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thanks for the suggestions

anyone get there 2008 K-1 or tax information from Assent yet? still don't have mine

ok, you've got a blank check. the firm says go buy a front-end and tweak the rest. what do you buy to trade fx, futures, equities, and bonds? what particular specs of an API would be key for u? what would keep latency lower?

any thoughts on good order entry / trade management front end? will be trading futures, fx, equities, bonds. need something that is smooth and can handle high frequency manual, plus become more automated as time goes on. been told to look at portware. anyone got a list?

what do firms ask to see when they ask to verify a track record? haven't kept much of it, just the month end. is that going to be a problem?

anyone know of what a typical deal at a Chicago futures/cash/equities trading firm for an experienced trader (10+years) is these days? particularly: payout splits base salary (if any) starting BP max daily drawdown max drawdown where they show you the door ave. compensation other...

Any solid prop firms doing equities or futures in California or the West Coast?

RBC My understanding is that RBC Professional Traders is the old Carlin (Generic Trading of Philadelphia) outfit. Execution is good, not lightning fast, but the system is reliable. Use Thomson One for market data. Easy to use front-end. No problems with wires or accounting. Thought...

Sorry, to offend you but not bashing in the least bit. I assume that increased market data / volume is part of the problem. Their systems were excellent most of '07, but something seemingly did change. The lack of rapidly fixing it, or massively allocating greater resources to fix it, shows a...