Finding a Broker
Hey Joe! I need aid determination a broker. I detect that price reduction committee rates are pretty much the same. So how make I choose?
Commission is definitely not the most of import factor in choosing a broker. Most of import in choosing a brokerage firm is the per trade slippage, the difference between the halt order terms and executing price.
Based on a survey I saw some old age back, 10 orders were placed with five committee houses. All orders were priced in the same market at the same price, before the market opened. The difference in slippage from worst to best was over $800. Slippage 1 twelvemonth for Rosenthal-Collins trading 1 and two contracts of the S&P, was over $20,000 per account. The flooring broker for the bulk of those trades was Mario Delaware Bartolo. All the fill ups were supposedly legal. One order for 15 contracts was to sell at 45. The market took over two proceedings to fall in one-tick increases to even money, at 00, before an up tick. All 15 contracts were unbelievably filled at 00. Slippage on the order was $3,375. A hebdomad later another order was slipped over $2,000, then all accounts were closed. Coffee once had the day-to-day high and low in the gap range. I was filled on my bargain halt and sell halt at the high and low of the day, 360 points modern times three. Legalized theft. The broker could have got taken both sides of the orders. New House Of York markets are ill-famed for their slippage, as is the Chicago porc abdomen market.
Any broker who allows this sort of slippage to happen on his customers orders is not deserving having as a broker. There are brokerage firms that carefully supervise the sorts of fill ups their clients are getting from the floor. If the fill ups are bad, they will dump the bad flooring broker and usage another. Bad flooring brokers can be penalized that way. They lose the business. A good broker will make battle for his/her customers. Thats wherefore we utilize the broker we are currently using. If you desire a referral, allow me know. Ill be happy to give it.
Joe Ross
Trading Educators Inc

