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This is extremely excellent news, not only for...
This is extremely excellent news, not only for users of the TS Combine, but for the entire industry, if in fact SC and Rithmic can work out a solution that lets SC be used with one of the major...
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I agree with the last three posts. I do...
I agree with the last three posts. I do understand that SC is not liking Rithmic, or CQG either, and from what they have written over time about technical issues they have had with them I know they...
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Thanks. I think this is a reasonable response and...
Thanks. I think this is a reasonable response and one I expected. It comes down to technical issues based on how the present system is designed, which probably would require serious effort to change....
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December 3rd, 2020, 01:19 PM
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I think the point that is being made by your...
I think the point that is being made by your customers is that they know how the system treats all contracts as the same, but the fact is, in real trading, they are not.
So the issue is not how...
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November 26th, 2020, 05:03 AM
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My guess is the same. I think it doesn't really...
My guess is the same. I think it doesn't really make sense from the customer point of view, but that it would require some reprogramming to treat the micro contracts appropriately, as one-tenth of...
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Probably the news on Ryan Masten, formerly of ...
Probably the news on Ryan Masten, formerly of Earn2Trade. A long discussion begins here:
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August 18th, 2020, 07:24 PM
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Totally agree about chipps1983's point...
Totally agree about chipps1983's point about putting it in effect for funded accounts. This is a feature that brokers often make available for their live accounts, and it can be a useful...
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Offering a K1 is a matter of company ownership...
Offering a K1 is a matter of company ownership structure. It is the form that is used to report partnership and similar earnings of people who have an ownership interest in a firm. (Thanks to Google,...
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March 31st, 2020, 07:40 AM
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SamJames already posted about TST restrictions on...
SamJames already posted about TST restrictions on funded accounts during this volatility. Here's the rest of the new changes, including non-funded Combine accounts, as well as "Swing" (micros) and...
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I'm not TopstepTrader, who probably will answer...
I'm not TopstepTrader, who probably will answer as well, but it has been answered, I think a few times (the thread is long and hard to read, so it's no surprise that it wasn't easy to find.)
You...
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January 31st, 2020, 03:49 AM
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Thanks for this update. This is sort of what...
Thanks for this update.
This is sort of what I thought was the direction things were going in.
I think you are correct in saying "for now."
It looks like Sierra Chart is simply not happy...
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January 30th, 2020, 10:40 AM
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Sure does look that way. Oh well, I'll still...
Sure does look that way.
Oh well, I'll still see how it plays out.
Bob.
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January 30th, 2020, 09:38 AM
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More from TopstepTrader on the question of,...
More from TopstepTrader on the question of, basically, what to do if you want to start a Combine with Sierra:
My feeling has moved in the direction of not being nearly as alarmed as I started...
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January 29th, 2020, 06:36 PM
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More poking around on the Sierra Chart site...
More poking around on the Sierra Chart site suggests that my last post may not be the final word. From the Sierra Chart support board, in response to a user not being able to get on TST:
Link:...
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January 29th, 2020, 04:54 PM
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Important Sierra Chart and TST News I just...
Important Sierra Chart and TST News
I just came across the troubling information that Sierra Chart will no longer support TST using Rithmic, although it seems that you can still use SC with TST if...
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September 30th, 2019, 06:54 PM
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TopstepTrader, thank you, but I did not have any...
TopstepTrader, thank you, but I did not have any questions at all. I was quoting someone else, MichaelFlowTrader, who did have some questions, including one about independent contractors.
My...
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September 15th, 2019, 02:53 PM
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Obviously, TopstepTrader will need to be the one...
Obviously, TopstepTrader will need to be the one answering these questions. I'm not part of TST and I can't speak for them.
But I am completely puzzled by your major question, which is whether TST...
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July 10th, 2019, 09:58 PM
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It sounds like you are wondering how to determine...
It sounds like you are wondering how to determine an equivalence between the funded account and a person's comparable individual account. If that's the question -- and it's a good one -- the answer...
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July 8th, 2019, 05:17 PM
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I had a similar concern after reading SamJames'...
I had a similar concern after reading SamJames' posts, so I sent an email to TST asking about it:
Here's the response I received this morning:
If I were at the point right now of...
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July 7th, 2019, 02:09 PM
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It's hard for me to understand the question, so I...
It's hard for me to understand the question, so I may have gotten what you are asking wrong. Sorry if I did.
The reason it's hard to understand the question is because if you have a funded TST...
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July 7th, 2019, 12:05 PM
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I suggest sending an email to TST support on...
I suggest sending an email to TST support on this, or flag TopstepTrader in a post and ask the question that way.
If it's important to you, you need official information direct from TST. Please...
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March 4th, 2019, 03:00 PM
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Good. I am not surprised they would do something...
Good. I am not surprised they would do something reasonable. My experience has always been that they will work to make things right.
I'm glad it worked out as it did for you.
Bob.
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March 2nd, 2019, 12:36 PM
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Which may be the only way to do both. Bob.
Which may be the only way to do both.
Bob.
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March 2nd, 2019, 10:09 AM
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Good. I assumed so, from the TST support response...
Good. I assumed so, from the TST support response to canoekoh. I edited my original post to mention that, but also to mention that if this is available, it should be explicitly offered, and...
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March 2nd, 2019, 09:49 AM
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Sure, you could get around the issue this way, by...
Sure, you could get around the issue this way, by having one platform to follow the market and one to trade with.
Not the world's best solution, and, importantly, TST needs to inform people about...
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