For the more experienced guys out there, do you have any observations about how a person's personality can lead to him choosing a particular...
Just from something I read ages ago, I think $10-$50m aum is around the minimum. If you want to trade a 20k-100k account get backed by a prop shop...
pretty sure houses are positively correlated with inflation. Lower interest rates = more borrowing = greater money supply and inflation. People...
I am super late, but topsteptrader will fund you if you pass their combine. You have to pay for the combine.
More out of curiosity than anything, what are the steps someone would have to do to start a hedge fund?
These days pretty much everyone goes through funded trader prep. So funded traders will have passed that as well as the combine. Its funded trader...
I really dont think there is a discrepancy between trainees and experienced traders. I think the demand for experienced traders is higher because...
Actually pretty much every prop firm I know of will take on experienced traders and have a separate application for them. More so than new traders...
I think attachment to outcome is the main cause of strong emotions. If someone points a gun at your head and says, ok you need to make a winning...
I honestly think 80% of trading is psychology. Fear, anger, frustration and anxiety mess with your head. There are hundreds of ways to trade, but...
Ok just a couple of things I have heard on this post that are simply untrue. Firstly, the TST combines are not geared for scalping. Sounds like...
Hi folks. So I know prop trading firms are very valuable for newer traders, because they offer training and mentoring, risk management and...
Originally paper money was valuable because it could be exchanged for gold. Fiat currencies have always become worthless in every case of history....
Why do people buy shares, other on the fact they are betting on price fluctuation or holding for dividends? People buy oil to run their cars,...
Honestly I'm not that experienced, I'd say 6.5/10 for psychology because I have a very long way to go. My mental state during trading is not as...
Paul rotter used multiple brokerages to build and reduce positions to mitigate this threat. He was proper big, 10% of daily bund volumes.
the assumption the poster makes is that because retail traders favour technical analyses, that makes it garbage because most retail traders are...
it's fine if you are trading only for money, the main point I am making is you should not be thinking about it whilst in the process of trading as...
I am highly, highly doubtful changing markets will change anything. If you lost 50% of your account in a month you are not adhering to correct...
Thats completely irrelevant. Thats like having a trainee at a prop firm lose money for 9 months whilst hes still learning, and then on the 10th...
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