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If one does on average 600 emini RT/day thats 12,000 RT a month that equates to a savings of 500,000 annually see enclosed spreadsheet

cme software and cme maintained lines only cost minmum $1400/month globex fee structure is excellent if you do volume 106 h/j/n firm fees as of april 1, 2002 Fees for 106 H/J/N Firms trading products within division of B-shares held. Non-member Fees apply when trading outside of division...

Let me speak up for the so called "Alternative Investments" trader What about Futures Traders? :confused:

Right off the bat Including Commish I'm 200 to $400 in the hole just initiating the trade. So What Uncle Point? If I "scratch", I end up negative on the trade. If I'm sloppy getting out slippage costs me $500-$1K yes, I use a discount broker and oh yeah size does matter:cool:

You think your the only one with a BS detector? Junior Members huh, the new trouble makers you say, Rebels without a cause, maybe were all a dangerous trading gang working like a pack of wolves! the_ dud YOU ASS, Junior Members will beat your Senior Citizen trading ass till its purple...

What is trading efficiency? Differs with different trading styles Long term Swing Day Trade Scalper If commish costs are $5 and one makes 95 net is that any more efficient than commish of 30 and net of 60? What about the risk taken to achieve the above net profit? For a day trader...

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Would it be nice to be able to dynamically adjust the number of contracts traded by import tick by tick account values and have it update dynamically and then when an order was triggered it would take into account the "last account value" if it were used in a calculation to adjust # of contracts...

80 ES contracts would do nicely :D

80 ES contracts would do nicely

How do you define "security"? The accumulation of wealth in order to weather some coming financial storm? Ability to buy lifes needs and wants without regard to the economy? or employment status? The ability to harvest profits from the markets just like a farmer harvests crops...

Thats my goal precisely, not worried about the shape of an equity curve only profit. No need to compound, satisfied with declining % risked currently trading 40eminiSnP at a pop 40 emini=$500/tick, $2000/point 2.5points=5K, usually can be made in less than 15-20minutes 5K*200...

Metoox: Are you a 106H or J firm? Do you lease a globex terminal? If so what are the particulars with that? are you discentionary or systematic traders, if systematic how do you automate your trades? thanks Net

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Guys are you looking at this list in text mode? When you registered did you provide your email address? Just click on AnomalyResearch's hot link to EMAIL him. I suggest we keep this thread open for discussion and feedback of this great gift. Net

Futures Mag "Feb '02" mentions that several markets are "approved for trading by US traders" but none(not even the Dax as I erroneously listed) gets the same "favorable tax treatment" as US exchange based contracts. Not saying that one shouldn't trade overseas just that there are tax...

I was reading in Futures Mag about select markets get favorable tax treatment 60%/40% and how others do not. Example DAX-yes, Hang Seng-NO Any comments? or are all you guys filing Mark-to Market tax handling as "market Makers" Net

Much thanks to the encouragement from this board, you guys/gals are great :) I was able to hook everything up, although I got a few surprises when I realized I was in a trade after I looked at autoexecutor!!! (tried to enter a limit order from test system that added 1.10 points to emini) I...