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Many years ago I was signing up for something online and was asked for a username. I started to type randomly and came up with "Klaor". I liked the look of it (the "ao" gives a Middle Age feel), tacked on "man" and Klaorman has been my username for everything since.

mjt, Hold Brothers also has the REDI book integrated into Level II. They also have the ARCA, BRUT and INCA books (in addition to ISLD). In fact, I just discovered the INCA book right now because the default was set to off (they didn't have all the books when I first started with them in May...

I think rtharp posted a link to a copy of Bright's Trader Questionnaire recently; it's exactly (except for maybe one question) the same as ECHO's.

The solid connectivity is great, but my main concern is the order entry. I tried out the TradePortal demo that JulieFL99 was so kind to mention. I'm not sure how similar it is to ECHOTrader (ET), but here's what I see in TradePortal Version 2.74 (TP): * It has specific routes to ISLD, ARCA...

It didn't disappear; it's still there under the Brokers section of the forum. It dropped off the front page because other discussions had more recent posts and pushed your topic down. Anyway, I'd also like to know why VTS is bad.

TraderJimR, -I'm- the guy who said that! :-) And I'm trading with them...for now, but as I've said, I've initiated the process of joining Echo. I just remembered something else that ticked me off a bit about Hold: I'm mostly using their software's hotkeys to place orders, but I've...

TraderJimR, Actually, HB does have bullets; they call them day hedges, but they say you need $1 million in your account plus guaranteed income of $250K/year to use them. That's ridiculous! I might be mistaken, but that's what they told me on the phone.

I'm seriously considering jumping to Echo just for the bullets. In fact, I'm filling out their questionnaire right now. I'm tired of seeing stocks break down $.25 to $.50 without an uptick in sight. And hopefully, with full SuperSoes on Monday, I won't have to short to that distant ECN; I can...

Courtney, Actually, I overstated what they wanted me to do. They don't need me to send a copy of the blotter. They just want me to confirm that what's recorded in the blotter is correct and then send back the Trade Acknowledgement. I filled out the form once and set the date to be...

Hold Brothers just instituted a policy whereby all traders have to open up their trade blotters, copy their day's trades into a form, fill out the rest of that form stating that they confirm that the trades stated are the trades that they made and fax or email it to HB. They have to do this...

mjt, I haven't sent them extra cash beyond the initial funding, so I can't help you there. I checked my June statement and found interest there, but it seems to be way less than what I'm getting from Tradescape, where I have a similar-sized account. I'll have to ask Hold Brothers about this...

Thanks, neo_hr. It took parts of 3 days to write the thing, and I sorta rushed the ending because I just wanted to wrap the monster up. I might add more later...but then again, maybe it's enough! huby, I used mtrader.com for maybe 1 1/2 years. It took some getting used to, but I got into its...

This thread is great reading! Here's my rather lengthy story: I started investing way back in '88 or '89. Even before this I had worked at an investment management firm (minimum account size was $1 million) as a file clerk/coffee maker/gofer. I would file all manners of research reports...

tom_p, The remote trading is going very well. Besides the couple of hiccups in the quotes at the end of last month, the datafeed has been rock solid. QCharts quotes have been very steady the past few weeks, but the Graybox quotes consistently beat them by about a half second. I'm mainly...

I was talking with a Hold Brothers rep today about an upgrade to their Graybox software and asked him about the new Hedges tab in the Position window. He said it was to keep track of hedges, which they described as synonymous with bullets. He also said that I don't have to be a prop trader to...