I also just opened an account with shark Traders, but I don't need to purchase lvl 2 quotes because fortunately I had another prop account with another firm and still have there platform which includes free lvl 2 quotes. Honestly though I think the T&S is more important because it's easy to for traders to throw out fake quotes on lvl 2 in an attempt to fool traders. T&S always reads trueI am opening account with Shark Traders now. The only thing I do not like is that trading with prop you have to pay for quotes a PRO... For example NSDQ TotalView costs 87 dollars. About 50 for Arcabook... They recommended to take Level 1 + Edge and Bats (10 dollars common) to save money — will try this and see how it works.