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taboni: Just to clarify, in relation to an existing position (open trade) one can enter a resting order (SL, TP, OCO) on a GTC basis. Otherwise, GTC orders aren't possible on Hotspot. I hope I understand this correctly now! It seems that Hotspot's 10-point restriction on new orders and...

taboni: Thanks for sharing your personal experience, which is very helpful and enables readers to gauge whether a (second-tier) PB, ECN, or broker is more suitable for their needs. I fully agree with your risk assessment about open orders. It's just that very occasionally I need to scale...

Inquirer: Apparently, prices on the Hotspot demo are delayed by one second, but you can arrange to view the live platform on a temporary basis by writing to Hotspot.

Point taken, taboni. I just recalled 2cents' similar comment about a second-tier PB expecting a customer to do at least a yard per month. :) http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1018844#post1018844 All things considered, is the trading platform and environment the main...

taboni: In your experience, for a retail customer, is it more expensive (in terms of transaction and rollover costs) to deal through a second-tier prime broker like ODL than through an ECN like Hotspot? Can you possibly provide some rough ballpark figures by way of illustration? One can...

Thanks again, taboni. The spreads info is very useful for comparison purposes. I fully agree that retail traders have a better deal these days, compared to the not too distant past, in terms of transaction expenses. Let's hope that people apply themselves to take advantage of these cost...

Many Thanks, taboni, for your helpful replies. I actually spent a recent weekend reading through all your posts, from the first one in 2003, and learnt a lot from them. I'm sure there're many other forum members who, like me, appreciate your valuable contribution to this forum. Please keep up...

Can any forum members using Hotspot give some idea of the swap rates and spreads (if any) it offers to its retail customers? In addition, a comparison of these costs with typical interbank swap rates would be particularly welcome. For example, as of March 17, for EUR/USD, a daily swap point...

Can any forum members using Hotspot give some idea of the swap rates and spreads (if any) it offers to its retail customers? In addition, a comparison of these costs with typical interbank swap rates would be particularly welcome. For example, as of March 17, for EUR/USD, a daily swap point...

Thanks, gnome and DonCorleone. DonCorleone, which motherboard do you plan on getting? Just curious... :) gnome, if one gets a motherboard with two PCIe x16 slots so as to install two dual-DVI display cards to hook up four digital panels for trading use, one can ignore all this SLI...

As a matter of interest, DonCorleone, would you use a motherboard with two PCIe x16 slots and two display cards (each with 2 DVI outputs)? I wonder if fellow forum members have any experience with single display cards supporting four DVI displays, eg, NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 (256MB RAM)...

Thanks, SideShowBob, for your post. Point taken and fingers crossed...

Thanks, IB Salvatore. I was looking for confirmation that an F account will receive a security token irrespective of its account balance (which is likely to be very small). One further question. Suppose there're one F account and three sub-accounts, with only one sub-account (not belonging...

Thanks, IB Salvatore, for your prompt response. Just to clarify one detail, assuming each sub-account has a balance exceeding US$100,000. Does this follow that a sub-account client can enter and set up his bank account details through Account Management in advance, using his security...

Thanks for the helpful pointers, Lon Eagle.

Thanks for the explanations, gwac and cvds16.

I'm an existing IB client planning to open an F & F Advisor Account for myself as well as family members, free of management charges. I understand that the Master Account is called an F account, while all sub-accounts (including the Advisor's own trading sub-account) are U accounts with no...

Hi Lon Eagle Does PB mean Prime Broker? How does one go about setting up an account through a broker? Can you provide some names? Do they look for private individual clients (in addition to corporates)? Can you give some indication as to the minimum requirements (eg, account size and monthly...

Hi all When interest rate differentials are used to calculate Globex currency futures prices, what bid and offer interest rates are used? Are any (hidden) spreads (or premiums) ever added to, eg, the offer rate? Thanks! wwx

Hi all When interest rate differentials are used to calculate Globex currency futures prices, what bid and offer interest rates are used? Are any (hidden) spreads (or premiums) ever added to, eg, the offer rate? Thanks! wwx