if one wants to go prop, is it possible to trade equities and futures, or are there prop firms for each? that may be a dumb question, but i was wondering? could someone trade the s&p, and microsoft at the same time? just curious.
Boomer,,,,,,, Many firms are going the futures along with stock trading. If you live near the wall street area I would be willing to show you a great setup. The cost in relation to the facilities and the caliber traders are the best I have seen. If the traders are active,, he should pay no more than $4.00 RT and $10.00 per ticket all inclusive for stocks. Just send me an email for more info.
Boomer, the firm I'm joining offers intra-day leverage and I can trade everything from options, to futures, (J-Trader is the execution platform), e-minis, I can even trade currencies if I want. I really like the ability to be able to trade <any> instrument and not be limited to just equities. I haven't seen to many firms that have this opportunity and none that were in my immediate area. mrktwiz
Just not single stock futures. I opened and funded a futures account to trade ssf's. But I eventually gave up waiting after the endless runaround and conflicting answers about when they will be available. And when they are available, cross margining and delivery of stock against a contract won't be possible, which screws up the strategy I had in mind.
mrktwiz, what is the name of the firm you're joining? I'm interested in joining a prop firm that trades futures. wavetrader