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[donaldduck3419]

what a horrible deal, if you go to http://www.velocityfutures.com/commisions_schedule.html
look at their prices, much better deal over all.

 

[EMini-Player]

Drop the rate to $4 r/t and the minimum contracts to 100 and I'll sign up I'll even cover my own eSignal expense

-Fast

 

[dbTrader]

Doing the math ...

FFASTRADE 1200 trades = $3.32 x 1200 + $550 = $4534.00
You GUYS = 1200 trades = $4.50 x 1200 = $5400

the difference = $866
you give us eSignal (worth $130)

the difference of $736 could

(a) take me and the wife on vacation
(b) pay for over priced self employed insurance
(c) pay my mortgage note

plus - I won't get slammed if I drop under the 1200 per month,
even if I do 1500 one month, make the big bucks, and then fly off to the Caribbean to celebrate - and that equals another $650 + $130, (thanks alot)

 

[waggie945]

I'll stick with REFCO.

 

[marketsurfer]

Quote from dbTrader:

Doing the math ...

FFASTRADE 1200 trades = $3.32 x 1200 + $550 = $4534.00
You GUYS = 1200 trades = $4.50 x 1200 = $5400

the difference = $866
you give us eSignal (worth $130)

the difference of $736 could

(a) take me and the wife on vacation

db,

the real question is the comparision of ffast trade platform to X trader--cost is irrelevant for a high volume trader..

surfer

 

[dbTrader]

Quote from marketsurfer:




db,

the real question is the comparision of ffast trade platform to X trader--cost is irrelevant for a high volume trader..

surfer

Surf, my man,

That argument I need to leave to the experts who have experienced both platforms. I found FFASTTRADE's protrader demo to be quick, sleek, very easy to enter my trades, and stable on my PC.

All things being equal .... is the platform worth the extra $736 every month plus the added pressure of making the quotas of 60 rt per day to avoid another $780 from being slapped down on my head????

Just an opinion from someone who deals with VALUATIONS all day, n'est pas?

Caio.

 

[Foz]

Quote from marketsurfer:

cost is irrelevant for a high volume trader..

Fixed platform cost, yes, but commission cost is very relevant to a high volume trader. And different platforms are offered by different IB's with different commissions.

 

[Boomer]

what size per trade are yall using when using these high end platforms. i am just trying to get a feel for platforms, and wanted to know the contract size a trade, and avg # of trades a day. thanks.

 

[dbTrader]

Quote from Foz:



Fixed platform cost, yes, but commission cost is very relevant to a high volume trader. And different platforms are offered by different IB's with different commissions.

commission costs will eat your lunch when you are down

Let's take this further --

say I am really active, I trade 10 contracts a turn and scalp ...
(10-20 times a day would not be hard to do) ... a lower variable
cost of $1.18 adds up to real money very quickly - over $100 per day at this rate of churn. And that folks is an expensive lunch

Lower commissions

 

[MarkHyman]

Quote from Pres:

I use the .J-Trader, are you offering any promotions to high volume customers?

Futures Traders who are using J-Trader(Patsytems) can use the J-Trader
for $4.50 Per Round Turn

Advanced Futures will pay the $525 monthly cost

Free eSignal

60 Round Turns Per Day