Any firm with comparable micro futures commission with Interactive Broker?

I am an AMP customer and there is one thing I hope AMP to add: set up a ACH transfer that one can pull fund from AMP side.At other brokers one can link his bank account with broker and makes ACH transfer fund in and out from broker side.
But at AMP one can only do a push ACH from his bank account.But my bank do not have such an on line set up that can enter AMP ACH instruction.So every time I want to fund my account at AMP, I need to do a wire and am charged a $ 30 fee.
It is very inconvenient for the customers who wish to fund their accounts at AMP.
 
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@wmwmw - currently, we are setup to receive and send ACH transfer for FREE, but our customers need to initiate the transfers.

AMP does not charge any fees for wire, ACH or check deposits.

Does your bank allow you to send a Free Bill Pay check? We receive many Bill Pay checks from our customers.
 
comagnum said:
Tradestation is very good - the micros are $0.50, the market data + platform is free as long as your acct is >$2k. Historical data going back to day #1 including a long tick/inter-day lookback.

Anything you can think of you can do in TS - including integrating you risk/trade mgmt through chart or DOM trading. If your into API there is probably better out there. I use IB as well, mainly for trading foreign futures & the cash sweep.

I wish IB would link into Tradingview - this would be a step in the right direction.
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if include exchange fee, etc. the total commission is $0.72 per side. that's too much!
 
FutureTrader10 said:
if include exchange fee, etc. the total commission is $0.72 per side. that's too much!
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I was not aware that IB had lowered the commissions to .25. If I traded the micros I would send my orders to IB, if I wanted 4:1 day margin I would use TS.
 
def said:
Can't be all things to all people with our main focus on quality of execution. However, IBKR has an open API where many 3rd parties have excellent charting packages that can be used along with your account.
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DEF...
I am in the UK .
I am new to Futures trading but would like to try doing so by trading Micro Dow.
What sum is required to open an account with your company ( UK office) to enable me to trade Micro's?
Have I a choice of chart platforms such as Pro-real-time etc?
Thanks
T
 
toby400 said:
DEF...
I am in the UK .
I am new to Futures trading but would like to try doing so by trading Micro Dow.
What sum is required to open an account with your company ( UK office) to enable me to trade Micro's?
Have I a choice of chart platforms such as Pro-real-time etc?
Thanks
T
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We don't have minimums to open an account but we require at least $2000 USD equivalent to trade on margin. I'm not sure what you're meaning in terms of charts but our charting is free. There are also numerous 3rd party add-ons which you can use.
 
AMP_Global said:
@wmwmw - currently, we are setup to receive and send ACH transfer for FREE, but our customers need to initiate the transfers.

AMP does not charge any fees for wire, ACH or check deposits.

Does your bank allow you to send a Free Bill Pay check? We receive many Bill Pay checks from our customers.
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international check will be helpful to non US based customers

$30 is a lot for retail traders that's why MetaTrader is popular don't you agree?
 
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