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I do not recommend IB for scalping or day trading futures. I would look at NinjaTrader, AMP, and Tradovate for higher frequency trading and certainly Tradestation for system trading.
It sounds like you have some work to do in the simulator to fine tune your style. If you have the capital to overcome PDT, you might look at whether or not it makes sense to day trade options on the SPY to reduce risk.
since most of data feeds belong to CME group, it's a bit of confusing as who supplies which feed. We non-pro don't have to worry about it tho. https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/products/
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CME own the CME, CBOT, COMEX and NYMEX but they are treated as separate exchanges with separate data fee costs. ES the S&P 500 eMini is a CME product. YM the Dow eMini is a CBOT product.
I believe trading in an entity requires you to pay professional data fees.
Trading: Primarily Energy but also a little Equities, Fixed Income, Metals and Crypto.
Frequency: Many times daily
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Yes it gets very expensive quickly when they designate you to pay professional data fees.
To make things worse, if your not a member and don't have data netting, the fee is PER DEVICE. Its almost worth becoming a member just to get the data netting!
You probably also have access to the CBOT Interest Rate Futures (2,5,10,30) & Grain Futures (C, S, SM, SO, W) among others.
Thanks! TradeStation does not make it terribly clear what is included in each subscription. They probably figure that I'm supposed to know, since I am a 'professional', but hey, I am still a new professional.