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Just a general question. Background. Successfully traded NYSE from 01-08 (sole income, good living). Hybrid system slowly took away my edge and in 2009 I had enough. Couldn't find a new edge and quite frankly was getting burnt out. Fast forward to today. Been out of the markets for 4 years...

Dude, I remember asking them to do this back in 2002. Its absolutely no use. I feel for everyone. But I hardly even complain anymore. It is what it is, and they are just going to continue to do things on the cheap. Large groups come over and they just add them without doing any upgrades. Its...

Not going to disagree there are plenty of kids/pikers/douche bags on this board and plenty of BS to sift through. You being a member on this site for the last few months- I can tell fairly quickly you are one of the aforementioned posters. I have been reading this board every now and...

What an absolute cluster fuck today Sterling. What an freakn JOKE.

If you are doing any volume, Echo used to rebate all the fees back to you. Did they stop doing that? As for Sterling. Don't even get me started on that POS platform. Our office left Echo back in 2002 b/c of Sterling. Found my way to a firm that is using them now and am reminded daily why...

Good point Steelhead- looks like they are. Was just throwing around another prop firm that came to mind since WorldCo. How are things?

The only reason you PM'd me was to try and get scoop on what happened b/w a couple people. A PM you would have to be insanely stupid if you thought I was going to reply to. I used to trade at Van Buren Securities, Echo Trade, Andover/Assent, Evolution and Tuco. So yes, its no secret that I...

Yes, we understand your "thesis". But didn't your "thesis" just include a S7. Got news for you sparky- Assent could close up shop tomorrow and your S7 wouldn't help you in the least. You could still lose all your money. Now if your problem is with people getting leverage- then so be it...

Been trying to figure that out as well man. This guy is seriously obnoxious and I can't figure out why he keeps adding his worthless two cents. And monstercat- I have had my S7 for 9 years and if I were still with Tuco I would be right there with everyone else getting screwed. Or...

Did not read all the responses, but going to chime in with apologies if this has been said many times already on this thread. 1. No PROFITABLE trader is going to post real time trades on a free internet website. If I wanted to help you trade- I would sell it to you. Why would anyone share...

This is such a freakn joke, its absolutely unreal to me. I don't have a dog in this fight or a vested interest. But Mr. Lennon is basically saying fuck off traders- I am taking your money. Tuco never failed to pay out traders, EVER. Basically the SEC and Lennon just wanted to take a...

All platforms have their share of issues. Right now- Sterling is using the excuse you just cited- they are adding too many traders and their hardware can't handle the volume. Of course, this is the same excuse we heard 6 years ago- and the same excuse all platforms use. If their...

That was fun yesterday. Had an order out for 3K short ACN at 34.89 right before the problem. Had no idea they were announcing after the close. Hit cxl and it was hanging. Was a ton of fun watching it sitting there hanging while it started to rip. Had no clue if i was filled and in a $3K...

Asked this question a while back and was surprised some people had no issues. I literally have issues every day. If its not EDGX going down, its ARCA. If its not ARCA its NSDQ. If its not NSDQ.....you get the point. Not just on fed day or busy days- literally every day. The quotes are...

Doug has always seemed like a stand up guy- although I have never met him personally. I can say without hesitation- you will NOT find a better human being than Mike Kestler. This is not an operation that was shady and stealing peoples money. Not having intimate knowledge with whats going...

just one bump. Anyone?

and how it affects traders. Got an email from a friend of mine who is writing a story for the Boulder Daily Camera. This isn't up my alley- but maybe someone here might be a good interview? PM me if interested and will forward your contact info. <i> Am working on business story about...

All I know about Brights rate's is what is discussed on this site. I would "hope" that any experienced trader is getting a MUCH better deal on the down low. As has been discussed- any experienced trader that trades at least a couple million a month and is paying more than .003 needs to pull...

Hyrbid has ruined tape reading, BUT- if you were trading against the specialist, that was problem number one and the biggest. Even a few months ago, the specialist was a scalper's best friend. He was a cash machine. As for prop. The definition of prop is always muddied here. If you are...

Congratulations on adjusting. In my personal world. I have squeezed on average 2500/month for the YTD. That is about 15% of my average over the last 4 years. Traders in my group and others I know are in the exact same boat. Some much worse. Specialists aren't making money. Floor brokers...