General Information
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Brokerage name: Blue Futures
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Minimum account size: < $1000
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Base commission rates: < $4
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Brief explanation of margin rates, if applicable:
Exchange minimum
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This brokerage has been in business for: 5-10 years
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Primary type of broker: Futures
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Brief description of services offered:
Deep discount online futures & options brokerage
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Account Information
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Types of trading accounts offered:
- Full Service
- On-Line Full Service
- Premium Service
- Phone (touch tone) Discount Broker
- On-Line Discount Broker
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Customers online account information is updated: Up to the minute
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Types of trades offerered:
- Bonds
- Options
- Futures
- Cash markets
- Industry groups
- Indices
- Forex
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Other trade types: N/A
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Types of quotes offered to customers:
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Execution methods offered:
- Electronic direct access trading(SOES, SNET and the ISLD ECN)
- Online Broker(trade desk)
- Wholesaler
- Broker
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Exchanges covered:
- Alberta Stock Exchange
- American Stock Exchange (AMEX)
- Amsterdam Stock Exchange
- Arizona Stock Exchange
- Athens Stock Exchange
- Australian Stock Exchange
- Bahrain Stock Exchange
- Bangalore Stock Exchange Limited
- Beirut Stock Exchange
- Belgrade Stock Exchange
- Bermuda Stock Exchange
- Bombay Stock Exchange
- Boston Stock Exchange
- Bourse de Paris
- Brussels Exchanges
- Bucharest Stock Exchange
- Budapest Stock Exchange
- Bulgarian Stock Exchange
- Cayman Stock Exchange
- CBOE-Chicago Board Options Exchange
- CBOT-Chicago Board of Trade
- Chicago Stock Exchange
- Cincinnati Stock Exchange
- CME-Chicago Mercantile Exchange
- Colombo Stock Exchange
- Copenhagen Stock Exchange
- CSCE-Coffee Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc.
- Cyprus Stock Exchange
- Dhaka Stock Exchange
- EASDAQ
- Egyptian Stock Exchanges
- Frankfurter Wertpapierborse (FWB)
- Ghana Stock Exchange
- Gruppe Deutsche Borse
- Helsinki Stock Exchange
- Hong Kong Stock Exchange
- Inter-Connected Stock Exchange of India
- Irish Stock Exchange
- Istanbul Stock Exchange
- Italian Stock Exchange
- Jakarta Stock Exchange
- Jamaica Stock Exchange
- Johannesburg Stock Exchange
- Karachi Stock Exchange
- KCBT-Kansas City Board of Trade
- Korea Stock Exchange
- Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
- Le Nouveau Marche
- LIFFE-London International Financial Futures Exchange
- Lisbon Stock Exchange
- Ljubljana Stock Exchange
- London Stock Exchange
- Luxembourg Stock Exchange
- Macedonian Stock Exchange
- MATIF-France's Futures & Options Exchange
- MEFF-Spain's Futures & Options Exchange
- MidAm-Mid-America Commodity Exchange
- Minneapolis Grain Exchange
- Moldova Stock Exchange
- Mongolian Stock Exchange (MSE)
- Montreal Stock Exchange
- Nagoya Stock Exchange
- Namibian Stock Exchange
- NASDAQ
- National Stock Exchange of India
- National Stock Exchange of Lithuania
- New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
- New Zealand Stock Exchange
- NYCE-New York Cotton Exchange
- NYMEX & COMEX-New York Mercantile Exchange
- Osaka Securities Exchange
- Oslo Stock Exchange
- OTC
- Pacific Exchange
- Philadelphia Stock Exchange
- Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)
- Prague Stock Exchange
- Riga Stock Exchange
- San Diego Stock Exchange
- Singapore Stock Exchange
- Stock Exchange of Mauritius
- Stock Exchange of Thailand
- Stockholm Stock Exchange
- Swiss Stock Exchange (SWX)
- Taiwan Stock Exchange
- Tallinn Stock Exchange
- Tehran Stock Exchange
- Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
- Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE)
- Tradepoint Stock Exchange
- Vancouver Stock Exchange
- Venezuela Electronic Stock Exchange
- Vienna Stock Exchange
- Warsaw Stock Exchange
- Winnipeg Stock Exchange
- Zagreb Stock Exchange
- Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
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Setup or initial costs to set up an account: 0
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Features
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Types of services offered to customers:
- Technical Analysis
- Fundamental Analysis
- Basic -charts & graphs
- Advanced- charts & graphs (technical indicators, ability to change parameters, etc.)
- Trading software- charts & graphs (create trading systems, scan and sort based on technical criteria)
- Head line news
- Unique proprietary stories and news coverage
- Portfolio management
- Wireless (quotes, alerts, execution, etc.)
- Checking account, debit card, credit card
- Allow naked option writing
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Ways customers can access their trading account:
- Internet
- Telephone
- Broker
- Mail
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Allow stop, limit, and stop limit orders? Yes
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Charge extra for stop, limit, and stop limit orders: No
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Offer 24 hour customer support: Yes
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Offer tax planning advice: No
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Special features included in the service are:
N/A
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This broker's service is better than the competition in these areas:
Very competitive pricing
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Types of security precautions taken for customers:
High end encryption
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Communications during systems failures has been assured through:
N/A
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The major plans for upgrading the current level of trading service are as follows:
N/A
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