looks like a group for international traders similar to nevis trading (nevistrading.com) for non-us traders. As far as I know, the US BDs are only...
why not? A nice beach/laptop setup somewhere on the mediterranean coast. sounds nice.
currently rule on options with CBOE is 99/1. Nothing clear on equities.
I'm not too worried. These idiots will regulate their way out of a job soon. They do some stupid 50/50 split & traders take their money overseas...
I've traded with CTG in the past. likely the best all-around prop firm out there. their customer service is on point and even the place i'm at now...
the absolute best are firms that don't charge for training or a deposit, i.e. jane st, first new york securities, jump, etc. Those firms hire...
Where are you located? up in NY, desk space is free at most firms as long as you have an account.
It's not always their fault. Some groups (perhaps even some WTS firms) keep trying to sign up people via job listings. Fortunately, the subgroups...
Yes but MF was around for 100 years. Everybody is at the mercy of the market when dealing with highly leveraged accounts.
CTG is a group with WTS. I've dealt with them personally and found them to be very honest and not at all deserving of being bashed and there are...
Ok. Prop trading IS NOT A JOB. Of course you don't list it on your resume. would you list etrade ? You list yourself an as "independent trader"......
I just run a basic Lenovo setup, similar to the one in the video posted below. It costed about $500 for the PC and another $300 for 3 monitors....
join a cbsx firm and get the series 56. it's all about options and covers a lot of options hedges in depth. best $300 you'll ever spend.
the article is on Yahoo - http://voices.yahoo.com/proprietary-trading-retail-brokers-every-8893507.html Also, as far as I know, subgroups...
couldn't have said it better myself.
that's how you start n00bs. their training is free. minimum is $1500 for 50k BP. it's a good deal for n00bs. If you want to be a profession...
the problem n00bs make is they think a prop firm is a job. they need to understand proprietary trading services are professional execution...
This is a good article I found about prop vs retail. it's the best i've seen on the topic yet: Proprietary Trading and Retail Brokers, What...
The firm can have great risk management, but you can't avoid all loses. there will also be the trader that does something risky. things move in...
hitnrun, you forgot one big category: the gamblers. There are traders who don't see a trade as a risk-reward scenario, but more like a hand of...
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