Recent content by MBAGearhead

@old coot, orders are at the exchange I believe. Double check with your broker. In other news, I am told Gain rolled out a fix last night to alleviate the price feed issues. So far, so good. Fingers crossed this price delay is behind us!!:thumbsup:

I know! Same... First limit up day in eons and all we can do is imagine where we'd place trades. :(

March 10th...

A lot better this week but still delays, mostly in the opening 10 min. or so. Gain tells me "We are aware of the problem, we remain committed, and are working diligently to resolve the matter. This matter is our highest priority item."

Great for shareholders, but what about for traders? They've had data issues for many months now with no fix in sight. One can hope... https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/gain-capital-or-futuresonline-com-was-oec-data-delays.340132

Yep, just saw this too. Add more bureaucracy to the mix! https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/02/27/1991754/0/en/INTL-FCStone-Inc-Agrees-to-an-All-cash-Acquisition-of-GAIN-Capital-Holdings-Inc-at-6-00-Per-Share.html Can't even enter the market on a stop order when price is wrong on...

Nothing like futures opening down 3% and the DOM being totally wrong for first 14 min.!

Problem continues... Yesterday for about 15 min. the EMinis were minutes behind! Below is from a Demo account on a separate computer. The same issue was on my trading computer in a live production account. (proving the issue is not my computer). Why the hell was the YM keeping up just fine...

I've documented this problem extensively over past 5 months with my broker but it continues. During fast markets, Gain data feed falls behind and can take anywhere from a few seconds to 5+ minutes to catch back up. Price on Gain's DOM or charts is incorrect during these periods making trading...

Another IB (for Ironbeam) that offers 50 cents per side is Zumo. http://www.zumo.com/pdf/fees.pdf Clearing is done by ABN. If anyone has any experience with this broker or the Firetip trade platform, please share. Thanks!

Attached chart compiled from http://www.cftc.gov/marketreports/financialdataforfcms/index.htm Overall, their growth has been very good.

OptionsXpress bought OEC back in 2008 for $18 million. Last year, Schwab bought OptionsXpress. Now, OptionsXpress is selling OEC to Gain Capital for $12 million. Is it worth 33% less now even though it's much bigger? http://www.openecry.com/company/newsevents.cfm...