I agree with this mostly due to my own experience. I got into trading right out of college (and I graduated early at age 20). My first attempt was...
LOL! What?????????
So should I deduce from your post that you work at Bear Stearns - in a non-trading capacity - and that this board is the closest you've come to...
Priceless! Sorry, Priseless.
Automate: That was a perfect post. If there was a "Best of" on this site, that post would surely be at the top of the list.
It's shady because any a-hole can open an LLC and an account with a Broker Dealer and invite traders to buy into his LLC. Since the owners has the...
I definitely appreciate the below response, but I'm sorry to say this guy has watched the movie Wall Street one too many times. Here are a few...
The fact that you put Carnegie tells me: A) That you went there, but not to the others, and B) You're just another computer guy who thinks...
Yup - Chimera is right. They actually capitalize all of thier traders without any contribution from the traders. They also keep 25% of profits and...
Albert - again: By asking what percentage return someone earned, you're eliminating almost all prop traders, which is the population to whom this...
Just because you failed doesn't mean that the next guy must. The beauty of the market is that I couldn't give a shit less what the guy next to me...
Steve - you're at Hold? I've heard horibble things about them - specifically the fee structure. Not looking to be antagonistic, but you have...
Just wondering if anyone can add to my list of REPUTABLE New York City prop firms. I'm looking to make a move this summer and any reccomendations...
Lasner - I'm going to give you some advice that I wish someone would have given me when I was stuck doing stuff on Wall Street that I hated....
Knock - Lemme let you in on a secret: Everyone who works in finance wants to be a trader.
I primarily use Open Book to trade and while I suppose I would characterize my style as scalping, I often have a longer holding time than most...
So, you're telling me that eyeballing the chart and drawing a line where a stock stopped going up qualifies as TA?
Someone above said that daytraders use TA? Not any successful daytraders that I know. Granted some might plot moving averages, but real TA is of...
Seems to be that US Trading Capital is trying to address the issue of traders who want BP, but who feel uncomfortable giving thier money to a...
Sorry. All: From now on, be sure to ask Buy1Sell2 for permission prior to posting in his thread. LOL...
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