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Experiences with Crossland, LLC

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 jstnbrg 
Chicago, Illinois
 
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I'm not a Crossland customer but I have over 20 years experience working with Ed Hague (and Jim Zellinger, if he's still there) from their days at Transmarket Group and Advantage Futures. You won't find better people anywhere in the industry. Tell Eddie that STB says "Hi".

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 sysot1t 
 
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I guess that is true. The bank would then be hit with a massive lawsuit for fraud I am guessing. .

please, educate yourself before speaking about a subject... google is a wonderful source of information if used properly... your argument is completely without merit... the bank did not perpetraded the fraud, and they are under no obligation to inform anyone that a customer moved their own money within their operating accounts.. MFG is the one who is on the hook for the lost money.. well, no-one is on the hook.. if the trustee cant find the $600MM+ the customers are screwed... good luck suing the parent co...


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But an FCM who doesn't trade it's capital period is obviously a better fit with ultra low risk than some of these big outfits which engage in such activities.They have little to no risk. The risk and what I am getting at is with the bank that Crosslands would deal with. The bank does take on risks if you look at their website. Sadly most banks fall into this category now unless they're smaller community banks who are well managed.

first... any FCM, even crossland, can commit gross neglience and touch/comingle operating and customer funds... there are "procedures" in place.. but then again, fraud is fraud and humans are humans... so size does not matter...

as to Harris Bank, which BTw is my primary bank, please know that Harris is actually owned by BMO (a canadian bank nonetheless..) and that the FDIC will insure up to $250K in the event of a failure... if you have more than $250K, then they will offer you a service via which you can manage $10MM+ from a single statment but you in fact have more than one account across multiple banks(one per bank... I forget the name of the product now, but that allows you to basically insure all your cash...

anyone with greater than $10MM in cash, has a different problem and would more than likely be with more than a single private bank...

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 sysot1t 
 
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In some brokers I thought it was possible to have a sweep account to an FCM. I believe that you can monitor that?

Or, couldn't you just leverage a letter of credit from a bank for your trading account? Then that way it stays in the bank?

if you are large enough ( and I dont mean $1MM or less) you can more than likely do that... I have seen it only done with FX with upwards of $1MM... and the account is "tied' to the bank.. so any losses, are trued up daily.. and so are gains... so your balance with the bucket shop is always $0.00...

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 sysot1t 
 
Posts: 1,173 since Nov 2009

no sense on discussing anything further about MFGI, if you want to discuss it, please open a new thread...

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Of course anyone could commit fraud. Are the odds better of a firm that trades actively in the market much higher for dipping into customer funds? Yes. We just witnessed that. Therefore, from an outsider looking at a firm to trade with, naturally a place like crossland would have less risk. A simple google search on "risk" would help you here. Please educate yourself on risk before making statements that companies who engage in massive leveraging and gambling somehow would have the same risk as those who don't and make money off a fee. It sounds like you'd make a much better lawyer than a trader. Career change?

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Of course anyone could commit fraud. Are the odds better of a firm that trades actively in the market much higher for dipping into customer funds? Yes. We just witnessed that. Therefore, from an outsider looking at a firm to trade with, naturally a place like crossland would have less risk. A simple google search on "risk" would help you here. Please educate yourself on risk before making statements that companies who engage in massive leveraging and gambling somehow would have the same risk as those who don't and make money off a fee. It sounds like you'd make a much better lawyer than a trader. Career change?

LMAO, I've met ignorant people, but I think by far you top all those before you. you missed the point of my previous post, that it is naive to think that size of a firm determines the ability to commit fraud. I think I have a better understanding of risk than you, and I clearly have a better understanding of what our agencies do... or wait, I forgot ... you are the individual spewing out that the FDIC will cover the MFGI losses, and that the bank they used now faces lawsuits from their customers! that goes to show your level of knowledge on the matter.

please move on and stop posting on my thread unless it is posting about crossland in specific, let's hope that as a customer and therefore some one that uses their service, you have a better grasp on arguments about them than you do on other subjects thus far.

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It's what the firm does not the size. Bigger firms mostly have trading desks. Nothing like having a know it all on the board. You start the thread and then jump on people for contributing. Who's in the wrong? I admitted I was wrong about the FDIC part but stated the real risk lies in the bank as it is the one who engages in trading practices and in leveraged loans. Crossland does not. Could they commit fraud and comingle? Sure. Odds of that are??? Why even have an account then if your that paranoid. Focus on your trading not jumping from broker to broker. We all know your type.

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LMAO, I've met ignorant people, but I think by far you top all those before you.

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Rude behavior is not tolerated on this site. @sysot1t has been temporarily banned for 1 month.

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Make that a permanent ban now after creating multiple duplicate accounts and not following the rules of the forum.

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I like them. Never seems to be any hiccups or anything. Rates are good. One time my internet went down during an open position. I called in and it was flattened immediately. Service is good. For futures it's probably the best shop out there for any retail trader that I know of.

It's also worth checking out Advantage Futures. Their main business is professional traders but they also work with retail accounts. For pros the commissions have historically been among the most aggressive in Chicago. I haven't done any comparison shopping recently so I'm not in a position to say they are the best for retail customers, I'm just saying it's an option worth checking out. If you are doing high frequency trading or need co-location response times, they offer that service.

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