The Futures Desk vs TradeDay on TradersPost
The Futures Desk and TradeDay differ on 10 of 18 points TradersPost compares: platform, authentication, automated trading, copy trading and 6 more.
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Platform
ProjectX
Tradovate
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Authentication
API key
OAuth
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Automated trading
Allowed
Set by the firm
Conditional
“Third-party purchased trading bots and ATS prohibited; custom strategies built and executed through NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView are permitted.”
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Copy trading
Allowed
Set by the firm
Conditional
“Third-party purchased trading bots and ATS prohibited; custom strategies built and executed through NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView are permitted.”
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Bracket orders
Not supported
Supported
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Stop limit orders
Not supported
Supported
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Good till canceled orders
Not supported
Supported
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Immediate or cancel orders
Not supported
Supported
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Fill or kill orders
Not supported
Supported
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Trailing stop attached to entry
Not supported
Supported
Automation and copy trading rules are set by each firm and can change. Rules recorded May 21, 2026; confirm the current policy with the firm before you connect.
The Futures Desk rules from www.thefuturesdesk.com.
TradeDay rules from tradingfinder.com.
Same on both 8
- Short selling
- Market orders
- Limit orders
- Stop orders
- Trailing stops
- Day orders
- Modify open orders
- Paper accounts
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Worth knowing about each
The Futures Desk
- Platform
- ProjectX
- Automated trading
- Allowed
- Copy trading
- Allowed
TradeDay
- Platform
- Tradovate
- Automated trading
- Conditional
- Copy trading
- Conditional