There are a lot of good points there. There are scores and scores of methods. Firm asked me once how many methods I had, and I sorta chuckled....
For myself, and I can only speak for myself? That's it exactly.
No concern at all. For myself, it's not a matter of 'gimming a system' or a method. Of course, an individual could do that, and make a ton of...
Q F T Seriously, that right there. Trust me, I know. I lived in Mexico for a time. The tax system in Mexico is absolutely unbelievable. No...
What did I have to master? Me The cause of all my problems before turning profitable? Was me. Trading is a career that is full of seeming...
There's only one difference between me and them. You Google-fu Aileron / Trading? And all my stuff is still up and public and dated and free....
Well said ... and it's a fair point. Just out of school, and the stats aren't up to snuff, all of the above is absolutely true. Perhaps it's...
Simply not true. It's not. Reason I got turned on to prop, is one guy who ran his own derivatives firm, saw my numbers, and was highly...
It's true that everyone has to start somewhere. I've never traded prop, but I'm not opposed to the idea. I know if I started remote trading with...
True, and it's a good point. I've seen people be absoltuely wrong on their thesis (basic logic table) and be profitable in their outcomes. Logic...
Haven't worked prop yet, but honestly, just knowing some PM's and guys at firms and starting to look that way? Best thing I can say? KNOW YOUR...
Me personally? I'm a professional, so I just look out for myself, and I never all-in anything. It just fascinates me how many years people will...
Yeup, over a year ... and ... nothing. Any professional hear's stuff like this, "The Big Bad Fed" "Fed is Evahl" "Fed will destroy us all"...
We all use HFT in our trades. Market making is done via HFT algo's. You hit send on an order, it's HFT algo making the market. HFT IS NOT...
Well said. I often tell folks my wife is an absolute diamond. She was onboard working while I really ramped up my trading. But it's...
SIGNIFICANT HELP This is one area that so many new traders screw up on. They hear experienced traders, and think when they start that out of...
As far as a living from the markets, I think that goes back to the circle you run in. I like to fly under the radar, so my response has always...
Except, if you've ever executed a trade ... even from your retail non-direct access broker, you've very likely implemented an HFT market making...
I find very, very, very few people still know what HFT is. They think they do, but 99.9% of them dont
I come from the background of an experienced trader, with ridiculously good stats, that never really wanted to go the prop route. For some...
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