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There are three steps:
# Get a real-time subscription with a supported [https://www.multicharts.com/features/data-feeds/ data source] and [https://www.multicharts.com/features/brokers/ broker]<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">Note: Different vendors work with different instrument categories, check the [[Supported security types]] page for more info.</div>
# Connect it in MultiCharts using the [[Setup Wizard]] or our [[How_to_Connect_to_a_Data_Feed_or_a_Broker|guides]]
# Plot a chart for the symbol to trade and select the broker account to send orders to. Futures symbols have some peculiarities when it comes to charting, see the section below.
== Trading Futures ==
Only '''front-month contracts''' are tradeable.<br>
Check the [[How to Add Symbols]] page for reference.
To trade '''continuous futures''', you should map them to front-month contracts.<br>
See the [[How to Set Up Symbol Mapping]] guide.
== What if I don’t have a subscription? ==
MultiCharts comes with pre-built data sources that you don’t need an account for - [[Free Quotes]], [[Bitfinex]], [[Bittrex]] and [[Poloniex]].
To test trading, you can use a pre-built [[Paper Trader]].
Use the [[Setup Wizard]] to quickly set it up.
== What if my data source doesn’t provide brokerage services? ==
In that case (or if you simply want to use different data and brokerage providers), you can use [[How_to_Set_Up_Symbol_Mapping|Symbol Mapping]] to map your data source instruments to any of the supported brokers you have a subscription with.
# Get a real-time subscription with a supported [https://www.multicharts.com/features/data-feeds/ data source] and [https://www.multicharts.com/features/brokers/ broker]<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">Note: Different vendors work with different instrument categories, check the [[Supported security types]] page for more info.</div>
# Connect it in MultiCharts using the [[Setup Wizard]] or our [[How_to_Connect_to_a_Data_Feed_or_a_Broker|guides]]
# Plot a chart for the symbol to trade and select the broker account to send orders to. Futures symbols have some peculiarities when it comes to charting, see the section below.
== Trading Futures ==
Only '''front-month contracts''' are tradeable.<br>
Check the [[How to Add Symbols]] page for reference.
To trade '''continuous futures''', you should map them to front-month contracts.<br>
See the [[How to Set Up Symbol Mapping]] guide.
== What if I don’t have a subscription? ==
MultiCharts comes with pre-built data sources that you don’t need an account for - [[Free Quotes]], [[Bitfinex]], [[Bittrex]] and [[Poloniex]].
To test trading, you can use a pre-built [[Paper Trader]].
Use the [[Setup Wizard]] to quickly set it up.
== What if my data source doesn’t provide brokerage services? ==
In that case (or if you simply want to use different data and brokerage providers), you can use [[How_to_Set_Up_Symbol_Mapping|Symbol Mapping]] to map your data source instruments to any of the supported brokers you have a subscription with.
