The link you posted was for Clearing Firms, not FCMs. Here is a link showing FCM from the regulator of futures markets. AMP is indeed an FCM and...
In my experience, a 2-3 tick spread is the usual for micro Loonie during RTH, wider just before key Canadian econ reports. It is a viable...
Some pundits on various sites keep talking about the inevitable inflation. Prices on commercial real estate are falling, same with cars new and...
With regards to the original post and reserve requirements, etc. The main thing I have learned from studying history for decades, is that most...
I have been trading since 95, and over a decade in futures with zero margin calls. Used a variety of brokers in both stocks and futures with no...
They will have to pry my gold ingots out of my cold, dead hands. Not a gold bug per se, but perhaps a lot of ancestors from New Hampshire ...
Well at least this time an early warning is going out from somewhere that might get some attention! Brokers “should prepare for the potential...
Usually in unprecedented situations in life, the learning curve is pretty steep for most individuals and groups. Little experience and context to...
Desperate people rarely do well at trading, it just adds to the psychological pressures of the game. I well remember the 90's when I was day...
Look into Infinity Futures, whose FCM is Transact. Great companies and no problem trading CL, or you could go with QM too. Day trade margin is...
Rabobank has put together a special report on The Oil Whale available for download: The recent and erratic moves in oil prices have highlighted...
I agree that in some cases it can be quite difficult. One of my sisters was an internal auditor for a large university for years, and she had...
In terms of FCMs, I am now with Advantage and Transact. We all have our different priorities. With AMP their tech support was fine, but I found...
Here is another story behind the story via Shah Gilani, who has seen just about everything over the decades: The real question then should be who...
An interesting question. Getting rid of bad apples in the barrel has made it safer. Good riddance to poor risk managers and/or crooks! On the...
Being proactive was indeed wise, great move on your part! Many traders don't even look at the underlying financials of the firms they are trusting...
With the recent chaos in oil futures, and to a lesser degree the dysfunction in gold futures, this is a very important development: In a U.S....
May you live in interesting times. Effective April 22, CME will switch its options pricing and valuation model for oil to Bachelier "to...
This price action reinforces the fact that wise Risk Management is at the core of profitable futures trading over time. The double-edged sword of...
Ouch!!! Some blood in the streets. Hopefully nobody that we know, or one of us: Several Interactive Brokers LLC (“IBLLC”) customers held long...
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