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mirus will probably go the way of the dodo, just like zenfire... but keep in mind one thing... Mirus is a <b>broker</b>, not an FCM.. they introduce to three clearing firms (dorman, RCG, RJO)... each one of those firms has other platforms outside of the NT/ZF fiasco... clients should have...

I used to carry my laptop to work as well, it hasnt been banned, but this is what i do now since I just dont everyone looking at my screens... I purchased in Q4CY13 a Lenovo Thinkpad 2 Windows 8 Based Tablet... I watched it until it was $250 or so... it was an awesome deal...

the cqg spreader is easier to work than tt's.... and tt's charting sucks... I have both... the best thing about TT is ADL for automation... you might end up with both platforms if you need good charts ... so why not just look more into the CQG spreader? just a suggestion...

how come you moved from IB? what platform did you went to... I recently move to LiveVol Securities to use LivevolPro, and ended up opening a new account with IBKR for LiveVol Sec use only, since they are the introducing broker to IBKR.

maybe this is simpler... assuming Reg-T which is what you will get with $50K in equities in the account, what will be made available to you is a day trading buying power of four (4) times your maintenance margin excess... assuming the broker does not set aside more for a concentrated...

I have pretty much tested every platform out there, since I am in IT and a techie geek by choice... and I agree... stay away from esignal... it is awful for charting spreads and their pricing structure just blows... it is better to pay CQGIC the $595+MD fees than to use esignal... a decent...

I own that software, have had it for years... total crap... avoid it... if you want decent stats on any equity pairs, the following tools are way better.... http://spreadanalyzer.biggercapital.com/ http://www.catalystcorner.com/

why would you try to mimic "esignal's" service, they are not all that great... overpriced for the charting and for their market data... in any event, define "mimic"... it is not clear what you are trying to accomplish...

good point about how it was formulated... as to stating that I was asking seriously, is only because I am asking seriously... it is not just the sake of asking or debating but something i am really curious about... because if the answer to it is yes, i can use $1MM notional overnight in with...

you stated your requirements as - uptime matters to you - latency is not as important - swing trading is your method - using NT7 as platform so given those 'requirements", Just21 has given you the best choice for you... unless you want to deal with managing the server, then do waste...

Don.. i'll ask a serious question... so if someone has $100K (for round numbers purpose)... are you saying that one can basically leverage up to $1.2MM Notional overnight?

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do you read what you write? better yet, do you even bother to read and understand what others write? and there you go making assumptions... you use softs as an example... and i cant comment on that because the only thing i know about softs comes from a buddy who makes markets on those...

nope, i am a newbie.... I only speak from my limited experience.

nope.... limit down/up will more than likely have blown through those stops... all offer/bids would have probably been pulled, so you assume price traded through you when that is not always the case...

i think you should read carefully what you are stating and you will see the flaw in your assumption, and therefore your statement... the risk to which you are referring to exists on inter mainly ... for intra, exchange based continue to trade (that has been my personal experience at least)...

interesting, the whole "going to 0" thing... well, like i said before... common sense... and i don't know about props, am not one... but even then... common sense...

spreading does not mean letting go to risk management... and more importantly, common sense... so you are making an assumption based on your own bias and possibly past failures/mistakes about what others believe.

interesting... thanks for sharing... I have some thinking to do ... I focus mostly on grains and energy... and only on calendars... for now at least...

I would be curious to know if they are averaging in when it goes against them? I am going through that right now with my Jan/Mar HO spread...my bias is still there for the direction I am trading, but it has gone against me for the past 2 days about 50% of the "stop"... so debating if to average...