Volfix.NET is a professional futures trading platform built around volume analysis and order flow. Read what is happening inside each price bar with cluster charts, see the order book pulling and stacking through a real-time DOM heatmap, and execute with one click from chart or DOM.
Volfix is a futures platform built around volume and order flow. Most charting tools show you price; Volfix shows you what happened inside every bar — how much volume traded at each price, who was buying versus selling, and where the real interest is.
The company has been around about 20 years. It is popular with day traders and scalpers who care more about reading the tape than running technical indicators.
The platform runs on Windows with a mobile app for monitoring positions. Execution goes through CQG, Rithmic, or CTS, and you get the standard US and European futures exchanges: CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX, EUREX, and ICE.
Volfix gives you a lot of platform for the money, but the setup is not trivial. You have to pick between CQG, Rithmic, or CTS for execution, turn on the right exchange data subscriptions, and decide which modules you actually need. We get all of that sorted for you when you sign up for the 14-day trial through Discount Trading.
If you have never used cluster charts or volume profile before, Volfix can feel like a lot on day one. We can point you to the tools that actually matter for the contracts you trade. Most people waste the trial period digging through menus — that is avoidable.
Footprint-style bars that reveal volume distribution and delta at every price level.
10-level depth with pulling and stacking visualization to read real liquidity.
Place limit, stop, and bracket orders directly from chart or DOM.
Complex orders are processed on Volfix servers and continue working when the terminal is closed.
Historical price, tick, trade, bid/ask volume, and block trades for deep analysis.
Replay up to five instruments at once with adjustable speed for backtesting.
Volfix’s analytical toolkit is what sets it apart from general-purpose charting platforms. Every tool is designed around understanding volume context and order flow imbalance.
The flagship tool. Shows how volume is distributed within each candlestick at every price level, with color indicating delta. Spot where aggressive participants are entering or exiting.
Horizontal volume distribution across a session. Identify the Point of Control, value area, and high/low volume nodes that often act as support and resistance.
Combines cluster bar analysis with profile-style horizontal volume. Synchronizes short-term order flow with longer-term volume structure.
Track net buying vs selling at every price. Highlight imbalances where one side is being absorbed, and spot exhaustion or trapped traders before price confirms.
Color-coded visualization of volume activity over time and price. Quickly spot high-activity zones, accumulation, and distribution patterns.
Depth of market visualization over time. See pulling and stacking patterns in the order book that hint at where liquidity is real versus spoofed.
Search and rank historical clusters and tick activity by date and time. Useful for studying session behavior and building data-driven entry rules.
Instrument table showing current price, delta percentages versus previous day and week, and live status. Synchronizes with any chart or DOM window.
Volfix is not just an analytics tool — it’s built for execution. The trading components are designed to keep your hands on the order book without bouncing between windows.
Volfix offers a range of chart types optimized for different trading styles and analytical approaches. Each one shows market activity through a different lens — some prioritize time, some volume, some price movement. Most traders end up using two or three across linked windows so the same instrument is visible at multiple resolutions.
Footprint bars showing volume traded at every price level inside each candle.
Cluster bars combined with horizontal volume profile distribution.
Bars built from transaction count, with up to 600-day tick history available.
Real-time visualization of trading volume distribution at every price.
New bar prints only once price moves a fixed distance from the prior bar.
Filters noise by waiting for price or volume thresholds before completing.
Brick-based price-only chart that ignores time and volume entirely.
Classic OHLC bars for conventional technical analysis workflows.
Multiple chart types combined into a single synchronized window.
Volfix.NET routes orders through three industry-standard gateways. The right choice usually comes down to which one your Discount Trading account is set up with and which exchanges you trade. All three work for the major US futures contracts.
Low-latency execution and data, with up to 3 simultaneous Rithmic logins at no extra cost. Supports test, general, and HFT connection types. Often the preferred choice for active scalpers and order flow traders.
Established data and execution infrastructure with deep historical data access and stable real-time feeds. A solid default for traders who want a battle-tested routing option.
T4-based routing as an alternative for traders preferring the CTS network. Useful if you already have a CTS account or trade products where CTS has an advantage.
CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX, EUREX, and ICE — covering the equity index futures, treasuries, energies, metals, agricultural, and European futures contracts most Volfix users trade.
All complex order types — trailing stops, stop loss, take profit, and trigger orders — are processed and stored on Volfix’s servers. They continue working with the terminal closed, so a connection drop or PC reboot does not leave a position unmanaged. This is one of the practical differences that matters most once you start trading live.
The Market Replay tool turns historical data into a simulator. Step through past sessions at adjustable speed, fast-forward through quiet periods, and test up to five instruments at once with full chart and DOM behavior.
Useful for building setups around order flow patterns, validating cluster-based entries, and rehearsing session opens before they happen live.
Volfix supports both local and server-side alerts. Local alerts run in the desktop terminal and trigger visual, sound, or email notifications when price, volume, or volatility conditions are met. Server alerts run on Volfix infrastructure and continue working when your terminal is closed — pushed to the mobile app as a notification.
The mobile app delivers push notifications for new trades and triggered alerts, so you can step away from the desk without losing visibility on your account.
Volfix maintains over 18 years of historical data covering price, tick data, trade volume, bid and ask volume, and block trades. The depth and granularity of this archive is one of the things that makes Volfix attractive for systematic and order flow research.
Yes. Volfix offers a 14-day free trial. You can sign up directly at volfix.net, or request information through the form below and we will help walk you through the setup and the routing options.
Volfix.NET routes orders through CQG, Rithmic, or CTS. All complex orders (trailing stop, stop loss, take profit, trigger) are processed and stored on Volfix’s servers and continue working even when your terminal is closed.
Volfix supports the major futures exchanges including CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX, EUREX, and ICE.
A cluster chart shows how trading volume is distributed inside each price bar. Color and shape indicate volume concentration and delta (net buying versus selling), making it easier to see where aggressive participants are active — useful for spotting absorption, exhaustion, and trapped traders.
Volfix charges a platform fee that varies by package and the modules selected, ranging roughly from $50 to $170 per month. We can walk through which package fits your trading style.
Volfix supports multiple asset classes including futures, options, stocks, forex, and crypto, but its sweet spot — and where Discount Trading clients use it — is futures markets traded through Rithmic, CQG, or CTS.
Tell us a bit about yourself and we will reach out to get the Volfix.NET 14-day trial configured, talk through which routing fits your trading style, and answer any questions you have before you commit.
Disclaimer: This third-party trading platform free trial is intended as an introduction to the platform and its functionality. It is not designed to mimic results in a live trading environment. In an actual live trading environment, commissions and fees would be applied at the close of every business day. Latency, fill price, and execution times may also differ from live trading. These third-party platforms generally supply real-time market data, however that can change at any time. This data should not be considered an adequate approximation of trading results or experience that may occur in a live-trading environment.
Volfix routed through CQG or Rithmic at Discount Trading qualifies for some of the lowest day-trading margin rates available across CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX, and ICE futures.
Choose between CQG, Rithmic, or CTS routing depending on the markets you trade and the execution profile you prefer — all configurable through one Discount Trading account.
Duplicate orders across linked accounts in one click and use a single data feed to drive trading in multiple Volfix terminals without paying duplicate exchange fees.
Our trade desk is reachable 24 hours a day, 6 days a week — covering U.S. regular hours and globex/overnight sessions when global markets are most active.
Discount Trading has worked with retail futures traders since the late 1990s, with hands-on familiarity across volume-analysis platforms, charting tools, and routing setups.
Volfix offers a full-functionality 14-day trial. Open your Discount Trading account, get the routing configured, and evaluate the platform on live markets before committing.
