Trading Combined Systems in Multiple Portfolios

C2
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Hi,



I am wondering: some systems provide strange combinations like Forex and Futures. I use one broker for Forex, but a different one for Futures. So, currently, I cannot trade such a system. Ideally it would be possible to trade the Forex-part in one account and the future part in another.

Is this possible? (or could it be made possible?)

So far, I have heard, one cannot trade a system traded in one account in another as well ?

(If such an instrument-split would be possible, this would already be helpful.)



Thanks

Klaus

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"Ideally it would be possible to trade the Forex-part in one account and the future part in another. Is this possible? (or could it be made possible?) "



Ideally, it would make a lot more sense to use a broker that offers both, like InteractiveBrokers or OpenECry or others.



I don’t think broker splitting is optimal at all.

1) Now either C2 or the vendor has to have some clue about the habits of all their subs (which violates the role of “publisher” under which vendors are allowed to publish signals). Publishers cannot know how much you are trading, your goals, how you allocate your funds, etc. etc. That requires a CTA/financial advisor status And if ofering this, naturally, the questions will flow back to vendors/C2others about how to set this up and how to manage it, etc.



2) If this is optimal, then what if the vendor offers options, stocks, forex and futures in their service. Should we now have to split into 4 different brokers to “service” customers?



3)Is the customer also going to demand the ability to allocate different leverages or #contracts for each of these up to 4 brokers?



4) Customers need to pick their own broker and a service. C2 is a “clearinghouse” matching services and customers with an add-on of autotrading potential - which involved a lot of complexities as it is.



5) What about autotrading? Is Tradebullet or Gen3 systems going to know what you are doing? And be able to open/close positions across your various brokers? Not everyone is going to be splitting - this makes a potential nightmarish allocation issue to everything.



6) What if one of your brokers autotrades and another does not, but you pick autotrading?











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Hm



the classical “index” remark.

Thanks for the effort you made (pretty long post), but my message was meant as written. Let’s see whether (e.g.) Matthew replies.



Klaus

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No it is not possible.



Francis