so let me get this straight, you went to a fucking bank and then showed them your thread on ET on how you are a profitable trader looking for money????? LOL holy shit bro..that is something i had to witness. that must be the talk of the branch after you left. Judging by your description of your "lack of social skills"..i figured your meeting went something like this
I cannot fathom a bank that will give you a loan to trade stocks. The best offers I have ever seen on low interest-rate secured loans are backed by a portfolio, and even there they say the money may not be used for investing or trading activities.
If you have a 5 figure account and a system that returns 10-15% per month, you don't need a loan, you need patience.
In which case your system isn't proven. If you have a low trading bank balance, then your system hasn't gone through the wringer yet. I look forward to your journal on how you go.
The poster sounds very immature(age under 20 i bet). I cannot imagine the look on the bank person's face when he showed the ET thread to him/her. If he is really that good then he should have no problem growing the acct quickly to low-mid six figures with a margin account.
Solutions: Go to college and get a degree that will land you on Wall Street as an institutional trader. Work your ass off for 1 - 3 years in your trading plus working a job on the side. You will need to put your social life on hold...timing is perfect...its a Pandemic. Move the Thailand for a few years and work as a male service worker...again...work your ass off (literally). wrbtrader
Forget banks they are no structured to lend to you. Write a business plan, or pay a service to write one for you and make friends with someone who has Bloomberg access. Lots of money in Nevada for tax arb. Even Apple runs their cash out of Nevada. Work the openings - almost anyone will give ten minutes with those numbers. Tape your pitch before you give it and work out any rough spots. FOs love lone traders and I suspect there are more in Nevada than Florida.