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http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170302005167/en/Lightspeed-Trading-Launches-Education-Center-Website Check out our new Education Center on our Website located at https://www.lightspeed.com/trading-education-center/ If you have any questions about our services or would like to try a...

http://custom.forbes.com/2017/02/02/lightspeed-trading/ Volatile markets can make or break a trader’s month, year — or even career. We only have to look back as recently as June 2016 following the Brexit vote. Market volatility around the world spiked. Many brokers’ systems couldn’t keep up...

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Some still do at firms like MS/ML. Before 1975, there were fixed commission rates and you were not allowed to give discounts!. In the 80's and 90's, 3% to 5% was common. "May 1, 1975, when the brokerage industry deregulated commissions, acting on a Securities and Exchange Commission mandate...

No ticket change on the DMA software. No cap. Our commission rates also included the OCC fee of $0.05/side but not ORF and a few other smaller fees. If you are trading 1000 lots, I can do a lot better than $0.60/side. I can also offer SMART and DMA for the same cost on some software. Our SMART...

We don't offer a "feed" for corporate actions and not sure what you mean by a feed for cancelled trades? The order window shows your cancelled trades. With regard to tick data, we don't offer tick data for back testing if that is what you are referring to.

We take a different approach. We want to offer the most competitive rates we can, then pass through the cost of MD, Exchange and Regulatory fees to the client as an expense of trading. They the client chooses what they pay for. If we have to anticipate the needs of every client and what that...

Our base rates:https://www.lightspeed.com/pricing/commission/

Realtick has conditional orders. Time of day can be a condition.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm

I have to say I love the picture of the IBM PC on the bottom right from the 90's. I'm not an expert on these set ups, but I did build my last 12 PCs. This is not enough information to design a set up that meets your needs. I can only recommend that you have a back up PC for trading and both a...

What does that mean?

PM accounts are NOT restricted to US citizens. I have foreign accounts with PM. The restriction comes from Canadian regulators.

I thought the change in non-pro fees was only like $1?

I would not have my client claim pro-status for that set up.

Whatever works best for you.

When you say sole proprietor, what do you mean? If you open an individual account that's not a sole proprietorship. If you create a DBA, that is tricky as it is not an entity but has an EIN.

I have seen no reference at all to tax status with regard to pro-vs non-pro. In fact, a sole member LLC is a disregarded entity to the IRS. You don't require a K1. Since the exchanges want to charge all entities more, the tax status is not referenced. If it were, a sole member LLC would be like...

Off the top of my head: Limited liability Ability to right off expenses Ability to go back three years with losses Pension plan Health insurance You can apply for MTM accounting with either a personal account or an LLC. Green suggests there are less audits with an entity and MTM. It is best to...

If your account is in your name and you are not a BD, RIA or CTA, you should be non-pro. If you switch to trade through any entity, you will have to claim Pro-MD. Yes, if your account is for the benefit of a corporation, you will pay more. Bob