best brokers for scalping bond & interest rate futures?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by mic645, Oct 16, 2024.

  1. mic645

    mic645

    Hi guys,

    I've been using interactive brokers in the past, but their intraday margin requirements have gone up to a level which doesn't make them viable.

    Who is best for EUREX (bobl) and CBOT (FV) also CME SOFR?

    Need one that can trade all 3, low cost and low intraday margin.
     
  2. mervyn

    mervyn

    amp, but you need to buy data
     
  3. mic645

    mic645

    Thank you for confirming this. I checked them out and they do seem really good. Their intraday margin rates are way better than IB
     
  4. MarkBrown

    MarkBrown

    how the heck you scalp anything debt related? big yawn...
     
  5. mic645

    mic645

    lol yes definitely low vol and low octane... I prefer it that way.
     
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  6. MarkBrown

    MarkBrown

    i tried it once for about a week with german markets that was decades ago, i never forgot what it was like...
     
  7. mervyn

    mervyn

    i only day trade treasury at big news days, or any 1% move in price, but otherwise carry 10-20 lots for swing, long only.
     
  8. mic645

    mic645

    that makes sense. I'm a mean reversion type trader, also a big fan of Market Profile. So I'm looking for products that range trade/stay in balance.
     
  9. mic645

    mic645

    my timeframe is probably quite short compared to most here. trading mostly intraday.
     
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