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yes, SPIC and of course the rates are based roughly on volume but no minimums.

thing is i think that prop vs. retail should not matter regarding your rates, it should all be based on volume. if you do 100k/day retail of *secured*prop you should be at the same rate. TRUE PROP where you dont put up any money and take 0% of the losses might have higher rates, but there...

all hearsay for ~50-100k nobody charges ticket charges or mins: ech dont know lynx ~09 brght ~08 andv ~06, ~1.5 etrd pro ~04, 1.5 etg ~09, 1.5 schon dont know carlin ~08, 2 all middlemen (LLCs) take a vig out of commissions, probably .03-.05 anyone else have any...

open an account at Etrade Professional. 1.5c bullets

just curious what edge you have in trading the German Bund??

are any of the old tradescape guys there?

not sure, but i think for scalpers, prop vs retail rates shouldnt matter much, it's all decided on volume because in secured prop you take 100% of the losses, it's not a real prop deal. if they're taking a cut AND jacking your rates up, that's pretty bad.

how big were they? are there any big traders at generic?

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do a search on arch crawford

1) does anyone have any opinions on any firms to avoid commingling funds with if you're going prop? 2) if one has a retail account and trades get dumped into it (easily could happen given everything is traded elecronically without tickets, or someone could logon to your terminal and trade...

50% is usually long term average for active short term traders i think. that's why the llcs and brokerages make so much money off the sheep. would guess people at places which take more risk like schonfeld and generic % may be much lower.

please dont subscribe to those websites. best mentor: wsj, ticker tape and your diary.

can you buy/sell with hotkeys on the schonfeld system or do you need to use a mouse? is there more than one type of execution system there?

by the way, how did you get so arrogant?

thanks for the tip on searching. i dont see what you mean by contradictory. i know my situation, and am just replying to other peoples questions by posting to let them know what kind of rates people can get. the fact that i'm interested in doing other things myself, like growing and...

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on the penny commissions. even the steve cohens of the world minimize their costs. they only pay more if the get more (info, liquidity, etc.) Nitro, they are SIPC, and the minimums are always a negotiated thing in addition to commissions, brokers are always trying to take money out of our...

i dont work for anyone. i trade my own account out of andover. and i want to be around better traders and keep growing as a trader. and who are you?

I've heard good things about both Schonfeld and ETG (and FNYS), between the two (three), which place has the best traders?