I guess prop trading in futures is not very popular. I had the same question and wanted to know if there are prop shops that'll back futures...
I have it but it's not that great. I'm not sure if it's the problem on the Scottrade's side or DJ news just doesn't cover a whole lot comparing...
Well, sort of. I'm not interested in any free trials from a news vendor, but I am willing to maintain some sort of account minimum (no more than...
I was looking to trade stocks only and IB offers $3.5/1000 unbundled for monthly volumes less than 300,000. I'm not instigating a fight here...
I called both firms and they all required you to trade millions of shares to get lower rates. Any other suggestions? BTW, both Genesis and...
IB's unbunddled rates are pretty low for a retail firm. Does anyone know of any other firm(s) with even lower commissions. No day trading firms...
Maybe a crazy idea but I don't want to have tons of charts open on my desktop. Just wondering if I could cycle thru a predefined list of ticker...
Thanks, Brandon12. So the 15% FICA takes away any incentive to mark the gains as earned income.
For years I've been filing Schedule E and have not put away any tax defered dollars into an retirment account. Now I'm questioning this practice...
That's why I didn't want to use theirs. I have already been using eSignal for several years and I wanted to try their API. May be a stupid move...
Thanks. That's what I was afraid of. I already have a 3rd party scanning software running on my desktop but it has so many features I don't need...
I'm thinking of writing my own software to scan a list of 500 stocks with data feeds from eSignal. I'm a daytrader so I look at tick data rather...
Tried to download intraday tape from eSignal into Excel. Need help on how to do it automatically from a list of ticker symbols. I'd like to...
Good money management may make a bad system workable and a good system great. Regarding blowups, too many traders pressed too hard on things...
I've been a prop trader for over 7 years. I haven't had a down week since Aug 2000 and haven't had a down day since Aug 15, 2005 (yes, almost 15...
Just curious about all the free workshops offered out there. Did anyone attend any of them? How were they? What companies do you know that...
The prop firm I'm with just announced the new fee and they are passing it along to all traders. Now I'm a little confused about the old fee...
I may be a little too ambitious or stupid, but I wanted to write my own fitlers from scratch. I currently subscribe to eSignal. Any suggestions...
I've been day trading for almost 7 years now and I have never met a consistently profitable trader who doesn't scalp. I myself make over 300...
Right on. I've been a proprietary day trader for over 5 years now and I have seen people come and go. Ones that played big right away because...
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