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  1. MattZ

    CME Group - fees outrageous

    I believe you should look under Reported Lease Information - Lease Renewals where the fees are about $275 per month. There is a one-time application fee of around $2,500.
  2. MattZ

    CME Group - fees outrageous

    Why not a membership lease? I would be more than happy to help you if you are my customer.
  3. MattZ

    Need CME globex data (e-mini), trading CFDs...

    Move to trade the Micro Emini NASDAQ futures. $5 for data of indices only. We have a way to put that into TradingView with CQG.
  4. MattZ

    Best Broker for U.S. Retail Traders?

    Dogs are good pets. Coyotes are dogs. Therefore, coyotes are good pets.
  5. MattZ

    CME Group - fees outrageous

    "Free" commissions do not apply in these brokerages when you want to trade on leverage or short. What about the fact that they make you pay .25% commissions? Just to give you a perspective, if they applied the same fee on a notional fee of ES (today's price), it would be $375 per side...
  6. MattZ

    CME Group - fees outrageous

    Many exchanges tried to compete with some of the contacts listed on the CME, and sadly it went nowhere. Established FCMs are dinos. They don't move, neither do their clients.
  7. MattZ

    Tell me why averaging down is a bad idea .

    G-d forbid someone would suggest adding to positions that actually make money. That would be unacceptable.
  8. MattZ

    ES liquidity

    Less than seconds if you use the right connectivity.
  9. MattZ

    CME Group - fees outrageous

    FTC is the Federal Trade Commission, and I do not believe that they have jurisdiction over them. The CFTC could investigate unfair practices, but the CME has the right to charge what they wish. Also, they have exclusivity on certain trademarks such as SP. I am not saying that I justify...
  10. MattZ

    Questions on trading oil futures - resources for information.

    https://optimusfutures.com/tradeblog/
  11. MattZ

    What is the best way to get a formal education on US Futs and Opts on Futs ?

    Get a Trading Platform, and learn order execution first.
  12. MattZ

    Best Broker for U.S. Retail Traders?

    I'll reply to you as you seem to understand better and not to our "buddy" who calls me ignorant. When the CFTC went after Tallinex in Estonia, They said: "Specifically, the Default Order found that Tallinex falsely represented that it was lawfully doing business in the United States, falsely...
  13. MattZ

    Best Broker for U.S. Retail Traders?

    The CFTC will issue a notice to any Forex Dealer that is not licensed in the USA. Research CFTC going after Tallinex is Estonia, JAFX in Bulgaria, etc. These are countries you referring to as "offshore" gets their bank account Frozen when the CFTC goes after them. Try and get your funds out...
  14. MattZ

    Best Broker for U.S. Retail Traders?

    These brokers that are offshore are not allowed to legally accept USA customers or Residents. Period. The fact that they do tells me everything about them. If they are not concerned with breaking the legal requirements above then why would they be concerned with providing fair trading...
  15. MattZ

    Best Broker for U.S. Retail Traders?

    Did You personally trade them to see how they handle quotes, requotes, SWAP rates, slippage and price spike and above all Withdrawl policies? When you say "Many Traders" do you know their personal experience? In both the USA and many countries in Europe (Under ESMA) the regulators have...
  16. MattZ

    Young guy wanting to start trading

    You dropped your best mentors. You just don't know it. If let's say you did find a successful mentor, how motivated will he be to teach you if he knows that you dropped out of school? Number one rule: you start, you finish. I am not saying that school is for everyone, but in an age that...
  17. MattZ

    Best Broker for U.S. Retail Traders?

    You can open an account in the USA with IG https://optimusfutures.com/tradeblog/archives/trade-forex-with-ig At the bottom of the article you can find a demo and live account links
  18. MattZ

    What would you tell your 18 year old self about trading/investments?

    Teach him the concept of Mathematical Variance.
  19. MattZ

    Do we need a Stop loss order in place if we have an option

    If you are Long a Futures market and bought a Put Option below the price you got it, you may or may not need a S/L order. The strike price and your entry price have to make sense.
  20. MattZ

    Advantages of options over share CFDs ?

    Two different instruments. One if off-exchange, and the other is exchange-traded based on volatility.
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