Most retail algo traders fail not because of bad strategy — but because they chose the wrong venue. Stocks close at 4 PM. Futures trade 23 hours.

This Short is a side-by-side comparison of stocks vs futures for systematic traders: 8,000 tickers vs 6 that matter, fragmented liquidity vs centralized order flow, PDT rules vs zero day-trade restrictions, and why every serious algorithmic shop builds on futures first. We also cover the tax efficiency math (60/40 Section 1256 treatment) that retail traders almost never factor in.

If you’re choosing a venue for your first NinjaTrader bot, deciding between ES futures and SPY options, or evaluating where to scale a discretionary strategy, this is the venue-selection framework professional desks use. Get this decision right or nothing else matters.

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