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Effective December 1, 2005, TradeStation has substantially reduced the futures, forex and options monthly trading thresholds necessary to qualify for waiver of the TradeStation (and RadarScreen) platform fee. This reduction is in addition to the previous reductions for all accounts thresholds...

Dear Ebo, We are sorry that you experienced such long hold times last week and that your E-mail was not answered on a timely basis. We did experience some very high hold times on Monday, and longer than normal wait times for the remainder of last week, as a result of the impact that Hurricane...

On Monday, October 24th, we launched a significant improvement to our Easy To Borrow list that greatly expands the number of stocks available to short in accounts that clear at TradeStation. This includes significant improvements to the breadth of shorts available for NASDAQ, NYSE, and AMEX...

Martys, Yes in order to receive real time quotes you would need to subscribe to the CBOT for $40 per month. You can chart daily bars with a 10 minute delay for free.

There appears to be confusion with symbology used in TradeStation. For CBOT markets that have both pit and electronic trading, TradeStation utilizes the pit root symbol for both sessions and distinguishes them by adding a .P extension on the pit symbol. For example: 30 Yr U.S. T Bond...

dougcs, The TradeStation platform has become the standard for rule-based trading and has widely been recognized by many publications as the choice platform due to the following exceptional areas: analytics, backtesting, data, advanced order execution, the overall brokerage experience and many...

OptionsWizard, The TradeStation platform does indeed perform real time buying power calculations that take into account the offsetting of BOD positions. Please call the trade desk @ 1-800-871-3563 to discuss your particular scenario with an options principal.

Nana Trader, This add-on vendor is incorrect. The base platform fee for TradeStation and RadarScreen (if applicable) in the current month are waived when meeting the new thresholds. The exchange fees are pass though fees.

GTC, The minimum are: Processor: 450 MHz Pentium II or better RAM: 256 MB Hard Drive: 65 MB free space Monitor: 1024x768 monitor resolution or higher Operating System: Windows 2000/XP Software: Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 5.5 SP...

TradeStation 8.1 Service Pack 1 will include Order Cancels Orders (OCO), Order Sends Orders (OSO) and Bracket Orders. We expect to release TradeStation 8.1 SP1 in September. Yes, you'll be able to place these types of orders using the Matrix.

GTC, If you open an account before 8/31/2005 we will waive the base platform fee for the first 30 days, no matter how much you trade. Then, beginning September 1, 2005, we'll waive the Base Platform fee and the RadarScreen fee (if applicable) whenever you meet one of the new thresholds...

Tango29, Please contact TradeStation’s Active Trader Sales Department at 800-808-9336 to discuss specific circumstances.

Effective September 1, 2005, TradeStation Securities has reduced by over 90% the thresholds at which clients monthly platform fees for TradeStation and RadarScreen will be waived. Accounts meeting any of the following criteria in the preceding month will not be charged a monthly base...