Public.com vs Tradovate on TradersPost

Public.com and Tradovate differ on 14 of 21 points TradersPost compares: stocks, stock options, index options, futures and 10 more. Both support market orders, limit orders, stop orders, stop limit orders, day orders and good till canceled orders.

Public.com Tradovate

  • Stocks

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Stock Options

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Index Options

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Futures

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Crypto

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Short selling

    Partial

    All but Crypto

    Supported

  • Fractional quantity

    Partial

    All but Stock Options and Index Options

    Not supported

  • Trailing stops

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Bracket orders

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Immediate or cancel orders

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Fill or kill orders

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Trailing stop attached to entry

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Modify open orders

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Paper accounts

    Not supported

    Supported

Public.com: short selling isn't available on crypto.

Public.com: fractional quantity isn't available on stock options and index options.

Same on both 7

  • Market orders
  • Limit orders
  • Stop orders
  • Stop limit orders
  • Day orders
  • Good till canceled orders
  • Authentication: OAuth

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Worth knowing about each

Public.com

  • No Public.com paper connection.

View Public.com connection View Public.com docs

Tradovate

  • Futures only.
  • The paid Tradovate API Access add-on is not required for TradersPost.
  • A 401 Access Denied on live orders usually means the TradersPost authorization email after 2FA was not approved.

View Tradovate connection View Tradovate docs

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