Recent content by hippie

It use to eb $1/mo fee, then it was $75 if don't don't at all during the month. Now, it doesn't matter if u do 10k trades. Forget it. Better stick to CME.

It is now $85/mo, even if u do 100 trades, it doesn't matter. I am looking for another futures broker for TF.

http://marketclips.com/2013/07/29/422-futures-trading-rooms-in-the-us-room-422-please/#more-1525

Anyone knows anything more about this? http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/6359-12

Please take a look at these new taxes and tell me if it doesn't affect the average person or the middle class. http://jeffduncan.house.gov/full-list-obamacare-tax-hikes

You will pay a lot more in Capital Gains starting next year. Losses are yours to keep, gains the government keeps a big cut! http://jeffduncan.house.gov/full-list-obamacare-tax-hikes

With my IB IRA, I can trade futures with marjin risk, but cannot trade any call spread in which my risk is clearly defined w/o margin risk. I read this is crazy US government regulation and not IB rules. Anyone has more info?

I had crazy liquidation by IB too. That was mostly in 2008. I had a small account and didn't do much about it. I had options spreads that the max loss was limited, but it seems that IB software those days might not looked at both legs of the spread.

TOS is lousy for trading futures, besides the high commissions. Try AMP, OEC or Infinity. I currently use Infinity but switch due to better commis with AMP & OEC.

http://www.ampclearing.com/ It looks like they have great margin & commission rates. How is their platform and execution?

You can do that with Thinkorswim too. They have high commiss & poor execution though.