Futures

TradersPost supports buying, selling and shorting futures contracts with support for over 100 tickers.

TradersPost Automated Futures Trading Setup

Supported Brokers

• TradeStation

• Tradovate (coming soon)

Supported Tickers

TradersPost currently supports trading with the following futures tickers through TradeStation.

The ticker names are not always the same from TradingView to TradersPost. Because of this, it's recommended that you hard code your ticker symbol into your alerts instead of using the {{ticker}} TradingView variable. For example, Lumber with TradeStation is LB and on TradingView it's LBS. To ensure you end up in the front contract for Lumber, use the TradersPost Symbol Root LB1!

{
    "ticker": "LB1!",
    "action": "buy"
}

View our TradingView Watchlist with all available symbols.

Description	TradersPost Symbol Root	TradingView Symbol
INDEXES
E-MINI S&P 500	ES	ES1!
E-MINI MIDCAP 400	EMD	EMD1!
E-MINI NASDAQ 100	NQ	NQ1!
MINI RUSSELL 2000 (CME)	RTY	RTY1!
MINI DOW JONES ($5)	YM	YM1!
MICRO ES	MES	MES1!
MICRO NQ	MNQ	MNQ1!
MICRO RUSSELL	M2K	M2K1!
MICRO YM	MYM	MYM1!
NIKKEI ($ BASED) (CME)	NK	NKD1!
VIX	VX	VX1!
MINI VOLATILITY INDEX	VXM
ICE Bitcoin	BTM	BTM1!
CME BITCOIN FUTURES	BTC	BTC1!
CME MICRO BITCOIN FUTURES	MBT	MBT1!
CME ETHEREUM FUTURES	ETH	ETH1!
CME MICRO ETHEREUM FUTURES	MET	MET1!
EUREX
DAX	FDAX	FDAX1!
MINI-DAX	FDXM	FDXM1!
MICRO-DAX	FDXS	FDXS1!
DJ STOXX 50 INDEX	FESX	FESX1!
MICRO-DJ EURO STOXX 50 INDEX FUTURES	FSXE	FSXE1!
DJ STOXX 600 BANKS	FSTB	FSTB1!
DJ STOXX 600 INDST G&S	FSTG	FSTG1!
EURO-SCHATZ	FGBS	FGBS1!
EURO-BOBL	FGBM	FGBM1!
EURO-BUND	FGBL	FGBL1!
EURO-OAT	FOAT	FOAT1!
EURO-BUXL	FGBX	FGBX1!
DJ STOXX 600 UTILITY	FSTU	FSTU1!
EURONEXT LIFFE
FTSE 100 INDEX FUTURES	LZ	Z1!
THREE MONTH EURO (EURIBOR) INTEREST RATE FUTURES	LT2	FEU31!
LONG GILT FUTURES	LJ	R1!
MEDIUM GILT FUTURES	H	H1!
SHORT GILT FUTURES	G	G1!
LONDON COCOA FUTURES	CC3	C1!
LONDON ROBUSTA COFFEE FUTURES	RC	RC1!
CURRENCIES (CME)
AUSTRALIAN DLR.	AD	6A1!
BRITISH POUND	BP	6B1!
CANADIAN DLR.	CD	6C1!
EURO CURRENCY	EC	6E1!
JAPANESE YEN	JY	6J1!
MEXICAN PESO	MP1	6M1!
NEW ZEALAND DLR.	NE1	6N1!
SWISS FRANC	SF	6S1!
DOLLAR INDEX (ICE)	DX	DX1!
MINI EURO	E7	E71!
MINI YEN	J7	J71!
E-MICRO AUD/USD	M6A	M6A1!
E-MICRO GBP/USD	M6B	M6B1!
E-MICRO EUR/USD	M6E	M6E1!
INTEREST RATES (CBOT)
30-YR T-BOND	US	ZB1!
Ultra 30-YR T-BOND	UB	UB1!
20-YR T-BOND	TWE	TWE1!
10-YR T-NOTE	TY	ZN1!
Ultra 10-YR NOTE	TEN	TN1!
5-YR T-NOTE	FV	ZF1!
2-YR T-NOTE	TU	ZT1!
EURODOLLAR (CME)	ED	GE1!
ONE-MONTH SOFR	SR1	SR11!
THREE-MONTH SOFR	SR3	SR31!
MICRO 2-YEAR YIELD FUTURES	2YY	2YY1!
MICRO 5-YEAR YIELD FUTURES	5YY	5YY1!
MICRO 10-YEAR YIELD FUTURES	10Y	10Y1!
MICRO 30-YEAR YIELD FUTURES	30Y	30Y1!
METALS
GOLD (COMEX)	GC	GC1!
SILVER (COMEX)	SI	SI1!
COPPER (COMEX)	HG	HG1!
PALLADIUM (NYMEX)	PA	PA1!
PLATINUM (NYMEX)	PL	PL1!
ALUMINUM (COMEX)	ALI	ALI1!
MICRO GOLD (COMEX)	MGC	MGC1!
E-MICRO SILVER (COMEX)	SIL	SIL1!
MICRO COPPER (COMEX)	MHG	MHG1!
ENERGIES
CRUDE OIL (NYMEX)	CL	CL1!
NATURAL GAS (NYMEX)	NG	NG1!
HEATING OIL (NYMEX)	HO	HO1!
RBOB GASOLINE (NYMEX)	RB	RB1!
BRENT CRUDE OIL (ICE)	BRN	BRN1!
LOW SULPHUR GASOIL (ICE)	ULS	GAS1!
E-MINY CRUDE OIL (NYMEX)	QM	QM1!
E-MINY NATURAL GAS (NYMEX)	QN	QG1!
E-MINY HEATING OIL (NYMEX)	QH	QH1!
E-MINY RBOB GASOLINE (NYMEX)	QU	QU1!
MICRO CRUDE OIL (NYMEX)	MCL	MCL1!
MICRO HEATING OIL	MHO	MHO1!
MICRO RBOB GASOLINE	MRB	MRB1!
AGRICULTURE (CBOT)
WHEAT	W	ZW1!
HARD RD WINTER WHEAT	KW	KE1!
CORN	C	ZC1!
OATS	O	ZO1!
SOYBEANS	S	ZO1!
SOYBEAN OIL	BO	ZL1!
SOYBEAN MEAL	SM	ZM1!
ROUGH RICE	RR	ZR1!
MILK (CME)	DA	DC1!
BUTTER (CME)	CB	CB1!
MINI WHEAT	YW	XW1!
MINI CORN	YC	XC1!
MINI SOYBEANS	YK	XK1!
MEATS (CME)
LEAN HOGS	LH	HE1!
LIVE CATTLE	LC	LE1!
FEEDER CATTLE	FC	GF1!
SOFTS (ICE)
COFFEE	KC	KC1!
COTTON	CT	CT1!
FROZEN OJ	OJ	OJ1!
COCOA	CC	CC1!
SUGAR #11	SB	SB1!
OTHER
LUMBER (CME)	LB	LBR1!
One-Month SOFR Futures	SR1	SR1!
Three-Month SOFR Futures	SR3	SR3!

Symbol Format

TradersPost standardizes the futures symbol format to have a 4 digit year. We convert this symbol format back and fourth when communicating with each broker so you don't have to worry about the differences between brokers.

Symbol	Type
NQZ2021	4 digit year (TradersPost)
NQ1!	TradingView current contract
NQ2!	TradingView next contract
NQ*0	TrendSpider current contract
NQ*1	TrendSpider next contract

Signals

It's easy to send signals to TradersPost using Webhooks from platforms like TradingView or TrendSpider. You just need to send JSON like the following to the webhook URL you create within TradersPost.

Enter Bullish

The buy action is a bullish signal. When TradersPost receives a buy signal, we will Buy To Cover any bearish (short) position for the ticker and Buy To Open a bullish (long).

{
    "ticker": "NQH2022",
    "action": "buy"
}

Exit Bullish

The exit action will exit any open position. So for example if you have a long shares position open, then TradersPost will Sell To Close those long contracts.

{
    "ticker": "NQH2022",
    "action": "exit"
}

Enter Bearish

The sell action is a bearish signal. When TradersPost receives a sell signal, we will Sell To Close any bullish (long) position for the ticker and Sell To Open a bearish (short) position.

{
    "ticker": "NQH2022",
    "action": "sell"
}

Exit Bearish

The exit action will exit any open position. So for example if you have a short contracts position open, then TradersPost will Buy to Cover those short contracts.

{
    "ticker": "NQH2022",
    "action": "exit"
}

Full Signal Example

You can optionally include a price and quantity in the signal that can then be used in the calculated orders that we send to your broker. Here is a full example signal.

{
    "ticker": "NQH2022",
    "action": "buy",
    "price": 1420.50,
    "quantity": 2
}

If you configure your strategy subscription to use limit orders and to use the signal quantity, then you will get a Buy Limit order for 2 contracts at a price of $1420.50.

Market Orders

While futures trading generally supports market orders, under certain conditions market orders may be REJECTED by your broker or exchange. For example, during major news announcements like unemployment or inflation numbers, the exchange can go into reserve and during this time market orders are not accepted.

During these market conditions, you may receive rejected orders with a reject reason of the following:

Order type not permitted while the market is reserved

Whenever trading futures and you are facing upcoming volatile market conditions, you have two options:

1. Don't hold positions over upcoming major news announcements (CPI, FOMC announcements, etc)

2. Watch your positions and be ready to take manual action with limit orders if your market orders are rejected.

To keep track of the different news events that may cause the market to move in one direction or another you can use the following calendars.

• https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/calendar.htm

• https://www.marketwatch.com/economy-politics/calendar

Contract Rollover

You are responsible for ensuring futures contract positions are exited before expiration or are rolled over manually. TradersPost does not automatically do anything special for futures contract positions based on expiration date.

In a recent release we made a change to improve how we handle continuous contract symbols and when we switch from the current contract to the next contract. We will now switch from the current contract to the next contract two days before the beginning of the expiration date. So take MNQZ2023 for example. It has an expiration date of Friday December 15th, 2023.

• Before this change, MNQ1! switches to MNQH2024 at the end of December 15th, 2023.

• After this change, MNQ1! switches to MNQH2024 at the beginning of December 13th, 2023.

• If you want to trade a specific contract, then you can send NQH2023 or NQM2023 instead of NQ1! for example. Here is an example JSON.

{
    "ticker": "NQH2023",
    "action": "buy"
}