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Hi Guys,
Im new here.... I am looking at joining IB (im on a mac and i love my mac  I am currently on Thinkorswim (great broker) but their commission for futures is $7 roundtrip (pretty high)....
Ive heard horror stories of IB's TWS and their sorry ass charts.... So, i am thinking of using them simply as a broker (good commissions) with autotrader (free) front end along with Investor/RT for charting....
Thinkorswim is great but with the almost 30-40% higher commissions i feel i can easily cover the cost of top notch charting software while actually trading...
Does this seem like a good setup? Can anyone comment with a better setup? Ive been reviewing it for the last couple of days and this seems to be the best for the price point....
I am planning on using IB's free live US market data feed and just pay for the standard charting with Investor/RT ($39/month)....
Am i missing anything? Is there anything else i would need?
Thanks guys,
Karim0028 |
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NinjaTrader have just made their charting and strategy testing package free for non-live trading. NT accepts IB data feed. IB Time & Sales is not on a tick-by-tick basis apparently and just gives a snapshot about every 0.2 - 0.3 seconds.
Eric