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Webinar: Mirus Futures and Zen-Fire 2013, "Mirus Trader" announcement
Enjoyed the webinar, disappointed but not surprised to learn only residents of Ontario, Alberta and BC are eligible Canadian clients. As Bob says it seems the stumbling block is policy of individual provinces but don't know the details. In any case IMO it will be good for everyone when the other provinces finally make it into the 21st century.
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
I have been beta testing Mirus Trader for Bob and Anthony for the last couple of months.
It truely is a stunning product - even more so I suspect when the Charting package is added to the beta.
Given it has been optimised to run under Chrome it gives you the ability to have multiple windows/tabs/sessions open at the sametime (across multiple moinitors if that is what rocks your boat).
In addition you can have NT and MT running on the same screens at the sametime. This means you could for instance have your charting produced by NT (as it will still have more bar types and of course all the custom indicators we all love) and have MT providing your order entry/DOM. This means that all orders (incl OCO) will sit at the broker/exchange and not on your PC (which is great protection when you sit half a world away like me). Although I did hear Bob talk about OCO orders entered via NT (except for initial order) will be server/broker/exchange side as well with the introduction of MT. Not sure how this works as the beta testing is through a dummy account Mirus have issued me so it is not accessable to NT.
Mirus have also confirmed to me that using MT you can have multiple sessions/instances (ie several Chrome windows) and NT going all at the same time with your one Mirus login details. This is something you cannot do now without broker approval. For more than a couple of years I have been using the ZF beta Web Trader portal (never has come out of beta) and Mirus had to specifically authorise me to be able to log on to NT and ZF Web Trader at the same time.
I often login to the ZF Web Trader at the end of my trading sessions just to satisfy myself that Mirus thinks I am flat with no open positions. If nothing else a web based platform is great diaster recovery protection - so if my PC crashes or my router fails etc I can ring the trade desk, or hop next door to the neighbour and use MT or access MT via my smart phone. In addition I also have an UPS and a 3G mobile broadband stick.
That's an idea but sadly after filling out so many of them over the years I've developed a severe allergy to government forms. Not sure if its the ink or the bureaucratic mindset.
Another option is to live with one of my kids (girls in Ontario and Alberta). Wife says she wouldn't object And what young person wouldn't love having a parent move in with them.
Thought about joining the lobby that must exist to get things changed but more likely I'll sit tight unfortunately until companies other than IB clear the hurdles and establish a presence in Canada
Excellent news from mirus. There have done their homework and offering a 2. tool for trade management soon. I haven't found any pricing scheme for the virtual machines at the mirus page. Can anybody share that "secret" with me?
Thanks Koepisch
Edit: I know the services offered by sam028 - question only belongs to the mirus vm's.
I missed the webinar. But that just looks awesome! Mirus is my broker. I'm looking forward to trying the new platform out. The resolution of that DOM with market profile is what I wished ThinkOrSwim DOM would improve on but never has.
And what young person wouldn't love having a parent move in with them.