Thanks for the list, very interesting. What are the ballpark minimums for the mini-PBs?
That's actually why I ask -- I recently became a platinum member and ... am not sure why. If anything, I use them less recently than I had before.
Anyone know what are the requirements for ETrade platinum? And what about the better tiers above that?
For swing trading purposes, I'd like to place stop orders but unlike daytrading, I don't need them filled quickly; I'd rather have them filled at...
FWIW I succeeded in opening an account with BofA but then, about a month later they froze and closed it with a "we shouldn't even have opened it;...
Do you support US clients?
Right, that's what I've been doing; however I'd now like to open another bank account in the partnership name and am looking for banks who are a)...
Hi guys, I've been trading on my own for a while and the have found enough success to persist. However, for various reasons, I'm not trading...
Typically brokers don't provide historical tick or bid/ask data. The start date is 2013-09-13. As a note, the feed is *massive* so you really...
Try QuantGo. It's "renting" data, where you pay for a monthly subscription and can only use the data on their servers (AWS machines) but their...
Lightspeed offers DMA routing where you can directly pick the exchange your order goes to. They also offer algo routes like CS, etc but if you...
What about Lightspeed? I noticed you guys offer direct routing for individual options but I believe only SMART for spreads -- if I submit the...
Whoops, just posted a reply that was dumb because I thought it was a different thread; deleted that. A 4th option, somewhat like _eug_'s 2nd but...
It depends on the order type but assuming it's as vanilla order, it'll rest at that price and shrink the spread unless there's a hidden order...
What are internalization and best execution obligations for US equity options markets? If I submit an options spread / combo order, is the broker...
As far as borrow availability, Lightspeed's free Wedbush locates are much worse than IB. Velocity locate availability is much better than IB,...
I don't know of a shop for you but the math on your economics doesn't really work well. You're saying that you can earn 5% a month and want...
You can put in a locate request via email too, though the fact that it's 2017 and Wedbush locates require emails or phone calls is absurd. Just...
zderg, I agree (mostly) and if you look at my posts, you'll notice that I never said anything about rates, just about borrow availability. I'm...
Yeah, I know what you guys mean -- writing down the list of red flags for the original post definitely caused me to reflect on them some more....
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