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Tradovate: NFA licence 0309379

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Confirmed on the register
Issuing authority
National Futures Association
Jurisdiction
United States
Licence type
Common Financial Service License
Last checked
Oct 14, 2026

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National Futures Association 0309379

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Holder
Tradovate Holdings, LLC
Issuing authority
National Futures Association
Jurisdiction
United States
Licence type
Common Financial Service License
Effective
Apr 26, 2001
Register status
NFA Member Approved

Checked Oct 14, 2026

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What we checked

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Wikilix check
Confirmed on the register
Authority strength
Tier 1
Jurisdiction
United States
Last checked
Oct 14, 2026
Register says
NFA Member Approved

Finding

Mandatory self-regulatory membership for CFTC registrants, carrying conduct rules, anti-money-laundering obligations, audit and an arbitration forum for customers. Held by NinjaTrader Clearing, LLC, whose register entry prints TRADOVATE among its official trading names. Client protection: Strong oversight with a public disciplinary record and a customer arbitration forum. The register shows two NFA actions, two CFTC actions and one exchange action against this member, the most recent a 250,000 dollar fine in June 2025. Effective: 26 Apr 2001.

Exhibit

Register screenshot, captured Oct 14, 2026
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What the authority publishes

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Licence number
0309379
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Common Financial Service License
Register status
NFA Member Approved
Effective from
Expires
No expiry shown
The authority

About NFA

National Futures Association is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is United States.

Full name
National Futures Association
Jurisdiction
United States
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
1982
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
2 firms
Regulates
Forex, Options, Futures
Licences it issues
RFED / FCM / IB Membership
Typical cost of a licence
USD 150000+
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

NFA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeUp to USD 500000 (SIPC)
  • Client money kept separate
  • Complaints routeNFA Arbitration
  • Maximum leverage1:47
This describes the authority's regime, not how Tradovate applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against Tradovate. A licence is issued to a legal company, so the companies below are what you would search a corporate register for.

Broker
Tradovate Holdings, LLC
Based in
United States
Wikilix score
51.6the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Recorded companies

None of these matches the name the register printed, so we do not say which one holds this licence.

  • NinjaTrader Clearing, LLCUnited States
  • NinjaTrader, LLCUnited States
  • NinjaTrader Group, LLCUnited States
  • Tradovate Holdings, LLCUnited States · Reg. 5549481 · Nov 10, 2018
  • Tradovate Technologies, LLCUnited States · Reg. 5549483 · Nov 20, 2024
  • Tradovate, LLCUnited States · Reg. 5549485 · Nov 20, 2024
Provenance

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Record last edited
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Evidence held
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Also on record

Other licences Tradovate holds

One other licence is on record for Tradovate.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

Answered from this register entry and the authority’s own record.

Most Popular Questions

Yes. Full feature simulated trading is included with every Tradovate plan, including the Free plan, and the broker also offers a two week trial of its platform. Simulated trading runs in the same terminal as a live account, so the platform can be tested before any money is deposited.

Tradovate is a registered trading name of NinjaTrader Clearing, LLC, which the broker's own site states accepts orders and carries client futures accounts; funding transfers appear on a client's bank statement as sent to NinjaTrader Clearing. It is one of the affiliated companies under NinjaTrader Group, LLC, alongside NinjaTrader, LLC, the software company behind the proprietary platform. Three Delaware companies carrying the Tradovate name remain in the group's structure, and the help centre still carries an older disclosure describing Tradovate, LLC as an NFA registered introducing broker.

A withdrawal request made before 12:00 PM US Central time is processed the same business day, and a later request on the next business day. US wire and ACH withdrawals typically arrive early the following business day, while a wire to a bank outside the United States can take up to three business days. A wire withdrawal costs 30 USD to a US bank, or 30 units of the originating currency internationally, with a minimum of 50 units measured after the fee; no ACH withdrawal fee is published. Funds deposited by ACH or debit card are held 5 calendar days before an ACH withdrawal and 10 before a wire, while funds wired in carry no hold once they have cleared.

Tradovate offers exchange traded futures and options on futures. Its commission schedule covers standard contracts, micro and CME E-nano index contracts, and nano and event contracts, and the broker publishes a separate product page for event contracts.

Tradovate publishes no leverage ratio. Futures are traded on margin instead, and the broker quotes its day trading margins per contract: 10 USD on nano contracts, 25 USD on smalls, 50 USD on micros and 500 USD on standard futures. A lower margin requirement means a larger position for the same deposit, so risk rises as the margin falls.

Tradovate's main platform is its own cloud based terminal, available in a browser, as Windows and Mac downloads and as iOS and Android apps, with a documented REST API for programmatic access. NinjaTrader Desktop, Web and Mobile are included with every pricing plan at no licence fee, and TradingView can be connected as a premium integration that synchronises accounts, orders, positions and margin and allows orders to be sent from TradingView charts. Tradovate offers no MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 or cTrader access.

Tradovate charges a commission per side, per contract, and the rate depends on which of its three plans a client holds. The Free plan has no monthly fee and charges 0.39 USD per side on a micro or CME E-nano index contract, 1.29 USD on a standard contract and 0.20 USD on a nano or event contract. The Monthly plan costs 99 USD a month and cuts those to 0.29, 0.99 and 0.15 USD, while the Lifetime plan costs 1,499 USD once or four instalments of 499 USD and cuts them to 0.09, 0.59 and 0.05 USD. Exchange, clearing and NFA fees are charged on top on every plan.

Tradovate is reached by phone on 1 (844) 283-3100 or (312) 283-3100, by email at support@tradovate.com, and through its help centre and contact portal. Live phone cover runs from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM US Central time, an emergency trade desk is staffed 24 hours a day five days a week, and a virtual assistant is available at any time inside the web and desktop apps. Support is offered in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Yes, Tradovate requires verification for deposits and withdrawals. Withdrawals must be made to verified bank accounts under the same name as the trading account, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.

Tradovate publishes no minimum deposit. Its pricing page states that the account minimum is any funding amount, so no particular sum is required to open any of the three plans. The only published floors belong to individual funding methods, where an ACH deposit must be between 5 and 5,000 USD. What actually governs trading size is margin, with day trading margins quoted per contract from 10 USD on nano contracts to 500 USD on standard futures.

Tradovate's funding hub advertises four methods: debit card, digital wallet through Apple Pay or Google Pay, ACH bank transfer and wire transfer. A mailed check route is published separately for clients in the United States. Debit card, digital wallet and ACH deposits are capped at 5,000 USD, which the method pages describe as a daily limit and the funding hub as a per transaction limit. Withdrawals are returned by ACH or wire only and must go to an account in the client's own name, with a wire withdrawal costing 30 USD to a US bank or 30 units of the sending currency internationally; credit cards, PayPal and cryptocurrencies are not accepted.

Tradovate is the trading name of NinjaTrader Clearing, LLC, which states on the broker's own site that it is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a futures commission merchant and is a National Futures Association member under NFA ID 0309379. That company accepts orders and carries client futures accounts, and it sits alongside NinjaTrader, LLC under the parent NinjaTrader Group, LLC. Regulatory standing is not the same as safety: the broker's own risk disclosure states that an investor may lose all or more than the initial investment.

Licence 0309379 was issued by National Futures Association (NFA), the financial authority for United States.
Tradovate holds this NFA licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
We located this entry on the NFA register. Note that confirming a register ENTRY is not the same as confirming a live licence — the register’s own wording on this page is what states its current standing.
Wikilix rates NFA tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
This page links straight to the NFA register. Search it for 0309379, and for the name Tradovate rather than the trading brand.
Tradovate has one other licence on record with Wikilix, across one jurisdiction. They are listed further down this page.
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