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The firm's willingness to assume risk comes in many forms including margin limits, client strategies employed, markets and products allowed, % of open interest, clients financial position etc. Risk managment truly is an art form unto itself when you think about it. Some of the brightest...

Beyond the obvious size and reputation considerations the primary focus should be on the firms risk management systems. It is quite obvious now that Refco had VERY POOR RISK MANAGEMENT which lead them to their demise. This is no different than most financial institutions that go under...

I'm waiting for this: http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/hardware/notebooks/0,39001743,39095326p,00.htm although maybe in a 15" or 17" model.

Refco unit sale may be a transfer of accounts -WSJ NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The sale of Refco's brokerage unit is likely to entail a bulk transfer of customer accounts rather than an outright shift of the entity, because of regulatory concerns, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Such...

REFCO STIFFING ITS CUSTOMERS By RODDY BOYD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHILLIP BENNETT Bail call. Photo: AP Email Archives Print Reprint October 29, 2005 -- Lawyers for collapsed futures trading giant Refco...

huh? of course that was it.

per share fee Fee Waived1 if you Trade: 40,000 shares or 200 contracts per month or per trade fee 40 equity/options trades or 200 options/futures contracts per month I doubt many active trades do less per mth.

Cyber is still cheaper on stocks w/ .006 on first 2k and .003 on over 2k.

Beautiful!

J.C. Flowers drops Refco bid: lawyer Monday October 24, 5:42 pm ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity J.C. Flowers & Co. on Monday dropped out of a bidding race for the futures brokerage unit of bankrupt Refco Inc. (Other OTC:RFXCQ.PK - News), the firm's lawyer told a bankruptcy hearing...

why do people call when I go all in after the flop?:cool:

Refco probably had a ton of dead accounts on their books from years of biz. Refco is an old school legacy biz that was headed for the rocks for years.

I wonder what IB would do with clients using EasyScreen, a fully owned subsidiary of Refco Inc.

Interactive Brokers Bids for Refco's Futures Business (Update1) Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Interactive Brokers Group LLC, the biggest independent U.S. broker-dealer, said it made an offer for the regulated futures units of Refco Inc. that exceeds the bid of J.C. Flowers & Co. Interactive told...

Interactive Brokers vie for investors By Julie Fishman-Lapin Staff Writer Published October 20 2005 Greenwich-based electronic brokerage firm Interactive Brokers may be in the market to acquire the regulated futures business of Refco Inc. Refco, which filed for bankruptcy...

Refco receives rival bid for futures brokerage unit (RFXCQ) By Carla Mozee SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Interactive Brokers Group said after Thursday's closing bell it has submittted a rival bid to buy Refco Inc.'s futures and commodities trading business. Interactive Brokers, a privately...

So the bundled rate for ES/NQ is $4.80. And the unbundled rate @ 300 contracts or less per month is $4.68? Seems like unbundled is a no brainer. What am I missing?

then who did the extra buyers buy from?;)

A "Detachable Monitor" to me is a major breakthrough as it allows me to recreate the home trading environment on the road. Staring down at a laptop screen all day is not an ergonomic option for effective trading imo.

I think the chances are more likely that Refco will gets some bank guarantees to keep them afloat. Its way to early in the game for anyone to touch this. further details must emerge to clarify the potential liabilities that Refco faces from its lenders and shareholders to make a business...