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What FCM do you use. What platfrom are you looking for MD for or are you direct FIX? Are you hosted? If Yes, where?

I only joined LS in July of 2016. With that said, I think PTS bought Sterling Trader and Lightspeed around the same time. PTS is a technology company. PTS just bought LVX . I never met Steve. He left right before I was hired. Bob

That is not what I'm seeing.

Try a demo of LVX and see if it fits your needs. https://www.lightspeed.com/demo-request/ https://www.lightspeed.com/trading-platforms/livevol-x/ Bob

Yes it is. I know a group in Boston with 23B AUM that charges 30 to 35 BPS. Depends what they do for them.

Welcome to ET, Your member name is in Chinese characters. What does that translate to in English? Also, what software do you use to trade? Bob

I have no market opinion, but in the past it has signaled a short term market drop or has occurred during a market drop.

I have used that in the past. I was hoping a member of ET was a CTA or is using one right now that meet my criteria. thx

Thx. Going to PM u.

I’m looking to make a small allocation to a USA based registered CTA in good standing that: Does not require QEP Holds no overnight positions Has consistent monthly returns-my target is 0.75%/month or more. Will accept a small allocation of $100K or less. This is not for any client, but for my...

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IMO, giving up 4% per year, year over year, sounds like a lot to me. In this type of market, many large family offices and pension funds would be very happy with a net of 6%. Not sure how you get there paying for insurance all the time.

There is just no low cost way of doing this and still be exposed to a sharp drop. And by definition, these events are unexpected, so they can happen at any time for an event we can foresee. Trading uncorrelated assets should help but that is not a guarantee, as we don't know what that event...

Thank you for the clarification. A sole member LLC is a disregarded entity. It is a more complicated but provides some protection for your personal assets and creates a structure that many tax specialist recommend...

Let's say that your margin requirement tonight is $100,000. You have to have at least $100,000 in your account. Your FCM, has to set aside $8000 of their capital toward a risk deposit. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2016-title17-vol1/xml/CFR-2016-title17-vol1-sec1-17.xml Minimum financial...

I showed you a short list of what we can access. These are the Market Data entitlements available for RT and information on the API. https://emsportal.ezesoft.com/rtdata.aspx https://emsportal.ezesoft.com/download.aspx?sidenav=rtapi Bob

Not sure what you are referring to with," unlock some earned income, increases compliance complexity ", but you are right about professional data fees. You will have to pay them.

Why not do both if it applies? LLC with MTM accounting if it fits your buiness.

If a market maker does not see any edge to the other side of your trade, it will be hard to find a buyer until you lower your price. To have a chance of a "customer" randomly doing the other side of your trade will require very active options like QQQ, SPY and AAPL as examples. A very high % of...

We require $10,000 or more for our Web Trader, but no more than three day-trades in five business days. Sorry, can't do accounts under that.