tastytrade review: fees, features and futures
Built for options and futures traders, with $0 commissions to close options and new CFTC-regulated prediction markets.
Visit tastytradeBest for
Options sellers and futures traders who trade both in one account.
Watch out for
Its Micro and E-nano rate of $0.75 is three times IBKR's. Margin rates shown come from a third-party review.
Fees and account details
- Stocks and ETFs
- $0
- Options
- $1 per contract to open (max $10 per leg); $0 to close
- Micro E-mini futures
- $0.75 per side; E-mini $1.00
- E-nano futures
- $0.75 per side
- Also charged
- Exchange and clearing fees extra
- Platform fee
- None
- Minimum deposit
- No set minimum for non-IRA accounts
- Margin rate, $25,000
- 10.50% (reported)
- Margin rate, $100,000
- 9.50% (reported)
- Cash yield
- Not disclosed
- Platforms
- Desktop, web, mobile; API
- Regulation
- tastytrade, Inc. (FINRA, NFA); clears through Apex
Features and services
- Crypto
- Spot crypto, 20+ coins; 0.75% each way on bitcoin and ether, 1% on others
- Retirement accounts
- Traditional, Roth, SEP and Beneficiary IRAs; no contribution match
- International
- Forex through its affiliate tastyfx
- Trading hours
- 24/5 trading Sunday 7 PM to Friday 7 PM CT for S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 stocks and select ETFs; overnight SPX, VIX, XSP and RUT options
- Fractional shares
- Yes, $0 commission plus a $0.10 clearing fee
- Prediction markets
- Event contracts on indexes, rates, economic data, crypto and commodities; $0 commission plus $0.02 per contract
- Tools and research
- Strategy builder with probability-of-profit tools, trading from TradingView
- Account fees
- $0 minimum ($2,000 for margin); $75 to transfer out
- Sign-up offer
- Cash bonus from $50 to $2,000 for new accounts funded with $2,500+ within 30 days; hold 12 months; IRAs excluded; ends November 30, 2026
- Support
- Phone, chat and email
- Account protection
- SIPC up to $500,000 ($250,000 cash); futures, crypto and event-contract accounts are not SIPC-covered
What's new
- E-nano equity index futures at $0.75 per side. Source
- Launched prediction markets: CFTC-regulated event contracts. Source
Sources
Figures come from these tastytrade pages unless marked "reported." Rates change, so confirm them on the broker's site before opening an account.