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Having emerged from my Tradestation nightmare, I've narrowed the search for a new equities brokerage to LightSpeed Financial and Genesis Securities. http://www.lightspeedtrading.com/ http://www.gndt.com/ I've read and heard rave reviews, some first-hand, about both. In the last six...

Excellent question U&D. From what I've heard the Barron's ratings are compiled by VOTES from shills and account holders-- not by any objective means. If they actually did in-depth client interviews they wouldn't be #1 except for their charts. If you notice the true professional platforms...

Sure, the first line of trade desk employees are very nice-- but wait until you have a serious problem where they cost you thousands of dollars and you have to talk to one of the punk trade desk managers... :D You were warned. Was told from a TS employee that they keep their sales reps...

I've found their short inventory far below what is was when they cleared through BSC years ago. I and associates/friends of mine have experienced numerous platform freeze-ups, and outages lately. Their charts are great when the platform isn't frozen during busy periods. Used to get one or...

Just realized my prior post sounded a little biting. Hadn't meant it that way, Intell. I think if the world aired out its dirty laundry in an open forum, tremendous good would result. It's the hiding behind political correctness that's inhibiting genuine discourse. -Prof.

Judaism is a religion, 'Chinese' is a nationality. I don't know the context his comments were said in. There are clear-cut cultural and societal traits endemic to other nationalities that differentiate them in positive ways and in some negative ways. That's a fact. The whole world is...

Agreed, it greatly depends on the account size AND the amount of risk you're willing to take. Currency and futures accounts can yield larger returns based on greater leverage, but can also produce larger losses. Your trading experience and methodology also factor in. An X factor...

Like 95% of your answers, you've given us yet another sweet non sequitur! Care to address the points people are making instead of deflecting the focus to some inane topic? You debate like a liberal--

I don't think I'd want anything in my computer spinning at a constant 10,000 rpm all day, every day, all year. I'd be really surprised to hear reports of longevity and error-free operation at those speeds for several years. I wouldn't buy one.

Originally I wrote: "1) Find out WHY they're down; ie, bad trades, bad investments, bad timing? etc. 2) Find out what they are/were invested in. (waiting for a stock to bounce or flat and in cash)." THEN, I read your post about the 0.62%/month avg. return!!! If 0.62%/month is...

Great post, einstein! Well said! All the best to you! Sounds like you'll do well and are right on track in your progression. That's how it is: Lose money, lose less money, eek out a very small living, earn a decent living, make a phenomenal living... One of my favorite quotes of all...

I love my hotkeys and will be moving my equities account to LightSpeed Flnancial out of NYC. I'm told their platform is very reliable, fast and offers hotkey customization. Commissions are good, too, around 7/10 per share.

Appreciate the link Runner. Thank you. Don't mean to be negative, I just want to save some people the nightmare of what I went through with TS. If they weren't so arrogant and apathetic about the problems they, themselves cause, I wouldn't have said anything. Have heard great things...

What fools think the economy is booming based on one economic number??? There are families living in tent cities in public parks, a mortgage meltdown, credit crunch, sub-prime crisis and subsequent hangover from that which isn't over just yet and gas is almost $4.00 a gallon. Where's the...

They just had a severe order entry outage again last week during ORCL earnings! They're deteriorating fast. Had to wait for ages listening to hold music trying to get through to the trade desk to get an order executed after 5pm est.

TradeStation has been a disaster with lockups and freezes in the last two months! Across the board, too: stocks, futures and options. I've lost some serious money because of them in recent weeks. They're arrogant these days and don't care. Maybe after enough complaints and bad publicity...

A few of my associates have recently closed their accounts with Tradestation. They're a joke for daytrading futures. Too many problems to list.

Recently having major problems with TradeStation futures. Crossed markets, slow fills and ghost orders. My friend just closed his account and I may do so, too. Their service is deteriorating lately.

I recently visited a branch office of theirs in FL. Heard very good things about them from the traders using their platform. Supposedly only one slow data hour in 6 months. Having major problems with TradeStation lately...