AMP Futures review

Key facts

Indicative figures — spreads are variable, commissions and minimum deposits vary by account type and by the regional entity serving you. Confirm current terms on AMP Futures’s website. Last reviewed: 2026-07.

Our verdict on AMP Futures

AMP Futures is a Chicago FCM built around platform choice: fifty-plus front ends including CQG, Rithmic, Sierra Chart, Bookmap and TradingView, with commissions from $0.15 per side and a $100 minimum to open. The catch is that platform, data-feed and exchange fees are billed separately, so the commission line is only part of what you pay.

Watch out:The $0.15 per side headline excludes platform, data-feed and exchange charges, which are billed separately and vary by the front end you choose. Price your actual combination before comparing it with brokers that bundle more into a single commission.

Pricing and the true cost of trading

AMP quotes from $0.15 per side, which is among the lowest commission lines in this list, but the structure is deliberately unbundled. Platform licences, data feeds and exchange charges sit outside that number and depend on which of the fifty-plus front ends and which CQG, Rithmic or TT feed you select. Two AMP traders can therefore have very different monthly costs on identical volume. The useful exercise before opening is to write down your chosen platform, your data requirements and your expected contract count, then total all three lines.

Compared with the alternatives, the unbundling cuts both ways. NinjaTrader and Tradovate reach $0.09 per side but only after a $1,499 Lifetime licence, which is its own upfront fee in a different wrapper. Interactive Brokers charges $0.25 per micro contract with no account minimum and no inactivity fee. TradeStation starts at $0.50 per micro side. If you were going to pay for Sierra Chart or Bookmap anyway, AMP's model can work in your favour; if you want simplicity, the separate billing is friction rather than saving.

Regulation, entity and what it means for you

AMP is a US FCM regulated by the CFTC and NFA with CME Group as its designated self-regulatory organisation, and it is a clearing member of CME, CBOT, COMEX and NYMEX. That is a straightforward, exchange-facing structure: you are trading listed contracts through a clearing member rather than CFDs written against a broker's own book, which is the fundamental difference between this entry and the CFD brokers in this list such as Pepperstone, IC and IG.

The entity picture narrowed in 2024, when AMP Global (Europe), previously CySEC-regulated, ceased operations. What remains is the US entity, and non-US eligibility varies by country, so residency is the first thing to verify rather than the last. If you are in the EU and want a locally regulated relationship with a familiar compensation framework, this is not the entry to start with — Saxo's local entities or an IBKR European entity are the structurally closer fit, at different cost and platform trade-offs.