IMHO, a degree or two never hurt, but not every firm that hires traders puts as much importance on education. Some traditional firms do. The hedge...
EFX has some of the highest commissions in the industry. This makes it impossible to run high frequency scalping or arb systems with them. IMHO...
It's a BBBBIIIGGG upgrade from Currenex, but you need to be an ECP to qualify to trade there (http://www.vcapfx.com/ecp.pdf). We are in charge...
If it works for FX, I might be able to help you. We are part of a group that's in charge of the allocation and due diligence of FX traders for a...
Obviously "who you know" helps, but this has always been the case. It's human nature and this will never change. Nevertheless, if a trader sucks...
You're right. If it's curve fitted on 6 months of data, it will probably fail going forward. Nevertheless, I want to speak to you FXTRADER40. I...
Personally, I think it depends on the trading position or role you want to have. We do the due diligence for different types of FX traders for a...
They are not a true ECN. I'm not sure that such a thing exists despite various claims. If a true ECN environment would exist at this time, banks...
Currenex is just the technology (platform) provider. You need to go to a Currenex broker to open an account. They are listed on the Currenex...
What's up Viper-dude? The institution (allocator) that we're working with (that funds our traders through their hedge funds) recently set up a few...
And if you do that, you'll be blacklisted faster than you can say "hubba-bubba."
Thanks, ssblack. Even if I "hire" a trader, doesn't he still have to register with the NFA (even if the firm is registered)? Who is at risk;...
Because I already did that and they were rude and unhelpful. The guy I spoke to was a moron. It seems that everyone has mixed feelings/experiences...
I already spoke to a lawyer, but he did not point out the issue with new Rule 2-29(b); so that's why I wanted to get the opinion of other traders...
This is the release on October 4th: http://www.nfa.futures.org/news/newsNotice.asp?ArticleID=1979 Notice I-07-41 October 04, 2007...
Yes; I was told this is the case if we get into futures, but not for forex. Does anyone have experience with what I'm talking about?
That's exactly what I want to do.
I had a conference call with an attorney for an FCM we work with last week about this, but I want to know the opinion of the real soldiers in the...
You cannot scalp quickly using $50M; no matter where you go. Even if you try scalping with $10M, you might still experience problems with fills,...
It depends when you scalp too. If you are trying to scalp the economic numbers and releases (that is, right when the numbers come out or briefly...
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