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Matt at Optimus sent this out to customers today. I attached the pdf he references. Good info in the PDF for Optimus customers.
Dear Customers,
Please find attached a letter from Howard Rothman, the president of our FCM, Vision Financial Markets. Mr. Rothman wrote this letter in reaction to the MF Global fallout back in November of 2011. We are sending this letter to our customers because there has been some fearful discussion regarding the PFG fallout and everything in this letter is still relevant. Mr. Rothman wrote this letter to ensure both investors and brokers of the financial health and stability of Vision Financial Markets.
I invite you to take some time to visit their website and the CME's website for additional financial information and disclosures.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me at 561-367-8686 or toll free at 1-800-771-6748.
Thank you for your business and trust.
Best regards,
Matt Zimberg
President
Optimus Trading Group
"The day I became a winning trader was the day it became boring. Daily losses no longer bother me and daily wins no longer excited me. Took years of pain and busting a few accounts before finally got my mind right. I survived the darkness within and now just chillax and let my black box do the work."
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
Regulators said Tuesday Mr. Wasendorf had deceived authorities to hide his misuse of customer money for more than two years before the alleged fraud was exposed. Problems were uncovered only after a regulator moved to start verifying customer assets electronically, rather than relying on paper statements that authorities now believe Mr. Wasendorf used to cover the misappropriation, according to people familiar with details of the investigation.
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Please contact me via email or by calling 1.800.553.1711 / 319.553.2100 Monday – Friday from 7:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. (CST).
BEST Regards,
Ron Rabune, Director Wealth Management Group
One Peregrine Way
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613 [email protected]
Phone: 1.800.553.1711 Toll Free / 319.553.2100 | 319-277-0880 fax
There is a substantial risk of loss in futures, futures options and forex trading!
Hi guys, I've conducted my own due diligence of IB, TD and Tradestation after phone discussions with all 3 firms this morning to decide what I'm going to do with my own accounts. I've written a fairly detailed summary of notes in a new thread if anyone is interested. I spoke to the following people at the firms:
1. TD- Manager of the Trade desk,
2. IB - Margin desk manager
3. Tradestation - Senior account rep.
After the PFG collapse I've been evaluating my futures brokers to determine whether my capital is adequately protected. I'm certainly not panicking but it is clear regulation is poor and the required legislation to protect my capital is some time …
Latest e-mail from Tradestation...bottom line - no extra protection...
"Dear Mr. Davey,
I apologize for the confusion. Since the wording on our website is not perfectly clear, I spoke with our compliance department to verify the interpretation. In the Account Security Statement posted on our website, which can be found on the Other Information page, it is stated that the Lloyd’s of London policy covers “securities brokerage accounts the custody and clearing of which are handled by TradeStation Securities”. While futures accounts are held by TradeStation Securities, futures contracts are not securities, so the policy will only cover equities accounts. For futures accounts, TradeStation segregates customer funds and maintains adequate capital to meet its regulatory obligations, but there is no additional policy that covers futures accounts in the unlikely event of our financial failure, resulting in loss of customer assets. Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns.
Problem is all of these are so so for trading futures. Depends how you trade I guess.
"The day I became a winning trader was the day it became boring. Daily losses no longer bother me and daily wins no longer excited me. Took years of pain and busting a few accounts before finally got my mind right. I survived the darkness within and now just chillax and let my black box do the work."