Recent content by carpani

Sugarland (houston area)

They've added a freezing technology to the DOM whereby, it free floats when you're not hovering over that window. However, when you hover over that DOM it freezes the prices and only the volumes run up and down so you can ensure you hit the right price. You can also easily type in a price...

AMP has less then $2.5MM in adjusted capital per 5/31/12 CFTC filing. They only have $35mm in customer assets so would think if you've got a decent sized account, you probably should look elsewhere.

Closed my account after only 1 month with them. Customer service never responds, website/mobileapp so buggy and agree with the no positions in the mornings, etc. Plus they use Penson financial as agent and atlas ratings puts them down close to PFG on the list so that's not good. (...

The atlas ratings appear pretty accurate and I recently closed an account at MB trading due to their buggy systems, lack of customer service, control issues. Looking at Atlas ratings they're in the bottom of the list since they use Penson Financial Services as agent so beware. I would think...

Bloomberg brokerage (tradebook) has come a long way recently as well. Using their platform combined with bbg analytics is a great package. You're able to trade around economic statistics, have great DOM, run algo strats, etc. Of course you'll need a futures/clearing account at some of the...

Bloomberg tradebook is fully integrated with their new launchpads so order entry is very simple and quick. Linking order tickets to your quote grids/live prices gives you instant 1 click trading. Their new escalator/DOM trading is much better then TT and is all 1 click as well. The one thing...

I use InteractiveBrokers from Switzerland and have no issues on futures, connection speeds, etc..