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Thank you for your response. Are you using SPAN margins on spreads?

Anyone can point to a broker requesting discounted margins to daytrade grains?

Yes, I can confirm. I purchased. Now I'm going to use Excel for most analysis, but I'd like to see very basic charts too: anyone could suggest a very basic very inexpensive product?

Long history of futures single contracts as well as continuous.

I've thought about making some backtesting... Is Pinnacle Data still in business? I sent an email, but got no answer whatsoever... Anyone using their data recently?

Amibroker is compatible with eSignal data, and is very flexible: you create your spreads and it charts them using the same time frame you get your data. Historical charting is possible as long as you have downloaded past data.

Positions offset at expiration.

If this is what you need, yes TWS has it.

No clue about Scottrade, but IB really offer very basic charting... However, you can use data from IB with more powerful charting software like Sierra Charts or Amibroker or Quote Tracker.

With Ameritrade? That's not what they advertise here: http://www.tdameritrade.com/commissions.html#op_internet

If you plan to trade copper, your alternaitves are LME and NYMEX.

I have written something on my blog http://moneycat.wordpress.com/

1. I have traded one contract at a time in the grains: I suppose it is feasible in the livestock pits, too. Occasionally, at price extremes, your order, if against the trend, might not get filled. However market orders are filled with limited slippage in normal market ocnditions. 2. Only...