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Old 07-31-2007, 02:45 PM
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Re: How much does you "trading rig" cost each month?

Nate - if you decide to daytrade futures, an inexpensive way to get going is to trade through Open ECry. Reason being they will provide you all the data you could possibly want, free charts and free trading software. Normally I cringe at hearing 'free' but this is not bad at all, esp if you are looking to test the water. You can also take their data and plug it into other charting services, like Multicharts, if you want a more robust charting platform.

So, at OEC, outside of your normal brokerage commissions and internet cost, there's no other fees if you use all their stuff. If you add in Multicharts, that's a one-time up-front cost.

Not bad in my opinion as I have at one point paid $100+/mo for data and $500/mo for my trading platform and then the cost of a charting package as well.

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