Apex Capital has a habit of putting words in my mouth. I never expressed any opinion as to Baron's professionalism. I leave Apex to debate that...
Mike, I think you are asking questions which can only be answered by somebody who knows about your specific broker's system. I don't know about...
nkhoi, see the thread entitled "Refco Account Security". It is a very long thread. Read the whole thread. See how that 'guy', Apex Capital,...
If I had some reason to consider opening an account or prime brokerage relationship with Goldman Sachs, or anywhere else, I would perform my due...
FDIC insurance is irrelevant. Margin requirements and deposits are irrelevant. The entire account, at all times, is fully exposed to the credit...
The answer is (drum roll, please): Due diligence. Perform due diligence when selecting a clearing futures broker. A good analogy is that you...
Here is my opinion. Are you better protected against risk of default by the United States Government, as issuer of treasury bills, than...
It would appear that GAIN Capital's arrangement is fraudulent. GAIN Capital is trying to make it sound like FDIC insurance will protect the...
If the customer funds had been maintained at the regulated futures trading entity, in segregated accounts, then they would have been protected...
I thought it sounded a little fishy when Mike said he left a stop with a NITE. I didn't think it was possible to leave a stop with NITE, but I...
If the CFTC were an effective regulator, it would have shut Refco down in 1994, when it caught Refco embezzling from segregated customer funds in...
Gnome, Refco, L.L.C., the regulated futures brokerage (not the parent holding company or any other unregulated entity), back in the 1990s,...
Can somebody tell me how to contact Baron?
ER9, it would behoove you not to get so comfortable. Segregated customer funds, deposited into futures accounts, are organized into a few...
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No, 2cents, The gist of the law you are citing is that FCM bankruptcies are treated differently, and as an exception to, the laws...
Do not leapfrog your TWS versions. Upgrade one step at a time, from each version to the next version, without skipping over any version. If you...
The Apex Capital argument, advanced here, goes kind of like this. Apex put one round in one chamber of his revolver, spun it, put it to his head,...
Oldtrader, I believe that yesterdayâs Wall Street Journal vindicates and proves correct the arguments I made in our debate on this thread. WSJ...
NITE is notorious for the most exteme abuses in executing equity orders. They have an extensive history of litigation and enforcement actions...
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