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Re: TradeStation use for free?



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As I understand it, you can use your existing ELA coded indicators with the
platform.  Anyone have any experience with doing that?  I may not be correct
about this, but seem to have read it on the website at one time.

Dickey Powell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Fritz" <fritz@xxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: TradeStation use for free?


> > Looks like you can use TS Pro for free. Just open up a brokerage
> > account.
>
> Veerrry interesting.  Wonder what kind of fills you'll get in equities?  I
> assume futures execution will go direct to Globex so there will be no
games
> there, but what about stocks?  I don't trade stocks but I know there are
> lots of ways for the broker to make a buck even without commissions.  Any
> ideas how good TS Pro executions are?
>
> For futures it says you have access to "electronic futures markets" -- but
> the fine print says "it means the routing through servers to an electronic
> system that transmits the order directly to the **floor** of the
exchange."
>  Don't they route directly to Globex??
>
> Anybody know what their futures commission rates are?
>
> I had to dig pretty deep to find it, but the minimum account size is $50k
> to trade equities, $20k for futures.  Still, that's not a bad deal.  Might
> be worth a look-see.
>
> Gary
>