tradesstation without the brokerage accnt?

pomegranate · Nov 4, 2005

can i get that at all?

thanks

CasperCRF · Nov 4, 2005

yup, it's $199 a month without an account and $99 a month with minimum account of $5k and the first month is free.

Free Thinker · Nov 4, 2005

Quote from pomegranate:

can i get that at all?

thanks

you can get it for $99 if you open an account for $5000. thats what i just did so i can look at the software. it would be hard to get me to give up ib for my actual trading.

Ebo · Nov 4, 2005

It will cost you $199 amonth without an account.
Open a small account and at least save $100 a month.

I look at it this way, you save $1200 by having a $5K account.

Ripley · Nov 4, 2005

Thats 24% return per year on $5,000. Almost Buffettesque.

OptionScreen · Nov 5, 2005

wrong, If you don't open account with TS, you have to pay:
http://www.tradestation.com/fees/subscription_op.shtm
Tradestation $199.99+ Radarscreen $59.99+ optionStation $59.99= $320/month

If you need to use them all, you can save $220/month or
$2640/year by opening account

Using TS.8.1 for trading without Radarscreen isn't beneficial

pomegranate · Nov 5, 2005

thank you, you guys are fast and heldful. i'm only interested in tradestation to backtest some of my ideas. i have an accnt at ib and am happy w/ them right now. always backtest manually though but now i have more ideas than time to look thru all that numbers... the bad spot: i know jack about programming and so ts seems most friendly..

another question: how about data cost? historical date is free? daily data can i use ib's?

thanks/

Ebo · Nov 5, 2005

Open an account and see for your self, it's FREE for 30 days less exchange fees.

pomegranate · Nov 5, 2005

i found my answer on the ts page. tnx