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Webull Futures is the derivatives brokerage arm of Webull Corporation (Nasdaq: BULL), operated through Webull Futures LLC, a Delaware-registered, CFTC-regulated Futures Commission Merchant and National Futures Association member. It launched futures trading on March 11, 2024, roughly six years after Webull's parent brokerage, Webull Financial LLC, opened its US securities business in 2018. The service gives self-directed traders access to exchange-listed futures on the CME and NYMEX, covering equity indices, interest rates, currencies, metals, energy, agriculture, and cryptocurrency contracts (including Bitcoin, Ethereum, SOL, and XRP futures), with a minimum account equity of $100 and near round-the-clock trading six days a week. Webull Futures specialises in low-cost micro contracts aimed at self-directed retail and beginner traders rather than institutional or professional derivatives desks. Commissions start at $0.25 per side on micro contracts and $1.25 per side on standard contracts, before exchange, clearing, and regulatory fees, with further tiered discounts for subscribers to the paid Webull Premium plan. Trading is synchronised across Webull's desktop platform, web trader, iOS and Android apps, and a public Futures API, with order types including market, limit, stop, stop-limit, and ladder-style entry. This positions it against other US futures brokers on price and app accessibility rather than against CFD or OTC forex providers, since CFTC-regulated exchange-traded futures, not CFDs, are the product US retail clients can legally access. Webull Futures LLC sits alongside Webull Financial LLC (the SEC-registered, FINRA-member, SIPC-member securities broker-dealer), Webull Advisors LLC (SEC-registered investment adviser), and Webull Pay LLC (licensed money transmitter for crypto) as one of several regulated US subsidiaries under Webull Corporation. The parent company traces to Webull's 2016 founding under Hunan Fumi Information Technology, with Anthony Denier hired in 2018 to run the US brokerage; Webull Corporation went public on Nasdaq under ticker BULL on April 10, 2025, via a SPAC merger with SK Growth Opportunities Corporation. Company-wide, Webull reported 5.11 million funded accounts and $24 billion in customer assets for the first quarter of 2026, and full-year 2025 revenue of $571 million. Futures sit within Webull's broader push into derivatives and prediction-style products alongside its core stock, options, and crypto offering, reflecting the platform's strategy of layering low-cost, self-directed products onto a single synchronised app rather than operating futures as a standalone brand.
