Broker for Trading U.S. Futures(e minis)- help please!

[nodd1e]

Morning folks, ive been trading equities (mainly Nasdaq) for a no of years but am wanting to spread my risk capital and take advantage of greater leverage etc by moving into the e minis,s&p and nasdaq.

Can anyone point me in the right direction as regards decent brokers and trading platforms for the e minis - this is a bit new to me.Resaerching these things is fine but nothing beats personal experience - both good and bad.

many thanks in anticipation

 

[rog1111]

nodd1e

Try interactivebrokers.com. They are cheap, and although their TWS platform may not be the most intuitive that you'll ever see, there is excellent order flexibility, basic charts, as well as a useful API if you're into a bit of programming.

rog1111

 

[nodd1e]

nodd1e

Try interactivebrokers.com. They are cheap, and although their TWS platform may not be the most intuitive that you'll ever see, there is excellent order flexibility, basic charts, as well as a useful API if you're into a bit of programming.

rog1111

many thanks appreciate your thoughts on this .Programing not my bag but the rest looks really useful(ive had a quick look at their site) - so thanks

 

[StewartMann]

A Little help

I know a trader that works with the electronic markets and is doing great.

 

[flyingeagle]

try tradestation.com also ffasttrade.com

 

[jimmy1jag]

Interactivebrokers.com require minimum account balance of £1450 for you to be able to take up a position.

As a bonus, if you do enough trades a month you can receive their data feed for free.

There's your pointer!

BTW, their transaction fees are low and if the transaction board looks scary to you, there are bolt on interfaces available for free on the www which make doing the trade easier. (Mind's gone blank on name of it right now sorry)

 

[Bigbusiness]

I use the free interface from http://www.tradingsimulation.com/ to make trades with IB. I also use an excellent charting package http://www.ensignsoftware.com/ for $39.95 a month. This works well with the free data feed from IB. If you want a more basic charting package, http://www.quotetracker.com/ can be used for free or for a small registration fee.

 

[Hazey]

Hi all,

Has anyone heard of 'Go futures'??? I stumbled across their site at www.gofutures.com while I was comparing futures brokers.
They offer 99c sides (which was major highlight), and seem to be comparable in other areas - (ie: 5k acc min, $500 intraday margins on emini, etc).

Just wondering if anyone had any experience with them.... ?

Cheers,
Hazey.

 

[aleksejgren]

www.cybertrader.com offers great software, and their comissions are also low, my mate is using it to trade equities at the moment because they offer one of the lowest equity rates, and they can lower them even further for you if you are an active trader. Im still learning but cybertrader is probably the broker ill go for if i ever become half decent at this.
You can try their demo, however all data delayed by one day, but still you get the general feeling.

 

[spunkyblonde]

hi scottrade.com have trade trades from $7;00

 

[josbarr]

http://www.infinitybrokerage.com/promo/infinitypro.aspx?ref=JBAR

Level II Streaming Data with a live market book
Advanced Order Management (e.g., trailing stops)
Developed and supported at the clearing level
User Friendly and customizable desk top
Drag and Drop interface
Thin software application
Audio Alerts, and More

some others:
ninjatrader and strategyrunner