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To: Atin who wrote (42347)	12/16/2000 11:32:51 PM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 44573

Well, I don't know if I mentioned it but Lind-Waldock sucks. As a matter of fact Teresa was high on them a while back and I think may have mentioned to her that they were not a broker I would use. Time went by, and she had an issue. I would say that ISpec would tell you she would not reco LW either. I've checked out IB, as a matter of fact I have a demo account with them as well. But until they bring out their Java based interface for people whose last name starts in "S" I won't fund the account. The interface they have that is not Java based I had a hard time with. The new interface is being rolled out to clients alphabetically. Nemer is lower down than I, his last name starts with "N". He has been using IB for some time, ask him what he thinks. I do not think he has been reached for the Java Client either. I have to say that I may never use IB, only because it takes them too long to get their Java Client up. They are much less expensive than other IBs though (Introducing Brokers, as opposed to FCMs like Refco and so on). They charge only 6 bucks a round turn. Big difference when you are trading minis for 20 or 50 dollars a point. ----------------- Oh, I'm going to be running Arc with PFGBest. We shall see how that works. I'm pretty fickle but I've only had one firm I was really unhappy with. Maybe you've heard of them, Lind-Waldock? They suck.