Bryan Roberts, There is a complete list of direct access brokers on Chris wheeler's website DayTradingStocks.com at...
noddyboy, L.L.C.'s generally do not take customer accounts. Contact each individual L.L.C. for their membership & capital contribution...
Just a note on matched pair trading. If you are a matched pair trader with 100k in capital, it would make alot of sense for you to trade at a...
Direct access order execution software(as we now know it) , with ECN's and an all in one order excution platform began around 1996. The Direct...
They are a Chicago based L.L.C. and are a very legitimate firm. They clear through PAX clearing. They are a well established L.L.C. and have been...
Just a note on Direct Access Retail. The $25,000 dollar minimum for pattern daytraders has hurt the direct access retail business. .01 spreads &...
airspeed, I think the "better" execution on the NYSE for small orders, may have to do with the NX route or the fact that the NYSE is...
The example was BBH this morning pre-market. During the day the BBH is liquid, but not as tight as the SPY or QQQ. When I say trade smaller size...
Just a note. Trading ETF's on ISLD is fast, however you will give up price improvement-for speed. There is no price improvement on ECN's. Many...
Just a note on ETF's. The liquidity of exchange traded funds may vary. The most liquid are the QQQ, SPY, DIA. The Biotech Holders (BBH) , while...
Just a note. The reason there are so many "snake oil" type merchants and proven "trading systems" for sale is because being a successful trader...
Just a note. Trading Options on futures(I assume you mean Long premium & spreads) would be considered a high risk strategy ,and probably not...
ShortIgnorance, I know the question was asked to Don, but in general if costs are reduced for clearing firms(SLK,PAX), they are not necessarily...
ShortIgnorance, Bright , ECHO and LWS will give traders rates of .01 per share. If you can't make money at .01 per share, at what rate...
Have a great weekend to all. By the way, Tony OZ-I agree with you 100%, you can now trade at home-systems, connectivity has gone down in price. I...
Well put Robert Tharp. Most of the price improvement is having your 1000 share or less order matched with large institutional orders at a...
freehouse, Thanks. That site looks very interesting and if we have any traders who use excel and want option software I will pass it on...
stock777, (Example) Very often at the end of the day the specialist may have a large seller or buyer. Say the market is 30.70Bid X...
esc_trader, If the market is 50.20Bid X Offer50.30 and I send an order to Buy 5000 GM at 50.30, I might get my order completed a at...
For many traders NYSE is the place to trade. If you trade NASDAQ, the NYSE seems like it's trading in slow motion. The NYSE offers increased...
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