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Just to save all the Torontonian time, here's some update. Jitney (Yet to contact) Mgb trading (Yet to contact) Title (Email, no response) Swift (Looks like closed last year and rebrand under Orbxia.. not sure if they are still there.. but I'm avoiding) Questrade (No more prop trading I...

So far, I found Swift, Title and wts. I will give them a call and see whether they trade tsx and at what commission rate. Are there any others I should check out? Thanks!

Hi, I'm interested in trading TSX stocks in Toronto. What are some of the prop shop that can give me good commission rate and leverage? I can put in capital and I have a verifiable track record. It needs to be fully automated. If anyone can PM me any firm that could be interested...

Hi, Do you happen to find any source for dividends or split data? Is NxCore data reliable? Thanks, - theboy

Hi, My wife works at a broker dealer and we have the usual regulation in our account. (ie, can only long, have to hold 30 days, etc etc). If I were to join one of the prop firms, like echo, would my account subject to those restrictions? Separately, if I were to go to the IB retail...

Hi, I'm looking for a good prop firm. In addition to their credit risk, platform would be another important consideration... Given there are lightspeed/sterling/laser/GS, etc etc, which one has the following feature: 1. Downloadable 1min historical bar, including bid/ask, for the...

Is the firm gone? Their website is not accessible any more and I read this http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/929773/cnsx-dealer-name-change-infinium-capital-corp

Hi, where do you guys start to go find prop arrangement that requires capital commitment, no base, certain % payout, certain commission fees and they give you all the pipes, hard/software, colocation, etc? Is it through head hunter? (But don't they get paid based on your salary? If there's...

Hi, I'm just wondering if you guys experienced really slow latency for IB paper trading account. I consistently see (from api log), the time I took from I submit the order to getting an Ack back being upwards of 20 seconds! (I do submit a bunch of orders right after the open). Do you...