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firstly, you are paying too high a commision rate if it was 2 round turns or a reasonable rate it was 4 round turns seems doubtfull you would have made exactly 200 - but could happen does your account not show credit debit net which would show you what was accounted for could be that...

alanm i think you are missing something a) is the trader experienced to the extent he makes money from day one - in which case he should absolutly make sure everything is in writing or b) is the trader unexperienced and he is going to be allowed to learn and use others money to learn...

SciTrader i dont quite see what the advantage of combining a trading platform such as IB or whoever, with a charting package such as CQG is it understood that the trading platform still receives its data as a feed form globex etc and that the feed for the charting package would come...

Aaron Now that is what i call a study - thankyou for that Do u think the fact it was one nasdaq main meant it was not prioritised and did you allow for the fact that the emini and the main might be different prices at the same moment in time How could you tell the real fill price...

everything seems easier when you are on the outside looking in, than on the inside looking out from beneath a pile of work - but customers pushing and companies changing priorties is what capitalism is based on - and it works

TriPack whats the ignore button comment about

don, whatever i said that you felt you had to disagree with - and i am not sure what it is - is probably because i am crap writing what i mean whatever deal you give a new person is going to be stacked in your favour - in comparison to the deal you would give a seasoned trader - it does...

wild ok, u r right

brutus interesting that you dont feel my comments are of value, yet damonjanis felt it worth to ask how fair value might affect what he is doing if you are back testing a system, you may want to be aware that since fair value is constantly changing, it is possible for two different values...

def, if the "head of the group overseeing the addition of markets" can't add a new US IPO in the current market - he should be put in charge of the latest rest room - whats he being paid for otherwise!

why do you want historic 5 min data for the last year? and if you think you have an interlectual reason - have you taken fair value into account?

wild, is that meant to be ironic?

a market order does not have slippage problems - the person using a market order has, or does not have a slippage situation impacting on their potential profits - since you only have a slippage situation when the market is going the way you hope it would - its far worse to get a better price...

djia futures - arn't they supposed to be coming out soon? what xxxxing planet are you from?

if i was running a trading company, i would absolutelywant you to sign a contract from day one, because all the cards would be stacked on my side - you sign the deal I give you - or I wont let you work for me - and you know what - no mattter how you look at it - the deal would be stacked in my...

you are NEVER ever going to get a better contract before you have learned - it is always going to be better after you have learned - absolutly 100% - if anyone disagrees with that - you need a manager and as you are new i will only charge you 50% managment fee - i'll cut that to 5% for any...

don, the "if the school was making money from you" is the key to my point the school is risking and probably if anything losing money - when that situation has turned round and you know for sure you are making money - then is the time to get an agreement - who would want to be tied to an...

for what its worth - i dont agree about u needing a contract - that is if you are not putting up any money, and they are going to teach you to trade there will be a point where you have learned and then you should make sure you have a fair deal - but up to them you aint worth zip kids go...

could someone help me out on this point when messages on here indicate people are having problems with their IB quotes - do they mean that the quotes on their trading platform do not match their data vendor supplier? - and if so - why does this matter - since if they put in an...

seems to me saxon knows what he is doing - i thought the point he was makeing which is definetly valid - is that no matter how experienced you are - check and double check - the beauty and the beast of the markets is that they reward diligence and punish complacency personally in trading...