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    Looking for new futures broker

    www.cqg.com www.tradingtechnologies.com and www.rithmic.com have api. There is a list of brokers on those sites.
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    New system won’t load up after doing a basic windows update

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/start-your-pc-in-safe-mode-in-windows-92c27cff-db89-8644-1ce4-b3e5e56fe234#WindowsVersion=Windows_10 Try booting into safe mode.
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    Anyone in the UK in the process or wanting to setup an AIFM?

    How much does it cost?
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    Anyone in the UK in the process or wanting to setup an AIFM?

    Use IB friends and family account to link 15 customer accounts to a master account first. No cost.
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    Best software platform for execution

    https://www.ampfutures.com/trading-platform?hsLang=en List of all futures execution platforms. Some work with IB some need cqg, TT or Rithmic execution data feeds.
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    Best software platform for execution

    A few years ago there used to be complaints by people on tick by tick data feeds that when the market was busy there pc locked up. Snapshot data feeds x times per second did not have that problem and people could trade in busy markets. Now everybody has much more powerful computers and servers I...
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    Best software platform for execution

    IB does not lag as it is snapshot datafeed to the user. Every tick data feeds lag when it is busy. The feed into IB server is tick by tick so the stops held at IB should go off when you think they should.
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    Best software platform for execution

    It is a snapshot datafeed every x milisexonds not every tick. This means it will work when the market is very busy and other feeds are lagging. Your stops are on the CME server are they not?
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    Best software platform for execution

    CQG is not a IB front end. You would need another broker to use that. For IB look at www.medvedrader.com www.quantower.com www.motivewave.com www.linnsoft.com as well as the already mentioned.
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    Anyone remember the Bre-X scandal?

    In other movie news, Thomas Peterffy chair of interactive brokers revealed in a recent interview that a bet he had with a film producer was the inspiration for Trading Places. Thomas was at lunch with the producer and a famous black actor. The movie producer bet Thomas $10,000 that he could not...
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    Best Broker for ES options?

    $16,000 Spx is twice that as the contract size is double. Spx may have lower commissions though as it is a security option though I have not been able to confirm this.
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    Everyday expirations coming to the SPX

    Will CME do this for the ES as well?
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    Best Broker for ES options?

    IB have high margin requirements for ES options but this may be a good thing.
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    Quantower real trading

    Just take a monthly lease for $50 and test it.
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    Library of Mistakes

    On YouTube but you can visit if you are in Edinburgh, Scotland or Lausanne, Switzerland. https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=Library+of+mistakes
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    What's the best source for real-time Option estimated values

    You can do your own model price at www.hoaldley.net/options or any options calculator. I just walk my bid/ask towards the IB model price until I get filled.
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    Trading movies thread?

    https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/trading-movies.66431/page-15 I used google to find it. Updated with the Thomas Peterffy Trading Places story.
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    Trading Movies?

    A movie producer bet Thomas Peterffy $10,000, chair of interactive brokers, that he could not turn a famous black actor into an options market maker on the Amex floor. Thomas Peterffy won the bet and the movie producer went on to make Trading Places...
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    Trading movies thread?

    What happened to the trading movies thread? I went through twelve pages of search results and couldn’t find it.
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    Anyone remember the Bre-X scandal?

    yes
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