I am glad I inspired some discussion here. 2/20% model has only been introduced not so long ago and it seems it was not a good idea. Besides, now...
Hi Chuck, I am writing in response to your message in the thread I started about a prop firm vs. hedge fund. Can you point me in the right...
What legal structure do you suggest then? Set up a company and use instruments like shares/bonds to raise capital? Or set up a fund and bear...
I am coming to a conclusion that fixed income debt (corporate bonds) would be the easiest way to raise capital. Investors, especially in the...
I do not care too much about listing but it is just a standard way to raise capital in some European countries. There are a few exchanges where it...
This would be a publicly-listed company on an exchange that requires only quarterly financial statements - and not detailed down to daily equity...
I am considering setting up a prop-trading company with $200k of my own capital to raise assets of around $1-2m from investors, giving me around...
@Tradovate How will this work exactly? Could you describe in detail using an example, please?
It is not a bucket shop - it is a different structure, an OTC market. Biggest hedge funds trade swaps with their prime brokers - in essence, it is...
Interesting excerpt from FIA FAQ: " Would a separate Customer Account maintained solely for the benefit of one customer allow suchcustomer, in the...
I am about to make a choice between two setups: 1. USD kept at a UK escrow account linked to a UK CFD broker (my funds are in theory fully...
What is the first sentence of your reply about? What is TCP? Custom account - what can be its parameters?
Will your business model ever allow to be competitive with all these fake FX "prop-firms" in terms of risk capital a trader gets? In other words,...
Bullshit action - got in @ 1.14225 going to 1.15290. Then it will drop to 1.13480 anyway. Then on to 1.1700
Update - now we are aiming entry at 1.13480, target 1.17000
OK. It is either 1.13790 or today's close that we go long at. Stop at 1.12990. Targeting 1.15290. More to come on the way up if it plays out with...
@Rapunzel What are your plans on how to raise capital from clients? Do you think a CTA registered in the U.S. (and authorised again in the UK if...
Actually, Mr Market might be generous enough to drop to 1.13460. Stop would then go at 1.12480. Investment committee will review its...
It is just my 1-person investment committee's view - there is a ban on going short this market for now :) Unless from 1.1550-60 with little size...
In trading, there are many things that are completely illogical. This is also certainly true in money management business. Take Melvin Capital:...
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