Recent Content by thetradergator

  1. Personal Advice

    Thanks for all the feedback and good advice from those who took the time to give me an honest opinion. The question never was "should I do this."...
    Post by: thetradergator, Jul 7, 2012 in forum: Prop Firms

  2. Personal Advice

    Thanks. This is really helpful. I'm really just not that familiar with rebate scalping. From what I know, it's all about being paid to add...
    Post by: thetradergator, Jul 3, 2012 in forum: Prop Firms

  3. Personal Advice

    "You work in finance (sort of). Why would you want to jump out of working in finance* to... work in finance?" Because I don't want to work in...
    Post by: thetradergator, Jul 3, 2012 in forum: Prop Firms

  4. Personal Advice

    I would not be holding overnight. I just mean that I wouldn't be scalping for pennies. I'm looking to take quarters/dollars, but would still be...
    Post by: thetradergator, Jul 3, 2012 in forum: Prop Firms

  5. Personal Advice

    I am in Tampa, FL. I don't know of any prop firms in the area, and haven't really found any via Google. I would likely need to trade remotely. I'm...
    Post by: thetradergator, Jul 3, 2012 in forum: Prop Firms

  6. Personal Advice

    My firm is sell side
    Post by: thetradergator, Jul 3, 2012 in forum: Prop Firms

  7. Personal Advice

    Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, I'm very restricted from trading at my firm. My equities account has to be at my firm, so I'm paying the...
    Post by: thetradergator, Jul 3, 2012 in forum: Prop Firms

  8. Personal Advice

    I don't want to quit because I think my job is tough. I want to quit and trade because I enjoy trading and hate working for a big company in a...
    Post by: thetradergator, Jul 3, 2012 in forum: Prop Firms

  9. Personal Advice

    Thanks for the encouragement. Only putting up $10k instead of $20k is a valid point. The biggest issue for me with a prop firm is finding one that...
    Post by: thetradergator, Jul 3, 2012 in forum: Prop Firms

  10. Personal Advice

    It's also less of a question of "should I do this" as it is "how should I do this." I'm really looking more for the advantages/disadvantages of...
    Post by: thetradergator, Jul 3, 2012 in forum: Prop Firms

  11. Personal Advice

    I am a current Compliance Officer and I'm not really sure what you are getting at?
    Post by: thetradergator, Jul 3, 2012 in forum: Prop Firms

  12. Personal Advice

    Thanks for the responses so far. I should probably explain a little more about my trading history. I do have 4 years of equity trading experience...
    Post by: thetradergator, Jul 3, 2012 in forum: Prop Firms

  13. Personal Advice

    I've read many of the threads on here for the past few weeks and thought I'd ask for some advice. I'm a 26 year old Equity Research Compliance...
    Thread by: thetradergator, Jul 2, 2012, 47 replies, in forum: Prop Firms