It can be whatever it needs to be. 25k to 50 maybe to get started. Yup definitely I would start with paper acct for first couple of months minimum
What brokerages do you recommend for new traders and why? I've read ib is too difficult to use although commissions are low.
Ah, you noticed. Yup, I'm conservative. It's been difficult walking away from the "easy money" regular office jobs pay. But soon I may be out of work.
Hi. Can you suggest three solid companies in the states that won't go under tomorrow that I can look into? I'm just about ready to take the plunge...
ok and i'm back. still working an office job but gradually itching more and more to get out of this to do something else, not necessarily trading...
I've got a few brokerage accounts now. The common ones for the general public...Scotty, td merrill. For my few trades a day do I just pay the 7...
i want some leverage though.... living expenses are not an issue. got enough in savings to last a while (years) and a working wife as well.
good enough. how do i get started. can i call a reputable firm....hold bros perhaps and tell them i want to trade with them?
These are the responses I am looking for. My situation...actually have family including kids. Wife will bring in income and that is what i've...
I've worked a regular full time non-trading office job for all of my life after undergrad. On the side i have executed some trades..sometimes...
Thanks for this reply. This is quite helpful.. i didn't think about trading stuff after my day job is over..thought i was restricted to the u.s....
i don't quite look at trading the same way. especially when you've got extra leverage from a prop firm. even without it, it's not like you're...
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Yeah, i'm convinced it's not easy...i have no doubts about that. It's just one of those things I need to get out of my system. My goal isn't to...
i have got those other figures in mind. definitely not willing to lose up to 250k in any time frame, be it 3 months or 3 yrs. i was thinking a...
i don't know if i have that edge. i know i'm bad at basketball, i used think i was musically talented but i'm not that great, maybe avg at best....
I've been on these forums for several years now. For the most part i can say it's provided me with at least some entertainment, so thank you to...
I live in an area where there are no prop shop offices for me to go to. How would you recommend a newbie going about getting into prop trading...
looking at a 6 to 12 month horizon, which in the financial sector would be the "safest" or best buy? xlf? bac? c? wells?
what are there locations?
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