I would first respectfully suggest that you do a LOT more research on options before you jump in, they are far more complex than they might first...
If this is for a dissertation, then of course you will be happy (and required by both Stanford and Stamford Universities, as well as APA and every...
You're right, it is hard, and drawdowns will happen. But if you have a system that you are confident in, initially, trade small enough (maybe...
Contrary to common opinion, much of off-exchange forex trading IS regulated, and in those cases, there are standards for disclosure, client...
If you did not sign any sort of agreement with him (not the account agreement or power of attorney, but a management agreement with HIM) and he is...
Get out now. $300/day consistently from a $10,000 account? If he could really do that, he would be BY FAR the most sucessful trader/financier in...
You can use your personal trades as long as they are clearly identified in your disclosure document as proprietary trading, and as long as the...
Thanks for the current figure, it does change a bit from time to time with the "fortunes" of the NFA. Jessie
You can absolutely do your own DD, I did and I know others who have as well. The NFA compliance people will pretty much walk you through it if you...
Thanks, one other thing that I thought of that I thought I'd pass along is that it is worth keeping in mind that EVERYONE is looking for good...
Re. the question about non-correlation with other asset classes, it's not even necessarily a quantifiable thing (although you certainly can do so...
One thing that did help me was that my track record was similar to what funds & IB's were looking for. First, I would disagree that there are a...
Good advice, especially about scaleability and edge. I was initially surprised at how many institutional managers wanted to know exactly what I...
Can't tell you anything about hedge funds, but when I started as a CTA, I kept an audited track record for a couple of years, then posted it,...
It doesn't matter whether it is futures or futures options if you are short. If you SELL options, you are liable for the full risk the short...
Just to clarify, as it sounds like there might be some confusion; your margin requirement when trading futures has nothing to do with your risk....
Don't know about forex (wouldn't go near that with a ten foot pole myself...), but you can trade futures & options on futures in an IRA that is...
It has to do with fungibility (directly in some cases, e.g. 33 oz vs. 100 oz gold) and predictible relationships between the products traded....
It's just arbitrage. Even in a thin market, for pros, there are also other ways of laying off risk, e.g. hedging in the underlying directly, EFP,...
I can only speak to the bean & corn option pits (the only ones I've traded), but both are very deep & liquid pits, and you would be OK with stop...
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