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That's not acceptable. Your execution should be a fraction of a second. I have clients on Sterling and don't have these issues with equities. Option feeds can be delayed or freeze, but that is not typical either.

-You are seeing stock positions you don't know? That is weird and you should talk to your broker. -Lagging a freezing could your internet connection or server issues. Sterling has servers all over the world and they are self balancing. So if you see issues, log out and log back in, and they...

I don't follow the FX markets. I'm interested to know how tight and liquid the most popular pairs are vs the non-deliverable markets on a typical FX platform. If anyone has done a cost comparison I'd like to see it. I can tell you that the one advantage of trading FX futures vs FX...

FX would depend on the broker. The futures markets are not set by your broker, but by public and member orders.

I would go with 3 month T-bills.

I have clients that scalp options but they prefer to do it manually. By automating the process it is very easy to fall into the professional customer category which increases costs and drops you in priority. To make money at it, you need low commissions and high volume. The rebates only add up...

Sorry, I'm a little confused as to what you are looking for. Are you looking for someone to help automate your strategy or are you looking to allocate assets toward a hedge fund or RIA that has an automated strategy?

If you enter an order into the COB, it would If you enter an order into the Complex Order Book on an option exchange, for each execution, there is only one party on the other side of each trade.

There are two because not everybody can short an ETF. Some accounts can only be long equities and ETFs. This gives those accounts the opportunity to bet each direction .

How will you hedge the March 16 contract after the June expires? I can't tell you everything that goes into to cost difference, one is dividends. If I buy the S&P basket and sell the future, I keep the dividends. That is one why each future over time is worth less.

That sounds "safe", but not often the way it works. I look at trading as a business. Businesses should be well funded to succeed. Most small businesses are funded with the life savings of the partners. Not a safe way to get into business but typically what is available. Sometimes to run a...

Correct...I'm not sure what that figure is.

I'm not suggesting that anyone trade calendars. I was only suggesting one way to decide if the trade has risk reward worth allocating toward. Your question is very narrowly defined. I can only answer yes.

There is risk in every option spread because they all rely on assumptions. If I choose to buy or sell a calendar before earnings, I would not include that assumption in my math. Just my opinion.

I have never seen this occur after earnings, when the back months "explode". Even it were to happen, it would be a rare event and would point to an event in the futures, like with a Biotech announcing a future date with news.

That is a good question. I believe the exemption for a CPO requires you to file a document yearly with the NFA, but the exemption for a CTA does not. I can ask my rep at one of the FCMs to confirm. Without the CTA paperwork and signed documents, it is unlikely you can get paid your fee directly...

RIA is for securities, not futures.

The procedure I use to determine if I want to buy or sell a calendar prior to earning is: -Simulate the date after earnings -Reduce Ivol to what I believe it will be after earnings-I get my clue from Ivol of options 6 months out -then I move the stock price and see where my breakeven point, max...

If you are going to activity trade both stocks and options in a small account, ticket charges will not help you. For your situation and your description, I would try IB. For a larger account, I can provide other options that would also be per share and per option fees, without ticket charges.

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