Forex and Futures in same account

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daytrader85

Hi,
Does anyone know of any other firm besides Interactive Brokers, that allows you to trade both futures and forex products from the same account/platform?

Thanks.
 
Presently, you need two separate accounts with TS for forex & futures. The forex account uses GAIN Capital's platform, futures via TS8 platform (order bar or matrix). The accounts are NOT cross-marginable, which is a pain in the butt.

You cannot auto-execute forex strategies yet, although TS - who have been promising this for years - have recently announced it will be in the next major release (along with Eurex data) "soon", whatever that means.

If fx auto-execution is needed, you can use TradeBolt or Advanz AutoFX, neither of which I have used (I use CME fx futures for automated forex via TS).

So, if you want the equivalent of a Universal account with IB, TS does not yet offer it.

Best is to have accounts with both : TS charting remains by far the best I've seen and is free (less rt data fees) with 10 futures trades a month. IB is the best brokerage in my limited experience (account there almost 10 years).

HTH.

J.

Edit : the GAIN platform is fine for longer term trading, hopeless for faster intraday trading : it's one of those Java-based web-platform contraptions.
 
Quote from J-Trade:

Presently, you need two separate accounts with TS for forex & futures. The forex account uses GAIN Capital's platform, futures via TS8 platform (order bar or matrix). The accounts are NOT cross-marginable, which is a pain in the butt.

You cannot auto-execute forex strategies yet, although TS - who have been promising this for years - have recently announced it will be in the next major release (along with Eurex data) "soon", whatever that means.

If fx auto-execution is needed, you can use TradeBolt or Advanz AutoFX, neither of which I have used (I use CME fx futures for automated forex via TS).

So, if you want the equivalent of a Universal account with IB, TS does not yet offer it.

Best is to have accounts with both : TS charting remains by far the best I've seen and is free (less rt data fees) with 10 futures trades a month. IB is the best brokerage in my limited experience (account there almost 10 years).

HTH.

J.
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Oh alright, thanks for the advice.
 
Hi Guys

We'd be happy to answer any questions you may have about autotrading forex or futures (or both).

Please feel free to call 800-977-2658, email support@tradebolt.com, or drop us a line on our ET forum.

Thanks
TradeBolt
 
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