Foreign Exchange Futures track the same spot cash prices as Forex — but price discovery is set by traders, not brokers. No spreads. No surprises. This is what professionals trade.
Try These FX Futures Products
If you're used to Forex, try these Futures products:
Australian $ (6A) | British Pound (6B) | Canadian $ (6C) | Euro FX (6E) | E-mini Euro FX (E7) | Japanese Yen (6J) | Swiss Franc (6S) | New Zealand $ (6N) | Micro EUR/USD (M6E) | Micro AUD/USD (M6A) | Micro GBP/USD (M6B) | Mexican Peso (6M)
📊 Will My Forex System Translate? Yes. Markets move on supply and demand regardless of the instrument. Trendlines, indicators, price action — it all carries over.
5 Advantages of FX Futures Over Forex
1. Trade with other traders, not against your broker.
Futures have one centralized exchange. Your stops aren’t visible to the broker. Volume and open interest data are available to everyone.
2. Buy the bid. Sell the offer.
In Forex, you buy at the offer and sell at the bid — you start every trade in the red. In Futures, you can trade the bid and gain the edge immediately.
3. Manage leverage directly.
Want more exposure to a currency? Just add contracts. No need for complex multi-leg structures.
4. Spread your risk across markets.
Once you have a consistent strategy, you can diversify across currencies, rates, metals, energies, crypto, and grains — all on the same platform.
5. Trade in a regulated market.
Futures are regulated. Forex is not. You’re trading in a transparent, fair environment.
Contract Sizing at Topstep
Account | Max Contracts |
50K | 5 |
100K | 10 |
150K | 15 |
See the full permitted products list for all available contracts.
What is Leverage at Topstep?
Coming from Forex? Good news: Futures have serious leverage too.
Forex traders often ask about leverage ratios — 50:1, 100:1. Futures work differently. Want more leverage? Increase your contract size.
With a traditional futures broker, initial margin is around 20% of the underlying contract value. That's roughly 5:1 leverage. Not exactly thrilling.
But Topstep isn't a brokerage. You don't deposit funds or post margin to get started.
For a small monthly membership (see current pricing), you can trade up to 15 contracts.
That's real leverage — without putting your own capital at risk.
