I agree, TST is super cheezey and dishonest, always have been that way. I just started my live account with Traderdock. I'm not sure if I can mention the actual trading firm, but they are based in London, have a physical floor like SMB. Have been treated really well there, very professional, no bs smoke and mirrors like oup and tst.
Traderdock is definitely legit. Took my first trade Friday. Absolutely no nonsense. Very professional.
Just my opinion as I have tried out with all the firms, (oup, tst, smb, and traderdock). My experience with the sleazey shit at tst and the complete outright lies at oup informed my opinion. Merritt at smb is cool guy, no bs. Same with David at Traderdock, these guys are working on real trading floors, and they are both very professional. At Traderdock I am a contractor, so as a self-employed person in my country of residence my taxes will be much lower with them, and the split is higher than smb, so I have only good things to say so far of Traderdock as well. I would recommend either of them, but I would not recommend the tst/oup people, they are just sleazy, you are free to find out for yourself.
So ya, just to follow up and summarize my experience trying out and getting funded with Traderdock. Very professional and friendly management, great organization with physical trading floor, and now offering remote trading opportunities. There were some delays in getting my live account setup as I am their first remote trader. There were a few bumps getting compliance in order due to the country I am currently living in, and slight bump in the road getting Trading Technologies platform setup for remote trading. They worked really hard this week to get me up and running and on Friday I put in my first trade. Everything is set now so the next person to get through the challenge will likely be up and running in their live account pretty quickly. They are talking making some changes to the challenge itself to make more like SMB's or TST's, but nothing is set in stone yet. But their will be some changes coming in the week(s) ahead as they want to make their offering better than the others. It is great to see this competition in the industry. Gone are the days of having no other choice than the sleaze bags at tst and oup. This week is make or break for me. I am hoping to kill it and report on how that goes as well. They don't have any bs rules about taking your money out as they do at oup and tst. As it is with the traders on their physical floor the only rule is a minimum withdrawl of $500. So in summary, so far I am giving them top marks and am very impressed with the changes they are looking at to making to make their offering better. Currently I am using ninjatrader platform with free data for charting and their TT platform for execution. TT is the best order entry software on the street, very nice platform. If they could add ninjatrader to their offering that would be great as I have lifetime license and TT costs 50$ per month for live trading, although it is free to use in the challenge. It's will be a tax write off, and I am looking to make six or seven figures this year so it's all good. TT is a fantastic application and in different league really than the retail trading software out there like ninja, sierra, etc. Charts on TT are not the best visually imo so I use ninja for charting, but TT is a full featured platform with market profile, advanced algo design, etc. Anyways, Traderdock is definitely a good option, they are legit, good people. I have my live account with them and so far so good. They are serious about making their offering better than the competition, so we'll see what changes they make in the coming weeks.
Well, go find out for yourself, I don't really have time to sit here typing reviews all day, I am a busy person. I like dealing with straight shooting no bullshit honest people, and that was my experience at smb, and is my current experience at traderdock. OUP and TST was and is like 10 pounds of bullshit in a one pound bag. Does that make sense?