Prop trading company FunderPro has announced plans to launch Futures services on its website. In a notice, the firm reportedly opened a waitlist for exclusive access to the new offering. The company has also set up a new URL for the new offering: funderprofutures.com.

Integration with cTrader

The announcement came days after FunderPro disclosed that it had integrated cTrader into its offering. The integration reportedly aims to give users more trading options. cTrader is a multi-asset forex and CFD trading platform serving brokers and prop trading companies.

The platform reportedly utilizes a liquidity Liquidity The term liquidity refers to the process, speed, and ease of which a given asset or security can be converted into cash. Notably, liquidity surmises a retention in market price, with the most liquid assets representing cash.The most liquid asset of all is cash itself.· In economics, liquidity is defined by how efficiently and quickly an asset can be converted into usable cash without materially affecting its market price. · Nothing is more liquid than cash, while other assets represent The term liquidity refers to the process, speed, and ease of which a given asset or security can be converted into cash. Notably, liquidity surmises a retention in market price, with the most liquid assets representing cash.The most liquid asset of all is cash itself.· In economics, liquidity is defined by how efficiently and quickly an asset can be converted into usable cash without materially affecting its market price. · Nothing is more liquid than cash, while other assets represent Read this Term network to provide services to corporate trading entities and individual traders via a range of financial instruments. FunderPro joined a growing list of companies that have added cTrader to their services.

More choices for our traders are now available! cTrader trading platform is now available on FunderPro!#cTrader #FunderPro pic.twitter.com/9VgWHWMESC

— FunderPro (@FunderProfx) November 5, 2024

The other companies include Goat Funded Trader, a proprietary trading firm reportedly offering retail users access to accounts of up to $800,000. The Funded Trader and MyFundedFX are the other prop trading firms that have also sought the services of cTrader.

More Firms Eye Futures

Notably, more companies are now focusing on futures. For instance, AvaTrade, a forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Read this Term, and contracts for differences broker, recently broadened its services by introducing a specific futures trading platform dubbed AvaFuture. The new service reportedly encompasses micro, mini, and standard futures contracts.

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— NinjaTrader (@NinjaTrader) May 16, 2024

According to a report by Finance Magnates, AvaFuture offers futures contracts for indices, commodities, currencies, treasuries, cryptocurrencies, and metals.

A recent study noted that the policies around the contracts for differences are pushing investors to other instruments, such as futures. The research by Acuiti highlighted that 50% of European retail brokers prefer offering futures and options over retail over-the-counter instruments.

Commenting about this trend, Anya Aratovskaya, an FX Consultant, recently told Finance Magnates: “This tendency is probably true for the US market and maybe Europe as European traders love CFDs and are also likely to consider futures, but overall, I don't think the shift is that significant.”