Recent Content by Steve Dillinger

  1. Inside Look at Rates Charged

    A reasonable explanation would be that .0002 was the rate Tuco was charged and Tuco had accounts (the owner's would be one) that traded at cost.
    Post by: Steve Dillinger, Jun 6, 2008 in forum: Prop Firms

  2. Inside Look at Rates Charged

    Wow. You are right. I missed that one. $0.20 per thousand. Now thats a good rate. Thanks for the catch.
    Post by: Steve Dillinger, Jun 6, 2008 in forum: Prop Firms

  3. Inside Look at Rates Charged

    There is all kinds of speculation / talk about what 'the best rates' are. Who offers what? I was reading the Government's Brief against Tuco...
    Thread by: Steve Dillinger, Jun 6, 2008, 15 replies, in forum: Prop Firms

  4. Predators don't have to eat every day, nor catch every lamb they see...

    Interesting idea. Figure I'd give it a try. Went to the zoo. Got in the cage. Tiger roared at me. Shot the fucker between the eyes. Top...
    Post by: Steve Dillinger, May 24, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  5. Attention: Prop & Hedge Fund traders. I need the Varsity for this question!

    We do hedge fund incubation. We can assist with capital introduction along with legal / regulatory issues. We are a good place to get your...
    Post by: Steve Dillinger, May 13, 2008 in forum: Prop Firms

  6. Prop Firms for Options Writers

    We take option writers. You would have to accept some reasonableness on what you are doing. Do not expect to write many puts on GOOG and POT....
    Post by: Steve Dillinger, May 12, 2008 in forum: Prop Firms

  7. Prop vs. Arcade

    In general- A prop firm hires traders to trade 'proprietary' capital- ie the capital belongs to the owners of the firm. The traders are...
    Post by: Steve Dillinger, May 7, 2008 in forum: Prop Firms

  8. Optiver

    These kind of 'math tests' are pretty worthless. They are a hold over from days when you had to be able to calculate fractions very quickly in...
    Post by: Steve Dillinger, May 7, 2008 in forum: Prop Firms

  9. Can I make a living?

    The success rate for someone in your position is very, very, very low. It is higher than 0, but not by a lot. I personally have seen dozens of...
    Post by: Steve Dillinger, Apr 23, 2008 in forum: Prop Firms

  10. Introducing Cornerstone MTO (Member Trader Organization)

    The primary difference between us and other firms mentioned is we run our own proprietary trading business. If we end up with zero MTO...
    Post by: Steve Dillinger, Apr 23, 2008 in forum: Prop Firms

  11. Introducing Cornerstone MTO (Member Trader Organization)

    No. However, if qualified, your members can become members here.
    Post by: Steve Dillinger, Apr 22, 2008 in forum: Prop Firms

  12. Introducing Cornerstone MTO (Member Trader Organization)

    Everyone pays retail execution fees if they are trading for their own account / benefit. The CME goes to extremes trying to make this clear,...
    Post by: Steve Dillinger, Apr 22, 2008 in forum: Prop Firms

  13. Introducing Cornerstone MTO (Member Trader Organization)

    This is certainly the case for many places. We do not tack on or otherwise profit from our platform fees. We would be happy to substantiate...
    Post by: Steve Dillinger, Apr 22, 2008 in forum: Prop Firms

  14. Introducing Cornerstone MTO (Member Trader Organization)

    dog- the member fee applies to all traders. atticus- Bloomberg is an option. We pass through all software charges.
    Post by: Steve Dillinger, Apr 21, 2008 in forum: Prop Firms