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I just moved to Ninjatrader since I have lifetime license. I really SHOULDN'T have tried to save $0.30 on commission with AMP. I have a dedicated account rep that answers my calls to answer any questions I have. That alone is a HUGE difference. I'll write another review on Ninjatrader Brokerage in the pertinent thread once I set it up and make a few trades.
I can see your broker was Optimus that clears through AMP. Just like Ninjatrader is your broker/rep that clears through Dorman/Philips. You didn't like Matt from Optimus as your dedicated Rep? I thought he is very good.
Just thought that I would share this, as someone may benefit at some point.
In Feb 2021 AMP Futures were hacked in some way. They told everyone to change their PW to the AMP portal.
I've been locked out of my AMP portal for 3 months now.
I tried to change my PW many times, but no luck. My Username and email were not even recognized. After about a month the [email protected] person finally responded to my STILL UNABLE TO LOGIN messages. Said he was now working with the Portal IT people (person?). At some point they get my UN and email to be recognized, but still cant change PW. A few weeks later I am told. "Oh your account was locked. We've unlocked it. Try it now." Nada.
About every two weeks I get a response, although the last couple appear to just be the robotic response: "your account has been reset, follow these instructions to reset your PW" Found out that the manager's name is Daniel Martin and emailed him (not sure if it is the same Daniel that sometimes answers the chat help line). The loginhelp person has been even less helpful since my communication with Daniel. Must be I have now been deemed a trouble-maker for complaining about being locked out of my portal account for 3 months with minimal communication from the people who are supposed to be helping.
I have a self directed IRA with Midland, and asked Midland what it would cost to close my account with AMP, and it's $250. If I wait to close my account at AMP after it is two years old, I only have to pay MIDLAND $150 to close it, but I will have to pay the annual Midland fee of $250 first. Which means if I sit on my AMP account for another 8 months I can close it for $400 ($250 + $150). Geez.
It seems I can open an IRA to trade futures at IB for free. No fees.
I have been lucky not to have those problems with AMP I was able to change my password when they said to. I haven't traded because of the problems with Sierra Charts and CQG several post on their support forum complaints about not able to get out of positions loss of money. Sierra is working on a direct order routing solution with the CME from what I can understand from the forum post but I'm not exactly sure if that is something I can use. I have not done any live trading yet until something is fixed I may have to use a different platform I really like Sierra gotten used to using it.
Ya. AMP is at least trying. They sent me another email this morning that was not a robot message. I tried a different browser, turned off my Avast, and used a new PW that I could never possibly have tried before, but still get the message:
"Invalid Reset ID passed, if you have reset your password more than once please make sure you are using the link in the most recent email that you received."
I don't really want to mess around changing broker, and opening a self directed IRA with IB. But I do hope they get this resolved. It makes me nervous knowing that it is related to a hacking incident.
You might ask Midland about keeping the account with them but changing brokers. I'm pretty sure Midland was a choice I could use with another broker like Stage 5 or Ironbeam. It would probably be worth at least asking and looking into it a bit.
It wasn't AMP that was hacked! It was a Compilation of Many Breaches: COMB this was all over the news, over 3 billion usernames. Maybe there was one or two of AMP's clients that were affected but how is that AMP's fault. I think they did there due diligence in this incident. Sometimes maybe we forget there is inherent risk to doing anything online. All I hear is lots of blame and no personal responsibility. IMHO
Now there you go. You are a good fit for AMP. You provide info they require by the method AMP requires but somehow it is your fault if that data is compromised.
Hi guys!
You will not believe, but fortune is with me and this broker again. I recently made a new account with them, traded for one week in plus without a single minos deal, then made a request to connect to a new exchange, and after that my account was blocked. Later it turns out that my account has already been closed and I can withdraw money, of course I have withdrawn it. And most importantly, I did not hear a single answer on what basis they closed my account, their answer comes down to simple concepts like "we don't have to explain anything to you, etc."
I'll tell you this, don't work with them if you don't want problems.
They're on my blacklist!
GOOD LUCK
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