tastytrade Rolls Out Prediction Markets for Active Traders | LeapRate
tastytrade, the online brokerage, has launched Prediction Markets, a new offering that brings CFTC-regulated event contracts directly into its trading platform.
The service is said to be powered by Apex Fintech Solutions and marks tastytrade as the first brokerage to go live on Apex’s turnkey FCM infrastructure.
Prediction Markets allows traders to take positions on real-world catalysts they already follow, including Federal Reserve decisions, inflation and jobs data, the VIX, crude oil, and major cryptocurrencies.
Rather than trading price reactions to news, users can trade the event itself through defined-risk, yes-or-no contracts that settle based on real-time probabilities.
The offering is fully integrated into tastytrade’s existing platform, letting customers access event contracts in a segregated account alongside stocks, options, and futures, all within a single unified view. Contracts are available 24/7, including nights and weekends, and span timeframes from hourly to yearly.
The company said the launch catalog covers major equity indices, Treasury yields, the U.S. dollar, and rate decisions from the Fed, ECB, BoE, and BoJ. It also includes inflation and growth indicators such as CPI, PCE, nonfarm payrolls, and GDP, along with leading digital assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP, plus commodities including gold, silver, copper, and natural gas.
Pete Mulmat, Head of Brokerage at tastytrade/IGNA, said the product responds to growing customer demand for simple, directional trades tied to catalysts rather than complex strategies.
Travis McGhee of Apex Fintech Solutions added that the partnership enables firms to launch prediction markets without building exchange connectivity from scratch.
