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IB also technically doesn't care if you don't file taxes. The IRS takes care of that. Similarly, you're in violation of securities laws if you trade commodities on behalf of someone else, for profit, without registration. (Excluding the exemptions mentioned before.)

That's 1.47 million after redemptions and -95.83% YTD performance.

I guess I missed that part. I'm using Bart Mallon as my fund attorney. He gave me a very fair price, and has generated really quality work. Unfortunately the NFA disclosure approval process is STILL not completed (2.5 months and counting), but I'm not going to blame him for that. I was...

I believe I replied yesterday? Was this about K1?

I don't remember any daily server reboots, so I assume that's not a problem. As far as event handling quirks... keep in mind the last time I traded with TDA was about 15 months, and I don't know how many versions ago! You should check in with NinjaTrader for the latest. I don't even...

Just to help myself out here... here's a document listing all CME recognized option spreads: http://www.cmegroup.com/globex/files/ElectronicTradingConcepts.pdf

The "tax" component includes the K1. For just audit (without tax services), they quoted $20k. The fund can pay for data feed/software if you're using it *only* for trading the fund. If you do any other research or trading with it, it shouldn't be included. I haven't tried to get any of my...

All fund-specific expenses come out of the fund. The fund pays it, before management/incentive fees. So audit, tax, fund formation expenses... all comes from the fund. Your break-even analysis shows this number, so investors know what they're getting into. My expenses are $25k audit/tax...

I'll even make it easy for the other poster... :P http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26648&perpage=6&pagenumber=24

A "hedge fund" is just a concept, a general term. A limited partnership is a common legal format. If you're a hedge fund or LP that trades futures as part of your business (I believe the number is >10% of assets), then you must register as a CPO. (I assume there are possible exemptions...

Well, right, that's what I was really referring to. Net capital refers to the overall size of the business + assets, and IB is understandably huge. I was more surprised by the segregated assets number, like you were. My best guess... maybe the segregated assets number is a measure of the...

I don't need to speak with Ninja's tech support. I've been corresponding with Ray, Ninja's CEO, multiple times on this issue over the last 12 months. Ray, in explaining to me the difficulty so far, told me that he personally coded the support for the Russell2000 contract... and that TF is...

My code as currently written uses Ninja's trading API. Yes, I could (and probably will) port over to use QuickFIX one of these days, but it's not a priority. As you yourself said, Ninja's link to TT is via FIX, that's why the TT FIX gateway is necessary. ICE support really plays no role...

If you're using Ninja, remember you can always reload historical bars and (hopefully) wipe those bars off of your chart.

Hi guys, I've heard a lot of discussions of various FCMs, customer segregated funds, size, capital measures, etc. Only today did I found this rather useful table from the CFTC, listing all of the relevant numbers for each FCM...

I assume this is IB/broker-specific. If Velocity has numerous users on their TT FIX gateway, they just eat the cost instead of passing it on as a platform fee. For whatever reason, both MF Global and Advantage wanted to pass that explicit cost on to me. Sounds like that's a good reason to go...

I just fired up my IQFeed connection, and didn't see any trades today. I'm really thinking that's a data error on ZF's side. Actually, I don't think ZF provides historical data... doesn't historical data come from Ninja? That's why I use IQFeed, for quality historical data.

When you say you "contacted ZenFire", I assume you contacted Mirus... the principals at Mirus = principals at ZenFire. Mirus is futures only; they're an IB for either RCG or Dorman. ZenFire's back-end, like I hinted at before, is based on Rithmic.. and "Vision" is just a white-labeled...

ZenFire and Vision Financial Systems are for all intents and purposes the same system. (Different hardware servers, same software.) I talk about this elsewhere... but I autotrade Ninja + Vision, filling ~350 orders a week. I've been using this combination for 7 months now... so probably...

And how about: http://www.ccfe.com/