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    Lightspeed vs. Interactive Brokers/IB

    Addition to an older post: Trading the FDAX on the NT/ZF combo costs me approx. $3.81 per r/t.
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    Anyone run 22" or 24" monitor at 1920x1080?

    ... time to run some 42" plasma's native...
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    Anyone run 22" or 24" monitor at 1920x1080?

    A height of 1080 or 1200 makes quite a difference. And keep in mind the amount of time you are going to spend in front of your screen: hundreds of hours, and probably thousands. My advise: do not care about the last $100 more or less for a screen.
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    Lightspeed vs. Interactive Brokers/IB

    Something around 4 euro per r/t. I have to look it up: using an euro account it's a combined price with $ and euro fees involved. (Mirus/Dorman) I have used IB via Dutch introducing broker Lynx. Please note that you need a licensed NT to trade, which isn't free! For now I'm happy with good...
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    Lightspeed vs. Interactive Brokers/IB

    [Answering someone else's question...] In my case: a lot of bad fills trading CL. Execution allways took quite a while too. Now using Zenfire/NT. Very fast and seldom bad fills. And if they happen they're not as bad as IB's fills. (The slow updating chart was another disadvantage)
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    Which contract to trade?

    No, I am not: my broker called me the 1st of december with the advise to stop trading the december Gold contract. He assumed that I did not want any physical delivery, which starts at the 1st as well ... :eek:
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    Which contract to trade?

    Very good question! I was wondering why too until I found a nearby topic: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?&threadid=186382
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    IB charts

    You're totally right. After using IB for a short time I'll switch to Mirus Futures soon. (yes I know NT isn't perfect as well ;-)
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