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If you were less neurotic about the Fed and traded the market in front of you - life would be grand for you. Getting yourself caught up in a negative feedback loop about circumstances for which you have no control over can be really self destructive.

Same way people have been investing for the past 85 years. Even with a severe correction long term buy and hold investing pays off. Most certainly since 2008, that's for sure.

The "top is in" threads that have been started since 2008 must number in the several thousands.

Ratting wrongdoers out for money is far more effective than any regulatory agency ever could be.

I personally tried the IB auto spreader a decade ago and found it terribly lacking. I hope it has improved. Certainly was nowhere on the same playing field as TT AutoSpreader or CQG CTS-IC. It frequently got hung on legs (ouch) and it lacked the sophisticated matching engine, order entry...

I knew who started this thread before I clicked on it. That's how predictable your hysteria is and has been for the past decade.

Definitely iron frontal lobe with those reasoning skills.

With all due respect, that is the stupidest idea I’ve heard in quite some time. Now I feel bad that I’ve wasted time on this train wreck of a thread. I don’t blame your broker for denying you, as reconciling that would be a giant ongoing pain in the ass for them. It took you three pages to...

Well, using a discount broker can cost you quite a bit of money. And that’s on you.

Why can’t you open a new, separate account at a different FCM ? Convenience isn’t really a good answer.

Except that there is no “intermarket spread” with legs residing in separate accounts. It’s all outright risk. Unless you’re managing OPM, or you’re backing another trader, or you want a dedicated account for ATS - this is a stupid idea which is exactly why he’s having difficulty with his broker.

It’s actually worse than that. He will get ZERO margin credit between accounts or sub accounts. If he’s long ES in one account and short YM in another account he gets no margin offsets. None. If he buys ES at 8:00am in one account and he sells ES at 1:00pm in another account he’s got two...

Just as a side note - if your ATS consistently generates wash trades the CME will destroy you.

Ummm, yeah. Just make sure that if you are using a third party charting package you are using the exact symbol for the exchange spread. The TT charts will be the actual exchange spread trades.

Automated trading systems require registration because the exchange tags the orders uniquely. https://www.cmegroup.com/tools-information/webhelp/cme-customer-center/Content/tag50-register.html https://www.cmegroup.com/tools-information/lookups/advisories/market-regulation/CME-CBOT-RA0810-3.html

And why didn't you tell the broker that? Automated trading systems have to be registered with the CME regardless. Sounds reasonable to me at least.

If it was a Globex exchange traded spread you would have gotten filled.

After the Man Financial and PFG Best debacles, I have advised clients to keep their futures accounts modest with the caveat that they could wire additional funds quickly. There is no advantage to having multiple accounts for outright positions in each account or even for independent legs of a...

Without a tight labor market it hasn't moved the Fed. In fact, the Fed sees more risk from low inflation. Here's an excerpt from the Jan 2021 FOMC Minutes: “Participants generally viewed the risks to the outlook for inflation as having become more balanced than was the case over most of...

Normally I'd help but I don't do Singapore.