Who are the 'shady' firms you have had dealings with? You can post your comments on http://www.elitetrader.com/br and forewarn other traders.
The rules require a broker to 'try' and get the best prevailing price (NBBO) but the regulators do not enforce it. I have never heard of a 5% bad...
I took the Series 7 course in the mid-70's from the New York Institue of Finance. Their textbook, Work of the Securities Industry, copyrighted in...
Since you are new to equities trading you probably need to be aware of the three P's of equities trading. A majority of traders who have been...
You can trade as many contracts as you have money for initial margin. But before you start trading, it appears, you need to know about the...
There are new laws and regulation that went into effect this week. It appears that cash forex market dealers have new guidelines. I do not trade...
Intraday margin is at the discretion of your broker. All of them can have a different requirement for intraday. The initial margin is all you...
Or you can make an offer yourself and hope someone will buy if the option has any value before expiration.
In my opinion, taxes do affect WHERE manufacturing is done. Companies are now moving production off-shore for lower taxes and less regulation....
Sub-penny trading is only available for insiders unless your broker executes your order away from the exchanges. Internalization is common for...
I posted the article for discussion. The statistics are not from Stossel but from the <b>Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis, which...
<b>America's economic freedom isn't looking so good</B> By: John Stossel Examiner Columnist In the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, the...
ALL futures brokers, whether IB's or FCM's, are required to be registered with the CFTC and members of the NFA. All futures brokers have the same...
I think he is referring to all brokers in general whether online or not. Selling of order flow has been a common practice for several years. For...
Cash accounts only.
Both comments are correct but the OP wanted to know the contracts with ticks under $5. The exchanges will let you know the 'volatility' of a...
There are several on the NYMEX. Heating Oil, Unlead Gas and propane has $4.20 ticks. Other contracts with $5 tick values are palladium and...
The insiders are going to be okay. They have been playing this con game long enough to know how to not let the HFT traders beat them at their own...
The HFT traders are only doing to the market what the market makers and specialists have been doing since the beginning of trading. Buying low and...
Thanks Local for your reply. I am familiar with CTS. I use to have an account with Cunningham. It is a decent trading platform. It is lacking in...
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