Online Futures Trading Platforms
We are an institutional online commodity futures broker that provides hedge funds, CTAs, proprietary traders and institutional traders with access to the world’s commodities markets including, currencies, energies, equity indexes, interest rates, metals and agricultural futures via high-end technology solutions and online futures trading platforms, FIX Adapter and API environments and automated trading systems.
Connectivity to the exchange traded commodity futures markets is offered under multiple ISV solutions, online futures trading software programs and data feeds. vCap Futures also offers access to Trading Technologies (TT) Fix Adapter and API environments for algorithmic or automated futures traders. Our premier online futures trading platform, TradeVec, is offered through the TT data feed. NinjaTrader is offered though both the TT and Zen Fire data feeds.
Institutional Futures Trading Services
We provide institutional traders with a wide range of value-add services, which include, consulting on technology and programming aspects of quantitative strategies, automation, algorithmic and black box trading systems; high-speed connectivity solutions including direct exchange connectivity, server co-location and other hosting services; assistance with exchange membership enrollments; providing emerging and tenure asset managers with the capital introductions and providing clients with access to third-party futures research, educational trading programs and futures trading systems.
We provide institutional traders with a wide range of value-add services, which include, consulting on technology and programming aspects of quantitative strategies, automation, algorithmic and black box trading systems; high-speed connectivity solutions including direct exchange connectivity, server co-location and other hosting services; assistance with exchange membership enrollments; providing emerging and tenure asset managers with the capital introductions and providing clients with access to third-party futures research, educational trading programs and futures trading systems.
Futures Contract Specifications
Learn more about exchange traded commodity futures contracts such as contract specifications, symbols, months, sizes, hours traded, tick increments, tick values, initial margins, maintenance margins, order types, and other helpful terminology on currencies, energies, metals, interest rates, indexes, livestock, foods, fibers and lumber.
Online Commodity Futures Broker
Learn more about our futures brokerage operations and how our business model and vision supports our clients, how we maintain industry standards and protect our clients through adherence to strict compliance with NFA and CFTC regulations and how the vCap team, which combines a unique blending of in-depth experience in the commodity futures brokerage industry, can empower our clients with the tools needed to succeed in the ever-changing and dynamic commodity futures and options marketplace.
TradeVec is an algorithmic futures trading software platform that offers sophisticated data management, historical futures charting capabilities, and low latency execution including a built-in Automated Trading interface. TradeVec’s server, DataVec, provides real-time market data collection and distribution, FIX messaging, historical ticker plant, and multi data feed connectivity. We believe TradeVec’s cutting-edge infrastructure exemplifies the most recent achievements in modern futures trading platform coding and technology. TradeVec is offered with the Trading Technologies (TT) FIX Adapter.
X_Trader® Version 7 and X_Trader® Pro
The Trading Technologies platform features plug-ins TT Trainer Simulator, MD (Market Depth) Trader, Autotrader, AutoSpreader XT API, Trailing Stops (TL/TSM) and OCO (one cancels the other) functionality. Enter specialized order contingencies such as GTC, FOK, IOC, stops and more. Link to Excel® and other analytics. With X_Trader, our clients can have access to a multitude of global futures exchanges, such as the CME, BrokerTec, Chicago Climate Futures Exchange, Dubai Mercantile Exchange, ICE Futures, London Metal Exchange, Montreal Climate Exchange, Singapore and Sydney Futures Exchange.
NinjaTrader was one of the first future trading platforms to bring automated trade management (ATM) strategies to the marketplace. The SuperDOM has quick order entry, exit, and scaling buttons with intelligent bracketed OCO orders capabilities on entry while scaling in and out or futures positions. Trade on the SuperDOM order entry interface and on NT charts via the Trading Technologies (TT) FIX and Zen Fire data and execution feed.
CQG Trader & CQG Integrated Client
CQG provides futures traders with a robust futures trading and execution system, multiple market news feeds with keyword search functionality, historical charting and graphics systems all in one package. CQG’s DOMTrader, a depth-of-market futures trading order execution interface, provides DOM information that gives traders transparency beyond the best bid and offer. CQG Integrated Client provides innovative trading interface complete with accurate global market data, professional analytical tools, and advanced order routing.
Strategy Runner Pro & Strategy Runner Lite
Strategy Runner Pro, designed for the automated and algorithmic futures traders, offers a fully automated futures trading system with high-quality execution of futures trading strategies using server-based solutions, real-time transparency and full control over strategy execution using graphical monitoring, ability to execute trades in multiple accounts and a strategy exchange from where you can buy or lease strategies. Strategy Runner Lite, designed for the professional futures trader, offers one-click trading from charts, Level II order entry, automated exits, trailing stops, advanced charts and studies.
The Trading Technologies (TT) FIX Adapter enables non-TT futures trading systems to connect to TT's trading platform using the industry standard Financial Information eXchange (FIX) messaging protocol and interface. The TT FIX Adapter allows order management systems, algorithmic and automated trading systems, black boxes to easily connect to the TT infrastructure for high-speed order routing, risk management, position monitoring and market data services. You can trade on the same data feed that services X_Trader® such as TradeVec, NinjaTrader, and Strategy Runner.
