What you said is yes and no. A prime broker is the hedge fund's prinicpal brokerage account. And it's not true that they don't provide funding,...
Dude, that's so MISLEADING when someone throws numbers like that. No one(or at least no one publiclly documented) can compound 25% a month...
HUH?? you wrote:"It is even harder if it is mechanical but you do not know why the system is taking the trade. :D" why?? Hopefully you...
Don, Not to attack BT or anything, b/c I'm really neutral. But doesn't Bright hold back like 20% or something? I think I've read that on this...
Zhuge, Dude, you gotta read the contract VERY VERY careful before you sign on. That's a pretty low payout for a prop trading firm. And in...
darkhorse! I'm back! And this time, we agree again. haha. How funnie is that? Anyhow, discipline is only half of the story. Of course, if...
I think that's where the confusion lies. I like to see "real trading" as speculation. There's a big difference between speculation and gambling...
Now that MER settle and Solly is reforming its analyst pay, will we ever get "real" research on wall st.? I don't think so! It's still a...
Momo, thanks for the suggestions. I've been making gross positive and progressively net positive days. The thing is as I've written before is...
From what I can tell, his two books on Futures and then Stocks are IDENTICAL almost done to the last word. Maybe changing the words futures for...
any Wealth Lab Developers out there? looks like a cool site! if you are an expert -level at this software or know someone who is please let me...
True. That's what I've been saying all this time on this thread. haha. And BTW, new MBAs do NOT become portfolio managers right away. They are...
Well, let's get the facts straight. Marty Schwartz in Market Wizard's interview was CONFUSED between program trading and index arbitrage. And...
Well, here's an article from the FT(Financial TImes) about recruiting at an IB, which is NOT the same as a hedge fund, because hedge funds do NOT...
man, this ET forum is a real time killing. Damn it. hehe. If I didn't have an email notice everytime I get a new post. haha. Yes, it's just the...
One last post on ET for the day! This is such a time sink! hehe. Perhaps, during the HEY days of '99-00 when we were using principal bid...
I really need to get back to work. But here's an explanation to satisfy your doubts. I guess you have NEVER heard of "principal bid trading"...
Here we go again. Oops. What I REALLY REALLY meant to say is this. Gosh, I have to always clarify. It's not that difficult to move a $100M...
It's a well known fact that there is an INVERSE correlation between size and performance of funds. Because naturally the bigger you get the harder...
Maverick74: Dude! I don't need you to give me the benefit of the doubt shit. I wasn't here parading my resume/credentials/income/whatever. It...
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