charts No minimum |
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| Trading platform | NanoTrader Free | NanoTrader Free | NanoTrader Free | NanoTrader Full |
| Mobile trading platforms | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Real-time quotes 1 | CME | CME + Eurex | Your choice | Your choice |
| Historical charts 2 | Start of PC | Start of day | Start of PC | Start of day |
| Monthly total | € 0 (-100%) | € 35 (-36%) | € 0 | € 39 |
| Free permanent demo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Order commission 6 | $ or € 1,90 (-14%) | $ or € 1,90 (-14%) | $ or € 2,20 | $ or € 2,20 |
| Monthly minimum lots 3 | 40 | 40 | – | – |
| Leverage | Standard | Increased 4 | Standard | Standard |
| Overnight positions allowed | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Margin liquidation orders | € 25 | € 25 | € 2,20 | € 2,20 |
| Account minimum | € 5.000 | € 2.500 5 | € 5.000 | € 5.000 |
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| Full history |
CQG Trader Pack | VWD Trader Pack | Classic 3 | Classic 4 |
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Cheaper quotes Discount Free tools |
Cheaper quotes Discount Free tools Top history Back-testers dream |
Choose quotes Low commissions No minimum Store products |
Choose quotes Low commissions Top history Back-testers dream No minimum |
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| Trading platform | NanoTrader Full | NanoTrader Full | NanoTrader Full | NanoTrader Full |
| Mobile trading platforms | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Real-time quotes 1 | CME + Eurex | CME + Eurex | Your choice | Your choice |
| Historical charts 2 | CQG | VWD | CQG | VWD |
| Monthly total | € 94 (-18%) | € 104 (-16%) | € 69 | € 79 |
| Free permanent demo | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Order commission 6 | $ or € 1,90 (-14%) | $ or € 1,90 (-14%) | $ or € 2,20 | $ or € 2,20 |
| Monthly minimum lots 3 | 40 | 40 | – | – |
| Leverage | Standard | Standard | Standard | Standard |
| Overnight positions allowed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Margin liquidation orders | € 25 | € 25 | € 2,20 | € 2,20 |
| Account minimum | € 5.000 | € 5.000 | € 5.000 | € 5.000 |
| Store product LiveStatistics | € 0 (-100%) | € 0 (-100%) | – | – |
The monthly total in the tables above, excludes the € 10 third party high-speed order routing fee (see below), which all traders need.
WHS reserves the right to apply an administrative charge of € 15 per quarter on client accounts which have not executed an order within the last 12 months.
| Please compare us to other brokers... | |
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| Luxembourg accounts only – account holding | € 39 incl. VAT per quarter |
| Cancel an order | Free |
| Modify an order | Free |
| Liquidation orders | No extra charge |
| Telephone orders | No extra charge |
| Converting currencies | No commission |
| Real-time trading signals | Free |
| Real-time trading strategies | Free |
| Holding positions overnight | Free |
| Monthly inactivity fee | No |
| Benefit from more and better market data via WH SelfInvest... | |
| Tick-by-tick quotes (e.g. Interactive Brokers does not supply tick-by-tick quotes) | Yes |
| Number of order books you can open at the same time | 10 |
| Maximum number of lines in order book | Up to 20 |
| Time&Sales shows the volume of the executed orders | Yes |
| Time&Sales histograms are available in the charts | Yes |
| Every order book change is shown in the Time&Sales | Yes |
| Long historical data | Yes |
| Fast loading historical data | Yes |
| Restrictions on loading historical data | No |
| Volume profile | Yes |
| No fixed subscriptions. You can unsubscribe or change every month. | Yes |
Order routing
Increase your profits
To have direct market access, high speed order routing and tick-by-tick market data, traders use CQG technology. The broker debits the routing fee and passes it on to this technology provider.
Tick-by-tick quotes are one of the key success factors in futures trading! Many brokers (including Interactive Brokers) save costs by providing 1/2 second snapshot quotes. With 1/2 second snapshot quotes a trader is blind. 75% of all price movements in the market are not visible. Due to this missing data technical analysis (charts and indicators) is only approximate. Important chart types such as tick charts, range bars and renko bars are either not available or totally unreliable. The order book is missing key information. Limit and stop orders may not be executed. And, orders are executed at a slower speed, often at inferior prices.
High speed order execution makes a difference. One point better executed, means € 5, € 10 or € 25 extra profit per future.
| CQG order routing fee: | € of $ 0,50 per lot per order |
CQG applies a monthly user charge of € 10. The fixed fee related to third party order routing is not included in the monthly total prices shown in the tables above, but it will be included and visible in the debit of the pack price on the account statement.
High-volume traders can opt for a flat fee of € 395 per month instead of paying the 0,50 per lot per side.
CQG offers up to 1.000 ticks per second. The traded market volume is the most precise available.
Cloud trading – optional
Cloud trading explained
A cloud trading solution allows traders to run and operate their trading platform on a professional server.
- Cloud is useful if you wish to continuously run trading strategies. A professional server is more reliable than your PC and connection.
- A second advantage is that the server can be accessed via IOS and Android apps. In this way you can use the full functionalities of a trading platform but still work from a mobile device!
- Cloud is also one of the solutions for Apple Mac owners who wish to use NanoTrader.
| Cloud trading (VPS): | € 60, € 35 or € 10 |
€ 35 if you do 1 trade per day. € 10 if you do 2 trades per day. A trade consists of a buy and a sell order on 2 futures contracts, a CFD or a standard forex contract. 1 trade per day or a total of 21 trades per month. 2 trades per day or a total of 42 trades per month. Price excludes VAT.
For more information and to subscribe to the cloud service read this document.