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  • #161
  • Sep 25, 2013 1:27pm Sep 25, 2013 1:27pm
Quoting derwisch
Thank you victoryong. Hope you give us an update about spreads and slippage when you go live.
here's a current shot of the spreads as of 5 minutes ago...
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Spreads are the Bid-Ask and Rollover payments/fees are per 100k position
  • #162
  • Dec 7, 2013 4:25am Dec 7, 2013 4:25am
I would be interested to know to what extend they increase there spreads at news time: for instance EURUSD: what is about the maximum spread spike one gets.


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Ati
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  • #163
  • Edited 8:23pm Mar 20, 2014 4:37pm | Edited 8:23pm
I have been using TradeStation for 2 weeks now for both futures & forex. I'M IN FUCKIN' LOVE! The platform is sick with any feature you can think of. Hot keys for anything you can think of. Multi chart screens in multi groups all open and available within the same screen clickable through tabs... Active Trader window which they call the Matrix,.... Hell... you name it...

I see comments from time to time in regards to TradeStation/FXCM... This is not the same thing. This thread and what I'm talking about is TradeStation / MONEX GROUP which also bought IBFX which is now a part of Monex group.

I've tried many of the bucket shit shops and currently use TDAmeritrade which I have no complaints but commissions are a wee bit high. I hear Dukescopy is the shit in the rest of the world. (N/A in the U.S. unfortunately)

I will come back in a few months with either continued support of TS or if I moved back to TD.

P.S. This is coming from a guy who uses... Ninja Trader, TDAmeritrade which are both good and at least 3 of the bucket shit shops that most of you are using now which I have no love for aka ridiculously widening spreads...
I have also used CitiBank but when I tried them, I had data feed issues on more than one occasion. No shit, sometimes no feed for a few minutes. Not sure if this is all the time but I didn't stick around to find out....

Peace
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  • #164
  • Mar 20, 2014 10:16pm Mar 20, 2014 10:16pm
Quoting JoeNY
I have been using TradeStation for 2 weeks now for both futures & forex. I'M IN FUCKIN' LOVE! The platform is sick with any feature you can think of. Hot keys for anything you can think of. Multi chart screens in multi groups all open and available within the same screen clickable through tabs... Active Trader window which they call the Matrix,.... Hell... you name it... I see comments from time to time in regards to TradeStation/FXCM... This is not the same thing. This thread and what I'm talking about is TradeStation / MONEX GROUP which also...
what are the spreads like in 2014
  • #165
  • Edited 2:42pm Mar 21, 2014 7:50am | Edited 2:42pm
This was around 8:40 am EST about 10 minutes after a major CAD news release. Good enough for me.... Don't be fooled by any bucket shit shop super low spread... For an extra 1/2 a pip you can have 100 times better customer service, better execution and hardcore active trader software.

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Quoting forex40
{quote} what are the spreads like in 2014
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  • #166
  • Mar 21, 2014 9:53am Mar 21, 2014 9:53am
Quoting JoeNY
This was around 8:40 am EST about 10 minutes after a major CAD news release. Good enough for me.... Don't be fooled by the bucket shit shops super low spreads... You will lose in the end on the spikes.... If not today, tomorrow... and the next tomorrow... just not worth it, been there, done that... {image} {quote}
looks pretty good, thanks
  • #167
  • Jun 2, 2014 3:32pm Jun 2, 2014 3:32pm
How I can connect TradeStation with InteractiveBrokers ? ...

Thanks
  • #168
  • Jun 2, 2014 3:47pm Jun 2, 2014 3:47pm
Quoting PeteZ
How I can connect TradeStation with InteractiveBrokers ? ... Thanks
You can't tradestation platform is there own platform it's not a 3rd party platform
  • #169
  • Nov 3, 2014 10:50am Nov 3, 2014 10:50am
Any newer feedback on TS? I read their reviews over on FPA, but I'm not sure if most of those are from the GAIN era (even the newer ones). Is no news good news? I'm interested in programming an automated trader but before I invest the time in their system I'd like to know how their broker compares. (ECN? Micro lots?)

I'm currently with IB and am pretty happy with the brokerage, but the platform isn't the best. Especially if I use automated trading with multiple tiny positions due to the fixed commission...
  • #170
  • Nov 3, 2014 12:07pm Nov 3, 2014 12:07pm
Quoting joelmusicman
Any newer feedback on TS? I read their reviews over on FPA, but I'm not sure if most of those are from the GAIN era (even the newer ones). Is no news good news? I'm interested in programming an automated trader but before I invest the time in their system I'd like to know how their broker compares. (ECN? Micro lots?) I'm currently with IB and am pretty happy with the brokerage, but the platform isn't the best. Especially if I use automated trading with multiple tiny positions due to the fixed commission...
top of the line forex broker, they have a ECN model and no longer use gain, they are the real deal, if you have 50k try the active trader pricing model
  • #171
  • Dec 1, 2014 6:31pm Dec 1, 2014 6:31pm
I had heard the bad news on all the brokers from another forum I was in.
So i went with TS and i am tying out their MACT.
So far so good.

Went with Capital spreads a while back, never again.


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  • #172
  • Dec 6, 2014 9:28am Dec 6, 2014 9:28am
Top broker, and top charting platform, one of the best brokers avalible, they are a mm but they are a good one, they also have an ECN and they don't trade against you, I have been with them for allmost 2 years and still happy, only 50:1 leverage being a US broker, but not really a problem
Bulls are stupid Animals!especially when Im short!
  • #173
  • Dec 6, 2014 1:54pm Dec 6, 2014 1:54pm
Just saw this thread popped back up again. Forgot I posted to it. Promised I would update a few months later. Yes, still love the service and platform.

Quoting JoeNY
I have been using TradeStation for 2 weeks now for both futures & forex. I will come back in a few months with either continued support of TS or if I moved back to TD. ....
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  • #174
  • Dec 11, 2014 5:22pm Dec 11, 2014 5:22pm
For those who may not be aware, these guys had always had a spotless regulatory record with the NFA and the CFTC... until now. Yesterday they got fined by the CFTC for multiple issues. Note that Tradestation Forex is a division of IBFX, which is the party named in the fine:

IBFX / TradeStation Forex Ordered To Pay $600,000 Penalty For Minimum Net Capital Deficits

CFTC Orders IBFX, Inc. f/k/a Tradestation Forex, Inc. to Pay a $600,000 Penalty for Series of Minimum Net Capital Deficits, Untimely Notice, and a Failure to Supervise

They may still be a perfectly ok broker, just thought everyone should be aware for their due diligence if they are considering this broker. Their trading platform is certainly top notch. Spreads are not quite as competitive as the leaders in this area like Interactive Brokers, but that may not matter much unless you are trading on the shorter timeframes.
  • #175
  • Jun 13, 2015 8:57pm Jun 13, 2015 8:57pm
Hi Joe, IS TS exempt from the FIFO rule?

Quoting JoeNY
Just saw this thread popped back up again. Forgot I posted to it. Promised I would update a few months later. Yes, still love the service and platform. {quote}
  • #176
  • Jun 14, 2015 5:01pm Jun 14, 2015 5:01pm
They are based in the U.S. I'm a U.S. customer. FIFO applies. Not sure how they handle or if they handle Non US customers.

Quoting sinclap
Hi Joe, IS TS exempt from the FIFO rule? {quote}
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  • #177
  • Jun 20, 2015 12:40am Jun 20, 2015 12:40am
Thanks. I opened up a account with them.
Quoting JoeNY
They are based in the U.S. I'm a U.S. customer. FIFO applies. Not sure how they handle or if they handle Non US customers. {quote}
  • #178
  • Jun 20, 2015 2:48am Jun 20, 2015 2:48am
Can anyone try out there custom automatic trendline indicator? I heard it's good
  • #179
  • Jun 20, 2015 10:05am Jun 20, 2015 10:05am
Quoting sinclap
Thanks. I opened up a account with them. {quote}
they raise there leverage from 2% to 3%
  • #180
  • Jun 20, 2015 12:03pm Jun 20, 2015 12:03pm
Best broker and charting ever. I just wish they offered micro lots. Initial order has to be 1 mini or better. Can increase by .01 increments but have to start at a mini.
Also in Sim account have to remember to add spread for automated backtesting or automated forward testing. If scalping this can be a chore...maybe spread can be added I just have not figured out how to include it. You can add a fixed percentage or $ amount for commission or slippage per trade but nothing I can find for spread.
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