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Hi bigtymer29, it is not too hard to start with 5k. You should not expect crazy returns, but you can do some good trading with that money. If you want to go the Forex way, maybe you want to try one of those CFD shops like Oanda or ActivTrades. It is not bad for beginners with low capital...

Yeah, tbaylx, great, another smartass troll... You are not helping here !! Not me, and not the other helpless traders that dont know what is going on and that maybe still have positions !!!! You think I am an idiot that I dont know that 4th July is a holiday ??! But that does not help me...

Yeah guys, thats great, your are joking about this and giving stupid comments, while the world might be sliding into some serious crisis... I dont want to judge you, I have no time, I must anal lyze the situation and in the meantime wait for some serious, helpful input here. CALLumbus

Hello all, I have no idea what exactly is going on here, but something is wrong. There is only very little volume in the futures, I cant get any quotes for my stocks. I want to anal lyze this now more in detail, I mean, I gave the market more than one hour now to start, but nothing...

Hi, could you guys help me with hedge/ spread ratios for all possible pairs with the following instruments: FDAX, FESX, ES, YM, NQ I guess especially bone might help me with this :-) Also some input how to get these ratios (calculations, software, website) would be very nice...

I think you should not move if you just do it because of the savings in taxes... but if you like to get to a new, nice place, like to enjoy life and want to top this with some nice tax savings, then I could recommend this: - Monaco - Switzerland - Croatia - Cyprus - Thailand - Costa Rica...

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Hi all, lets say you trade the FDAX pretty short term, intraday. With some size, 10-30 cars per trade. Eurex has been down sometimes in the past, this could happen again. Or your broker/FCM could have problems, or the datafeed.... so for many reasons, there is some risk that you are stuck in...

Richard, nazzdack and space... I thank you for your constructive input, this helps me. I have an account with IB and will do my FOP trades from there then. The options trades will be mostly to protect overnight futures positions, so the positions will be pretty small, margins will not be an...

Richard, how and how much will this lower my margin ? Is there any real guideline for this, or can any broker decide by his own calculations how much he wants to adapt the margin for the futures contract ? For example, overnight initial for CL at Interactive Brokers is 4,030... if I buy the...

Hi all, so far all I do is scalp futures intraday, but I want to expand this a bit and hold some overnights here and there and combine this with some futures options (FOPs). I have no experience with those, so I have some basic questions: 1.) What would be a good broker for options trading...

Hi ranger, there are a few excellent FCMs that offer you to trade with CTS: - Crossland (directly or via their IB, DDT) - Advantage Futures - RCG - Dorman If you trade some good volume per month (> 3.000 cars) I would go with Advantage, they are the most professional FCM for futures...

Hi all, I have a little quiz for you. Watch this youtube video, and lets see if somebody can recognize the trading platform Tom is using: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP7JoBz6WHA For those who recognize it... do you have experience with it, with which FCM... I hope for lots of input...

Hi JamesL, thanks for the input. Do you also have experience with Transact Futures ?

@Brighton: thanks for the info and the link, really interesting and helpful. @S.H. : thanks for the insight, but are you talking about Vision or RCG ? @L.S. Thug: I have talked to Advantage. In my oppinion, they are the best. If I would do higher volume, I would definitely go with them...

Hi, I am about to open a new futures trading account. Platform/ feed will be CQG Q-trader. I want to be with a large FCM with good reputation, so the final decision is now between RCG and Vision Financial. Commission rates would be the same for both. What experiences do you have with...

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Hi, looking to move away from NinjaTrader. I tried the Transact AT platform and I like it, seems good for scalping. I am not sure now it would be better to open directly an account with Transact (so I would be then directly with the clearing/FCM), or to go through a good broker, in this...

Hi, I dont know whats going on here, I dont want to panic, but I see all markets dead... what the fuXX is this ?? Is it because of Korea, are we already preparing for the strike and all exchanges stopped trading because of this ? I really hope it is just something not so scary, but I dont...

Or GC, similar to CL but thinner ... Or what about the FDAX, lots of movement, ok volume, similar to CL... and you have those nice low eurex fees. Big advantage compared to paying CME fees, especially for us scalpers.