Recent content by calhawk01

well then prop firms should step it up and actually help traders succeed. the current software is designed for traders to fail.... you got shitty softwares like blackwood pro.. sterling etc

thanks for the replies. i totally agree it's a good setup IF you actually get funded once you've completed their requirements. i'd hate to fly through the combine.. and then be told.. oh btw you have to do this other program for another 10 weeks to actually get funded. RE: improve you trading...

hi. was very much interested in trying this until i read, "Our team's review is subjective and traders may be required to complete a Funded Trader Preparation period." so basically even if you pass the combine; you then have to trade more simulation and go under more reviews and adhere to the...

but i totally agree with you. most platforms offered by prop firms are ancient and suck super bad. and auto trading on them is next to impossible and support does not exist. i remember having emails back and forth with sterling pro support. and those guys are so unprofessional and they provided...

they got a special page for it: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=648 they must cater to them. just gotta find one. i think these companies tend to stay on the low..

hi anyone know of any prop groups that are plugged into interactive brokerage? i'd like to join a prop shop that uses ninja trader. most don't. but i know you can connect ninja trader with interactive brokerage.. so i figured; if a prop group uses IB for clearing.. i may be able to connect NT...

I did, over four times. Chat and via email. On email they said no, and i told them about CME rule, and they stopped replying to my email. And chat said, they dont offer spread margins.

I got the email reply from Clearing Risk Management @ CME. "Hello, Assuming that you are referring to the March 2015 Future contracts for both products (ES and NQ). initial combined margin would be 4543.00 Best, Clearing Risk Management"

Correct, they can diverge significantly, and keep diverging. I have many variable at play that try to quantify the divergence. 10k = overnight margin of ES (5k) and overnight margin of NQ (4k). This margin is at Amp trading. They don't offer "special" spread margins for pair trading it seems...

http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/files/SP500_DJIA_Spreads_Final.pdf

http://www.cmegroup.com/clearing/margins/spread-calc.html I emailed CME and will provide the reply. I cannot find the link on CME's website that showed the discounted margins for index futures.

Hi Anyone know a pair trading broker? I want to trade the spread between highly correlated (correlation > .98) instruments. My issue is that I cannot meet the overnight margin requirements. The current overnight margin requirements on, for example, NQ and Emini combined are over 10k. However...

Hi, Not to deviate away from your OP. But I did not want to create another thread. I have been very much interested in doing index arb. I have tested the idea intraday. Buy/sell future while simultaneously buy/sell cash index. And collect pennies. I want to test it live. But the big hurdle is...