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RE: e-mini brokers / platforms



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I might give www.5perside.com a shot.....currently I'm with www.jackcarl.com
Bugs in their browser-based trading platform make for unpleasant surprises.
Low commissions and daytrading margins are pluses....

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Heisler [mailto:bheisler@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 11:24 AM
> To: Frank Zappa; Omega List
> Subject: Re: e-mini brokers / platforms
>
>
> Take a look at www.interactivebrokers.com or IB for short.  $5.90 RT.
> Excellent reliability and the new TWS 4.0 is a very nice platform.  Only
> drawback might be that they require full margins to daytrade, but
> personally
> I believe that is a positive.
>
>
> Bob Heisler
> www.rjhtrading.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Zappa" <omegalist2001@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 10:12 AM
> Subject: e-mini brokers / platforms
>
>
> > Dear List Members-
> >
> > Among E-mini brokers offering on-line order entry
> > systems, is there any concensus as to which 2 or 3 are
> > considered to be 'best of breed' (by real traders, not
> > magazine editors)...?
> >
> > With my current broker I have experienced many
> > instances of 'market' orders being un-executed ..
> > i.e., the order winds up in cyber-space and never gets
> > executed, which then requires a phone call to a desk,
> > and by that time I may have lost large amounts of
> > money.
> >
> > I want to trade the E-mini, but I am not ready to
> > cough up the monthly fees for my own Globex terminal.
> > Not yet.
> >
> > Thanks for any input/experiences.
> >
> >
> >
>