CQG QTrader is the professional trader’s go-to platform. It packs the analytics, TFlow charting, and multiple trade execution interfaces of CQG’s flagship Integrated Client into one comprehensive solution — with CQG Mobile included at no extra cost.
CQG QTrader is CQG’s platform for serious, active futures traders. It consolidates analytics, charts, and several trade execution interfaces into one comprehensive solution, and it carries many of the same features found in CQG Integrated Client — the flagship product CQG built for its largest institutional clients.
CQG has been building trading technology for more than thirty years. The company started in 1980 writing chart software for commodity traders, and the data quality, charting, and execution that came out of those decades are why CQG is the backbone behind so many FCM trading environments. QTrader puts that engine in front of you in a single workspace.
One nice touch: QTrader customers can add CQG Mobile at no additional charge. Sign in with the same CQG Trading ID and you get quotes, analytics, and trading on your phone, with your account information carried across.
We have routed CQG orders since the early days of electronic futures trading. QTrader is one of several CQG platforms we support, alongside CQG Desktop, CQG One, and CQG Integrated Client. If you are not sure which one fits your trading, we will walk through it with you and set up the routing.
QTrader is the right call when you want the depth of the flagship CQG product without the full Integrated Client price tag — advanced charts, multiple execution tools, server-side order management, and the Spreadsheet Trader, all in one place.
Eight features that define what you get with CQG QTrader.
CQG’s full chart library, including the exclusive TFlow volume bars that color-code each bar by bid-versus-ask aggression. Candlestick, bar, line, and time-based variations all included.
Professional order-entry ladder showing the inside market and resting size at every price level. Click to trade with full market transparency.
One-click trading interface designed to save screen space while keeping execution fast. Built for traders who want speed without a sprawling layout.
Track and trade an extensive collection of markets in a customizable spreadsheet using your favorite studies, conditions, and alerts.
Comprehensive desk-trader tool that attaches to any application — a quote board or a chart — so you can manage orders from wherever you are watching the market.
Add CQG Mobile at no additional cost for quotes, analytics, and trading on the go. Same login, same account, on your phone.
Automated, ultra-low-latency management of orders in aggregated markets, run at CQG’s co-located gateways rather than on your machine.
More than one hundred built-in studies and statistical functions, plus custom formulas if you want to build your own indicators.
Charting is what CQG has always been known for. The company started building chart software for commodity traders in 1980, and four decades later the chart engine is still the part the rest of the industry measures itself against. QTrader ships with the full CQG chart type and study library.
The standout chart type is TFlow. Each bar is color-coded based on the percentage of volume that traded at the bid versus the ask, so you can read aggressor behavior bar by bar. Beyond TFlow, you get candlestick, bar, line, and a range of time- and volume-based chart types.
The study library runs past one hundred indicators — moving averages, regression channels, Bollinger Bands, volume profile, market profile, point and figure — plus CQG’s formula language if you want to build custom studies, conditions, and alerts.
QTrader’s strength is that it gives you several ways to get an order into the market, each suited to a different style. You are not locked into one order ticket.
QTrader supports the full set of order types: market, limit, stop, stop limit, iceberg, trailing, DOM-triggered, and algorithmic orders. That covers everything from a simple market order to a resting iceberg that hides your full size.
For traders who want algorithmic execution without writing code, CQG has integrated partner algo strategies directly into QTrader. Pair those with CQG’s execution analytics, including TCA reports, to test strategies and measure performance.
Beyond charts and order entry, QTrader gives you tools to watch a lot of markets at once, get told the moment something happens, and pull live data straight into your own spreadsheets.
CQG Integrated Client (IC) is the full institutional flagship — the deepest customization, the broadest API access, and the most configuration options CQG offers. QTrader is the professional trader’s version: it carries many of the same features in a more streamlined package at a lower monthly cost.
For the large majority of active futures traders, QTrader has everything you actually use day to day — the charts, the execution interfaces, server-side order management, the Spreadsheet Trader, and the study library. IC makes sense when you need the full institutional toolset or specific API integrations. We can help you decide which fits.
CQG QTrader is a monthly platform subscription, typically around $40 per month. Exchange market data subscriptions are separate and charged by the exchanges directly (CME, ICE, EUREX, and so on), as are per-trade transaction fees.
CQG Mobile is included with QTrader at no additional cost. Pricing reflects CQG’s published rates and is subject to change — we can walk through what your total monthly cost would look like for the contracts you actually trade.
We have routed CQG orders since the early days of electronic futures trading. The full CQG ecosystem — QTrader, One, Desktop, Integrated Client — is something we know inside and out.
Not sure if QTrader, CQG One, or Integrated Client is right for you? We will walk through what you trade and how, and point you at the platform that actually fits.
We will set up a CQG QTrader demo with simulated trading and live market data so you can test the platform on real instruments before opening a live account.
$0.49 or less per contract commission on standard futures and $0.20 or less per contract commission on micro index futuresiExchange, clearing, and regulatory fees apply..
You can get a person on the line here, not a ticket system. The trade desk picks up during U.S. and Globex hours for account questions, platform issues, or to place a trade if something on your end goes sideways.
If QTrader does not turn out to be the right fit, we support 20+ other futures platforms. Easy to switch without changing brokers.
CQG QTrader is CQG’s professional trading platform. It combines advanced analytics, charts, and multiple trade execution interfaces in one comprehensive solution and offers many of the same features as CQG’s flagship Integrated Client. CQG Mobile is included at no additional cost.
CQG QTrader offers many of the same features as CQG Integrated Client (IC) in a more streamlined package aimed at active professional traders. IC is the full institutional flagship with the deepest customization and API access. For most professional futures traders, QTrader delivers the charting, execution, and analytics they need at a lower monthly cost.
Yes. CQG QTrader customers can add CQG Mobile for on-the-go access to quotes, analytics, and trading at no additional charge. Sign in with your CQG Trading ID and the mobile app reflects your account information and trading access.
CQG provides direct market access to more than 40 global exchanges through its co-located Hosted Exchange Gateways, including CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX, ICE, and EUREX.
CQG QTrader is a monthly platform subscription, typically around $40 per month. Exchange market data fees and per-trade transaction fees are charged separately. We can walk through what your total monthly cost would look like for the contracts you trade.
Yes. We can set up a free CQG QTrader demo with simulated trading and live market data so you can work with the platform on real instruments before committing to a live account.
Fill out the form below to activate your free CQG QTrader demo. CQG emails your username and password right away, and our team follows up to set up your account and routing.
Instructions on how to download and activate your demo account will be sent to the email address that you provided above.
