Does TradersPost Support Interactive Brokers (IBKR) Futures?
Interactive Brokers (IBKR) futures are not supported on TradersPost. The IBKR connection trades stocks, and futures traders can use Tradovate, TradeStation, tastytrade or ProjectX instead.
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An earlier version said IBKR futures were available in Beta. They are not: TradersPost does not support futures on Interactive Brokers, and the article now says so.
No. TradersPost does not support futures on Interactive Brokers (IBKR)1. The IBKR connection trades stocks, and there is no futures integration for IBKR today.
What the IBKR connection supports
The IBKR connection places stock orders from your TradersPost strategies. See the TradersPost IBKR connection page for the order types, time in force and limits it supports.
Where to trade futures instead
TradersPost sends futures orders through these connections:
- Tradovate, which also carries NinjaTrader and many futures prop firm accounts
- TradeStation
- tastytrade
- ProjectX, used by some futures prop firms
Futures symbols use a root, a month letter and a four digit year, and TradersPost does not roll positions for you. The futures trading documentation explains the symbol format and how to roll a contract.
Conclusion
If you want to automate futures, connect one of the futures connections above. Interactive Brokers works on TradersPost for stocks only.
