Jeff: Trading for a living would be a dream come true. Very few can do it, that's why I take great pride in what I do (well except my...
Wall Street Versus Main Street: Easy choice, take the offer from Morgan Stanley. You can get a job as a prep trader at any time you want, but...
She is married to a law school student, ouch, talk about a couple for bringing home the green stuff . . .
This post will be off topic, but I guess it is a good way to illustrate how playing on a good team is a big advantage. TraderRX: First...
Andrasnm: When the firm is giving you trading capital and a high payout rate they HAVE TO make their money off commissions. I don't think...
Janko: Never ever jump into a business like this giving yourself a tight deadline ("I must make money in 3 months"), it is a recipe...
>Poor equipment I don't know, I have 3 monitors and I think my equipment gets the job done. >pooor management Disagree, while it is no...
>I did notice that I can schedule my trading hours (and days) so your firm can coordinate with the assigned mentor. Believe me, the word...
Airspeed: 100K will get you . . . 200K purchasing power with 2 : 1 margin, assuming the average share price is $50, that's 4000 shares, a...
In my opinion, there is NO advantage of trading at home whatsoever with the exception of "comfort zone" . . . As a matter of fact, there is no way...
Unfortunately, I have never read a good book on NYSE tape reading, and it is too bad, because this is absolutely the most important skill to have....
One more thing, the firm is not stupid, they require you to eventually have 35K in your firm capital account (which is your money, you can still...
Commissions, commissions, commissions . . . YTD, I have generated a gross of 75K, yet my P&L after commissions is $36K, that's nearly 40K's...
First of all I work for http://www.worldcollc.com so I may be biased, but it is not even a contest. I can see a very experienced day trader...
Actually, given the way market has been slow and choppy I think a lot of the stocks are nearly untradable. WMT used to be a free point for me...
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