We offer Futures with accounts starting at $25,000. We offer a max of 25% of SPAN for DT. Software is either Realtick or CQG QTrader. Commissions start at $0.60/Future plus a pass through of all platfrom, regulatory, exchange clearing and market data. Email or call me for more information. https://www.lightspeed.com/futures/ Bob
IB is so good in most of the instruments, that I do not even look at other brokers. Instead of trying to save pennies in commissions, try to spend more efforts in earning dollars via better trading, IMHO.
Customer service ? Margins ? Platform ? ... For a pure Futures Trader, there are much better options available than IB. But if you want and/ or need all the worldwide markets in one package, then IB is a good alternative.
I would suggest trading with FP Markets. I Currently trade with them because they better trading condition, and I can access 10,000+ tradable instruments with commodities and indices.
I trade with fxview, low spreads and margins are cool plus there’s no restriction on the SL and TP limits. And yeah, it’s a CFD broker so as for the 2nd part of your post, I guess you should go for one. What’s the harm when you get to speculate without having to purchase it?