Quote from ids:
What makes things worse; IB has 8 years of history of constant growth of number of customers, their capital, and executions. We did not miss even one quarter since 1999. It definitely proves that the whole World of traders is crazy.
Quote from Rearden Metal:
Serious question: Let's say I want access to all the main foreign (stock & futures) markets, but don't want to use IB: Is there <b>any</b> other broker who could provide this access, for less than double what IB charges in commissions (if at all)?
Simply put, I'm just asking: <b>When it comes to trading a range of foreign markets through a single broker, does IB have any competition at all?</b>
Quote from aPismoClam:
qualify your question. if you're a retail trader, maybe not. Perhaps to the retail, that's been getting dicked by the industry from the beginning, IB is one of the slickest ways to do so.
on the other hand, if you have a clearing account (or a few), can you not execute anything electronic anywhere via TT (as one example) -- depending of course on your clearing firm's memberships?
Quote from Cutten:
Which clearing firms offer global futures, stocks, and forex?