TradeStation review: fees, features and futures
A long-running active-trader platform with volume-tiered futures pricing, crypto futures and CME's new spot-quoted futures.
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Traders who build strategies in EasyLanguage and trade stocks, options and futures in one account.
Watch out for
A $10 monthly inactivity fee applies under $2,000 with fewer than 10 trades in 90 days. The tiered Micro rates come from a competitor's comparison page.
Fees and account details
- Stocks and ETFs
- See TradeStation pricing
- Options
- Options on futures $0.85 per side (reported)
- Micro E-mini futures
- $0.50 (0-500 contracts a month), down to $0.25 above 10,000 (reported)
- E-nano futures
- Charged at the Micro rate, per TradeStation's margin page
- Also charged
- Exchange and regulatory fees extra
- Platform fee
- None; inactivity fee may apply
- Minimum deposit
- Not confirmed
- Day-trade margin
- $143.45 MES; $287 NES; $462 NNQ (initial, intraday)
- Cash yield
- See TradeStation
- Platforms
- TradeStation desktop, web, mobile; FuturesPlus; EasyLanguage
- Regulation
- TradeStation Securities, Inc., broker-dealer and FCM; FINRA and NFA member
Features and services
- Crypto
- Crypto futures; spot crypto not offered (reported)
- Retirement accounts
- Traditional, Roth and SEP IRAs; $35 a year IRA fee
- International
- No forex (reported)
- Trading hours
- Extended hours 6 AM to 8 PM ET
- Fractional shares
- Not offered (reported)
- Prediction markets
- Not found
- Tools and research
- RadarScreen, OptionStation Pro, Insights AI market summaries (May 2026), EasyLanguage
- Account fees
- $2,000 minimum for margin; $10 monthly inactivity fee unless active; $125 to transfer out
- Support
- Phone and chat weekdays 8 AM to 5 PM ET
- Account protection
- SIPC up to $500,000 ($250,000 cash) plus excess coverage
What's new
- Launched eight CME spot-quoted futures, including S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, bitcoin and ether. Source
- Added CME XRP futures to its crypto futures lineup. Source
Sources
Figures come from these TradeStation pages unless marked "reported." Rates change, so confirm them on the broker's site before opening an account.