Canadian Futures Trader: 219K YouTube Subscribers, a Discord of Just 150
What it actually covers, its real audience size on each platform, and how automated execution fits in once you're funded.
Prop Firm Research · 5 min read
Canadian Futures TraderThe hook: With 219,000 YouTube subscribers, Canadian Futures Trader looks like a major media operation, but its Discord community, live-queried, sits at roughly 150 members, a striking gap between platform reach and active community size.
- Run by a Montreal-based creator known publicly only as "Chris"
- 219K YouTube subscribers vs. ~150 Discord members
- No longer affiliated with Topstep since July 2024, though the review stays live
About Canadian Futures Trader
Canadian Futures Trader is run by a Montreal-based creator known publicly only as "Chris," a self-taught, order-flow-focused futures trader with no disclosed Wall Street or institutional background, trading primarily bonds and agricultural futures. The site never names him beyond that; he's referred to only as "CFT" throughout, and support requests route to a generic Gmail address he checks a few times a month.
Its platform reach is uneven. The YouTube channel carries roughly 219,000 subscribers and around 550 videos, a genuinely large audience for the niche. Its Discord server, by contrast, sits at approximately 150 members when queried directly, a meaningful gap suggesting most of the audience watches rather than actively participates in the community layer.
The site's reviews cover more firms than its core five: Apex, TopStep, Bulenox, Take Profit Trader, TradeDay, DayTraders, Earn2Trade, LeeLoo Trading, and OneUp Trader all have dedicated pages, alongside promo codes for several. It also reviews trading software and hardware (Jigsaw Daytradr, Tickblaze, Kinetick) and, as of research, carries homepage banner links to Bovada and Polymarket, a notable step outside pure futures-prop-firm content. Revenue is entirely affiliate-driven; its disclosure page instructs readers to "assume every link is an affiliate link."
What Canadian Futures Trader Offers
Firm Review Videos
In-depth YouTube breakdowns across 8+ prop firms.
Promo Codes
Negotiated discounts for Apex, TradeDay, Take Profit Trader, and DayTraders.
Free Trading Courses
An 8-part futures course and a day-trading psychology course.
Software Reviews
Coverage of trading tools like Jigsaw Daytradr and Tickblaze.
Discord Community
A smaller, active discussion space for funded futures traders.
Multilingual Content
Dedicated sections for Australia, Morocco, and French-language readers.
Why Traders Rely On Canadian Futures Trader
Its appeal is a futures-specific, no-nonsense angle that treats prop firm evaluations as something worth scrutinizing, including dropping a firm relationship when it no longer fits, rather than promoting uncritically. That willingness to walk away from an affiliate deal is part of why it's earned trust with a futures-specific audience.
Two hundred thousand subscribers watch. About a hundred and fifty actually stick around to talk.
Canadian Futures Trader: Strengths and Limitations
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Canadian Futures Trader FAQ
A Montreal-based creator who goes by "Chris" publicly, a self-taught, order-flow-focused futures trader with no disclosed Wall Street background.
About 219,000 YouTube subscribers, but a much smaller Discord community of roughly 150 members, a notable gap between platforms.
No, the creator states he stopped being affiliated with Topstep as of July 2024, though the original review page remains live on the site.
Entirely through affiliate commissions; the site's own disclosure page tells readers to assume every link on the site is an affiliate link.
Automating a Firm Reviewed by Canadian Futures Trader
This audience is deep in the exact accounts PickMyTrade already connects to. After watching a review, picking a firm, and passing evaluation, the next step is making sure a strategy fires the same way every session, without staring at charts for hours.
How it works
- Build a TradingView alert for your strategy, no coding required
- Connect PickMyTrade to the firm you picked after watching a review
- PickMyTrade executes automatically when the alert fires
- Copy the same signal across multiple funded accounts at once
Yes, Apex, TopStep, Bulenox, Take Profit Trader, TradeDay, FundedNext Futures, Blue Guardian, and Top One Futures.
Not necessarily. This page describes audience overlap, not a confirmed endorsement. Always check current recommendations directly on the channel.
PickMyTrade is an independent automation platform. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Canadian Futures Trader, unless otherwise stated. Trading futures and other leveraged products carries substantial risk of loss. Details reflect what was published on Canadian Futures Trader's official site and public channels at the time of research and may have changed since.