CQG has been routing orders for 40+ years. TradeBB tells you which of those orders are actually paying off.

Upload your CQG statement or trade history to TradeBB and turn four decades of infrastructure reliability into clear, setup-level performance insights.

Upload your CQG statement or trade history to TradeBB and turn four decades of infrastructure reliability into clear, setup-level performance insights.

CQG is one of those names that has been in the futures industry so long it almost feels like part of the exchange itself. Founded over four decades ago, CQG connects traders to 85+ global market data sources and 45+ tradable exchanges through 139 broker environments. When people in the futures world talk about "institutional-grade" data and routing, CQG is often what they mean.

The product lineup reflects that depth. CQG Integrated Client (CQG IC) is the flagship, a full-featured professional platform with advanced charting, TFlow analysis, and sophisticated order management tools built for traders who need everything. CQG QTrader offers a strong middle ground for active retail traders. CQG Desktop brings a modern, browser-based experience for traders who want professional data without installing heavy software. And CQG One provides a lightweight entry point with global exchange access.  Four products, one infrastructure backbone.

Many traders never open a CQG front-end directly. They connect through third-party platforms like Sierra Chart, MotiveWave, Quantower, or MultiCharts, using CQG purely for its data feed and order routing while trading on a different screen. Others access CQG through brokers like AMP Futures, Optimus Futures, or Dorman Trading.  And a growing number of prop firm funded account traders use CQG as one of their connection options.

What all these traders share is a reliance on CQG's speed and reliability for getting fills. But CQG was built to move data and route orders, not to help you understand whether your trading decisions are improving over time. It gives you a statement report and a trade history. It does not give you setup-level attribution, session analysis, or risk metrics that show you where your edge lives and where it disappears.

Your cqg trading journal in TradeBB bridges that gap. Same fills, same data, completely different level of self-knowledge.

CQG offers several ways to get your trade history into a file, depending on which product you use. Here are the most reliable methods.

Statement Report export (CQG IC and QTrader)

This is the most common method for CQG IC and QTrader users:

1. Open CQG IC or QTrader
2. Navigate to Orders and Positions
3. Right-click on your account
4. Select "Statement Report"
5. Choose Excel as the output format
6. Save the file as a spreadsheet

The Statement Report includes your complete fill history for the selected period with all relevant trade details.

Current Day Statement

For a quick end-of-day export: [9]

1. Click the Setup button
2. Select "Current Day Statement"
3. Adjust the day and time if needed
4. Click OK to generate the report
5. Save or export the generated report

Trader History report

For a broader historical view:

1. Navigate to Reports → Trader History
2. The report defaults to the current day going back 31 days
3. Adjust the date range as needed (up to 365 days of history)
4. Export or save the report

Orders and Reports panel (copy/paste method)

For CQG Trader and other lightweight clients:

1. Open the Orders and Reports panel
2. Select the data you want to export
3. Use standard copy and paste (Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V) to transfer the data into a spreadsheet application like Excel
4. Save the spreadsheet file

What the exported file contains

A typical CQG trade export includes: symbol, side (buy/sell), quantity, fill price, execution time, order type, account identifier, and commission. The symbol field uses CQG's own symbology for futures contracts (e.g., EP for E-mini S&P, ENQ for E-mini Nasdaq).

Upload the spreadsheet to TradeBB. The system recognizes CQG export formats, including CQG symbology, and maps all fields automatically. No manual reformatting needed.

CQG users range from institutional professionals to active retail futures traders to prop firm participants. TradeBB adapts to all of them and surfaces insights that CQG's reporting tools were never designed to provide.

Setup tagging for futures trades

Every futures trader has a method. Maybe you trade breakouts at the open, fade into value area highs and lows, scalp order flow imbalances, or hold for trend continuation after a pullback. TradeBB lets you tag each trade with the setup that triggered it. Over a meaningful sample size, the platform calculates win rate, average R-multiple, expectancy, and total P&L for each setup type. This is how you stop relying on memory and start building your strategy on evidence.

Performance by contract and exchange

CQG connects to 45+ exchanges worldwide.  If you trade ES on CME, Bund futures on Eurex, crude oil on NYMEX, and gold on COMEX, TradeBB breaks your performance down by contract and exchange. Some traders are profitable on their primary contract but consistently lose money on the "extra" markets they trade out of boredom or FOMO. That kind of clarity is worth more than any charting indicator.

Execution quality analysis

You chose CQG for reliable, low-latency execution. TradeBB helps you verify that the execution quality is translating into better results. Track slippage between intended entry and actual fill price, compare fill quality across different order types (market vs. limit vs. stop), and see how execution varies by time of day. For scalpers who measure profits in ticks, this data separates profitable months from breakeven ones.

Session and time-of-day performance

Global futures markets run nearly around the clock, and CQG gives you access to all of them. TradeBB maps your P&L to time of day so you can see when your trading is sharpest. Are you profitable during the European session but giving it back during the U.S. afternoon? Do your overnight trades outperform your day session trades? The data answers these questions without guesswork.

Multi-broker comparison

If you access CQG through different brokers or FCMs for different purposes (perhaps one broker for personal trading and another through a prop firm), TradeBB can separate performance by account. See whether your results differ across broker environments and identify if execution quality or fee structures are affecting your bottom line.

Risk management metrics

TradeBB calculates maximum drawdown, profit factor, average winner vs. average loser, consecutive loss streaks, and drawdown recovery time. For prop firm funded account traders operating under strict daily loss limits, understanding your drawdown patterns before you hit a limit is the difference between keeping your account and losing it. For personal account traders, these metrics reveal whether your risk management is as disciplined as you think it is.