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Quick general question regarding futures brokers. What determines the quality of your fills? Will it be different from broker to broker trading the exact same market and size? I saw a comment where someone complained about fills with Tradovate, but I have no reason to read into it not knowing...

Pressure can be a good motivator to work your ass off, but trying to "trade for a living" or to "pay rent" from a very limited account base is still not the right course of action and one that is only more likely to make you fail, IMO. "Wanting it more" is not going to help. Quitting the day...

This seems to be a common theme from the reviews I've found of this broker and I'll say it's probably the first time I'm actually reading reviews where customer service is praised. Usually, this is the exact thing people are complaining about in broker reviews. NT Brokerage / Dorman have always...

The problem here, from my perspective, is that you can be an excellent trader and still have a very high failure rate because of your circumstances, i.e., little to no trading capital.

I'm curious @SelfMadeDude. You quit your job to pursue this full-time. Would it not be possible to both trade and hold at least a part time job?

Excellent. I will probably send you a private message or e-mail to discuss opportunities. If I do get a new broker it's possible I will still do my charting on Ninjatrader as I have some custom stuff that may not be easily replaced by new software and I already have a dedicated data feed which...

Nice charts and set-up. And a nice trade. Which software/broker are you using?

Your firm looks very good from a quick review. I hope it's okay for the OP that I ask you a few questions here for the benefit of everyone reading. 1. Do you have something similar to Tradovate's performance center such that your clients can effectively track their net performance online and...

Subscribed. I'm a long term customer of Ninjatrader (software) and lately their own brokerage. I used to trade with Ninjatrader through Dorman futures and have been very happy. After they launched their own brokerage I moved on to that and haven't had any issues to speak of either. Except for...

The bragging part is secondary, but definitely an option I’d like to have. Tradestation seems to be an option too. I read some mixed reviews, though.

Seems to be mostly offering FX and not futures? I’m considering alternatives now. Tradovate being a strong contender, but will take the time to review options. It would be convenient to stay with NT and not having to spend time learning a new platform, but I’m at a point where my patience have...

Arguably, those are most important. I like to track the points, too. I have a fairly good system in Excel where I just export trade data from NT to Excel. It is of course a manual step I'd like to avoid. I'm sure I use 1-3 hours per week for all my bookeeping and in a busy life that's time I...

It seems like Tradovate does not track your performance in points/ticks. Only $$$.

I can't recommend any of them to be honest. My impression is that E2T is the best for futures trading. For FX, maybe check out the link @wmwmw provided.

Seems like most of the firms in that list are for FX? I think E2T is among the best for futures trading. The FX world might be different. Agree that Topstep seems like the worst deal...

I wouldn't call these firms prop firms. Trading arcade at best.

That's correct. I'm not sure if there's any practical implications for users of either at the moment. I'm guessing it's business as normal for now.

Did you open an account yet? I read some poor reviews as well, so that made me stop in my tracks a bit. I'm after all fairly happy with NT and it might not be better on the other side. I'd really like to be able to check and review my trade performance online, though. It's a big thing for me...

I will trial their software next week and probably open an account with them. Haven’t really seen any negative reviews or comments. Ninjatrader is simply not keeping up and staying competitive, IMO. I may still use their charts, though. Does anyone know if Tradovate have a good chart trader...

Could be. Better to stay flexible/loose and don’t marry any view/opinion in this business. At least that far ahead.