Abstract:“The direct clearing aspect along with our low-latency proprietary trading tools and technology solutions make Ironbeam the ideal trading destination.”

Ironbeam has become a CME Group clearing member firm, which has allowed the futures brokerage firm to grow customer segregated assets of approximately 20% during the three months since becoming one of the only direct clearing members that offers a proprietary modern cloud-based trading and clearing experience.
Operating out of the Chicago Board of Trade, the broker boasts a free Ironbeam App trading platform providing direct access to over 700,000 trading instruments with low-latency market data and order routing.
Omid Farr, Founder and CTO of Ironbeam Inc. commented: “It has been exciting seeing the growth in all business segments in the last few months as a CME Group clearing member. The direct clearing aspect along with our low-latency proprietary trading tools and technology solutions make Ironbeam the ideal trading destination.”
Robert Terrell, CEO of Ironbeam said: “We have delivered on our expectations and our roadmap will continue to enhance the modern trading experience.”
Ironbeam was launched in 2010 as a technology-centric futures brokerage firm dedicated to providing technology solutions that cater to the needs of futures participants and the modern futures trader.
The broker has been a CME Group member clearing firm for three months now and stands as one of the only clearing firms offering trading solutions powered by its own proprietary technology.
The futures broker has recently partnered with AxiomaticAI and is now able to offer the MetaTrader 5 futures trading platform to direct Ironbeam customers. MT5 is a multi-asset platform offering a range tools for price analysis, algorithmic (Automated) trading, custom indicators, scripting, powerful charting and access to the vast MetaTrader 5 Community.
AxiomaticAI is a full-service fintech solutions company that provides hosted MetaTrader 5 platform-as-a-service (PAAS) along with the “AxioGateway” direct market access (DMA) bridge that connects MetaTrader 5 to dozens of live exchanges & markets worldwide. AxiomaticAI, which provides hosted MetaTrader 5 platform-as-a-service along with a DMA bridge that connects MT5 to live exchanges and markets worldwide, has worked closely with the team at Ironbeam to be able to offer the platform to Ironbeam customers.

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