sneakoner.. was that a joke? S&P is i dont remember either 5 or 10times bigger than ES. Maybe you mean spiders. Thats more palatable. And as...
Mostly trade ETFs. Currently trading SPY, IWM, EEM, FXI and a couple others. So you think ARCA is better from fills perspective? and my size is...
yes; BATS is a tad better than EDGX. Have been getting those for the past couple of days and am loving it. One thing though i am not sure is...
Yes; Obama getting the Nobel must be the lowest it has gotten; thats for sure. Makes you think that maybe the rest of the awards are also not...
I have done a bit of testing using their data. Cant quantify but the data quality looks good to me. Over the time i have data from IQFeed, my...
+1 for Pitrading. i have bought their data in the past and am pretty happy with it. Another option is to subscribe to IQFeed; you get about 5...
hey dude.. my quesion is not whether what advantages you have but what advantages you have that you dont get via the trader status. You have...
Hey man, not sure what prompted you to give the sermon but all the original poster asked was a recommendation for a broker. Yes; and what you...
+1. I have accounts with both of these firms and also at TOS. Both of them (Mirus and Velocity) are good. I like my velocity account a bit...
ajcrshr: what kind of benefits are you getting now that you dont get by filing as a trader?
Just my opinion; but i dont think you should be going prop unless you know you have an edge (preferably demonstrable using real trades over a...
last time i checked (about 4months ago) even with the forex brokers offering the tightest spreads, spreads are horrible compared to futures....
And for this, you dont trade full time to start with. You do this as a side obsession while your bread and butter comes from whatever else it is...
absolutely. I will add a bit more; without a strategy to the underlying you have no business putting on option positions. Even the so called...
The one and the only place you need to go to learn options is thinkorswim; go the old chat archives and start from the old ones. The first couple...
this thread was an year old; so thought i would re-activate it and see if there is any input about Lightspeed vs Sterling. I will be trading a...
So here is what my understanding is about adding liquidity. Say SPY is trading at 100.00-100.01 (Bid-Ask); i put in a limit order to buy/cover...
Awesome post pairsarbtooo. Thanks for sharing this info and with such clarity.
Anyone knows if i can setup a ladder in Sterling (for stocks)? Just too used to trading on a ladder for ES and find it hard to trade without...
I believe its not possible to make money without that passion. But even otherwise, it wouldnt be called gambling. Applying an edge and making...
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