Comparison

DeCarley Trading vs CME Direct

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

DeCarley Trading

This app provides real-time communication for futures and options traders. Access live streaming educational events, interactive chat, exclusive content, and manage your trading accounts. It streamlines market information and support, offering a convenient alternative to traditional communication methods.

Highlights
  • Live streaming commodity trading events
  • Interactive chat for support and market questions
  • Exclusive written content and trading recommendations
  • Access trading account statements and stats
  • Submit documents via app camera
  • Schedule trading platform demos
  • Access financial and commodity market news
Features
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The DeCarley Trading mobile app is the ultimate information and communication tool, with interactive chat and live commodity market content. As email becomes obsolete and SMS messaging is burdensome and expensive for overseas contacts, this futures market mobile app bridges the gap between the need for real-time communication and the obstacles traditional methods face. By letting users opt in or out of push notifications based on their interests, this communication app streamlines relevant content and creates a more efficient experience than other communication platforms (email, websites, etc.). EXCLUSIVE CONTENT: Users will have access to exclusive written content not available on the web (in-house newsletters and trading recommendations). CONVENIENT NEWS SOURCE: Additionally, app users will have access to several third-party sources of financial and commodity market news, commentary (both video and text), industry podcasts, and government-issued commodity research. INSTANT SUPPORT: App users can bypass email and contact us directly via built-in SMS or a well-trained AI chatbot to resolve technical support and customer service issues, ask market-related questions, and get updates. App users also have easy access to live streaming webinars and intraday live market snippet broadcasts from the app home page (including chart analysis, fundamental comments, etc.). ACCOUNT ACCESS: Within the app, DeCarley futures brokerage clients can access documents such as trading account statements, 1099s, personal trading stats, account balance summaries, cash activity history, and more. Users can conveniently submit requested documents (IDs, applications, tax forms, etc.) via a submission feature that lets them take a photo with the app camera and submit it for processing. Users can also schedule a personal trading platform demo with a DeCarley representative using a built-in form.

About

CME Direct

Access real-time futures and OTC market data, including bids and offers. Manage orders, view trader status, and analyze positions with integrated charting and calculators. Streamline trade processing with direct mid- and back-office system integration.

Highlights
  • Real-time market bids and offers
  • Order management and modification
  • Trader status and position reports
  • Integrated futures charting
  • Options calculators
  • Straight-through processing
Features
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Download the CME Direct app for access to all CME futures and OTC markets. Major features of CME Direct include: • Access real-time bids, offers across all CME markets • Create Alerts to get notified based on various parameters. • View and modify your working orders and fills anytime you need • Real-time trader status reports of open orders, completed trades • Real-time markets block feed • Real-time options ladder feed • Real-time positions • Trades executed across CME Direct Mobile feed directly into mid- and back-office systems for a complete and straight-through processing end-to-end solution • Integrated futures charting and options calculators If you would like a demo or to request information regarding CME Direct. Email: markettechsales@cmegroup.com https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/cme-direct/mobile-app.html

Screenshots

DeCarley Trading4 screens
CME Direct4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DeCarley Trading at 5.0 against CME Direct's 2.0. CME Direct's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DeCarley Trading holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DeCarley Trading ships an update every 6 months, CME Direct every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
DeCarley Trading versus CME Direct: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeCarley TradingCME Direct
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB19 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDeCarley TradingCME Group, Inc.

Customer experience

DeCarley Trading

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CME Direct

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

DeCarley Trading

No in-app purchases

None

CME Direct

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DeCarley Trading free?
DeCarley Trading is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CME Direct free?
CME Direct is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DeCarley Trading or CME Direct?
DeCarley Trading is rated higher. DeCarley Trading averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while CME Direct averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DeCarley Trading or CME Direct have ads?
DeCarley Trading shows ads; CME Direct does not.
Which is updated more often, DeCarley Trading or CME Direct?
DeCarley Trading ships an update every 6 months, and CME Direct every 3 weeks. Most recently, DeCarley Trading was updated on October 21, 2026 and CME Direct on October 24, 2026.

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