I have heard many of our folks say that if you can comfortably afford to deposit $25,000, you should go with Speedtrader (or IB), rather than CME group. Why is that - security, protection, ease of use, better tools? I understand the Pattern Trade Rule in the US requires the $25,000 on account, but outside of that, what advantages to the US brokers have over the offsite?
I have one month of simulator left of my initial three months, and am starting to think about broker choice. I foresee continuing in the sim for a while longer, but want to have an active account to play around with small share sizes to test my psychology from time to time while I am learning.