Looks like I've got the right people on ignore because yours is the only comment I've seen. I'm pretty sure you have my email address if you ever...
I thought as a final post it would be fun to discuss some interview questions that I and others use when seeking to hire new traders. I want to...
Certainly true for most people. But many people so driven have a hard time adjusting to a life where they might feel they have lost their purpose....
This is a pretty tough environment for retirement. If I didn't keep spending on infrastructure I probably would have done it by now. For...
After giving it some thought I think I'm not the target user of this forum - or maybe any public forum. I don't think I'd start a blog or...
Strategies you can employ with <$1M vs $100M vs $1B are 100% completely different. Some of the same skills overlap just a little bit. Comparing...
By the same logic: if I don't like my car I should build my own or if I have a problem with my kid's teacher I should start my own school....
I'd still prefer being able to distinguish a profitable asshole from an unprofitable one. The biggest asshole I ever met was the owner of a...
Forgot one. If you are not intelligent, lazy AND disabled you can get a government job and not actually work and sue for it not being a...
I agree there. If you are not intelligent there are a lot fewer options. And, as I mentioned before, most people overestimate their...
Here's a partial list of the industries of people I know personally who have 7 figure income: Google exec employed software developer at HFT...
Something like net worth would be extremely difficult to verify and I doubt anyone would volunteer. But I think a dozen or two people would...
1) There are several of them. And there's several types of 'noise'. Gradations between 'constantly contrary' to 'endlessly repetitive'. Again,...
Having posted here very occasionally I've become somewhat frustrated by elements of the culture. While the 'wild west' attitude can be...
BlueTurtle, I don't really know your history but having interacted with other posters here I'm going to lump you in with a certain type which...
I really don't want to pollute this guy's thread. But I think I should shed a bit of light on what my friend meant about "not trying hard...
It all varies. But is definitely intraday. As I look over. My three new guys have traded so far today on average 70 contracts. All three are...
Manual trading. My low frequency auto trading and HFT are counted separately. I didn't even bother posting what people should make after a...
I'm kind of reluctantly posting this because I fear motivating the wrong people. Just because some people have success with trading doesn't mean...
Most institutional money requires that you use a broker who has substantial assets that can be used as a cushion. You wouldn't put $1B at a firm...
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