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This is an old thread which I am bumping for an update.............. Who out there has had recent experience with ISE's MPM? I'm referring to the non-displayed MidPoint MatchSM order book. Interested in the Good, Bad, and the ugly. :p Thank You, in advance.

**************************************************** I am constructing an API generated trade, so the reason I need it has nothing to do with past or future uptick rules. Please make the suggestion to programming that a qualifier for this or a global variable is needed. As you mentioned...

****************** So, the green to red, and red to green color changes on the Quote Page are from a sampled data stream? Not suggesting a delivery of every tick, but the calc must be taking place on some server hence the color changes we observe live. Why isn't there a simple DDE qualifier...

I recently emailed IB with a simple question, and the answer seems a bit inferior for a broker with a reputation of having the "cutting edge". Question: Using either the C++, socket client to Java, or DDE API; how would one determine if the last trade or bid requested was at an uptick or...

Drukes, If you go back and look at the date that Portfolio Margin took over Reg T for most professional accounts, I think you'll find a better correlation to the $VIX inflation than the uptick rule repeal. Nasdaq wasn't courting the Philly for the stock business, its the increase in...

Hold the phone. Did everyone digest what gnome just said? ".......Missing cash and securities." Let me understand correctly here. FDIC is a federal guarantee that the cash in my bank account will be paid back to me in the event of a run on my bank, but SIPC cannot guarantee my cash...

Damrak, IBKR is levered 4 to 1. What you are witnessing is what transpires when the "system" de-leverages. 4:1 is still far less than most Investment Banks. Shouldn't the real topic point toward SIPC? If one has confidence in SIPC's ability to pay off on a stress test of its members...

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Hey Mav, is $50k enough? What sort of statement of financial condition can Vtrader provide to prospective members?

Since no one has replied to the OP, I will list a few here: Vtrader, Simplex, and Breakwater. These are more or less arcades. I consider "props" as Peak6 and Group One, etc. The 600k question, however, is: Which Trading Arcades dedicated to the pro option trader will provide a transparent...