Ever wanted to try out futures trading, but the thought of opening an account and depositing thousands of dollars doesn’t appeal to you? There’s always the various trader evaluation companies as well, but that involves a financial commitment as well of a few hundred dollars, more than maybe you want to spend to just try things out.
Luckily there’s a few ways to try out futures trading online completely free using 14 day trials with Rithmic through the various trader evaluation companies.
What Is Rithmic?
Rithmic is a popular data feed used by both trader evaluation companies such as Topstep, Earn2Trade, LeeLoo Trading, OneUp Trader and UProfit Trader (all companies I’ve gone through their evaluations). As well Rithmic is used by actual brokerages. Think of Rithmic as the pipeline of data between your online account and your trading platform.
What is R Trader Pro?
Rithmic is the data feed itself. R Trader Pro is the free software you can use which Rithmic offers. Simple as that. It’s not the best trading software, it’s not really as dynamic as something like a Ninja Trader, but if you are just trying out trading, it will work great.
How To Try Out Trading
Rithmic offers a 14 day free trial. But even better, most of the trader evaluation companies offer a 14 day trial, which is essentially with Rithmic. The benefit to signing up through one of the companies listed below is each will set up your account with a unique Rithmic ID. So you could in theory do 14 days through OneUp Trader, then 14 days through LeeLoo Trading, and then 14 free additional days through Topstep.
Topstep 14 Day Free Trial
Topstep also offers a 14 day trial. It is also right after they list the various paid trader evaluation combines.
Tradovate 14 Day Trial
Aside from the various Rithmic trials, you can also sign up for a 14 day trial with Tradovate. You’ll have full access to Tradovates web based platform, or download their standalone program. Tradovate is a great brokerage as well. I know they are only available to US residents, I’m not 100% sure if the trial will work from other countries or not, but I suspect it will.
Conclusion
Don’t be shy about giving it a try. No one is watching your trading, you can familiarize yourself with the platform, try out trading in different products, try strategies and more. As well if you do have access to other trading software such as Ninja Trader, you can connect it to your Rithmic 14 day account and give it a try also.
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Risk Disclosure:
Futures and forex trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing ones’ financial security or life style. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.
Hypothetical Performance Disclosure:
Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, some of which are described below. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown; in fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program. One of the limitations of hypothetical performance results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight. In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of financial risk of actual trading. for example, the ability to withstand losses or to adhere to a particular trading program in spite of trading losses are material points which can also adversely affect actual trading results. There are numerous other factors related to the markets in general or to the implementation of any specific trading program which cannot be fully accounted for in the preparation of hypothetical performance results and all which can adversely affect trading results.
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