Order flow trading platform built specifically for futures day traders. Read the market through the Depth & Sales DOM, see real player size with the Reconstructed Tape, gauge trading pace with Smart Gauges, and analyze your performance with Journalytix.
Jigsaw daytradr is a trading platform for futures day traders who work order flow. The main pieces are the Depth & Sales DOM, the Reconstructed Tape (Jigsaw’s algorithm for piecing fragmented order fills back into their original size), Pace of Tape Smart Gauges, a Strategy Manager for automated exits, and the Journalytix trade analytics platform.
Peter Davies started Jigsaw in 2011. The platform has built up a real following over the last decade, partly because of the order flow training that ships with every package.
At Discount Trading, we route Jigsaw through CQG or Rithmic. IQFeed is available if you just need a data feed. It is Windows-only; Mac users run it through Bootcamp or Parallels.
Jigsaw is not one product, it is a few. Are you buying Independent, Professional, or Institutional? Connecting via CQG or Rithmic? Running daytradr standalone or as a plug-in to something else you already have? Most first-time buyers do not know these choices exist until they have already paid.
We can help you figure out which package fits your trading and which routing makes sense before you commit. After that the rest is mechanical: get the data feed turned on, install daytradr, place a few test orders on the simulator to confirm everything works. Jigsaw bills you for the software; we handle the brokerage and execution side.
Jigsaw’s analytical edge comes from a small set of focused tools, each built specifically to read order flow rather than retrofitted from a charting package.
The flagship tool. Customizable price ladder showing where active traders hit the book and where passive liquidity sits. Spot iceberg orders, see absorption, and time entries on actual flow.
Proprietary algorithm rebundles fragmented order fills back into the original size traders executed. See real player size on the tape, not just broken-up small prints.
Smart Gauges in 50+ styles visualize trading pace relative to historical average. Track activity at inflection points, gauge pullback strength, judge breakout odds.
Order flow history view with Large Trade Circles (algorithmic high-volume areas) and shaded market depth. Trade direct from the chart with live management.
Depth Histogram, Flip Charts, Price Delta Chart, Cumulative Delta, and Volume Delta Bars. Each built around volume and order flow, not price-only patterns.
Built-in real-time audio news plus economic calendar with 1- and 5-minute pre-release warnings. Stay ahead of scheduled volatility without leaving the platform.
Active chat room for lifetime license holders to discuss trades and market activity in real time. Text, audio, and video communication available.
Realistic SIM trading environment that mirrors live market conditions. Free indefinitely — practice setups and refine execution without committing capital.
The Depth & Sales is also your primary order entry tool. One-click trading, automated exit strategies, OCO orders, numerous order types, volume-based stop losses, and the kind of execution feel that only happens when traders build for traders.
The Strategy Manager lets you define exit logic that runs automatically when your entry order fills. Set it up once, save the strategy, and apply it from the DOM with a single click.
Every Jigsaw package includes lifetime access to Journalytix Basic, Jigsaw’s cloud-based trade analytics platform. Your trades upload automatically — no CSV exports, no manual entry — and the dashboard turns your history into something you can actually learn from.
Monthly, weekly, and daily drill-down views of P&L and activity. Spot patterns you cannot see in a flat trade list.
By time of day, day of week, and by instrument. Find the sessions and markets where you actually have an edge — and the ones quietly bleeding you dry.
Model how changes to your approach would have affected historical results. Cut the worst hour of your day, hold winners 5 more ticks — see the impact before changing anything live.
Opt in to see your consistency rating against other Jigsaw traders. Many find this more useful than raw P&L for spotting bad habits early.
One-click trade journaling with playbook tagging. Build a structured record of why you took every trade, searchable later when you need to audit yourself.
Included with the live trading subscription. Adds real-time audio news with source selection, the global economic calendar with pre-release warnings, advanced what-if scenario tools, and priority support.
Jigsaw daytradr connects to the major futures data feeds directly. At Discount Trading we support it through CQG and Rithmic for full data + execution, with IQFeed available as a market data alternative.
Full data and execution. A solid default for traders who want stable, established routing infrastructure.
Direct or via R Trader Pro bridge. Low-latency execution, often preferred by active scalpers and order flow traders.
Independent market data subscription. Useful as a primary or backup feed when paired with one of the execution gateways above.
If you have more than two concurrent connections to a given exchange, CME and others classify you as a professional trader (and bill professional data fees). daytradr lets you minimize this by routing connections through a single bridge — for example, running daytradr alongside another platform via R Trader Pro counts as one connection rather than two. You can also use data from one account to trade many accounts, so a single CQG feed can power multiple linked accounts without double-charging.
Standard stops, targets, and OCO orders configured through the Strategy Manager are processed and stored server-side, so they continue working even if your terminal disconnects or your PC reboots. Volume stops and strategies that contain volume stops are processed locally — worth knowing if you rely on them.
Jigsaw pricing has two parts. First, a one-time software license — you pay once and own the platform forever, including free upgrades, free support, Journalytix Basic, and the bundled education. Second, when you are ready to trade live, there is a monthly or yearly subscription on top of that license. SIM trading and demo accounts are free indefinitely, so you never pay the subscription until you trade real money.
One of the things that genuinely sets Jigsaw apart is the depth of the education that ships with every package. This is not marketing content dressed up as training. Each tier includes structured order flow education, including the Cut and Reverse drill and the One Tick drill — exercises designed to build market reading as a physical skill rather than an intellectual exercise.
The Jigsaw live chat room is available to all lifetime license holders, hosted on the Jigsaw website (not moderated by Discount Trading). It is an open place for like-minded order flow traders to discuss trades and market activity, with text, audio, and video chat available.
Jigsaw daytradr is a standalone multi-threaded trading platform built for futures day traders who use order flow analysis. The flagship tool is the Depth & Sales DOM, supported by the Reconstructed Tape, Smart Gauges, Auction Vista, and Strategy Manager.
Reconstructed Tape is Jigsaw’s algorithm that rebundles fragmented order fills back into the original size the trade was executed at. This gives a much more accurate view of large player activity than the raw tick-by-tick prints other platforms show.
At Discount Trading, Jigsaw daytradr connects via CQG Continuum, Rithmic, or IQFeed. CQG and Rithmic are full data + execution connections; IQFeed is a market data option you can run as a primary or backup feed.
Journalytix is Jigsaw’s cloud-based trade analytics platform. Trade data uploads automatically — no CSV exports needed — giving you performance breakdowns by time of day, day of week, and instrument, plus a what-if analysis tool and an optional consistency leaderboard. Journalytix Basic is included with all Jigsaw packages for life; Advanced is included with the live trading subscription.
One-time software purchase: $579 for Independent, $879 for Professional, or $1,979 for Institutional. Each is a lifetime license on 2 PCs with free upgrades and support. Live trading requires an additional subscription of $50 per month or $500 per year — SIM trading is free forever. Pricing reflects Jigsaw’s published rates and is subject to change.
Jigsaw is Windows-only. Mac users can run it via Bootcamp or a virtualization tool like Parallels, but there is no native Mac application.
Yes. Jigsaw offers a 14-day money-back guarantee covering the price of the software ($579). The training portion is non-refundable — as Jigsaw puts it, you cannot unlearn what you have already learned.
Drop your contact details below. Someone from our team will get back to you with package recommendations based on your trading style, routing setup details, and a clear path from sign-up to first SIM trade on daytradr.
Disclaimer: Trading futures and options involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. Only risk capital should be used. Past results are not necessarily indicative of future results. Pricing shown reflects Jigsaw’s published rates and may change without notice; contact us for current pricing.
We have set up daytradr accounts since the platform launched. The configuration choices are not always obvious, and we walk through them with you before any money changes hands.
Both gateways are supported in-house. We help you pick between them based on whether you trade the U.S. session, overnight Globex, or rely on R Trader Pro to minimize exchange data fees.
Every Jigsaw package ships with structured order-flow education and live practice drills. We can also point you to the parts of the curriculum that matter most for futures day traders.
Jigsaw includes a 14-day money-back guarantee on the software portion of the purchase. If daytradr is not the right fit after a fair evaluation, you are not locked in.
You only pay the live trading subscription when executing real money trades. SIM trading and demo accounts are free indefinitely, so you can keep practicing without ongoing cost.
Beyond email tickets, we offer one-on-one screen share with our trade desk when something is not working. Order flow tools are detail-heavy and trying to fix things by yourself wastes the trial period.
