Recent content by FrankSlaughtery

+1 for tradelog.

sold

I'm selling an Ergotron triple monitor stand because I recently switched to using one larger monitor so I no longer need it. I'll throw in a Samsung 19 inch monitor if you want as I'm no longer using it either. Asking $75. This retails for $250 on AMZN.

confirmed. again this is good that they make you re-log in. for ex, this prevents someone else from trading your account.

i agree w/ the previous commenter re "trading up" to a better capitalized counterparty. i remember when TOS had PNSN as clearing firm and a lot of traders were concerned b/c PNSN did some completely FUBAR nonsense w/ their capital. when TOS was bought by TDA you instantly got the security of...

don't know if you guys remember this but this sticks out in my mind as the biggest fed related gap in the history of the known universe. http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/01/03/economy/fed/ God help the poor soul who was short ES or NQ going into that announcement. can you imagine if you were...

is the T+3 b/c the trader didn't sign up for a margin account?

have you checked into merlin for prime? i don't know how they've been since they were acquired by wfc but it'll give you a great multi prime solution. to just summarize what you already know, you're really limited given your requirements (which i would do myself) that you don't want to be a...

IMHO, the minimum for an account is irrelevant. what matters is their margin requirement (the day trading - not overnight). for example, company A has a minimum of 1000 USD and gives you 500 margin while company b has a minimum of 10000 and only gives you a 50% daytrade margin. one of these...

have you looked into newedge?

i think the change in the vix has something to do w/ it but i think it has more to do w/ a diff market environment. there were multiple prolonged periods of low vol in the 90s (and everyone knew it could stay that way) whereas in the 00s any seemingly long period of a low vix is expected to...

advantage futures. http://www.advantagefutures.com/

actually i've already thought of something similar to this and it's all of my monitors and the million pound stand falling over on me...

good up the good work ofthomas (i'm being serious). to the mods, pls don't remove undisputed and independently verifiable facts that can help traders make their own objective decisions. it'd be one thing if he said "don't go w/ firm XYZ b/c they were responsible for the kennedy...