Eric McNulty

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer NinjaTrader Group

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Eric McNulty is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NinjaTrader Clearing LLC, the futures commission merchant behind the NinjaTrader trading platform, and Chief Financial Officer of its parent, NinjaTrader Group, LLC. He oversees financial reporting, accounting and the regulatory financial filings the business makes as a registered FCM. Since 2025 the company has been owned by Payward, Inc., which does business as Kraken. He is a CPA with accounting degrees from the University of Dayton and Cleveland State University, and more than 15 years of experience in finance and accounting.

Career Highlights

• Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NinjaTrader Clearing LLC, responsible for finance, accounting and administration.
• Chief Financial Officer of NinjaTrader Group, LLC, the direct parent of the clearing firm.
• Oversees all financial reporting, accounting and regulatory financial filings for the NinjaTrader FCM.
• CFO of a business that Kraken agreed to acquire for $1.5 billion in March 2025 and now wholly owns.
• Previously held multiple finance roles at Interactive Data Corp, now part of ICE.
• CPA; B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Dayton and M.S. in Accounting (Tax) from Cleveland State University.

Professional Journey

McNulty trained in accounting. He earned a B.B.A. in Accounting at the University of Dayton and an M.S. in Accounting with a tax concentration at Cleveland State University, and he is a certified public accountant. NinjaTrader’s regulatory disclosure says he has more than 15 years of experience in finance and accounting. Before NinjaTrader he held several finance roles at Interactive Data Corp, the financial market data provider that is now part of Intercontinental Exchange.

At NinjaTrader he is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NinjaTrader Clearing LLC and also CFO of NinjaTrader Group, LLC. The clearing firm executes and clears futures, options on futures, leveraged spot digital asset transactions, cleared swaps and event contracts for its customers. It clears futures through omnibus arrangements with two clearing FCMs and is a direct clearing member of Bitnomial Clearinghouse and Kalshi Klear. As a futures commission merchant, it must publish the business background of its principals, and its May 2026 disclosure document lists him alongside the head of clearing operations and the chief compliance officer. His stated areas of responsibility are finance, accounting and administration, and he oversees all financial reporting, accounting and regulatory financial filings for the firm. The date he became CFO has not been published.

The business he serves has changed ownership during this period. Kraken announced on 20 March 2025 that it would acquire NinjaTrader for $1.5 billion, subject to purchase price adjustments, describing it as the leading U.S. retail futures trading platform, founded in 2003. According to the 2026 disclosure document, NinjaTrader Group, LLC now owns all of NinjaTrader Clearing LLC and is itself wholly owned by Payward, Inc., doing business as Kraken. NinjaTrader is based at 222 North LaSalle Street in Chicago.

Education

University of Dayton

B.B.A., Accounting

Cleveland State University

M.S., Accounting (Tax)