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November 2nd, 2013, 11:26 PM
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Reasonable Priced Euro FX 6E Commission
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pfranz
200 round trip per month is more or less my...
200 round trip per month is more or less my average and is not considered "big volume".Surely is not enough for CME membership.
You can find a bunch of discount brokers without volume requirements,...
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Brokers
November 2nd, 2013, 10:58 PM
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zenfuturesbrokers.com
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pfranz
Tried to contact them, it's another Dorman IB...
Tried to contact them, it's another Dorman IB managed by Pratik Patel which also has tradingfutures4less.com and cvfutures.com, all with different commissions. A bit strange.
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October 28th, 2013, 08:43 PM
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zenfuturesbrokers.com
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pfranz
It's an IB for Dorman, what matters is the FCM. ...
It's an IB for Dorman, what matters is the FCM.
If you want Zenfire, it's cheap compared to for example tradefutures4less.com
Never had experience with them.
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Brokers
April 29th, 2013, 06:33 AM
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Ironbeam brokerage / FCM (www.ironbeam.com)
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pfranz
Check their discount division,Zumo...
Check their discount division,Zumo (www.zumo.com).Their prices are the best for small volume
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Brokers
October 22nd, 2012, 02:07 PM
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Eurex Autotrading - Server Hosts / Broker / Data Feeds
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pfranz
Crossland decided not to offer co-location at...
Crossland decided not to offer co-location at Eurex with CQG because they still would need to have their servers at the Eurex.
Though I'm not interested in co-locating,I wonder as well why noone...
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Brokers
October 22nd, 2012, 02:01 PM
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Eagle Market Makers, anyone experienced?
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pfranz
Ehila', sembra che solo noi italiani ci...
Ehila', sembra che solo noi italiani ci interessiamo a questo broker...
Someone speaks about them in a good manner.
Still noone experienced them?
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Traders Hideout
October 20th, 2012, 03:28 PM
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Who makes more money. Scalpers or Point Traders
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pfranz
Mike, granted it is like that, but my question...
Mike,
granted it is like that, but my question is: HOW MUCH?
Is anyone able to translate higher latency to money, as if commissions were higher?
How much - in terms of money - does passing from...
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October 20th, 2012, 08:15 AM
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Who makes more money. Scalpers or Point Traders
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pfranz
I'd like to ask frequent traders (especially...
I'd like to ask frequent traders (especially scalpers) how do they rate latency.
I mean, do you think latency makes a big difference in your returns?
Is it important to get a submission...
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Brokers
October 17th, 2012, 03:36 PM
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Eurex Autotrading - Server Hosts / Broker / Data Feeds
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pfranz
Howard just told me that their European server...
Howard just told me that their European server solution would be with CQG. They are seeing if co-location at Eurex is possible. It seems that CQG could offer co-location where they have servers (many...
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October 17th, 2012, 02:04 PM
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Eurex Autotrading - Server Hosts / Broker / Data Feeds
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pfranz
As you stated in a previous post,many people are...
As you stated in a previous post,many people are interested in an European server. Howard is being very aggressive,providing cheap commissions and good service (everyone noticed how fast he replies...
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Brokers
October 17th, 2012, 07:21 AM
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Eurex Autotrading - Server Hosts / Broker / Data Feeds
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pfranz
Today CQG confirmed me that all their Europe data...
Today CQG confirmed me that all their Europe data servers (which are more than one) are in London.
Any news from Advantage?
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October 16th, 2012, 06:45 PM
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Who makes more money. Scalpers or Point Traders
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pfranz
I believe that the main rules in trading valid...
I believe that the main rules in trading valid for everyone are so general that do mean nearly nothing: risk control and its child diversification. You can do them in so many ways that can be...
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Brokers
October 13th, 2012, 09:09 AM
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Eurex Autotrading - Server Hosts / Broker / Data Feeds
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pfranz
CQG will probably have some servers in Frankfurt,...
CQG will probably have some servers in Frankfurt, but the point is which is the server which gives me the data, and which is the path from the exchange to me.
I'm quite sure CQG execution server is...
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Brokers
October 13th, 2012, 07:57 AM
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Eurex Autotrading - Server Hosts / Broker / Data Feeds
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pfranz
This is not true, they can move risk management...
This is not true, they can move risk management to the place where execution is. Certainly it is done by Interactive brokers, as they told me, and I've measured the time to get a submission /...
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Brokers
October 12th, 2012, 07:37 PM
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Eurex Autotrading - Server Hosts / Broker / Data Feeds
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pfranz
I was talking about Zenfire as quote provider,...
I was talking about Zenfire as quote provider, don't know about order routing. Of course you can route orders with Zenfire+Dorman (and all other systems) to Eurex, problem is the path(and latency) of...
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October 12th, 2012, 06:00 PM
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Eurex Autotrading - Server Hosts / Broker / Data Feeds
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pfranz
Advantage futures just told me they are shutting...
Advantage futures just told me they are shutting down their servers in Frankfurt. If you have many traders looking for it, maybe you could convince Advantage to keep their servers in Frankfurt....
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Brokers
October 12th, 2012, 05:45 PM
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Eurex Autotrading - Server Hosts / Broker / Data Feeds
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pfranz
Velocity told me that they have data-only servers...
Velocity told me that they have data-only servers in Frankfurt,and also Zenfire has their servers in Frankfurt (though you can access european markets with Zenfire only if you clear with RCG).
CQG...
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Brokers
October 5th, 2012, 12:22 AM
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Rithmic vs Zenfire
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pfranz
I think the main difference between Rithmic and...
I think the main difference between Rithmic and Zenfire is that Rithmic provides US markets only (thus having servers in US only), while Zenfire provides Eurex and LIFFE/Euronext too, and has a...
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Italian Traders
October 4th, 2012, 07:28 PM
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Brokers per l'Italia
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pfranz
Anche io sono attualmente con Interactive Brokers...
Anche io sono attualmente con Interactive Brokers e ho prezzi nettamente inferiori ai broker italiani (es. future FTSEMIB 1,87 euro contro i 10 di IWBank,senza quantità minime), non ho particolari...
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September 12th, 2012, 08:30 AM
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CQG API
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pfranz
I discovered that CQG also provides a FIX service...
I discovered that CQG also provides a FIX service through its Continuum division. This is expensive for market data, but cheap for order routing, it should be very efficient, as you talk directly to...
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Brokers
September 10th, 2012, 11:23 AM
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datafeed and broker for Italy and Germany
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pfranz
I've been using IB with automated / non automated...
I've been using IB with automated / non automated systems for years and apart from minor details,I haven't had any problem. Also data feed is good for discretionary trading, if you consider that...
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Brokers
August 29th, 2012, 01:05 PM
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Data provider selection. IB, Esignal, IQFeed, Others???
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pfranz
That hint was given informally by IB in a reply...
That hint was given informally by IB in a reply to something else, but I don't remember where (maybe in an elitetrader thread?).
I wouldn't swear on it though; I surely haven't seen it on their...
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Brokers
August 28th, 2012, 08:13 PM
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Data provider selection. IB, Esignal, IQFeed, Others???
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pfranz
IB is cheap but not free (at least on european...
IB is cheap but not free (at least on european markets). It has historical data, and how much you can go back in time depends on how much commissions you generate.
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Traders Hideout
August 27th, 2012, 08:23 AM
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Sticky:
Introduce yourself here!
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pfranz
Hi all, I began trading 15 years ago, but I had...
Hi all,
I began trading 15 years ago, but I had to wait the second large loss (much bigger than the first) to wake up and see that I was killing myself with my own hands and doing extremely absurd...
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Platforms and Indicators
August 27th, 2012, 07:59 AM
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CQG API
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5,225
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pfranz
CQG API
The "standard" CQG API is the Integrated Client one, but there is also a CQG Trader one, which can be run in "Virtual mode" so that you have just the API on your machine and not the whole CQG Trader...
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