Don't really agree but back to tasty. I don't believe in free lunches so I'm waiting to see where they route trades, if they sell order flow and what advanced tools they'll have. I suspect they are catering to the more layman traders but that's good as they probably will be a big upgrade to the e-trades and td's of the world and will not be competing with the firms catering to more active traders.
Really the fees aren't that great, especially stocks and futs. And really light speed isn't hijacking anything because those quoted $4+ all in ES futs quote isn't that great either.
$0.50 RT goes to CQG. There are some platforms that cost less like CME Direct, but they are not as good in many ways. And, these are our rates without volume commitments.
I saw one of those Tasty Trade vids. The guy who never takes his beret off was "checking" on a futures position. Checking? Are you kidding me? Like it's an option swing trade? My eyeballs don't leave that f'ing screen during a trade. I'd like to see him do his "checking" routine on the NQ e-mini these days. Have $100-$200 a pt on the line in a 50 pt range day...see how casual he acts then.
To avoid confusion or concern, you might want to clarify how your P/A trading is firewalled off from your customer flows.