Hello, I've been trading stocks for a little while now and been reading a lot of books on futures trading. I'm looking to trade index futures and possibly Ag futures but I don't want to be limited. I am going to have about 10k to start with and I plan to take it slow with that. I am looking for a good broker but am lost. I am currently using TD Ameritrade for stocks and like them. I would also love to have an app for my iPhone if possible but not a requirement. Any advice would be great. Thanks, Steve
Sounds like you might need a full-service or broker-assisted trading account, so maybe inquire with this firm. http://www.codexcommodities.com/2_Futures_Trading_Online_Broker.html
RJ O'brien is pretty good. They are at the average as far as commission rates. But the data seemed stable. There were a few outages last year, but that was resolved a while back. Things have been stable for a long while.