I've been reviewing the broker comments and needed one for the IRA and one to day trade.. I loaded TD Ameritrade with the 401K last week, seemed to have plenty of tools and research at the fundamental level. Will use with QT and/ or Ninja Trader.. If I can figure it out.. I ran two back test strategies (identical) with Ninja and Strategy Desk with two completely different outcomes. Ninja showed a loss TD was a gain..I obviously have something set up wrong. The real question is TOS a good broker to day trade equities? I'm not into the options arena at this point in time. I've been using their paper money for the last few months and I do like the platform, made both good and bad trades, kept losses at a minimum.. I'm ahead on paper anyway. Things I like: Thinkdesk Platform Charts + Prophet + TA Free level II Good trade executions at the premium level (especially when bailing out of a fast moving loss) News?? Although itâs geared for the options trader, does it work just as well with trading stocks or is there a better platform that is cheaper overall? I funding my in a couple of days, so any Support or Resistance comments are greatly welcomed. I havenât been in the active market since the 80âs and back then I used ML..
Didn't see any comments For or Against⦠thought some one would try to convince me to go with IB or another direct access broker⦠Anyway, funded, off and running with TOS as the active trading account. TD did have a problem Friday, I was buying out of strategy desk and had to trade on line⦠cost me a point by the time I got in,⦠Turns out they had a new update going on and forgot to tell me (and probably a few others), they should have sent out an email notice about the software change. TOS is adding some newer features but they at least are giving everyone a heads up and some training on the upgradesâ¦. With a little luck I can change this âhobbyâ into a âcareerââ¦.
For the time I was with them, TOS was wonderful. I'd recommend TOS to anyone trading Options, not sure about Futures. In my neck of the woods they lagged a bit, and the comish is a bit high. If their data was really fast and they dropped their comish I'd gladly go back. Ian