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Yes, if the size is a concern, I understand. But you can not beat the liquidity of the exchange, fair execution and spreads. Maybe you should consider the Mini Dax Futures (ON Eurex) which is 1/5 of the large Dax, and it's 5 Euro per point. CFD cash markets also charge SWAP rates. When it...

Is your DAX a CFD or you trade the actual DAX Futures?

I don't want to sit here and give you advice such as "be more disciplined" because that is the advice that paper trader resort to. Instead, keep stats on the times that you exit according to plan and when you not. When the sample is large enough and you see the numbers it does knock sense into...

I got one special one from www.drop.com but it took a while to get, but I would also explore https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/index.php call them directly and ask if they can switch some keys. I am sure they will point you in the right direction.

I think the consideration should be more towards the system you want, not the company as a whole. Some systems will work and some will not. We would be more than happy to assist you and point out the risk/benefit analysis of any system...

You can order mechanical keyboards with custom buttons for your hotkeys.

This is because you are missing the "exit" as your strategy. Your exits are based on gut and intuition. Have a more technical and quantitative approach, that way you will not care what it does after.

You are very welcome. When high limits set for a specific product which is above and beyond a reasonable amount, it's their way of saying that they do not want this product and could care less whether you trade it or not. Before Optimus Futures, I worked in just about every capacity such as...

Would a Rithmic or CTS-T4 or TT API help?

Risk managers would go by the exchange margins most of the time. However, a specific customer could have a large concentration of contracts and that in that case some risk managers may approach him/her and ask for additional cushion. In the case of naked options, BTC or other situations that...

I answer to the best of my ability, but it seems that your intentions in both accounts are not to create wash trades but rather genuinely take on a position. One with short term horizon and one with long term. This is my understanding. You can always call the exchange and get specific as per...

Risk managers at FCMs do not look at stats and probabilities. They work off the one off on many issues...BTC, Naked Options, etc.

The problem with the BTC contract is that the cash market is open 24/7. You do not have the ability to exit/reverse on the weekends. Most would want close to notional value to manage risk. If you day trade it, it's a different story. We offer it on a case by case basis.

I think it boils down to your initial intention as well. Any reasonable person would understand that if you did not have the ability to close a position with a current FCM, you need to manage risk.

If you are closing a position in both cases, what is wrong with it? It's 100% fine because its risk management and you did not open and close at the same time.

The first question, why even do that? It's amateur to try to go long and short and try to time the market that way. If you have different strategies that require different time frames, open two separate accounts. Whether it is legal or not to make "wash" trades, it is not. When you open a...

The CME does not allow to hold long and short on the same month. You are holding different months. Tax and net/net position are separate issues.

Sometimes I encounter situations like this when one platform does not have everything you need, but their API could be extended to other platforms. Ask your broker to extend the CQG credentials to allow you to use it on CQG Desktop as well. That way you can log to both. If you want to...

Are you talking about the CQG Desktop? http://help.optimusfutures.com/35228/article/97019/how-do-i-flatten-reverse-and-cancel-all-open-positions-on-cqg-desktop