I was wondering if anyone could give advice as to how to break into the trading world. I'm 32 I have a college degree from the University of Delaware. I used to work at Morgan Stanley as a broker. I have the 7 and 63. I want to head to new york and start as a trader's assistant. Anyone have any advice on how to break in....
why not just learn to trade and do it from home and scale up your positions as you go OH RIGHT you are another person who expects that someone else will teach you to trade good luck kido read my story if you dare. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=127048
you are well qualified. if you want to start "prop" trading i bet there are many firms that will take you on. contact some of the better firms such as bright and assent which have training programs. The irony with prop trading is that they want traders out of college who they can mold, rather then experienced people who have been in the business for awhile. best of luck
Hi. I have profitable trading experience, can i find somenting interesting for me? (Mostly futures...).
You have to know someone unless you buy your way in. It's an old boys club. Either that, or you actually have to know how make money on your own. Show them a track record and they'll give you a job.
Agreed. Nepotism or you're a trading prodigy. Otherwise, guys like you and 99.99% of the people on ET are less then a dime a dozen to Wall St. firms.
I search Yahoo Hotjobs using the word "trader" and observe 874 help wanted ads listed. http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/job-search...ountry=USA&metro_search=0&industry=&kw=trader
If you've got something good, trade for yourself and build up your equity and increase trade size. The leverage in futures eliminates the need for a so-called prop firm and they aren't interested in futures, only stocks.