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ICE's exchange matching technology is atrocious compared to Globex. I know someone who arb's the oil calendars and flys and he's always getting legged up due to some component of his order chain being delayed in the ICE engine. They have some wierd distributed server architecture at the...

if you cant afford the most basic of costs to get involved, why are you even trading?

lol :D

you mean something like: www.tradethenews.com or www.ransquawk.com ?

$50 from a student? the trading must be tight for you this spring... :p

just a request for your help for 5 mins if you can spare it. A colleague is preparing their batchelor paper for their degree and needs to survey general awareness of advertising slogans and their perception. The attached document contains a few slogans you might have heard, and some your...

save your money, and do a google search on VP. feedback from buyers of the software overwhelmingly indicate that it is completely useuless and doesnt do anything near what Market Technologies claim it does. read the small print on their website. at first glance you'd think that you can use...

Marex Financial in London were doing pro clearing at $0.68c a side for the electronic CME markets when I last checked in with them 0.34c exchange fee (european incentive) 0.10c globex fee 0.02c NFA fee 0.22c clearer fee =0.68c a side this was for volume upto 5000 a month, if you did...

Thats assuming you're a pro doing some volume, not retail.

The Traders Clearing Alliance based at Fortis on Bishopsgate in London are the lowest Eurex fee's anywhere i know of. €0.48c roundturn including exchange fee's (24c a side) for financials. Its a fixed rate too, no sliding scale for volume, if you do 10k or 100k RT's a month, same rate.

as a user of both TradeStation and MultiCharts I can definately say that MC has the edge over TS charting. TS charting is excellent and intuitive, but there are still a few major issues with TS charting: lack of range bars functionality lack of sub-minute granularity for tick data - why...

www.tradestation.com the platform fee is waived if you do 10+ RT's in a month on the futures, so you get the software platform for free. You still have to pay commissions to Tradestation for executions of course, as you would with any brokerage.

if you trade 10+ lots a month its free. Instant automation order execution & no farting around with external bits of software that can cock up stability. If you cant afford free, then should you really be trading?

switch to TS v8 - it does all that

US prop is all about stocks, London is king of the futures and FX prop shop. You're in the EU, you dont even need a visa.

why not try phoning some prop shops up and see if they will back you and let you trade remotely... it'd be a long shot, especially if you arent inclined to show them your "random" track record, as I doubt any firms would take anyone seriously who couldnt prove consistent results over a...

too right. would a seasoned trader really want to discuss his edge?

common knowledge in europe, I believe :D

Switzerland: you can arrange a fixed lump-sum tax with the goverment annually. Dubai: 0% Tax & great lifestyle options Monaco: 0% tax if you own a property & are resident Gibraltar: £10k up front tax lump and everything you earn extra is tax free

DrEvil, have you checked out TwoWayFutures? the provide direct market access as a brokerage, but they add the commission on as a spread and thus fall under SB, even though you deal direct on the futures. Best of both worlds - real market prices and tax free advantage with no skew or...