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Well, great. So more reason to be a bull on Monday. Anyone without access to the pit floor today is just... hurting. (Well, even more hurting. I'm down -15% on the day.. but at least I managed to flatten most (not all) of my exposure.) You could buy the futures at any point through...

Sunday 7 PM EST.

So, I just asked this question in the other thread. Any suggestions on *which* reports are significant? USDA issues reports of some type every other day.

I got slaughtered in grains, and did okay in cotton. Ironic. Does anyone have suggestions on a service (for pay is fine) which would alert me in advance of "pivotal" reports? For my strategy, I don't mind paying in advance to hedge properly. I have a calendar of course. But in this...

Well, it's .NET, so technically anything that .NET supports. (Which is just about anything, really.) In practice, the out of the box samples are C#... and that's what I use.

syswizard, Thanks for your thoughts. Not looking to change any minds, just wondering what others were thinking on this topic. I haven't migrated over to Ninja 7.0 for precisely the reasons that you stated. I'm using Ninja 6.5 still, and I have to say it's working pretty reliable for me...

Just curious, why not use the NinjaTrader API? I"m not a troll nor am I marketing for them. But I do use the platform, and I see it as a convenient layer for sitting on top of IB's API so I don't need to deal with these issues. The API is still event-driven for order, but simplifies your...

Hmm, this is a concept new to me. Can you give more context? What does that mean, operating under the "umbrella of an existing fund"? And they will charge you 0.6% of AUM? In exchange for what?

Are you sure about this? I suspect otherwise. Oh, perhaps you're right. I do know that the cash-settled options currently listed on the CBOE (like VIX monthly options) are legally securities and not futures options, so if I trade them... my commodity pool comes under SEC supervision. On...

Why did Michael Jordan come back after already winning three NBA championships?

I think what the OP is saying is that the structure of government bonds are poor, because you're not paying any principal until maturity... at which point you pay 100% of that amount. Corporate bonds are structured the same way. If you have a government that gets confused budgeting for that...

Yes, although getting him on the phone is more of a chore than it should be. I'm 99.9999999% sure I'm not proceeding with them. Just curious if others had found it useful.

ES options are section 1256 contracts, so taxed at 60/40 gains. Im interested in hearing more thoughts on this.

Just curious who out there is familiar with HedgeCo. My initial impression from some of their marketing material is that they provide some services, do some outsourced marketing, etc. But every time I get them on the phone, it's a constant drum beat: they want your trading volume, they want...

I'm not aware of the 50% limitation on institutional money... but it sounds very viable this is part of the new Dodd-Frank reforms just passed. In any case, I've always been told institutions don't *want* to be more than 20% of your AUM. The legal regulation in this case isn't really an...

Yea, but IB also offers portfolio margin... and don't they just require $100k+?

For that kind of trading, go to the solution provider first. Lime, TT, Rithmic... Not clear about Lime, but the others clear many different brokers.

Best of luck to you in the new venture. My take-away from your story is that you may have a strategy with alpha, but it needs time to mature. I'd suggest you carefully monitor for style-drift, don't take short-cuts, and instead focus laser like to *this* strategy: what makes it work, what are...

Hi there I'm not sure that seeking higher level of leverage would be any reason to move from IB. The larger brokerages will charge you more commissions and likely request *more* in margin... That's their business model. Their value-add is a better trading desk, credibility with investors...