I have already filed a complaint with FINRA and am going to change brokers. Their data integrity team seems unwilling to cooperate.
Why do you think tradestation is where it is today? They have close to zero broker overhead because they are selling order flow, their software is as inflexible as was 10 years ago. You should thank them actually that their stupidity kept you from advancing your relationship with them.
Care to explain why? Whats the school's stinky business to decide which email domain you are using? Some things are just so third world in the US.
There are a number who don't. To my knowledge Robert Morse's does not neither does IB, Pepperstone and a number others.
That is total crap, I agree. One question I have though is...Why not just set up a public domain email and use it just for them? What is the reason you cannot use a public-domain e-mail addy? I realize you are changing brokers, but just curious...
Public email services aren't actually free. They sell your data to advertisers. Email accounts hold all sorts of tasty morsels of information for advertisers. For the privacy conscious person a self hosted domain and email is the only way to go. If you don't control your data, someone you don't want to does almost certainly.
The NYSE is behind this like Robert had said, they do their own investigations. According to a TS posting by one of their staff: if you got flagged as a pro it is because the NYSE found that you have some kind of link with a LLC/Corp, or have accessed research from them that they deem as being for professionals.
A pretty respected shop for a number cash fx traders I know (I use them as backup and for smaller size, only) . Flexible commission for large volume, very good fx liquidity pools that are customizable and exhibit tight spreads, a solid api and infrastructure and responsible support staff. Can't speak for their other services. But I know they don't sell order flow in equities.