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For those closing their OH account, which new broker will you be using?

you are right that there are a lot of trollers on this board, but surprised you had a beef with this response - seemed clear and on topic from a knowledgeable source.

Ergonomically speaking, you supposedly want to keep your eye's close to level with the top of screens. I worked on several trading desks and even with 8 screens, they designed the desks so we were looking level or down. A number of traders I know, including me in a home setup, experienced...

I'm not sure how long you have been trading futures, but locked markets are not uncommon, nor are trades buying lock limit down or selling lock limit up. Markets often come off of lock limits to trade in the opposite direction, sometimes, amazingly, going lock limit the other side of the...

Have you already considered Citrius, Lime's realtively new data feed? If not, you might wish to since you use their brokerage services. If so, can you comment on why Citrius would not work for you? From their website: Citrius™ Quote Delivery System Lime recently unveiled its new...

I have used TickData's intra-day data extensively and compared it to that of other providers. For my purposes, tick data was superior in most cases, but this may or may not be the case for your analysis, i.e., you want to find a good match between how you analyze the markets and the algorithms...

I've recently noticed that IB Smart is often routing options to NASDAQOM which often seems to cause problems on fills. For example, yesterday in some of the SPY options I trade: 1. the bid/offer spread at NASDAQOM was ten times larger than at most of the other venues; 2. several times...

Thanks S. My quotes seemed to have come through fine with IB, but now I'm not able to bring up a chart of the first 45 minutes in either IB charts or Ninja charts.

I am not able to get the first 45 mins of todays data after the open from IB, neither in IB charts nor Ninja, and wondering if anyone else is having the same problem. If so, were you able to resolve the problem? I have tried signing in and out but it did not help. Thanks.

Not so sure the hookers would be better off.

Found it. For those long or short futures or options into settlement: http://www.cmegroup.com/wrappedpages/clearing/contracts/200806exp.htm

Is there a spot where the CME posts it's final cash settlement for the June contract? Thanks.

I only have a limited number of trades with IB and may be wrong, but it seems that IB charges .70 per contract plus exchange fees. I have several trades in SPY for the same size where commissions vary by executing exchange. Also, from IB's site: "Your total US options commissions include IB...

Is IB .70 all in or .70 + exchange fees which can be significant depending on where the order is executed? Thanks.

Scrappy, Thanks for the info. When paper asks for a quote, do they usually request a market (bid and ask) for a specific size, or does the pit only quote one side at a time? Also, what is the liquidity like at a 3 cent spread in a 5 or 10 point verticle? GL

Thanks for the confirmation. The pre market quotes must be a glitch in ISE's system.

Is there any trading of U.S. equity options outside of normal trading hours? Occasionally I've seen quotes on equity options during the pre-market, primarily on ISE, but have not been able to execute at the prices listed - the orders are accepted by the exchange but sit un-filled. Thanks.

Asada, The source of the frustration is that a single data supplier/set will not meet the needs of every strategy, not in my experience that the supplier is making an error in how they apply the cleaning algorithm. For example, it is not unusual for Tick Data to have a different high or...

Cleaning tick data is more of an art than a science, and I've run into problems with every provider I've used. Mostly I've purchased tick data from Tick Data and generally have faith in their cleaning algorithms, but not without frustrations. CQG also offers tick data, which I've compared...

Thanks for your response. Is this limit absolute, or related to back filling? In other words, are you able to construct a chart with intraday data already in a data file on your computer that goes back more than 10 days, or it simply impossible to construct a chart for more than 10 days...