
Quote from wally_:
Negotiable are fine, transparent are better. It sucks that they didn't put it on their website.
). But before the market recover it can be too late if deposit and margin call was more than you expected in normal days. Globally the higher the deposit for every non institutional traders the more manipulative the market will be since the big commercials who belong to the same party than the market organizers hedge against them.Quote from dowsallwet:
Does anyone know of the reputation of a online broker called daytrade4less?
Daytrade4less.com
The margin is excessively low and I'm wondering if that should throw up a red flag? Other than the usual caveat to the trader about trading futures etc.
Gus
Quote from harrytrader:
The lower the deposit the best it is. Deposit is just money that sleeps or rather pocketed by the market organizers. Brokers who say that they don't do low deposit are just using your own excess deposit for their own trading.
.Quote from def:
Harry,
You are blatantly wrong on this account. By law, brokers must segregate client funds from house funds. This includes separate bank accounts. Any broker using client funds to trade their house account as you suggest would be violating the law.
IMO $500 margin for inexperienced or unhedged traders is too small as it puts undue risk on the clearing firm and hence a brokers clients. It also doesn't allow much room for error - ie. if you can only fund an account with $500 or $1000, how long can one realistically expect to be around. Ofcourse it is up to each firm and each trader to make their own decisions but you might want to look at the entire picture before making comments.