I am trading equities strictly. Initially had a HFT ES model but put it on the shelf for now, just due to the fact that I don't think I could actually compete with the other algos due to lack of execution speed. Capital for my equity model is not a real issue. The amount of allocated capital would only limit the amount of symbols I could trade within a day. In developing the model, I didn't take a position of over 500 shares and only traded stocks between 10-40 dollars. As a matter of fact the initial capital I started at was 100,000. But I do see your point of firms trying to protect their capital especially with someone who is unproven like myself. I will keep searching and when/if I find some useful information I will pass it your way for sure.
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@trade4succes Thank you. I will contact hold this upcoming week. @Van_der_Voort_4 The services of the firm you posted about is exactly what I am looking for. Unfortunately it looks like they are only involved in options.